John Gulley Purifoy
Apr 5, 2012
Mr. John Gulley Purifoy, 83 of West Memphis, Arkansas, formerly of Prescott, passed away, Thursday, April 5, 2012 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Mr. Purifoy was born November 25, 1928 in Chidester, Arkansas to Lawrence L. and Lottie Gulley Purifoy. He is a retired truck driver with East Texas Motor Freight and a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in West...
Carlon "Cj" Volentine
Mar 29, 2012
Mr. Carlon C.J. Volentine, 87 of Hope, Arkansas passed away March 29, 2012 in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Volentine was born in Hope, Arkansas on October 24, 1924 to Luther Oliver and Ednie Cobble Volentine. He is a member of Washington Baptist Church in Washington, Arkansas, where he was the oldest deacon of the church and had been of member there...
Willie Prescott
Mar 26, 2012
Mrs. Willie May Prescott, 94 of Hope, passed away Monday, March 26, 2012. Mrs. Prescott was born April 21, 1917 in Nevada County, Arkansas to S.M. and Flossie Crews Stevenson. Mrs. Prescott was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, and listening to music. Mrs. Prescott was proceeded in...
Tommy L Smith
Mar 25, 2012
Mr. Tommy L. Smith, 48 of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away March 25, 2012 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Mr. Smith was born July 7, 1963 in Hope, Arkansas to Travis and Barbara Peyton Smith. Mr. Smith was a licensed respiratory therapist assisting patients at Medical Park Hospital and Magnolia Regional Medical Center. He was an active volunteer for the Spring Hill...
Hoyt Jobe
Mar 17, 2012
Mr. Hoyt Jobe, 59 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, March 17, 2012 in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. Hoyt was born July 18, 1952 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Chester and Nell Maines Jobe. He was employed by Firestone for 38 years in the maintenance department, a member for 40 years of Central Baptist Church in Prescott, a Mason...
Elmer O. Grant
Mar 17, 2012
Mr. Elmer O. Grant, 73 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, March 17, 2012 in a Texarkana, Texas hospital. Mr. Grant was born November 17, 1938 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Norman and Ora Purtle Grant. Mr. Grant has for over fifty years been a Missionary Baptist Minister in the Hope area. He is a member of the Shover Springs...
Grace Callicott
Mar 15, 2012
Mrs. Grace M. Callicott, 95 of Searcy, Arkansas formerly of Caney, Arkansas passed away March 15, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Callicott was born June 5, 1916 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Benjamin and Minnie Higgonbotham Rhodes. She was a homemaker and a Baptist by faith. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Coy Callicott. Mrs. Callicott is survived...
Homer Stone
Mar 9, 2012
Mr. Homer Stone, 89 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Friday, March 9, 2012 in a Texarkana, Texas hospital. Mr. Stone was born in McCaskill, Arkansas on September 28, 1922 to Zach and Bessie Stingley Stone. Mr. Stone was a self-employed mechanic in the Hope area for 50 plus years, an avid fisherman and raccoon hunter and a dog trainer. He...
Hamp Miller
Mar 6, 2012
Mr. Hamp Miller, 86 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Prescott. Mr. Miller was born February 21, 1926 in Prescott, Arkansas to Clarence and Jessie Moody Miller. He was a member of the Midway United Methodist Church in Prescott, a mason, and a member of the Mason Lodge in Prescott. Mr. Miller was a dairy farmer...
Annie Louise Walthall
Feb 29, 2012
Mrs. Annie Louise Page Walthall, 89, of Little Rock, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday morning, February 29, 2012. She was born in 1922, the daughter of James Richmond and May Turner Page, in Old Washington, Arkansas. There she attended the Presbyterian Church from early childhood and graduated from Washington High School. At the age of 17,...
Jimmy Don Rosenbaum
Feb 28, 2012
Mr. Jimmy Don Rosenbaum, 72, of Cross Roads, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at his home. Mr. Rosenbaum was born September 18, 1939 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Orville Ray and Mabel Mosier Rosenbaum. He was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church and he was a retired farmer and a poultry and cattle rancher. He served...
Ola Mae Johnson
Feb 25, 2012
Mrs. Ola Mae Smith Johnson, the first child of the late Bynam Smith and Martha McGill Smith, was born March 8, 1922 in Blevins, Arkansas. Her brother, Phillip O.D. Smith, proceeded her in death. Mrs. Ola Mae, as she was fondly called, attended school in the Green Hill Community. Mrs. Ola Mae was a member of E.U. Reed Eastern Star...
Ann Thrash Grigg
Feb 25, 2012
Mrs. Ann Thrash Grigg, 96 of Hope passed away, Saturday, February 25, 2012. Ann was born on, Tuesday, December 21, 1915 in Washington, Arkansas to John Oscar and Eunice Jane Thompson Gold. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Hubert Thrash and Guy M. Grigg. After graduating from Hot Springs High School in 1933, she moved to...
Billy Dearinger
Feb 20, 2012
Mr. Billy Dearinger, 64 of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Rosston, Arkansas. Mr. Dearinger was born June 27, 1947 in Langdon, North Dakota, to Wilbur Selmer and Doris Mozelle Driggers Dearinger. He was proceeded in death by his parents and son, Jared Dearinger. Mr. Dearinger was a US...
Robert Godwin
Feb 20, 2012
Mr. Robert Leon Godwin, 72 of Prescott passed away, Monday, February 20, 2012 in Prescott, Arkansas. Mr. Godwin was born June 21, 1939 in St. Cloud, Florida to Leon and Millie Partin Godwin. He is preceded in death by his parents. In high school Mr. Godwin was a four star athlete in football, baseball and basketball. In football he was...
Ralph Mckamie
Feb 17, 2012
Mr. Ralph McKamie, 78 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Friday, February 17, 2012 at his home in Prescott. Mr. McKamie was born July 29, 1933 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to Sam and Nettie Henshew McKamie. He was a loving father, grandfather, an avid hunter, fisherman, gardener, and a true friend that helped many and had a phrase he used call...
Darlene Johnson
Feb 13, 2012
Mrs. Darlene Jones Johnson, 49 of Wake Village, Texas passed away, Monday, February 13, 2012. Mrs. Johnson was born November 6, 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Tommy and Velma Brown Jones. She was a registered nurse practitioner, a member of Red Water Baptist Church in Red Water, Texas. She is preceded in death by her father, Tommy Jones. Mrs. Johnson...
Bro. Wayne Langston
Feb 13, 2012
Rev. Wayne Langston, 79 of Sutton, Arkansas passed away, Monday, February 13, 2012 in a Little Rock hospital. Rev. Langston was born, Saturday, June 11, 1932 in the Sutton Community of Nevada County, Arkansas to Reeder and Eunice Hambric Langston. Rev. Langston has been a pastor for 50 years, of which 35 years was at Whites Chapel Baptist Church, he...
Gerald H. Zimmer
Feb 12, 2012
Mr. Gerald H. Zimmer, 75 of Blevins, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, February 12, 2012, at his home in Blevins. Mr. Zimmer was born Wednesday, October 7, 1936 in Jackson, Michigan to Sidney Franklin and Audria Grow Zimmer, a member of Union Grove Baptist Church, retired US Army Veteran, with 20 years of service, and a member of the Disabled Veterans...
Rue H. Campbell Salmon
Feb 9, 2012
Mrs. Rue H. Campbell Salmon, 96 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away February 9, 2012 in Texarkana, Arkansas. Mrs. Salmon was born September 25, 1915 in Prescott, Arkansas to William Robert and Clara Husky Campbell. She was a homemaker, a home care provider, and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lewis Salmon; her sons Johnny...
