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Jimmy C. Severns

Jimmy C. Severns

Oct 26, 2010

Mr. Jimmy C. Severns, age 78, of Texarkana, Texas, (formerly of Blevins, Arkansas), passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born in Urbana, Missouri, on April 11, 1932, to Chauncey and Lenora Williams Severns. He retired from AMOCO Foam Products in 1994, where he was the Warehouse and Traffic...

James "Jim" O. Atkins

James "Jim" O. Atkins

Oct 21, 2010

Mr. James O. Jim Atkins, age 68, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born in Hope, Arkansas, on April 22, 1942, to James Owen and Marjorie Welch Atkins. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hope, Arkansas, an employee of the Migrant Center...

Leland Powers

Leland Powers

Oct 20, 2010

Mr. Leland Powers, was born on January 26, 1923, the eldest child of Allen L. and Julia Graves Powers in Ozan, Arkansas. He departed this life on October 20, 2010, at the age of 87. Leland left home at the age of 15, to join WPAs CCC and served in Langley, Arkansas Ouachita National Forest helping build Shady Lake and...

Dovie Ann Grant

Dovie Ann Grant

Oct 17, 2010

Mrs. Dovie Ann Grant, age 71, of Texarkana, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2010, at her home. She was born on December 7, 1939, in Amarillo, Texas, to Wendell and Dovie Ann Frizell Phillips. She was a retired Merchandise Director for Dillards and member of Central Baptist Church in Texarkana, Arkansas. Her Survivors Include: Her husband Henry T....

Jimmy Arthur "Jim Bob" "Snook" Goodson

Jimmy Arthur "Jim Bob" "Snook" Goodson

Oct 16, 2010

Mr. Jimmy Jim Bo Snook Arthur Goodson, age 37, of Texarkana, Arkansas, passed away, Saturday, October 16, 2010 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born October 24, 1972 in Shreveport, Louisiana, to John O. and Patricia Nell Mason Goodson. Mr. Goodson was a singer/musician with the 2 Far Gone Band and an employee of Texarkana Glass. He was a member of...

Hazel Marine Holt

Hazel Marine Holt

Oct 16, 2010

Mrs. Hazel Marine Holt, age 88, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, October 16, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born on May 6, 1922, in McCaskill, Arkansas, to Roy and Callie Kidd Cooley. She was a sales clerk at the former West Department Store in Hope, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her...

Terriel C. Sparks

Terriel C. Sparks

Oct 15, 2010

Mr. Terriel C. Sparks, age 75, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2010, at St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born in Hempstead County, Arkansas, on February 21, 1935, to Marion Clay and Clara Jones Sparks. He was an auto parts salesman and a security guard. He was a Charter Member of St. John...

David Dodds Griffin

David Dodds Griffin

Oct 14, 2010

Mr. David Dodds Griffin, 62, of Gurdon, Arkansas, (formerly of Hope, Arkansas), passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010, at Baptist Health Medical Center, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was born in Monahans, Texas, on March 4, 1948, to Charles Samuel and Georgia Evelyn Dodds Griffin. He was a Sales Manager for Anthony Timberland in Beirne, Arkansas, and a member of the First...

Coy Eugene Zumwalt

Coy Eugene Zumwalt

Oct 12, 2010

Rev. Coy Eugene Zumwalt, age 88, of Blevins, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Arkansas. He was born in Pike City, Arkansas, on June 16, 1922, to Carl and Hilda Botsford Zumwalt. He was a Minister for 60 years, a member of the Rotary Club, Order of the Eastern Star, 33rd Degree...

Nancy Sue Harden

Nancy Sue Harden

Oct 11, 2010

Mrs. Nancy Sue Harden, age 62, of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2010, at St. Michael Health System, in Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Nevada County, Arkansas, on December 12, 1947, to Clifford Dale and Katie Marie Prescott Shope. She was a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents and...

Gay Gibson

Gay Gibson

Oct 10, 2010

Mrs. Velna Gay Grandmother Gibson, age 70, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2010, at St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born on September 30, 1940, in Hempstead County, Arkansas, to S.V. and Myrtle Mae Cogbill Cobb. She was a caregiver, a bookkeeper and a Baptist . She would truly give the shirt off...

Julie Stuart

Julie Stuart

Oct 8, 2010

Mrs. Julie Kathleen Stuart, 44 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away at her home on Friday, October 8, 2010. She was born June 2, 1966, at St. Joseph Hospital in Hot Spring, Arkansas to Murrel Glendon and Joan Tubby Johnson. Mrs. Stuart was a Registered Nurse and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Blevins, Arkansas. Her Survivors Include: Her...

William E. "Bud" Gourley

William E. "Bud" Gourley

Oct 7, 2010

Mr. William E. Bud Gourley, age 77, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at John McClellan Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Laneburg, Arkansas on April 5, 1933, to Earl Newton and Della Richardson Gourley. He was retired employee of Nevada County, a farmer, carpenter, a Baptist, a Mason and member of...

Monica Ann Torbert Hanson

Monica Ann Torbert Hanson

Oct 5, 2010

Mrs. Monica Ann Torbert Hanson, age 57, of Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at her home. She was born on September 13, 1953, in Santa Monica, California to Billie and Agatha Kohmetscher Torbert. She was a machinist with CMC and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother Michael Torbert. Her...

Paul H. "Toe" Curtis

Paul H. "Toe" Curtis

Oct 4, 2010

Mr. Paul H. Toe Curtis, age 85, of Emerson, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2010, at Health South Rehab in Homer, Louisiana. He was born in Cale, Arkansas, on December 20, 1924, to John Thomas and Ethel Beaver Curtis. He was a retired foreman of Will-Amit Saw Mill, a former employee of the former ARK-LA, a former Volunteer...

Bobby Lynn Boyette

Bobby Lynn Boyette

Oct 3, 2010

Mr. Bobby Lynn Boyette, 82, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2010, at Heather Manor Nursing Center in Hope, Arkansas. Mr. Boyette as born July 6, 1928 in Hope, Arkansas to Samuel H. and Lola E. Boswell Boyette. He was a retired salesman for PPG Industries, Fort Worth, Texas and an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He...

Lorene G. Arnold

Lorene G. Arnold

Sep 30, 2010

Mrs. Lorene G. Arnold, age 92, of Dallas, Texas formerly of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2010. Mrs. Arnold lived most of her life in Hope, Arkansas but for the past seven and half years she has lived in Dallas, Texas. She was born April 9, 1918, in Hamburg, Arkansas to Guy and Lula Greene. She is...

Daisy Coe

Daisy Coe

Sep 27, 2010

Mrs. Daisy Ollene Coe, age 84, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Pine Hope Nursing Home in Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Delight, Arkansas, on October 15, 1925, to James Edward and Ollie Eary Belt. She was owner of Cornish Flowers and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Prescott, Arkansas. She was preceded...

Esther F. Reed

Esther F. Reed

Sep 26, 2010

Mrs. Esther F. Reed, 90, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. She was born on January 31,1920, in Pike County, Arkansas to Buford and Minnie Lee Lamb Ferguson. She was a member of Providence Memorial Baptist Church in Perrytown, Arkansas, and a healthcare provider. She was preceded in death...

Jan Elizabeth Harris Peterson

Jan Elizabeth Harris Peterson

Sep 16, 2010

Miss Jan Elizabeth Harris Peterson, 58, of Hope, Arkansas, formerly of Clarksdale, Mississippi, passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2010, in Hope, Arkansas. She was born on December 4, 1951, in Memphis, Tennessee, to John Monroe and Doris Kenyon Harris. She was a member of the Hope Community Church, in Hope, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her father....

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