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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Carol L. Odom
Sep 10, 2010
Mrs. Carol L. Odom, 64, of Hartsville, South Carolina, formerly of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2010, in Hope. She was born on September 9, 1946, in Bethune, South Carolina to Johnny E. Hunter and Catherine Davis Hunter. Mrs. Odom was an avid Arkansas Razorback Football and Basketball Fan. She loved to sew and enjoyed crafting. She...
George Troy Flowers
Sep 9, 2010
Mr. George Troy Flowers, 77, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at his home. He was born in Hempstead County, Arkansas, on May 18, 1933, to Oscar Vernon and Mary Lou Johnson Flowers. He retired from the steel industry in Houston, Texas, and returned to Arkansas in the fall of 1984. He was a U.S....
Raymond L. Simmons
Sep 9, 2010
Mr. Raymond Lee Simmons, 61, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born on December 29, 1948, in Hope, Arkansas to Christopher Columbus and Myrtis Faye Collums Simmons. He was a construction worker, heavy equipment operator and an active member of Guernsey Baptist Church. He was preceded in death...
John Shotts
Sep 4, 2010
Mr. John Shotts, 81, of Hope, Arkansas (formerly of McCaskill, Arkansas), passed away Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born August 25, 1929, in Martinsville, Illinois to Jesse Shotts and Minnie Leanna Buckle Shotts. Mr. Shotts was a retired truck driver for Meyers Bakery, now Southern Bakery of Hope, Arkansas and a Army veteran...
Gilbert Honea
Sep 3, 2010
Mr. Gilbert Honea, 82, of Blevins, Arkansas, went to be with Jesus Friday, September 3, 2010, at his home. He was born in Blevins, Hempstead County, Arkansas, on May 19, 1928, to Cyrus Jennings and Frances Lenore Smith. He was a retired owner/operator of D & G Grocery in Blevins, Arkansas, a farmer, a member of Bruce Memorial United Methodist...
Inez Ledbetter
Sep 2, 2010
Mrs. Alma Inez Ledbetter, 80, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010, at Heather Manor Nursing and Rehab, Hope, Arkansas. She was born November 7,1929, in Prescott, Ark. to Harold Lloyd and Emily Thelma Bryson Lavender. She was a owner/operator of the former Ledbetter Grocery Store of Prescott. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her...
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