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Fred Kribs
Aug 6, 2010
Mr. Frederick Lee Kribs, Jr., 75, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, August 6, 2010, at Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, Texas. He was born August 21, 1934, in Dallas, Texas, to Frederick Lee Kribs, Sr. and Norah Smith Kribs. He received a Bachelors Degree from Southern Methodist University in Advertising. Mr. Kribs was a real estate property manager and...
Mildred Davis Friday
Aug 4, 2010
Mrs. MILDRED DAVIS FRIDAY, 92, Magnolia, Arkansas (formerly of Hope, Arkansas), passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was born March 1, 1918, in Hempstead County, Arkansas, to Charles H. Hinton and Mary Owen Davis. She was a homemaker, mother, piano teacher for twenty plus years and a member of Garrett...
Donald D Nixon
Aug 4, 2010
Donald (Donnie) Nixon was born March 19, 1946, to the late Leon and Hazel Nixon in Nevada County, Prescott Arkansas. Donald received his formal education at McRae High School. He attended Red River Technical College and became a skilled mason and welder. He was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church. Donald was employed at Firestone and then Burnes. Donalds...
Oree B. Gunter
Aug 2, 2010
MRS. OREE BLAND GUNTER, 92, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, August 2, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in McNab, Arkansas, on March 7, 1918, to Martin Able and Roxie Ellis Bland. She was a waitress for Deans Truck Stop in Fulton, Arkansas; a manager for Bill and Tinks Barbecue in Hope, Arkansas and a...
Elsie Lee Ghormley
Aug 2, 2010
Mrs. Elsie Lee Ghormley, age 94, of Sutton, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, August 2, 2010, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. She was born December 9, 1915, in Nevada County, Arkansas, to Robert Lee and Kate Floss Lambert Wesson. She was a housewife and mother and member of Harmony United Methodist Church, Sutton, Arkansas. She was preceded in...
Burna Mae Burnham
Aug 2, 2010
Miss Burna Mae Burnham, 79, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, (formerly of Delight, Arkansas), passed away on Monday, August 2, 2010, at Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born in Delight, Arkansas on December 23, 1930, to Calus R. and Ever Mae Burnham. She was a member of the Delight Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her...
Ellen Ruth Ann Cumbie Bruce
Jul 31, 2010
Mrs. Ellen Ruth Ann Cumbie Bruce, 92, a life-long resident of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Heather Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 10, 1918 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, the sixth of twelve children born to Jim and Ellen Cumbie. She was preceded in death by her parents, ten of her siblings, her...
Myrtle Black
Jul 27, 2010
Miss Myrtle Black, 91, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born November 25, 1918, in Taskahoma, Oklahoma, to John Washington and Levicie Emma Rowton Black. She was retired seamstress from Shanhouse Company and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers; Newt Black, Hubert Black,...
Cleo Odel Hamm
Jul 24, 2010
MRS. CLEO ODEL HAMM, 91, Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital. She was born September 11, 1918 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Luther and Ida Hovarter Arterbury. Mrs. Hamm was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Hamm and by two sons Donald Ray and William Floyd Hamm; four brothers, James; Henry; Arlis and...
Gayle M. Fore
Jul 20, 2010
Mrs. Gayle M. Fore, 74, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born January 12, 1936, to Orville Birchell and Mildred Betts Mitchell. She was a former salesperson Lewis McLartys and a secretary/receptionist for the former Dr. Freel and Dr. Brents, and a member of Hope Church of Christ. She...
Dr. Forney G. Holt
Jul 20, 2010
FORNEY G. HOLT, M.D., 97, Texarkana, Arkansas, (formerly of Hope, Arkansas), passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. He was born June 26, 1913, in Bingen, Arkansas, to Earl and Maggie Goodwin Holt. Dr. Holt was a Army Veteran having served in both World War II and Korea. He was a former principal and...
Sharon Presson
Jul 19, 2010
MRS. SHARON PRESSON, 65,went home to her Lord and Savior, July 19, 2010. She was born August 19, 1944, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Richard and Mary Edwards Butcher. She was an active member in the Jehovah Witness Ministry for several years before her medical condition rendered her unable to do her service work. Her hobbies were working in her flower...
Irma Jean Godwin
Jul 19, 2010
MRS. IRMA JEAN GODWIN, 83, of Prescott, Arkansas (formerly of Emmet, Arkansas), passed away on Monday, July 19, 2010, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott, Arkansas. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 16, 1927, to Leon and Betsy Burton Baldwin. She was a former employee of Meyers Bakery, a mail carrier and a Baptist. She was preceded...
Charles Quillin
Jul 18, 2010
Mr. Charles Wayne Quillin, 71, Saratoga, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born December 15, 1938, in Hope, Arkansas, to Ivan Leroy Roy and Virginia Faris Quillin. He was a retired truck driver for Hope Concrete and a general carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents and one...
Nancy Carolyn Clingan Tanner
Jul 17, 2010
With great sadness, the Tanner family announces the passing of their beloved wife, mother, grandmother (Nana), and sister, Nancy Carolyn Clingan Tanner on July 17, 2010. Nancy was born May 10, 1935, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, married Charles Richard Tanner on June 10, 1956, and has lived in Beaumont, Texas since 1963. She was a retired registered nurse, an active volunteer...
Dorothy Miller
Jul 13, 2010
MRS. DOROTHY MILLER, 81, of Willisville, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott, Arkansas. She was born in Rocky Mound, Arkansas, on March 5, 1929, to William Bill and Geneva Ruth Yates McKissack. She was a retired school cafeteria cook and a Baptist. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert J....
William Ellis "Bill" Tolleson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2010
Hope resident Mr. William Ellis Tolleson, Sr. (Bill), 85, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mr. Tolleson was born to Maxine and C.P. Tolleson on February 23, 1925 in Wright City, Oklahoma. He grew up in Hope and graduated from Hope High School. In 1943 Mr. Tolleson joined the Army to serve his country in Europe during...
Carl V. Thornton
Jul 10, 2010
Mr. Carl V. Thornton, 79, of Hope, Arkansas passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2010, in Hope, Arkansas. He was born January 24, 1931,in Caddo Gap, Arkansas to Joe and Belle McKnight Thornton. He was a retired mechanic from Hope Auto and became a member of New Hope Baptist Church of Hope, Arkansas, on June 20, 1965 and was ordained...
Amelda Parker
Jul 8, 2010
Mrs. Ethel Amelda Parker, 86 of Hope, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on July 8th, 2010. She was born on November 8, 1923 in Monette, AR to the late James & Ethel Meacham and was one of nine children. She attended school in Silverdale, AR and Arbyrd, MO where she was active in the girls Glee club and...
Cleo Hildebrand
Jul 6, 2010
Mrs. Cleo Hildebrand, 95, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, July 6 at Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott, Arkansas. She was born in Bluff Springs, Arkansas on February 20, 1915, to Guy and Ella Cummings Wynn. She was a former owner/operator of Hildebrands Store in Prescott and a farmer. She was a member of Liberty Church of the Nazarene, Redland...
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