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Gerald "Jerry" L. Stanley

Gerald "Jerry" L. Stanley

Oct 20, 2009

Brother Gerald "Jerry" L. Stanley, 62 of Hope passed away, Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 7, 1947 to Burton Bernard and Mary Frances Lyon Stanley. He had his doctorate in religion and minored in history. He was a pastor for 32 years. He was a...

Pauline P. Buford

Pauline P. Buford

Oct 17, 2009

Mrs. Pauline P. Buford, 80, of Celina, Texas (Formerly of Prescott, Arkansas,) passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009, at Settler's Ridge Care Center in Celina, Texas. She was born in Prescott, Ark., on March 10, 1929. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jake Buford; one brother, Thomas Parks; and two sisters, Marie Hart and Mildred Stednitz....

John H. Taylor

John H. Taylor

Oct 17, 2009

Mr. John H. Taylor, 72, of Lewisville, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009, at his home. He was born on June 6, 1937 in Dallas, Texas to Jean O. "J.O." and Bertha Davis Taylor. He was a retired English Teacher having received his Masters in English Education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; a member of the Arkansas...

Wayne Anderson

Wayne Anderson

Oct 10, 2009

Mr. Wayne Anderson, 52 of Hope passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 at his home. He was born March 27, 1957 in Hope, Arkansas to Jess and Jewell Walker Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a construction carpenter with FEMA and a painter. He loved to hunt and fish, especially fly fishing. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church of Hope....

Frank Alsobrook, Jr.

Frank Alsobrook, Jr.

Oct 9, 2009

Mr. Franklin H. Alsobrook, Jr., 61, Hope, Arkansas, (formerly of Mansfield, LA) passed away Friday, October 9, 2009, in a Hope Hospital. He was born August 29, 1948, in Beaumont, Texas to Franklin H. Sr. and Margie Reed Alsobrook. He was a pulp mill supervisor for International Paper Co.; former Nakoosa Edwards employee in Ashdown; former president of Union at...

Pauline Mauldin Mckinnon

Pauline Mauldin Mckinnon

Oct 9, 2009

Mrs. Pauline Mauldin "Granny" McKinnon, 90, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, October 9, 2009 at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. She was born July 14, 1919, in Okolona, Arkansas, to Leon and Jimmie Malcom Mauldin. She was a Homemaker and a member of the West Side Church of Christ, Prescott, Ark. She was preceded in death by...

Billy Joe Arnett, Sr.

Billy Joe Arnett, Sr.

Sep 29, 2009

MR. BILLY JOE BILL ARNETT, SR. 76 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at his home. He was born in Nevada County, Arkansas on September 14, 1933, to Sidney and Beulah Lee Fugett Arnett. He was a retired corrosion technician with Arkla/Centerpoint Energy having had 30 years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist...

William "Bill" Brooks

William "Bill" Brooks

Sep 25, 2009

Mr. William "Bill" Brooks, 83, of Yukon, Oklahoma, was born and raised on a farm near Blevins, Arkansas, the son of Zack and Opal Mitchell Brooks. After moving to Evansville, Indiana in the late 1940's, he became a skilled and dedicated employee for International Harvester and later Whirlpool Corporation for 40 years at the refrigerator manufacturing plant located on U.S....

Dr. Daniel Louis Pilkinton

Dr. Daniel Louis Pilkinton

Sep 20, 2009

Daniel Louis Pilkinton, 87, of Little Rock, was born November 10, 1921 to the late Ivason and Louise Betts Pilkinton of Washington, Arkansas and died September 20, 2009 at a local health center. He graduated from Washington High School and Henderson State Teachers College, earned a Masters Degree from Peabody College and a Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at...

Rex Christopher Sundberg

Rex Christopher Sundberg

Sep 17, 2009

Infant Rex Christopher Sundberg, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009, at U.A.M.S Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born September 9, 2009, at U.A.M.S. in Little Rock, Arkansas to his parents, Valerie Dee Fife Sundberg and Christopher Glen Sundberg. His survivors include: His parents: Valerie Dee Fife Sundberg and Christopher Glen Sundberg, Hope, Arkansas. His Paternal Grandparents: Jerry and Sandra...

George William Hair

George William Hair

Sep 13, 2009

Mr. George William Hair, 80, Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Shover Springs, Arkansas on August 12, 1929 to George Porter and William Thomas Willie Love, III, Hair. He was a retired welder, gardener, hog farmer and in the lawncare business. He was a member of the...

Earl Moody

Earl Moody

Sep 11, 2009

Mr. Earl Blessing Moody, 74 of Hope, (Formerly of Lonoke, Arkansas) passed away Friday, September 11, 2009, in Medical Park Hospital, Hope. He was born on September 25, 1934, in Lonoke, Arkansas and his parents were Elmer and Maudie Moody. He was a retired truck driver for Coleman Dairy. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and...

Evelyn Sue Chism

Evelyn Sue Chism

Sep 3, 2009

Mrs. Evelyn Sue Chism, 69, of Canyon Lake, Texas, formerly of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009, at her home in Canyon Lake, Texas. She was born March 17, 1940 in Memphis, Tenn., to Harry Jewell and Nannie Gertrude Lockwood Keeley. She was a homemaker; a nurse; a Methodist; and a believer in God. When she passed away...

William "Bill" Harding, Sr.

William "Bill" Harding, Sr.

Sep 3, 2009

Mr. William "Bill" Harding, Sr., 88 of Hope, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born in Longview, Texas on January 19, 1921 to Hardie and Irene Wood Leath. He was in mining and ran a refinery. He was a Baptist and an Army Veteran of World War II. He was...

Gearldine Marie Miller Campbell

Gearldine Marie Miller Campbell

Sep 2, 2009

Mrs. Gearldine Marie Miller Campbell, 72 of Bodcaw passed away early this morning, September 2, 2009 at her home in Bodcaw. She was born in Nevada County, Ark. on July 9, 1937 to Elwood and Maudie M. Almand Miller. She was a licensed practical nurse and an active member of Union Baptist Church, Bodcaw, Ark. She was preceded in death...

Donald Albert Avery

Donald Albert Avery

Aug 30, 2009

Dr. Donald Albert Avery, 74 of Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Prescott and Arkadelphia, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009,in a local hospital. He was born January 5, 1935, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Ernest Earl and Jessie Permelia Landers Avery. He received his P.H.D. in Physics from Texas A. & M. He was a retired physics professor at Henderson...

Udell Samuels Lloyd

Udell Samuels Lloyd

Aug 28, 2009

Mrs. Udell Samuels Lloyd, 93 of Hope passed away August 28, 2009 at her home in Hope, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Jesse James Samuel and Elizabeth Cummings Samuels. She is preceded in death by her husband, William Steve Lloyd. She is survived by her Three Sons: Don Lloyd, Hope; Jim Lloyd, Texarkana, Texas; Jack Lloyd, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Two...

Dorothy Jean Smith

Dorothy Jean Smith

Aug 27, 2009

Mrs. Dorothy Smith, 78, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Emmet, Ark. on September 26, 1930 to Nick and Trudie Harden and graduated from Emmet High School. She was a homemaker and mother. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John D. Smith; by...

Horace W. "Junior" Buggs, Jr.

Horace W. "Junior" Buggs, Jr.

Aug 26, 2009

Mr. Horace W. "Junior" Buggs, Jr., 80, of Hope passed away this morning at his home in Hope. He was born in Delight, Arkansas, on July 29, 1929, to Horace Wilford Bugg, Sr. and Mary Ann Evans Bugg. He was a retired timber contractor and former owner/operator of a small engine repair shop in Hope, Ark. He was a Baptist...

Velma Collins Brown

Velma Collins Brown

Aug 24, 2009

Mrs. Velma F. Collins Brown, 91, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away Monday, August 24, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Spring Hill, Ark. on October 18, 1917 to Jesse Carr and Emma Aline Turner Collins. She was a retired dairy farmer; a member of Spring Hill United Methodist Church, Spring Hill, Ark.;she loved quilting...

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