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Antonia Cantu Sumner
Aug 3, 2009
Mrs. Antonia "Toni" Cantu Sumner, 80 of Blevins, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord, after a lengthy illness, on Monday, August 3, 2009, at Lindas home in Hope. She was born in Victoria, Texas on October 27, 1928, to Rogerio and Antonia Canales Cantu. She was a waitress and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hope. She...
W. Wayne Shaw
Jul 29, 2009
Mr. W. Wayne Shaw, 75, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Simms, Texas on October 24, 1933, to Ed and Margaret Pruitt Shaw. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1954 and retired after 23 years of service coming to Hope and becoming an associate with Pioneer...
Oleta Barham
Jul 25, 2009
Mrs. Oleta Pearl Barham went to be with our Lord on July 25, 2009. She was born May 5, 1914 in Prescott, Arkansas, to Jarrett and Ethel White. After graduating from high school, she married her childhood sweetheart, Clinton A. Barham. Mrs. Barham, her husband, and son lived in Prescott and Orange, Texas before finally settling in Longview in 1950....
Etha Mae Pennington
Jul 23, 2009
Mrs. Etha Mae Pennington, 98, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Pike County Hospital, Murfreesboro, Arkansas. She was born in Polk County, Arkansas on March 21, 1911, to Joe and Martha Crain Shaw. She was a homemaker and former longtime employee of the Armour Chicken Plant, having worked until the age of 72. She was preceded...
Carroll Gene Martin
Jul 23, 2009
Mr. Carroll Gene Martin, 67, of Gurdon, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 23, 2009 at a Hot Springs Hospital. He was born October 18, 1941, son of the late Robert Lloyd Buck and Hattie Sue Langley Martin. He was a married to Doris Wingfield Bradley Martin. He was an Arkansas State Forest Ranger, School Bus Driver...
Ruth Mazell Easley
Jul 18, 2009
Mrs. Ruth Mazell Easley, 94, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Reunion Plaza in Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Saratoga, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915. She was a homemaker and mother and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her Husband, Homer Jefferson Easley and by one sister, Katie...
Rosemary Baker Mckamie
Jul 18, 2009
Mrs. Rosemary Baker McKamie, 74, of Emmet, Arkansas passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Dubuis Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Cotton Plant, Ark. on August 20, 1934 to Enis and Edith Ruby Keel Granvel. She was a retired seamstress from the sewing factory; former security guard from Potlatch; and homemaker and mother. She was a member...
Marthe Marguerite "Mome" Gioana
Jul 16, 2009
Mrs. Marthe Marguerite "Mome" Malardier Gioana, 86 of Hope passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, July 16, 2009, at her home. She was born in Guignes, France on January 14, 1923, to Claude Rene and Marguerite Helen Chaive Malardier. Our angel here on earth has returned home and is now at peace. Mome was very nurturing, considerate, loving and...
James H. Barnes, Jr.
Jul 14, 2009
MR. JAMES H. BARNES, JR., 51, of McNab, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at his home. He was born in Texarkana, Ark. on October 5, 1957 to James H. Barnes Sr. and Annie C. Haywood Barnes. He was a carpenter, concrete man, truck driver and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Annie C. Barnes...
Joe Aaron Morgan
Jul 12, 2009
Mr. Joe Aaron Morgan, 59 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009, in a North Little Rock Hospital. He was born on September 4, 1950, in Nevada Co, Ark., to Bishop and Mattie Lee Hopson. He was disabled during the Vietnam War in the Army. He was a member of Mt. Ephesus Baptist Church, Prescott, Ark. He was...
C. Leon Carruthers
Jul 12, 2009
Mr. C. Leon Carruthers, 76, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott, Arkansas. He was born in Nevada County, Ark. on September 29, 1933 to William Leon and Roxie E. Faulkner Carruthers. He was a retired executive and manager of the Mid-Atlantic Division of Lion Oil Co. having worked in Monroe, La.,...
Mary Ward
Jul 10, 2009
Mrs. Mary D. Ward, 81, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, July 10, 2009, quietly at her home. She was born September 3, 1927, in Hope, Arkansas to Jewell and Linnie Burns May. She was a homemaker and member of Bethel Baptist Church, Hempstead County, Arkansas, Prescott, Ark. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; one brother,...
Phyllis L. Nelson
Jul 10, 2009
Mrs. Phyllis L. Nelson, of Casa, Arkansas, (Formerly of Prescott, Arkansas,) passed away Friday, July 10, 2009 at Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter of Larmon and Gracie Fuller VanWinkle, she was born December 22, 1946 in Little Rock. She was a graduate of McClellan High School. Phyllis and Jimmy Clifton Nelson were married on January 6,...
Helen Rhodes Jordan
Jul 10, 2009
MRS. HELEN RHODES JORDAN, 91, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2009 at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. She was born on July 1, 1918, in Cale, Ark. to Albert and Letha Sampson Rhodes. She was a homemaker, farmer and gardener; retired seamstress from the former Shanhouse Plant of Hope; drove rivets in the B52...
Katrina Lee Sutton
Jul 2, 2009
Miss Katrina Lee Sutton, 13 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, July 2, 2009, in Hempstead County, Ark., as a result of an automobile accident. She was born in Haywood County, North Carolina on November 27, 1995, to Ralph and Kimberly Evans Sutton. She was going to be in the 8th grade this fall at Hope High School. She was preceded...
Cody King
Jul 2, 2009
Mr. Cody King, 18 of Fulton, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Hempstead County, Ark., as a result of an automobile accident. He was born in Texarkana, Texas on February 14, 1991, to W.T. Dub King, Jr. and Nina Sue Lewis King. He was going to be a senior this fall at Hope High School. He was a member...
Gloria J. Rivers Elder Moore
Jun 28, 2009
Mrs. Gloria J. Rivers Elder Moore, 64 of Hope, Arkansas passed away this morning at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Dierks, Ark. on July 27, 1944 to Joe Dell and Frieda Priddy Rivers. She was a homemaker and retired nurses aid at Pinehope Nursing and Rehab Center, Hope, Ark. She was a member of...
Harry Phillips
Jun 28, 2009
Mr. Harry Phillips, 91, of Country Drive of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009, at his home. He was born in Shover Springs, Ark. on October 6, 1917. He was a retired self- employed businessman having owned and operated Harrys Pawn Shop and Harry Phillips' Used Cars, both in Hope. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church,...
David Nelson
Jun 20, 2009
Mr. David George Nelson, 38 of Hope passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 in Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. He was born February 22, 1971 in Los Angeles, California to Willis and Carol Randal Stricker Nelson. His parents preceded in him in death Survivors include; Three Brothers; Samuel Martin Nelson and Robert J. Nelson both of Hope and...
Dorsey Ray Hollis
Jun 15, 2009
Mr. Dorsey Ray Hollis, 75 of Russellville, Arkansas formerly of Stamps, Arkansas was called home to be with his Lord and Savior as the angels came to take him home on Monday, June 15, 2009, at Saint Marys Regional Medical Center, Russellville, Arkansas. He was born in Patmos, Ark. on Dec. 10, 1933 to Selvyn Thornton and Mary Jewell Downs...
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