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Mary Ruth Gilbert
Jun 13, 2009
Mrs. Mary R. Gilbert, 97, of Little Rock, Arkansas (formerly a lifelong resident of Crossroads Community of Hempstead County, Arkansas) passed away Saturday, 1 week before her 98th birthday, at Briarwood Rehab Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on June 20, 1911, in Columbus, Arkansas. She was a homemaker; quilter and gardener and a member of First United...
Perna Belle Mason
Jun 8, 2009
Mrs. Perna Belle Mason, 81 of Bodcaw passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009 in Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott, Arkansas. She was born in Falcon, Ark. on May 11, 1928 to Kelly and Pearl Dodson Taylor. She was a homemaker and seamstress and a member of Corinth Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her...
Wilson Hopson
Jun 8, 2009
Elder Wilson Hopson, 78, of Prescott, Arkansas, went from labor to reward on Monday, June 8, 2009. Elder Wilson Hopson was born the 10th and youngest child of Willie T. and Sarah Jackson-Hopson in Laneburg, Arkansas on March 28, 1931. He was educated in the public school system of Nevada County. At an early age Elder Hopson was baptized and...
Ricky Wayne Smith
Jun 6, 2009
Coach Ricky Wayne Smith, 48, of Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009, at his home. He was born on December 11, 1960, in Longview, Texas to Rufus and Gay Cobb Smith. He was a former teacher and coach; and employee with Smith Redi Mix, of Nashville, Arkansas. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his...
James H Hunter
Jun 5, 2009
Mr. James Howard Hunter, 79 of Laneburg, Nevada County, Arkansas passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009 in Saline Memorial Hospital at Benton, Arkansas. He was born on November 11, 1929, near Bluff City, Nevada County, Ark. son of Shelbie Floyd and Jessie Mae Plyler Hunter. He was a retired truck driver with the Arkansas State Highway Department and a...
Louise A. Jones
Jun 4, 2009
Mrs. Louise Gibson Sanders Jones, 74 of Hope passed away Thursday morning, June 4, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Cale Arkansas on October 31, 1934, to Jim and Esther Sampson Gibson. She was a retired cook and a member of Union Baptist Church, Bodcaw, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her...
Mattie V Green
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Mattie V. Green, 84, of Fulton, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in Pike County, Arkansas. She was born in Fulton, Ark. on November 16, 1924 to George A. and Connie M. Jones Akin. She was a homemaker and mother and a member of a non-denominational Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James...
Imogene "Jean" Ammons Powell
Jun 1, 2009
MRS. IMOGENE JEAN AMMONS POWELL, 78, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2009, at her home. She was born in Patmos, Ark. on Dec 21, 1930, to Joseph and Ola Mae Moses Hollis. She was a deli manager and former seamstress with the former Shanhouse for 20+ years. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death...
Robert Eugene "Bob" Crawford
May 30, 2009
Mr. Robert Eugene "Bob" Crawford, 75, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at his home after a long illness. He was born September 6, 1933 in Maud, Oklahoma. He was raised in California and schooled in Visalia, California. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1952 and the U.S. Air Force 1953 to 1956. He...
Sammy Earl Haynie
May 30, 2009
Mr. Sammy Earl Haynie,43, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, in a Hot Springs, Arkansas Hospital. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on August 18, 1965, to Earl and Lucinda Kay Brown Haynie. He was a truck driver for Prescott Land and Timber and a Baptist. Survivors Include: His Wife: Sandy Butler Haynie, Prescott; Two Sons: Robert...
Karolyn Michelle Campbell
May 29, 2009
Ms. Karolyn Michelle Campbell, 44, of McCaskill, Arkansas, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009, in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born in Columbus, Georgia on September 26, 1964, to Richard S. "Dick" Kale, III and Elsie L. "Picky" Hicks Kale. She was a clerk and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard S. "Dick" Kale, III. Survivors...
Robert W. "Bob" Wright
May 26, 2009
Mr. Robert W. "Bob" Wright, C.L.U., C.H.F.C., 60, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at St. Josephs Medical Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born in Columbus, Miss. on June 4, 1948, to James H. Wright and Tillie Ann Seymer Wright Price. He was a State Farm Insurance Agent in Hope, Ark. for 28 Years. He was...
Henry Howard "Pete" Tippitt, Sr.
May 25, 2009
Mr. Henry Howard "Pete" Tippitt, Sr., 86, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Monday, May 25, 2009, at his home. He was born in Nevada County, Arkansas on March 22, 1923 to Willie B. and Ruth White Tippitt. He was a member of Providence Memorial Baptist Church of Perrytown; welder and mechanic and retired from Kroger Egg City after 18 years...
Blanche Lee Oliver
May 23, 2009
Mrs. Blanche Lee Oliver, 85, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Heather Manor Nursing and Rehab, Hope, Arkansas. She was born on September 8, 1923, in Reeder, Ark. to Bess amd Eula Florese Smith. She was a homemaker.She was a member of Central Baptist Church, Prescott, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents; by...
Margie Burrow
May 23, 2009
Mrs. Margie Neal Burrow, 81 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Rusk County, Texas on June 19, 1927 to Andrew Woodard Conway, Sr. and Bina Ella Hennigan Conway. She was a owner/operator of a fishing marina in Shelby County, Texas. She was a Baptist. She was...
Robert O'Neal Hickson
May 21, 2009
Mr. Robert O'Neal Hickson, 83 of Fulton, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Friendship, Ark. on January 17, 1926, to Andrew and Reba Boles Hickson. He was a retired truck driver. He was a Baptist, former member of the teamster union and played the steel guitar. He...
Jodie Everett Waddle
May 21, 2009
MR. JODIE EVERETT WADDLE, 91 , of Mineral Springs, Arkansas (Formerly of Prescott, Arkansas), passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at his home. He was born on April 1, 1918, in Nevada County, Ark. to J.H. and Martha Loe Waddle. He was a retired area foreman with the Arkansas Highway Department with 25 years of service. He was a...
Gladys Beatrice Hartsfield
May 21, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Hartsfield, 95 of Hope, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Hempstead County, Arkansas on October 6, 1913 to Willie Williams and Effie Sutton Williams. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Holly Grove Methodist Church, Jakie Jones Community, Ark. She was preceded...
Jonathan L. Crane
May 20, 2009
Mr. Jonathan L. Crane, 21, of Roy, Utah, formerly of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009, in Roy, Utah. He was born July 21, 1987 in Hope, Arkansas to the late Lance McClare Crane and Rhonda Darilek. He was a store clerk by profession and was a loving husband, son, father and brother. Jonathan is survived by his...
Marjorie Adair Russell
May 20, 2009
Mrs. Marjorie Adair Russell,61 of Houston, Texas formerly of Prescott passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in Houston, Texas. Graveside Services will be 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sweet Home Cemetery, Prescott, Arkansas. Arrangements By Brazzel/Cornish Funeral Home, Prescott, Arkansas.
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