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John Clifton Yancey

John Clifton Yancey

Apr 25, 2009

Mr. John C. Yancey, 65, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday April 25, 2009, at his home. He was born on November 26, 1943, in Texarkana, Texas, to Clifton Thomas and Charlotte Estelle Phillips Yancey. He was a former administrator of Nevada County Hospital for 34 years; former lab employee of Robins Chemical Plant and manager of Prescott Country Club....

Wilma Rowe Booker

Wilma Rowe Booker

Apr 25, 2009

Mrs. Wilma Rowe Booker, age 84 of Washington, AR passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born in Washinton, Arkansas, on June 14, 1924 to James Russell and Willie Nannie Rowe. She was a Registered Nurse having worked at Julia Chester Hospital, Hempstead County Memorial Hospital and Medical Park Hospital for 36...

Joe Dillard Chism

Joe Dillard Chism

Apr 24, 2009

Mr. Joe Dillard Chism, 61, of Caney, Arkansas, passed away Friday, April 24, 2009, at Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on August 28, 1947, in Nashville, Ark., to Guy and Elsie Tallant Chism. He was a graduate of Hope High School. He was a millwright and plumber. He was a Baptist. Joe loved his family, loved...

Verda M Virden

Verda M Virden

Apr 19, 2009

Mrs. Verda Mae Virden, 83, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. She was born in Hope, Arkansas on January 11, 1926, to William Otis and Ivy Ruth Prince Honeycutt. She was a retired ward clerk with the former Nevada County Hospital; former member of an Emmet Bowling League and a...

Gale Fay Byrom

Gale Fay Byrom

Apr 16, 2009

Mrs. Gale Fay Byrom, 45, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at her home. She was born in Portales, New Mexico on July 1, 1963, to Delmar Darvon and Elizabeth Ann Crump Sharp. She was disabled. She was preceded in death by her parents. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Her Husband: H. Larkin Byrom, Hope, Ark. Her Mother: Hazelene...

Nannie Bell Guilliams Welker

Nannie Bell Guilliams Welker

Apr 15, 2009

Mrs. Nannie Bell Guilliams Welker, 95, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born in Beckville, Texas, on November 4, 1913 to Wesley and Dottie Bell Sagers Guilliams. She was a nursing home aide and former Lone Star employee. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her...

Jaunita Francis Wright

Jaunita Francis Wright

Apr 12, 2009

MRS. JAUNITA FRANCIS WRIGHT, 68, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Christus St. Michael Hospital , Texarkana, TX. She was born in Hempstead County, Arkansas on December 9, 1940 to Marvin Buck and Daisy Estelle Sinyard DeVenney. She was a former employee of Hobby Lobby, the hospital, and the former T.G & Y of Hope. She...

Amanda Renee Sisk

Amanda Renee Sisk

Apr 9, 2009

Ms. Amanda Renee Sisk, 20 of Hope passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Houston, Texas on August 20, 1988 to Gary Donald and Tammy Odom Barr Sisk. She was an employee of the Rainbow of Challenges at the School of Hope, Hope, Ark. She was a non-denominational; a...

Helen Vandergraff

Helen Vandergraff

Apr 9, 2009

Helen Scott VanderGraff passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Pasadena, Texas. She was born on August 29, 1916 in Prescott, Arkansas. She finished Prescott High School and got her backelors degree from Henderson State Teachers College now Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. During World War II, Helen worked in Arkansas and Florida, helping service members with their...

Maud Ellen England

Maud Ellen England

Apr 8, 2009

Mrs. Maud Ellen England, 91, of East Wichita, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in East Wichita, Kansas. She was born in Delight, Arkansas on July 6, 1917, to Jesse J. and Ora Blanch Byers Lewallen. She was a bookkeeper and payroll clerk. She was a member of Southwest Baptist Church in Wichita. She was preceded in death...

H. Dan Smith

H. Dan Smith

Apr 8, 2009

Mr. H. Dan Smith, 66, CLU, LUTCF, a past-president of NAIFA-Dallas and NAIFA-Texas passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Dan joined State Farm in 1967, serving the company faithfully for 42 years as both an agent and agency manager. In his first year with State Farm, Dan attended a meeting of the Dallas...

Staff Sgt. Michael Gabriel Smith

Staff Sgt. Michael Gabriel Smith

Apr 7, 2009

STAFF SGT. Michael Gabriel Smith, 32, of Seattle, Washington, formerly of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in a Seattle Hospital. He was the son of Kenneth Bud and Donna Smith of Spring Hill and born on September 19, 1976. He was a 1994 graduate of Spring Hill High School. Smith joined the Army National Guard before...

Barbara Jo Arnold

Barbara Jo Arnold

Apr 7, 2009

MRS. BARBARA JO ARNOLD, 62, of Fulton, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. She was born in Hope, Arkansas on January 7, 1947, to Ernest W. and Gwindolyn Berniece Akin Grisham. She was a homemaker and mother and a non-denominational. She was preceded in death by her parents. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Her...

Jasper Lory Malone

Jasper Lory Malone

Apr 6, 2009

MR. JASPER LORY MALONE, 68, of Hope, Arkansas (Formerly of Pineville, Louisiana), passed away Monday, April 6, 2009, at Medical Park Hospital , Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on November 8, 1940 to Jasper Lory, Sr. and Ruth Cardwell Malone. He was a carpenter. He had a Bachelors degree in both education and fire science. He was...

Thomas "Tom" Mullinax

Thomas "Tom" Mullinax

Apr 4, 2009

Mr. Thomas 'Tom' Mullinax, 80, North Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away Saturday., April 4, 2009, at Hospice Home Care, North Little Rock, Ark. He was born April 27, 1928 in Judsonia, Arkansas and was preceded by his parents, the late Ross E. And Florence G. Robertson Mullinax. He had a very successful heating and air conditioning business for thirty-five years...

Jeffrey Craig Campbell

Jeffrey Craig Campbell

Apr 3, 2009

Mr. Jeffrey Craig Campbell, 47, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Friday, April 3, 2009 at Christus St. Michael, Health System, Texarkana, Texas. He was born on June 4, 1961, in Garland, Texas, to Victor Aubrey and Wanda Lee Spencer Campbell. He was disabled. He was a Baptist. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS PARENTS: Victor Aubrey and Wanda Lee Campbell, Perrytown, Ark....

Jamie Carlton Prince

Jamie Carlton Prince

Apr 3, 2009

Mrs. Jamie Carol Carlton Prince, 55, of Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, in Arkansas Hospice Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Hope, Arkansas on October 21, 1953, to John Henry and Pearl Clements Carlton. She was a homemaker and mother. She was a member of Union Baptist Church of Bodcaw, Ark. She was preceded in...

Eva Mae Arnold

Eva Mae Arnold

Apr 2, 2009

Mrs. Eva Mae Arnold, 93 of Dallas formerly of Patmos passed away on April 2, 2009 in Dallas, TX. Mrs. Arnold was born March 23, 1916 in Patmos, Arkansas, she is preceded in death by her husband, L.D. Arnold, Jr. her daughter, Wilma Burns, grandson; Donnie Miller and great grandson Phillip Jockel. She is survived by her daughter: Wanda and...

Dani Lynne Elledge

Dani Lynne Elledge

Mar 31, 2009

Mrs. Dani Lynne Elledge, 51, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at U.A.M.S. Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Hope, Arkansas, April 16, 1957 to Carl and Mirla Ann Brown Hamilton. She graduated from Spring Hill High in 1975 and then went on to receive double masters degrees, one masters in elementary administration and...

Billy Don Simpson

Billy Don Simpson

Mar 28, 2009

Mr. Billy Don Simpson, 78, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday morning at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was born in Hempstead County, Arkansas on August 13, 1930 to Patrick Clebourne and Alpha Comelia Gordon Simpson. He was retired from Logan Grocer Company; a member of First United Methodist Church, Prescott, and Alma Eagle Sunday School Class;...

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