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Elizabeth "Aunt Pig" Haynie
Aug 16, 2008
Mrs. Elizabeth B. "Aunt Pig" Haynie, 91, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2008, in a Hope hospital. She was born on September 2, 1916, in Nevada County, Bluff City, Arkansas, to the late Tom and Lillie Weaver Gulley. She was a homemaker. She gave her life to Christ at an early age at Union Grove Baptist Church. She...
Gladys Mae Merrell
Aug 16, 2008
MRS. GLADYS MAE Meme MERRELL, 98, of Fairbanks, Alaska (Formerly of Emmet, Arkansas) passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Ashley County Medical Center Crossett, Ark. She was born on June 2, 1910, in Hope, Ark., to Dave and Jessie Davis Porter. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jepther Merrell; by one daughter,...
Lawanda Haddix Blount
Aug 12, 2008
MRS. LAWANDA J. NORTON HADDIX BLOUNT, 70, Baton Rouge, LA. (Formerly of Hope, Arkansas). She went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, in Mercy Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA. She was born on May 13, 1938 in Nash, TX, to Marvin and Maudie Norton. She was preceded in death by her parents; by her first husband, Alfred...
Bryan Reese
Aug 11, 2008
MR. BRYAN REESE, 84, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2008, in Dubuis Hospital, Texarkana, Texas. He was born in El Dorado, Ark., June 30, 1924, to Prushia and Madie Ball Reese. He was a retired contractor. He was a member of Central Church of Christ of Hope. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Harold Franklin West
Aug 10, 2008
MR. HAROLD FRANKLIN WEST, 77, of Washington, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2008, at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX. He was born on June 28, 1931, in Hope, Ark., to Eddie and Thalia Moody West. He was a retired house painter. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses in Hope, Ark. He...
Ralph Edward Stewart
Aug 10, 2008
MR. RALPH EDWARD STEWART, 80, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2008, at St. Josephs Mercy Health Center, Hot Springs, Ark., after a short illness. He was born on May 1, 1928, in Nevada County, Ark., to Robert Kelso and Josephine Tubb Stewart. He worked on his fathers farm and graduated from Laneburg High School, Laneburg, Arkansas, in...
Betty Mccarty White
Aug 9, 2008
MRS. BETTY MCCARTY WHITE, 78, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born on November 1, 1929, in Earlsboro, Okla, to Leo and Ruth Barber. She was a homemaker and mother; former co-owner/operator of the former Buds Grocery of Hope, Ark.; former employee of Shanhouse; member of the First...
William O. "Junior" Wilburn
Aug 3, 2008
MR. WILLIAM O. JUNIOR WILBURN , 77, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2008, in Hope, Ark. He was born in Lawrence County, Tenn. on March 23, 1931, to William Oliver Sr. and Macie Lou Richardson Wilburn. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Southside Baptist Church of Hope. He was preceded in...
Margie L. Atkinson
Aug 2, 2008
Mrs. Margie L. Atkinson, 62, of Rosston, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008, in Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. Margie was born on December 8, 1945, and was the 10th child of Bill and Esther Green. She was a retired beautician and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents; by her brother, Sam Green; and two...
Karen L. Britt Williams
Jul 29, 2008
Mrs. Karen L. Britt Williams, 53, of Camden, Ark. (Formerly of Hope, Ark.) passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Hope. She was born in Hope,Ark. on December 7, 1954, to Wilson and Margaret Claudean Stewart Britt. She was a former ad manager of the HOPE STAR and the EL DORADO NEWS TIMES working in both sales and public relations....
Cara Louise Jones
Jul 23, 2008
Miss Cara Jones, 19, Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, as a result of an auto accident. She was born in Hope, Ark. on February 8, 1989, to Gayden and Gayle McGill Jones. She was a 2007 graduate of Spring Hill High School and student at Texarkana Cosmetology College in Texarkana, Texas. She was a member of...
Lois Kitchens Lumpkin
Jul 19, 2008
Mrs. Lois Kitchens Lumpkin, 80, Hope, Ark., passed away Saturday, July 19, 2008, in a Texarkana Hospital. She was born on January 22, 1928, in Gurdon, Ark., to Ray and Madie Lucille Clark Kitchens. She was retired from Cal-maine, a homemaker and mother. She was a member of Hope Church of Christ and a former member of the Eastern Star....
William Bill Oliver
Jul 17, 2008
MR. WILLIAM P. BILL OLIVER, 59, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2008, in Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, Texas. He was born on December 15, 1948, in Prescott, Ark., to William James Red Oliver and Blanche Lee Smith Oliver. He was a self-employed logger and showed American Quarter Horses. He was a member of Central Baptist...
Nancy Marie Brown Burke
Jul 17, 2008
Mrs. Nancy Marie Brown Burke, 56, of Washington, Ark., passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, at her home. She was born on Sept.17, 1951 in Hope, Ark, to Vernice C. and Maxine Brockman Brown. She was a transcriptionist, employee of Dr. Michael Young and former Funeral Director for The Brazzel Funeral Homes of Hope and Prescott. She was a member...
Robbie Ray Perkins
Jul 17, 2008
Mrs. Robbie Ray Perkins passed from this life into the Haven of Rest on Thursday,July 17, 2008. She was born on May 18, 1932 to Dewitt and Sally Allen Ray of Kilbourne, Louisiana. She was co-owner of the Safe Lock and Key Company in Hope where she was in charge of daily operation for about 25 years. She was a...
George Henry Lovette, Jr
Jul 15, 2008
Mr. George H. Lovette, Jr, 54, Blevins, Arkansas, entered Heavens gates Tuesday, July 15, from his home. We wanted him to stay with us, but now he is sitting at the feet of Jesus, in pain no more. He was born in North Little Rock, Ark., October 28, 1953, to George Henry Sr. and Erma McElyea Lovette. He was employed...
Beatrice Otwell Dougan
Jul 14, 2008
Mrs. Beatrice Otwell Dougan, 91, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away peacefully in the presence of her children Monday, July 14, 2008, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott. She was born September 4, 1916, in Emmet, Ark., to Penny Parks Otwell and Etta Mae Sampson Otwell. She was a homemaker, member of the Prescott Church of Christ, mother of ten kids, I...
Leonard Everette House
Jul 13, 2008
Mr. Leonard Everette House, 89, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008, in Little Rock, Ark. He was born to Joseph W. and Tennie Raines House in Prescott, Ark., on November 6, 1918. He was a local farmer, meat-cutter and meat-market manager from the former Taylor Brothers in Prescott and Austin Capps, I.G.A, in Gurdon. He attended Piney Grove...
Homer Lee Wise
Jul 12, 2008
MR. HOMER LEE WISE ( to some he was called Lump ), a name given to him by his mom, because she called him Sugar Lump. , 60, of Richmond, California (Formerly of Emmet, Ark.) He was called from this earthly life on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in California. Not by our own will but the will of our Heavenly...
Doris Laverne Barber
Jul 12, 2008
MRS. DORIS LAVERNE BARBER, 83, Bodcaw, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Heather Manor Nursing & Rehab, Hope, Arkansas. She was born on April 5, 1925 in Fairfield, TX, to Ernest and Robbie Minchew. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Baptist Church, Bodcaw, Ark. She was preceded in death by her parents and by one...
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