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Ruth Mary Kidd
Mar 28, 2008
MRS. RUTH MARY KIDD, 92, of Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2008 in Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. She was born on May 6, 1915, in Hempstead County, Ark., to Nova and Eva Lewis Ross. She was a homemaker, mother, poultry farmer and former employee of Shanhouse Clothing Plant. She was a member of Spring Hill...
James B. Mcgough
Mar 24, 2008
MR. JAMES B. Mc GOUGH, 85, of Laneburg, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, March 24,2008, at Christus St. Michaels Health System, Texarkana, TX. He was born on May 15, 1922, in Laneburg, Ark. to Robert Buss and Lillie Rogers McGough. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Prescott, Ark. as well as a friend of Laneburg Baptist Church and...
Louise Ellis Rhodes
Mar 17, 2008
MRS. LOUISE ELLIS RHODES, 80, of Caney, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, March 17,2008, at Christus St. Michaels Health Systems, Texarkana, TX. She was born on November 16, 1927, in Sutton, Ark., to Arlis and Pearl Jordan Ellis. She was a homemaker and farmed most of her life. She was a member of Morris Baptist Church, Caney, Ark. She was...
Jimmie Dick Welsh Hammons
Mar 16, 2008
MR. JIMMIE DICK WELSH HAMMONS, 77, of Huntsville, Alabama, (Formerly of Hope, Arkansas), passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville, Alabama. He was born on December 16, 1930, in Arkadelphia, Ark. to Foy Hayden and Frances Antoinette Welsh Hammons. He was a real estate broker and a Navy Veteran. He was preceded in death by...
Donnie D. J. Dougan
Mar 16, 2008
MR. DONNIE D.J. DOUGAN, JR., 36, of Prescott, Arkansas passed away on Monday, March 17,2008, in Prescott, Arkansas.He was born on Sept. 17, 1971, in Nevada County, Ark., to Donnie Joe Dougan, Sr. and Leigh Billingsley Dougan. He attended Parkers Chapel High School in El Dorado, Ark. and then graduated from Emmet High School in Emmet, Ark. He was an...
Dwayne Beasley
Mar 16, 2008
MR. DUANE HUGHES BEASLEY, 39, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday March 16, 2008 in Prescott, Ark. He was born on June 12, 1968 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, to Doyle Wayne Hughes and Lucille Purtle Hughes Beasley. He was an employee of Porter Building Supply, Hope, and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his father, Doyle Wayne...
Bobby Dale Wakefield
Mar 14, 2008
MR. BOBBY DALE WAKEFIELD, 74, Dallas, Texas, Accountant and Craftsman, passed away March 14, 2008. Bob was the son of the late Troy and Gladys B. Chandler Wakefield of Hope, Arkansas. He was a generous, kind and loving son, husband, brother, father, grandfather, and friend. Bob graduated from Magnolia High School and Baylor University and served his country in the...
John Howard Thompson
Mar 13, 2008
Mr. John Howard Thompson, 70, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Christus St. Michaels Health System, Texarkana, Texas. He was born on July 1, 1937, in Valeda, Kansas, to John Thompson and Minnie Elizabeth Hedrick Thompson. He was retired from the Ark. Highway Dept. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic...
Donald Keith Mcgee, Sr.
Mar 12, 2008
MR. DONALD KEITH MCGEE, SR., 55, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at his home. He was born on December 12, 1952 in Joaquin, Texas to Ranson Cleve and Jo Ann Allison McGee. He graduated Florida Community College at Jacksonville. He was an employee at Hope Builders Depot of Hope, Ark. He was a Baptist; a Navy...
Karen Colleen Coopwood
Mar 9, 2008
Mrs. Karen Colleen KC Coopwood, Houston, TX., whom forever blessed the world with her love for life, compassionate heart, genuine charm, and unforgettable smile, died of cancer on Sunday, the 9th of March, 2008, at the age of 47 years old, at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. KC was born on the 4th of February 1961 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to...
Roger D. Bennett
Mar 7, 2008
MR. ROGER D. BENNETT, 86, Hope, Arkansas, passed away, Friday, March 7, 2007, in Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. He was born on June 3, 1921, in Ithaca, New York to Howard Webster and Mary A. Dorn Bennett. He was a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Agriculture. He was a retired poultry farmer. He was...
Wanda Jean Shaw
Mar 6, 2008
MRS. WANDA JEAN COX SHAW , 74, Hope, Ark., passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on August 18, 1933 in Patmos, Ark., to Albert Glendon Powell and Bessie Pearl Cox Powell. She was a retired bookkeeper; former employee of Diamond Field Resources and Hempstead County Memorial Hospital and Co-Owner of Hunter Enterprises of...
Jessie James Warren
Mar 6, 2008
Mr. Jessie James Warren, 81, Blevins, Ark. passed away on Thursday March 6, 2008 in Linrock Health and Rehab, Texarkana, Ark. He was born on March 25, 1926 in Hempstead County, Arkansas to the late Jyner Warren and Estella Johnson Warren. Jessie was the fourth child of a union of nine children. He was united in Holy Matrimony to Mable...
Ina Mae White Dickinson
Mar 4, 2008
MRS. INA MAE WHITE DICKINSON, 101 1/2, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 4,2008, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab, Prescott, AR BORN: She was born on July 22, 1906, in Nevada County, Ark., the only child of Samuel Hemingway and Sarah Elizabeth Jones White. Married in 1928 to Arnold Dickinson (died 1974). They owned farms in Arkansas before...
Jack Travis Butler
Mar 3, 2008
MR. JACK T. BUTLER, 85, of Hot Springs, Ark.,(Formerly of Hope, Ark.). He passed away Monday, March 3, 2008, at St. Josephs Mercy Health Center, Hot Springs, Ark. He was born on March 7, 1922 in Hope, Ark., to James Thomas and Elizabeth Herring Butler. He was retired from Firestone of Prescott, Ark. after 18 years and former employee of...
Clifford William Mavis
Mar 1, 2008
Mr. Cliff "Kip" Mavis, 39, of Prescott, Ark., passed away Sat., march 1, 2008 at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. He was born on July 1, 968 in Reed City, Michigan to Clifford Henry and Joyce Ellen Dobry Mavis. He was an employee of Tysons in the maintenance department and he was a Catholic. He was preceded in death by...
Donald E. Lauterbach
Mar 1, 2008
MR. DONALD E. LAUTERBACH, 73, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at his home. He was born on Feb 8, 1935, in Hope, Ark., to Harry Edgar and Kathrine Stuart Lauterbach. He was retired from the former Tex-Ark Joist Co. and owner/operator of Steel Fabrication Services . He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death...
Grace Mary Vickers
Feb 23, 2008
MISS GRACE VICKERS, 103, of Hot Springs, Arkansas (Formerly of Emmet, Ark.), passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Lakewood Nursing Home, Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born on May 5, 1904, in Nevada County, Ark., to John and Ida Shackelford Vickers. She was a retired registered nurse and attended the Emmet United Methodist Church and the First Baptist...
Randy Bell
Feb 22, 2008
MR. RANDY S. BELL, 32, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, February 22,2008, at Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, Ark. He was born on February 14, 1976, in Tampa, Florida to George and Hazle Ann Avery. He was a truck driver with Husqvarna in Nashville, Arkansas and a Baptist. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS PARENTS: George and Hazle Ann...
James Olen Kelley
Feb 21, 2008
Mr. Olen Kelley , 87, of Bluff City, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, February 21,2008, at his home. He was born on October 20, 1920, in Nevada County, AR. to John DeLois and Leona Kelley. He was a self- employed carpenter; a member of the Boughton Baptist Church, Boughton, Ark.; and an Army veteran and participated in the Battle of...
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