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Bobby Dale Wakefield

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Leroy Hawthorne

Leroy Hawthorne

Feb 17, 2008

MR. LEROY HAWTHORNE, 72, of COLUMBUS, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1935, in Columbus, Ark. to Roy and Elter Clayton Hawthorne. He was a carpenter; a member of Columbus Baptist Church, Columbus, Ark.; an avid fisherman and hunter and musician. He was preceded in death by his parents...

James E. Hardee

James E. Hardee

Feb 14, 2008

MR. JAMES E. JIM HARDEE, 64, Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday February 14, 2008 at Medical Park Hospital. He was born on February 15, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to Jesse James and Ida Belle Moore Hardee. He was a self-employed businessman and partnership investor and electrician with Hardee Electric Co. He was a member of DeAnn United Methodist...

Micheal A. Ming

Micheal A. Ming

Feb 14, 2008

Mr. Micheal A. Ming, 57, of Bucyrus, Missouri, passed away on Thurs., Feb. 14, 2008 at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. He was born July 4, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clifford and Minnie Jean Sampley Ming. He was a carpenter and truck driver for Celadon Trucking. He was a member of the N.R.A and AARP. He was...

Marguerite Avery

Marguerite Avery

Feb 13, 2008

MRS. MARGUERITE AVERY, 83, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13,2008, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, AR She was born on October 21, 1924, in Prescott, AR. to Alexander and Alta Myra Garrett Avery. She was riveter during World War II, a seamstress, former employee of the City Caf in Prescott and former owner/operator of Eastside Cleaners in...

Margie J. Reed

Margie J. Reed

Feb 9, 2008

MRS. MARGIE J. REED, 85, of Caney Community, Prescott, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, February 9,2008, at her home. She was born on August 28, 1922, in Reader, AR. to O.T. and Rosa Goodlet Johnson. She was homemaker and former employee of Gulf Oil Co. She was a member of Morris Baptist Church; former member of Nevada County Fair Board;...

Verda Lee Stevenson

Verda Lee Stevenson

Feb 8, 2008

Mrs. Verda Lee Stevenson, 67, passed away peacefully on Fri., Feb. 8, 2008, at Evergreens Senior Healthcare, Greensboro, N.Carolina. She was born and raised in Hope, Ar. and had lived in Greensboro for the past 12 years. While in Hope, she was twice honored with the "Hope Photographer of the Year Award." She was preceded in death by her father,...

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