Obituaries

Feb 15, 2019

Mr. Earl H. Dudley, age 80 of Texarkana, Arkansas, formerly of Hope passed away Friday February 15, 2019, in Texarkana. Earl was born on August 19, 1938, in Hope, Arkansas to Earl Little and Mary Louise Coefield Dudley. He was a retired Section Chief for Dallas Fire Department for 32 years and a member of the Texas Air National...

Feb 13, 2019

Mr. Ross Stone, age 78 of McCaskill, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Mr. Stone was born in Blevins, Arkansas on February 14, 1940 to Coy and Ruby McBrayer Stone.  Mr. Stone was a veteran of the US Navy and a member of The Meeting Place in Perrytown.  He was a retired lineman with the Texas Power and...

Feb 10, 2019

Mr. Tommie Thompson, age 66 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday February 10, 2019, in Prescott. Mr. Thompson was born on July 2, 1952, in Prescott to Floyd and Emma Lois Riggs Thompson. He retired as owner of Thompson Enterprises Ranches and a member of The Prescott Church of Christ. He was a United States Air Force Veteran of...

Feb 8, 2019

Mrs. Billie Faye Taylor, age 86 of Humble, Texas formerly of Blevins, Arkansas passed away Friday, February 8, 2019.  Mrs. Taylor was born in Prescott, Arkansas on February 22, 1932 to Charlie and Dollie Lee Witherspoon Tate. She was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and retired from MUSECO as a Supervisor.  Mrs. Taylor is preceded in death...

Feb 8, 2019

Mr. Bobby Sam "Bob" Chambless, age 86 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Friday February 8, 2019, in Little Rock Arkansas. Mr. Chambless was born on June 11, 1932, in Prescott, Arkansas, to T. L. and Mary Trexler Chambless. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was retired owner operator of B and...

Feb 7, 2019

Mrs. Helen Marie Jackson was called home on February 7, 2019. She was the daughter of Mr. Robert Colbert of Little Rock, AR and Mrs. Georgie Helen Blalock of Prescott, AR. Helen was the oldest of the siblings, Lorenza Blalock (Shelia) of Blevins, AR, Isaiah Blalock of Prescott, Robert Colbert of Little Rock, AR, Sharon Bearden of Prescott, April...

Feb 7, 2019

Mr. Melvin Luker, age 84 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Thursday February 7, 2019, in Hope. Melvin was born on May 8, 1934 in Selma, Alabama, to George  and Annie Elizabeth Wade Luker. Melvin graduated from Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas, and was employed by Dow Chemical Company in Freeport after graduation. He met Joyce at Friendship Baptist...

Feb 7, 2019

Mr. Mike Archer, age 71 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Thursday February 7, 2019. Mr. Archer was born in Hope, Arkansas on February 27, 1947 to Hoyitt and Effie McKamie Archer. He was a retired salesman with Goodyear/Dunlap Tire Company and a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Spring Hill. He was an avid sports fan, who enjoyed supporting...

Feb 6, 2019

Mr. Jacky Dean "Jack" Dougan, age 68 of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday February 6, 2019 at his home. Jack was born on November 15, 1950, in Hope, Arkansas, to Walter E and Lucia Bain Dougan. He was a self-employed cattle and row crop farmer "Dougan Farms" and a member of Central Baptist Church Prescott, Arkansas. Jack was a...

Feb 5, 2019

Mr. Robert Martin, age 93, of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Mr. Martin was born in Spring Hill, Arkansas on October 31, 1925 to John W. and Cora Huckabee Martin. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Spring Hill where he served as Sunday School Superintendent for many years. He was a...

Jan 23, 2019

Mr. Kevin Hickey, age 52 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday January 23, 2019, in Texarkana, Texas.

Graveside services for Mr. Hickey are 2:00pm Sunday January 27, 2019, at Mt. Ida Cemetery, Mt. Ida Arkansas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of BRAZZEL/Cornish The Funeral Home of Prescott, Eddie Brazzel Director. Online register: www.brazzelfuenralhomes.com

Jan 22, 2019

Mr. Ralph Goodner, age 78 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, January 22, 2019. He was born in Rosston, Arkansas on November 9, 1940 to Roy Goodner and Elvern Shipp Goodner.  A retired truck driver, and of the Baptist faith, he enjoyed being outdoors fishing and being with his animals.  Ralph is preceded in death by his parents, a...

Jan 21, 2019

Mr. Don Hamilton, age 64 of Texarkana, Texas, formerly of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Monday January 21, 2019 in Texarkana. Mr. Hamilton was born in Hope, Arkansas July 1, 1954 to James Alvin Hamilton and Ruth Elizabeth McCorkle Hamilton. He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert Dean Hamilton.

Mr. Hamilton graduated from...

Jan 19, 2019

Mr. George Stockton, age 65 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, January 19, 2019.  Mr. Stockton was born in Prescott, Arkansas on August 19, 1953 to Dalton and Vera Mae McWilliams Stockton. Mr. Stockton was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a Registered State Forester for Prescott Land and Timber for 40 years and a...

Jan 18, 2019

Brenda Gail Herron was born May 4, 1950 and passes away on January 18, 2019 in Conroe, Texas.  Gail was born in Emmet, Arkansas to James Perry Murry and Doris Marie Pratt Murry.  She married Doug Herron January 19, 1974 and they shared a life together with three sons.  Gail was preceded in death by her husband Doug, her...

Jan 18, 2019

Mrs. Velora Bright Haltom, age 80 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Friday January 18, 2019 in Crowley, Texas. Mrs. Haltom was born in Prescott, Arkansas on February 19, 1938 to Ruvel Edward and Glen Velora Andrews Bright. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bill Haltom, a great-grandson, John-Raven Cobb, a brother Charles Bright and a...

Jan 14, 2019

Mr. Eddie Stovall, age 61 of Prescott, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at his home in Prescott. Eddie was born June 5, 1957 in Prescott, Arkansas to Bennie and Mary Faye Covington Stovall.  Eddie was of the Christian faith and he is preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include a brother Danny Stovall of Prescott,...

Jan 10, 2019

Mrs. Sue Cornelius, age 72 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Thursday January 10, 2019, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sue was born on September 16, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas to Ruel and Rachel McLaughlin Mullins.  She was a secretary for the Prescott & Northwestern Railroad (P&NW) and a member of Missionary Grove Baptist Church of Prescott.  Sue was a very...

Jan 6, 2019

Mrs. Virginia Nell Larsen, age 79 of Texarkana, Arkansas formerly of Prescott, passed away at her home in Texarkana on Sunday, January 6, 2019.  Mrs. Larsen was born in Bodcaw, Arkansas on March 14, 1939 to Joe L. and Vonie Jackson Martin.  She was of the Baptist faith, a retired secretary with the California probation office and a self-employed...

Jan 6, 2019

Mr. John Robert Peters, age 91 of Patmos, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope, Arkansas. He was born on March 24, 1927 to John Barton and Orpha Ophelia Peters in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Mr. Peters grew up in the Ouachita Mountains of central Arkansas, in the town of Gravelly. He graduated...