Obituaries

Sep 25, 2018

Mrs. Janett Harris Winemiller, age 89 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in Hope. Mrs. Winemiller was born in Murfreesboro, Arkansas on September 24, 1929 to Millard and Ada Baumgarner Harris. She was a member of Providence Memorial Baptist Church in Perrytown. She was a co-owner of Winemiller's Grocery and a retired cafeteria worker for the Emmet...

Sep 23, 2018

Mr. James R. Lumpkin, age 80 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, September 23, 2018 in Neenah, Wisconsin. Mr. Lumpkin was born in Blevins, Arkansas on October 28, 1937 to Lonnie and Annie Ruth Worthy Lumpkin. He was retired from the Sanitation Department of Tyson Foods and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Hope. Mr....

Sep 22, 2018

Mr. Robert McPherson, age 85 of Hope, Arkansas passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 5, 1933 to Ewing and Pauline McPherson. He is predeceased by his parents and a brother Jerry McPherson. A graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in...

Sep 19, 2018

Glenda Sue Spangler Fulton 65 of Emmet, Ark entered Heaven's Pearly Gates on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 in Texarkana, Texas after a 12-year battle with cancer.

Glenda was born July 1, 1953 in Paris, Texas to Martha Jo Spangler. Glenda was raised by her loving and devoted Grandmother, Ora...

Sep 17, 2018

Mrs. Bradice Wicker, age 91 of Caney, Arkansas, passed away Monday September 17, 2018, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Mrs. Wicker was born in Bodcaw, Arkansas on December 2, 1926 to Elijah and Obera Hicks May. She was a home maker and of the Nazarene faith. She is predeceased by her parents, her husband John Henry Wicker, a son Roger Dale...

Sep 16, 2018

Mrs. Frances Munn, age 88 of Laneburg, Arkansas "Campbell Town" passed away Sunday September 16, 2018, in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Munn was born in Prescott, Arkansas on June 19, 1930 to Edward and Callie Gathright Campbell. She was a retired cook for Nevada and Laneburg Public Schools and a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. She is predeceased by...

Sep 13, 2018

Mrs. Sue Sutton Hargis, born in Hope, Arkansas, on August 30, 1928, died Thursday, September 13, 2018.  Sue attended schools in Hope and later Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia.  She met her future husband, Bernie Stover Hargis, Jr., a returning World War II veteran, while at Ouachita.  They later made their home in Warren, Arkansas, and raised...

Sep 7, 2018

Mr. John Louis "Dutch" Hoover, age 83 of Bodcaw, Arkansas passed away, Friday September 7, 2018 at Hospice of Texarkana. Mr. Hoover was born January 3, 1935 in Bodcaw to James Eli "Bud" and Lular Bearden Hoover. He was a member of Bodcaw Baptist Church and worked as a farm laborer until retirement. He loved his church, friends, and...

Sep 7, 2018

Sue Ellen Hastings Nelson peacefully found the best fishing hole Heaven has on early Friday morning, September 7th, 2018. Sue was a member of Morris Missionary Baptist Church in the Caney community. In addition to fishing, she loved quilting. One Christmas she made sure every family went home with one of her quilts—she spent the year making an additional fifteen...

Sep 7, 2018

Mrs. Judy Patricia Marcum, age 75 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Friday, September 7, 2018 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Marcum was born April 14, 1943 in Delight, Arkansas to Walter Garland and Mary Barrong Craig. She was a home maker and of the Christian faith. She enjoyed making a home for her family, as well as spending time...

Sep 5, 2018

Mrs. Jayne Teague, age 88 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday September 5, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Teague was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 8, 1930 to Floyd B. and Gladys Gill Lyle. She is a retired bookkeeper for First National Bank and a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope. Mrs. Teague enjoyed watching bird and...

Sep 2, 2018

Our mother, Dorothy Lynette Kennemer at the age of 87, went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 2, 2018. She has regained her sight and oh the wonders she is experiencing now! We celebrate with joy for her and mourn with sadness at our loss.

She is preceded in death by her mother,...

Sep 2, 2018

Mrs. Mary Helen Smith, age 87 of Blevins passed away, Sunday, September 2, 2018 in a local nursing home. Mrs. Smith was born in Prescott, Arkansas on January 7, 1931 to Ellis and Inez Phillips Steed. She was a housewife and a member of Marlbrook Baptist Church of Blevins. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband,...

Aug 31, 2018

Mrs. Trula Zumwalt, age 86 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, August 31, 2018 in a local nursing home. She was born in Blevins, Arkansas on September 15, 1931 to Nathan and Olivia Margaret Ross Norvell. Mrs. Zumwalt was a home maker and a member of the Central Baptist Church of Prescott. She enjoyed cooking, and spending time with family...

Aug 30, 2018

Mrs. Ruby Emily Baker Wicker, age 94 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 in Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mrs. Wicker was born January 26, 1924 to Jessie W. and Tempie Estelle Box Baker. She was a faithful member of Morris Baptist Church where she has served as Sunday School teacher, church clerk, and on...

Aug 27, 2018

Mrs. Barbara "Bobbi" Brown, age 87 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Monday, August 27, 2018 at her home in Prescott. She was born to Marcus Newton "Mark" and Laura Jane Walker Shelton on August 16, 1931 in Sheridan, AR. Mrs. Brown and her husband were a former Co-Owner of the Sonic in Prescott and are currently Independent Owners of...

Aug 26, 2018

Mrs. Emily DeVenney, age 76 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Sunday August 26, 2018, in Shreveport, Louisiana. She was born to Ben and Marie Reid McBay on December 23, 1941 in Spring Hill, AR. She was a retired Registered Nurse and Attorney at Law and attended South Side Baptist Church in Hope. Mrs. DeVenney is preceded in death by her...

Aug 20, 2018

Mr. Jose Antonio Covas-Castanera, age 77 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at his home in Hope. Mr. Covas was born on May 13, 1941 in Guayama, Puerto Rico to Jose and Margarita Castanera Covas. He was a retired United States Air Force Veteran and a Linguist for the U. S. Embassy in Italy. He loved...

Aug 20, 2018

Louise Margaret Collier Huett was born on June 23, 1925 and passed away on August 20, 2018. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 54 years, Raymond Huett. She is also preceded in death by her parents, Allie and Deward Collier; Raymond's parents, Pearl and Hamp Huett; sister and brother in law, Marie and Raymond Johnson;...

Aug 19, 2018

Mr. Ronald Lynn Cato, age 48 of Louann, Arkansas formerly of Hope, passed away, Sunday, August 19, 2018 at his home. He was born on November 16, 1969 in Hope, Arkansas to Timoth and Carolyn Cook Cato.  Ronald was very devoted to his family, a truck driver by trade and a member of the First Baptist Church on Moore's...