Obituaries

Jul 20, 2018

Mr. Huey R. Dickson, age 78 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Friday July 20, 2018 in a local nursing home.  Mr. Dickson was born in Goldonna, Louisiana to Sherman and Vernie Allison Dickson. He was a retired truck driver, welder, a veteran of the United States Army and of the Christian faith.  Mr. Dickson enjoyed fishing and hunting as...

Jul 19, 2018

Mrs. Lucille Harris, age 91 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2018.  She was born in Bowen, Arkansas on September 25, 1926 to George and Jewell Jones May.  She was a home maker and a member of the Church of Christ in Prescott. Mrs. Harris is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed Harris, a...

Jul 19, 2018

Mr. Ben Cummings Jr. age 92, of Patmos, Arkansas passed away Thursday July 19, 2018, at his home. Mr. Cummings was born in Corbet, Texas, on February 15, 1926, to Ben and Lummie Moncrief Cummings Sr. He was a life long poultry and cattle farmer in which he and his wife Bobbie received Hempstead County Farm Family of the...

Jul 14, 2018

Mr. Joe Guilliams, age 59 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope. Joe was born in Hope, Arkansas on May 12, 1959 to Thomas E. and Lucey Mae Holt Guilliams.  Joe enjoyed being a handyman by trade where he could set his own hours and was of the Baptist Faith. ...

Jul 12, 2018

Mrs. Kay Purtle, age 58 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Arkansas. Kay was born on October 13, 1959 in Prescott, Arkansas to Cecil "Pete" and Lorene Hunt Sneed. She was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse for Hillcrest Nursing Home in Prescott and she was a Baptist by faith....

Jul 10, 2018

Mrs. Mable Rhodes, age 91 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday July 10, 2018, in a local nursing home. Mrs. Rhodes was born on March 26, 1927 in Prescott, Arkansas, to Fred and Mary Price Stanley. She was a retired CNA for the Nevada County Hospital. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Roy Lee Rhodes, daughter,...

Jul 4, 2018

Mrs. Delia Shuster fell in asleep death on July 4, 2018, at the age of 86. She is preceded death by her husband of almost 62 years, Eugene (Gene). She is survived by their two sons and wives, Allen and Marie of Wallkill, New York, Raymond and Rachel, one grandson, Steven, one great grandchild, Natalie all of Hope, Arkansas....

Jul 3, 2018

Mr. James N. Voss, 94, of Fulton, AR, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in a Prescott, Arkansas nursing home.

He was born on November 12, 1923, in Fort Worth, TX.  He was a retired farmer, a veteran of World War II, and a member of Fulton Union Baptist Church.  He was preceded in death by his wife,...

Jun 30, 2018

Mr. Jerry David Cottingham, 80 of Benton, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 30, 2018. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on November 22, 1937 to the late Dave and Thelma Cottingham. Jerry was a family man, his love and dedication for his wife of 57 years, Catherine, was a testament to marriage. His family was his...

Jun 28, 2018

Mrs. Mandy Lea Ingersoll-Davis, age 39 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, June 28, 2018 at her home. Mandy was born on March 10, 1979 in Hope, Arkansas to Frankie and Kathy Conley Ingersoll. Mandy was the Deli Manager at Brookshires Grocery and of the Christian faith.

Mandy is survived by two sons: Jordan Davis and Keegan...

Jun 25, 2018

Florence "Flo" Palmer, 89, of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at Arkansas Hospice, CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs on Monday, June 25, 2018. She was born August 16, 1928, to the late Charles Wallace and Mary Permelia Keiper in Shawmut, Arkansas.

Florence was a retired beautician and owner of Palmer's Cake Shop. She baked the "tastiest"...

Jun 24, 2018

Orva Dee Slinkard Peachey, 83, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Sunday, June 24, 2018, at her home. Born August 26, 1934 near Hiwasse in Benton County, Arkansas, Orva Dee lived in Hiwasse, Bentonville and Mena before moving to Jonesboro in 1970. She was a homemaker and also worked for the U.S. Postal System and was a classroom...

Jun 23, 2018

Ms. Lucy Glass, age 80 of Caney, Arkansas passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018 at her home. Ms. Glass was born on February 14, 1938, to Warren and Lillie Wicker Glass.  She was retired from custodial maintenance at Firestone Rubber Products in Prescott. She was a devoted church member at Morris Baptist Church where she loved to cook for...

Jun 20, 2018

Mr. Jerry Hastings, age 68 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away at his home on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Jerry was born in Emmet, Arkansas on June 14, 1950 to Jessie W. and Hazel Crouse Hastings.  He was a Freightliner Mechanic and of the Christian faith. Jerry is preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include three sons:...

Jun 18, 2018

Mr. James Roberson Crews, age 62 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Monday, June 18, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas at Circle of Life Hospice Home. He was born in Prescott on May 19, 1956 to Eudora Arney and James E. Crews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his two children; Anna Charlene and Carl Wayne...

Jun 17, 2018

Mrs. Judy Karen Carlton, age 66 of Bodcaw passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Judy was born in Hope, Arkansas on February 2, 1952 to William Paul and Faye Reed Pettit.  She was a home maker and a beautician and a member of Union Baptist Church in Bodcaw. Judy enjoyed making pottery and doing craft...

Jun 17, 2018

Annette Rogers was a woman of faith.  Her steadfast devotion to God, her family and friends impacted all around her.  Her consciousness to her teaching of Sunday School for 46 years as well as her consistent membership to First Baptist Church in Hope, Arkansas, showed her unwavering devotion and uncompromising integrity that blessed everyone who knew her.  At the age...

Jun 16, 2018

Mr. Carl F. Clayton, age 70 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Saturday, June 16, 2018 in a local hospital.  Mr. Clayton was born in McNab, Arkansas on September 5, 1947 to Marion Dail and Mildred Smith Clayton.  He was the former Owner of Pine Park Transmission in Hope and a member of Okay Baptist Church in Saratoga, Arkansas. He...

Jun 13, 2018

Mr. Robert Lynn "Bob" Thompson, age 59 of Spring Hill. Arkansas passed away Wednesday June 13, 2018 at his home. Robert was born May 24, 1959 in Hope, Arkansas to J.B. and Ima Thompson, his parents preceded him in death. Robert is survived by his wife of 41 years, Renata Smith Thompson of Spring Hill, three daughters, Tina Bray...

Jun 13, 2018

Mr. Charles "Buzzard" McKamie, age 64 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday June 13, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas.  He was born in Hope, Arkansas on June 15, 1953 to Bernice A. and Mary Avis Stroud McKamie.  Charles was a truck driver for Hempstead County and of the Baptist faith.  He is preceded in death by his parents.