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Dustin Andrew Searcy

Dustin Andrew Searcy

Apr 17, 2018

Dustin Andrew Searcy, age 31 of Hope, AR, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018. He was born in Texarkana, Arkansas October 3, 1986 to Connie Hawley and Fred Searcy. Dustin attended school at North Little Rock High School and attended the University of Central Arkansas.

He is survived by his mother and dad, Connie and...

Bro. Lee Little

Bro. Lee Little

Apr 16, 2018

Bro. Lee Little Sr. age 85 of Deann, Arkansas passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 at his home.  Bro. Little was born on January 3, 1933 in Okolona, Arkansas to Jessie Elmo and Susy Eddy Gentle Little. He was a self-employed mechanic, a mechanic instructor, a minister and a US Army veteran of the Korea War.  He was a...

Joyce Marie Young

Joyce Marie Young

Apr 12, 2018

Mrs. Joyce Marie Simmons Young, age 85 of Ashdown, Arkansas, formerly of Texarkana, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in a local nursing home in Hope.  Mrs. Young was born in Peason, Louisiana on November 3, 1932 to M. J. "Josh" and Edna Horton Simmons.  She was a home maker and of the Baptist faith.  Mrs. Young is...

Larry Garner

Larry Garner

Apr 8, 2018

Larry Mack Garner passed from this life on Sunday, April 8, 2018 from natural causes. He was at home under the care of Dierksen Hospice and his family. He was born March 16, 1940 in Spring Hill, Arkansas to Howard Turner Garner and Ella Ree Suzie McDowell. He married his wife of 55 years, Gayle Berniece McNeal, in Paris,...

Jim Youngman

Jim Youngman

Apr 8, 2018

Mr. Jim Youngman, age 72 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away peacefully with his loving family at his side on Sunday, April 8, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Jim was born on March 28, 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Philip and Annie Sanders Youngman.  He was a member of the Fairview Church in Prescott, and was a telephone installer...

Margaret Martin

Margaret Martin

Apr 8, 2018

Mrs. Margaret Martin, age 90 passed away Sunday April 9, 2018 in Hope. Mrs. Martin was born on October 9, 1927, in Hope, Arkansas to Chester and Lottie Wilkerson Phippin. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church where she was Recognized for 45 years of service in the children's Sunday School Department. She also was...

Nonie Fay Moten

Nonie Fay Moten

Apr 6, 2018

Mrs. Nonie Fay Moten, age 71 of McNab, Arkansas passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 at her home. Fay was born on July 1, 1946 in Texarkana, Arkansas to Arno and Mae Cox Ebling. She was a retired poultry and cattle farmer, and of Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Johnny Cox,...

Rexine Anderson

Rexine Anderson

Apr 6, 2018

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Rexine Anderson, 76, of Greenville, died Friday, April 6, 2018 in Greenville. Her funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Monday, April 9, 2018 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Hailes officiating. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM , Tuesday , at Snell...

Nina T. Rhodes

Nina T. Rhodes

Apr 4, 2018

Mrs. Nina T. Rhodes, age 68 of Blevins, Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.  She was born on June 14, 1949 in New York City, the daughter of the late Dimitri "James" Pappas and Gertrude Pappas Plumley. Nina attended the Place of Meeting in Perrytown and was a retired employee of...

Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson

Apr 3, 2018

Mr. Carl Andrew Anderson, age 53 of Bodcaw, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Carl was born in Lincoln, Kansas on October 17, 1964 to Charles "Bud" Anderson and Delpha L. Bryant Anderson. Carl attended the Life House Ministries Church in Hope.  He was preceded in death by his mother, Delpha L. Bryant Anderson....

Pearl Malardier

Pearl Malardier

Mar 25, 2018

Mrs. Pearl Malardier, age 91 of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Hope. Mrs. Malardier was born in Buckner, Arkansas on December 27, 1926 to George E. Madlock, Sr. and Annie Ratliff Madlock.  She was a home maker and a member of Central Church of Christ of Hope. She is preceded in death by her...

James Hicks

James Hicks

Mar 24, 2018

Mr. James Hicks, 76 of Columbus, Arkansas passed away Saturday, March, 24,2018 at his home. Mr. Hicks was born in Alton, Illinois on January 22, 1942 to John Cecil and Pearl Griffin Hicks. He was retired from Domtar papermill and a Methodist. He loved to hunt, fish and visit with his friends and family. He is preceded in death...

Gilbert Morris, Jr.

Gilbert Morris, Jr.

Mar 23, 2018

Mr. Gilbert Franklin Morris, Jr. age 75, of Bentley, Louisiana, a native of Prescott, Arkansas, entered eternal rest on Friday, March 23, 2018 in Rapides Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Morris retired after twenty-five years with Louisiana Department of Transportation. He also was a truck driver for Lutesville Sand and Gravel. Gilbert enjoyed fishing,...

Treva H. Harper

Treva H. Harper

Mar 21, 2018

Mrs. Treva H. Harper, age 77 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Texarkana, Texas. She was born in West Liberty, Kentucky on August 13, 1940 to James Denzil Short and Vernie Golden Ferguson. She was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse and a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope. Mrs. Harper is preceded in death...

Carl Norman May

Carl Norman May

Mar 20, 2018

Carl Norman May age 51 passed away on March 20, 2018 at his home in Hope, Arkansas. Carl was born on September 4, 1966 in Tyler, TX to Jack May and JoAnna Carnes May. Carl graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1985. He attended Tyler Junior College in Tyler, TX. Carl graduated from Stephen F. Austin...

Galvester Butler

Galvester Butler

Mar 18, 2018

GALVESTER BUTLER, KNOWN TO MOST AS MRS. VESTER OR AUNT VESTER, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10, 1923 TO THE PROUD PARENTS OF THE LATE ISIAH STEUARD AND ELLA STEUARD. GALVESTER WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF THE UNION OF SIX CHILDREN. ONE BROTHERAND FOUR SISTERS PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH. LT. STEUARD, ALLIE MAE JAMES, GURTHY MAE FLIMONS, CHURISTINE MITCHELL, PALINSTINE...

Doris Nell Hampton

Doris Nell Hampton

Mar 9, 2018

Doris Hampton of Seneca, Il passed away peacefully at Joliet Community Hospice in Joliet, IL on March 9, 2018.  Doris was born May 10, 1927 to Henry Cleveland and Nettie Ward in Lawson, AR.  She married Ralph Hampton of El Dorado in 1949.  They relocated to Morris, IL. in...

Paul Lester Arnold

Paul Lester Arnold

Mar 3, 2018

Mr. Paul L. "PL" Arnold, age 77 of Fulton, Arkansas passed away Saturday March 3, 2018 in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Arnold was born in Hope, Arkansas on September 19, 1940 to Robert J. Arnold and Mattie Estell Ratliff.  He was a member of Shepard's Chapel Church in Gravette, Arkansas, a 32nd Degree Mason, and a member of Golden Eagle...

John Lewis

John Lewis

Mar 2, 2018

Mr. John Lewis, age 77 of McNab, Arkansas passed away Friday March 2, 2018, at his home. Mr. Lewis was born in McNab, Arkansas on April 20, 1940 to John LeRoy and Edith Irene Simmons Lewis. He was a Baptist, retired from Ideal Cement Plant in Saratoga and a mechanic. He is preceded in death...

Ricky Don Aaron

Ricky Don Aaron

Mar 1, 2018

Mr. Ricky Don Aaron, age 57 of Spring Hill, Arkansas left this world as we know it on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at his home.  Rick entered this world on April 6, 1960 to the late Dale and Betty Pater Aaron in Hope, Arkansas.

Rick was a licensed electrician...

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