Obituaries

Jan 17, 2017

Mrs. Clara Jean Taylor, age 83, passed away on January 17, 2017 in Prescott , Arkansas . Jeanie was born in Hollywood , Arkansas to Grady Eugene Callaway and Clara Bell Murray on April 3, 1933 and attended Arkadelphia public schools. She married Howard Lee Taylor on April 22, 1956 in Hollywood , Arkansas . She graduated from Henderson...

Jan 17, 2017

Mr.  Willie Witherspoon, Jr, age 70 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, January 17, 2017, in Christus St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana, TX.  He was born in Peoria, Illinois on May 15, 1946 to Willie, Sr and Earline Walker Witherspoon. He was brought up in the Rising Star Baptist Church in Hope, Arkansas.  He worked for Cal-Maine Foods until...

Jan 15, 2017

Mr. Carl Davis Ward, age 57 of DeAnn, Arkansas passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 at his home. Carl was born in Monahans , Texas on July 30, 1959 to Carl E. and Patricia Gray Ward. He worked for Tyson Foods and was a member Hope Family Church . He is preceded in death by his parents and one...

Jan 15, 2017

Mrs. Edythe McBride, age 69 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, January 15, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Lake Village, Arkansas on July 14, 1947 to Albert "AB" and Frances Strother Hodges.  Mrs. McBride was retired from the Hope Police Department as a Dispatcher and she had worked for Kenny Light with L &L Logging...

Jan 14, 2017

Mrs. Peggy Rowe Powell, age 66 of Spring Hill , Arkansas passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at her home.  Peggy was born in Hope , Arkansas on November 4, 1950 to James Richard "Doc" and Betty Sue McCorkle Rowe.

She was owner operator of Peggy's Beauty Salon and a member of Unity Baptist Church . Peggy...

Jan 14, 2017

Evelyn Ann Allison Pounds passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, at her home in Prescott, Arkansas on Saturday, January 14, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, Una Mae Cagle Allison and Thomas Johnston Allison, and by her husband, James Williams Pounds. She is survived by her daughters, Allison Pounds Ingram (Jim Mark) of Little Rock and Jami...

Jan 11, 2017

Mrs. B.J. Caraway, age 42 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at her home. B. J. was born in Linden, Texas on March 12, 1974 to Bobby and Brenda Sanders Caraway. She was an Emergency Medical Technician and a case worker for Southwest Mental Health Center in Hope. She was a member of New Hope Baptist...

Jan 10, 2017

Mr. Travis Smith, age 80 of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in a local hospital. Mr. Smith was born in Hope, Arkansas on March 1, 1936 to Roy and Edna Ray Smith. He was a life-time member of Anderson Baptist Church in Spring Hill, and a retired Cattle and Poultry Farmer. He is preceded in...

Jan 6, 2017

Mary Sue (Wilson) McMillan, age 85, passed away peacefully on January 6th, 2017 in Pasadena Texas.  She was born January 8, 1931 in Prescott, Arkansas to Owen and Vernell Wilson.

Mary spent most of her life in Texas and enjoyed a civil service career during which she worked for Bryan Air Force Base, US Postal Service and...

Jan 6, 2017

Mr. Bill Smith, age 62 of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away, Friday, January 6, 2017 at his home.  Bill was born in Rayville, Louisiana on October 25, 1954. He was a Master Plumber, owning Two State Plumbing Company. Bill was a loving and devoted husband, brother and grandfather and was of the Baptist faith. Bill's hobbies include, hunting and...

Jan 4, 2017

Mrs. Vera Lavada Keith, age 87 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, January 4, 2017.  She was born May 9, 1929 in Dierks, Arkansas to Lewis and Leila Hust. The family later settled in Magnolia and she lived most of her life there and raised her family, first in town, and later on a farm west of Magnolia. Before...

Jan 3, 2017

Mrs. Helen G. Morris, age 89 of Gurdon, Arkansas passed away, January 3, 2017 in Gurdon. Helen was born in Emmet, Arkansas on October 13, 1927 to Sidney and Margaret Vinia McElroy Dougan.  She was a retired Certified Nurse's Assistant, working for a nursing home and she was a member of the Prescott Church of Christ. She is preceded...

Jan 3, 2017

Mr. Shelby Haynie, age 76 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at his home in Prescott.  He was born on February 29, 1940 to Loyd and Lula Emily Martin Haynie in Prescott, Arkansas.  Shelby is a retired truck driver for Meyers Bakery and a former owner of Diamond Gun and Pawn in Murfreesboro. He was a...

Jan 2, 2017

Mrs. Betty June Welch Fielder Smart, age 88 of Gurdon, Arkansas passed away from this earth on January 2, 2017. She is preceded in death by her parents, D.O. and Rillis Welch, a son Dexter Aaron Fielder, her husband of 34 years Fred R. Fielder and her second husband of 20 years, Joe Smart.

Betty is survived...

Jan 1, 2017

Mr. John Langdon Hood passed away Sunday morning, January 1, 2017 at the age of 80.  John was the youngest of six siblings born to Ralph C. Hood and Virginia R. Hood of Bessemer City, NC.  He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers William R. Hood, Frank A. Hood, Ralph C. Hood, Jr., and...

Dec 28, 2016

Mr. Greg Smyth, age 60 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016.  Greg was born in Hope, Arkansas on June 18, 1956 to Joe B. and Jean Elmore Smyth.  He was employed with Firestone Manufacturing in Prescott working in the maintenance department and was a Baptist. Greg was loving and devoted husband, father and the "greatest" Pop...

Dec 26, 2016

Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" E. Byers, age 84 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Monday, December 26, 2016 in Hope.  Mrs. Byers was born in Meridian, Mississippi on March 20, 1932 to G.D. and Lois Pool.  Dorothy was a home maker, a stay at home mother, taking care of the kids, and a member of the Shover Springs Baptist Church. She...

Dec 24, 2016

Deacon Bedie Joe Henderson was born August 24, 1943 in Lewisville, Arkansas to Mrs. Hazel Adams and transitioned to Paradise on December 24, 2016. At an early age, he and his mother moved to Prescott, Arkansas where he attended and graduated from McRae Public School.

He met and married Josephine Hopson on December 17, 1964 and to...

Dec 18, 2016

William Wayne Weaver, infant son of Robert and Hanna Bolls Weaver passed away at his home in Prescott on Sunday, December 18, 2016.  He was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on November 21, 2016.

He is preceded in death by his maternal grandmother; Kathy Rodden Bolls, his maternal great-grandfather; Charlie Rodden, his paternal great-grandfather; Everett Weaver and his...

Dec 17, 2016

Mr. Billy N. Burns, Jr. age 55 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.  Billy was born in Hope, Arkansas on July 26, 1961 to Billy N. Burns, Sr. and Mary Martin Burns.   Billy was a true friend to all that knew him, and was a very overly-protective brother to...