Obituaries

Apr 24, 2016

Mr. John Robert McClure, Sr, age 91 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, April 24, 2016 in a local hospital.  He was born March 19, 1925 in Bonham, Texas to Clem and Minta Harvey McClure. Mr. McClure was a member of the Prescott Church of Christ, a US Marine veteran serving in World War II and was...

Apr 21, 2016

Robert Dean Hamilton, age 81, of Benton, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016. He was born in Columbus, AR on November 22, 1934 to the late Alvin and Ruth Hamilton. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard. He retired from ABF as a truck driver and was a member of Local Teamsters 878. Mr. Hamilton was also a...

Apr 21, 2016

Mr. John W. Murphy, age 80 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, April 21, 2016 in Texarkana.  Mr. Murphy was born August 26, 1935 in Washington, Arkansas to Earl Lafayette and Nethia Anne Pruitt Murphy. He was a self-employed poultry farmer and cattle rancher and a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church.  He is preceded in death...

Apr 19, 2016

Mrs. Mary Leneta Hare, age 87 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at her home in Hope. Mrs. Hare was born August 30, 1928 in Hope, Arkansas to Ivy and Nell Huckabee Sutton. She was retired from the City of Hope as an Administrative Assistant to the City Manager and a life-long member of...

Apr 17, 2016

Mrs. Iris Jean Byers Bohanon, age 81 of Hope, passed away, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Mrs. Bohanon was born in Patmos, Arkansas on January 3, 1935 to Orie and Opal Inez Davis Byers. She was a retired insurance agent, a longtime member of Rocky Mound Missionary Baptist Church, a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and sister. Mrs. Bohanon was...

Apr 16, 2016

Ms. Denesa Lanett Byrd, was born January 10, 1971, along with a twin sister, to Ms. Gladys Block and Mr. Johnny Aaron Byrd in Prescott, Arkansas.

She departed this life on April 16, 2016 at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church of Prescott and she was a 1990...

Apr 14, 2016

Mrs. Wanda Biddle Page, age 73 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Page was born May 27, 1942 in Willisville, Arkansas to Fay and Audrey Brown Biddle. She was of the Christian Faith and she was a retired line leader for Champion Auto Parts in Hope. She was a loving and devoted...

Apr 8, 2016

Mr. Charles Raymond "Chuck" Hartley, Jr, age 43 of Delight, Arkansas passed away Friday, April 8, 2016. Chuck was born March 15, 1973 in Germany to Charles Raymond Hartley, Sr. and Carrie Webb Hartley. He was of the Baptist Faith and served in the United States Coast Guard. He was a loving, father, son and brother, a recipient of...

Mar 26, 2016

Mrs. Ruth Jones age 84 of Delight Arkansas passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 March 26, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on October 7, 1931 to Jack and Cora Mauser Johnson in Spring Hill, Arkansas.  She was a home maker and a member of the Delight United Methodist Church in Delight, Arkansas. Ruth enjoyed her hobbies...

Mar 26, 2016

Mr. Richard Donald (Donnie) Tunstall passed away, Saturday, March 26th surrounded by his devoted family. He was born June 19, 1934 in Hope, Arkansas to Richard Holmes(Bus) Tunstall and Glennie(Glennie A) Anderson Tunstall.

Donnie was a member of the Hope Church of Christ, a United States Army veteran, and a cattle and chicken...

Mar 24, 2016

Mr. Nick St. Clair, age 55 of the Redland Community in Prescott, Arkansas passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 at his home. Nick was born in Watsonville, California on January 21, 1961 to Boyd and Joan Cunningham St. Clair. Nick was a mechanic for the Arkansas State Highway Department, was of the Christian faith, and served his country in...

Mar 23, 2016

Mrs. Valerie Simkovits Booles Klipsch passed away, Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Klipsch was born in Vienna, Austria, she immigrated to the United States in 1946 as a war bride.

Valerie was preceded in death by her husband of 28 years, Paul W. Klipsch, her son, Raymond Booles, her parents...

Mar 22, 2016

Mrs. Louise Powell, age 90 of Hope, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in a local hospital. Louise was born in Fulton, Arkansas on August 5, 1925 to P.B. and Corrie Vann Faris. She was a retired grocery sales clerk, and of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her husband, Garner Powell, her son;...

Mar 22, 2016

Mr. Howard Prichard, age 93 of Hope, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in a local nursing home. He was born in Dardanelle, Arkansas on July 28, 1922. Mr. Prichard was a charter member of St. John United Methodist Church in Hope, and a retired agriculture teacher, and had worked for Cornbelt Hatchery. He is preceded in death by his...

Mar 20, 2016

Mr. Frank Faulkner, age 68 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, March 20, 2016 in a Little Rock hospital.  Frank was born July 2, 1947 in Emmet, Arkansas to Jim and Priscilla McSweeney Faulkner. He is a member of the Prescott Church of Christ in Prescott, Arkansas. He was a retired school teacher and the basketball coach...

Mar 19, 2016

Mr. William "Bill" Dowdy, age 71 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away, Saturday March 19, 2016 at his home. Bill was born on January 25, 1945 in Langley, Arkansas to Banks Alford "B.A." and Veda Bryant Dowdy.  He was a retired truck driver for Myers Bakery and Tyson, of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the US...

Mar 16, 2016

Elued Langston, Jr., the last of his generation, was born February 21, 1923 in Hope, Arkansas to Elued Sr. and Millie Nelson-Langston. Whether you knew him as Joker, Rod, Ed, Unc, Uncle, Grandpa, Papa, Dad, or Daddy, he was well known and loved by all. A pillar of his community, he started out as an unskilled laborer at the Prescott...

Mar 13, 2016

Mrs. Carolyn West, age 77 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at her home. She was born June 13, 1938 to Eddie and Thalia Moody West in Hope, Arkansas. Mrs. West was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope, and she was a medical technician. She had one of the most genuine hearts...

Mar 12, 2016

Mrs. Toni Burns, age 81 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Burns was born December 24, 1934 in Houma, Louisiana to Alphonse and Madeline Lovell Comeaux. She was a member of West Side Church of Christ in Prescott, Arkansas and was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alphonse and...

Mar 9, 2016

Mr. Robert "Bobby" Bruce age 82 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Hope. Bobby was born December 25, 1933 in Hope, Arkansas to Maxum and Ruth Parsons Bruce. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Hope. He was a United States Army veteran and also a 1957 graduate of Louisiana State University. Bobby is...