Obituaries

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...

Mar 7, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Peck, age 66 of Emmet, Arkansas, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mrs. Peck was born April 12, 1949 in Prescott, Arkansas, to Floyd Bernard "F.B" and Avaloue Messer Piercy. She was a member of New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church and she was a retired Child Support Enforcement Officer for the...

Mar 6, 2016

Mr. Ferral Nelson, age 86 of Bluff City, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, March 6, 2016 at his home. Mr. Nelson was born April 12, 1929 in Emmet, Arkansas, to Hercil Lester and Donna Mae Gathright Nelson. He was a member of Morris Baptist Church and he served in the United States Marine Corps. He also enjoyed the rodeo circuit,...

Mar 4, 2016

Mrs. Dorothy Cottingham Grimes, age 91 of Prescott , Arkansas passed away, Friday, March 4, 2016 in Prescott. Mrs. Grimes was born on May 31, 1924 in Prescott, Arkansas to Alonzo Jack and Lucy Emma DeFoor Cottingham.

She was a home maker, a member of Midway United Methodist Church for 74 years, a member of...

Feb 29, 2016

Mr. Baker Butler, age 82 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. Mr. Butler was born January 4, 1934 in Bodcaw, Arkansas, to Clark and Gertha Marlar Butler. Mr. Butler is a member of Central Baptist Church in Prescott, Arkansas. He was an avid Arkansas Razorback fan and he worked for Texas Eastern for 41 years before...

Feb 29, 2016

Mrs. Ruth Marie Evans, age 78 of Columbus, Arkansas passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at her home. She was born February 1, 1938 in Columbus, Arkansas, to George W. and Mary Emma Stewart Clendenin. Mrs. Evans was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church in the Crossroads Community. She had a very giving heart to all...

Feb 28, 2016

Mrs. Gladys Ann Brotherton Turner, age 72, passed away unexpectedly at her home near Blevins, Arkansas, Sunday, February 28, 2016. She was born to George Harold "Hap" and Annie Lee "Tinsey" Phillips Brotherton, April 3, 1943 in Houston, Texas. All her schooling was at was at Blevins, Arkansas, graduating in the class of 1961. Upon graduation, she attended cosmetology school...