Obituaries

Feb 26, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Polk Hogue, age 78 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Hogue was born September 22, 1937 in McNeil, Arkansas, to Troy and Elsie Rae Brasher Polk. Barbara was a retired customer service manager for Hope Water and Light and was an active member of First Baptist Church in Hope. She was...

Feb 25, 2016

Mrs. Darlene Sinyard, age 80 of Hope, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord, Thursday, February 25, 2016. Mrs. Sinyard was born March 22, 1935 in Falcon, Arkansas, to Ira Wootson and Estelle Leola Vines Duke. She was a member of Spring Hill United Methodist Church in Spring Hill, Arkansas. She retired from the Hempstead County...

Feb 18, 2016

Mr. Anthony "Tommy" Thomas Yonker, age 18 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, February 18, 2016 in an Arkadelphia, Arkansas hospital. Mr. Yonker was born April 8, 1997 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Anthony Keith and Terri Renee Webb Yonker. He was a member of Liberty Nazarene Church in the Redland community. Mr. Yonker is preceded in death by his...

Feb 17, 2016

Mrs. Gladys Wicker, age 96 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 in Hope, Arkansas. Mrs. Wicker was born May 30, 1919 in Boughton, Arkansas, to Homer Basil and Mary Belle Smith Elmore. She was a member of the Laneburg United Pentecostal Church. She was a homemaker and her hobbies were to quilt and sew, cook, and...

Feb 12, 2016

Mrs. Frances E. Miller, age 81 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. Mrs. Miller was born January 13, 1935 to John and Velma Dillard Jarvis. She was a member of Church of Christ and she was a homemaker. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her parents, John and Velma Jarvis, one brother, David Jarvis, and...

Feb 12, 2016

Mrs. Emma Nell Grifford, age 90 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016. Mrs. Grifford was born September 16, 1925 in Prescott, Arkansas to John Thomas and Sarah Emma Cornelius Wilson. She was a member of Prescott Church of Christ and she served as a Nevada County Clerk for 17 years. Mrs. Grifford is preceded in death...

Feb 9, 2016

Mr. Bill Watts, age 64 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at his home. Mr. Watts was born March 22, 1951 in South Bend, Indiana to Raymond and Lois Lucille Lute Watts. He was a member of the New Liberty Baptist Church and retired from the Forestry Commission as a fire fighter. He loved...

Feb 7, 2016

Mr. David "Dave" Alan Culley, age 55 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, February 7, 2016 at a Texarkana, Texas, hospital. He was born October 2, 1960 in Baker City, Oregon, to the late Ralph Culley and Patricia Culley. Dave had a funny sense of humor and was a very sweet man who loved God and his...

Feb 7, 2016

Mr. Cecil Jester, age 93 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Sunday, February 7, 2016 at his home.  Mr. Jester was born in Ben Lomond, Arkansas on July 1, 1922 to Bishop Joseph and Jennie Belle Corley Jester. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Hope, a US Navy Veteran serving in World War II and...

Feb 6, 2016

Mrs. Joyce Ann Haynes, 76, of Hope, Arkansas went to be with The Lord, after celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary. Joyce passed away, Saturday February 6, 2016 in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Haynes was born January 5, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Luther and Mildred Hughey Hammer. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters;...

Feb 5, 2016

Mrs. Lisa Ann Goad, age 62 of Blevins, Arkansas passed away, Friday, February 5, 2016 in Texarkana, Texas.  She was born September 17, 1953 in Hope, Arkansas to Horace and Florence Crain Williams. Lisa is a retired Certified Nurse's Assistant, and was of the Baptist Faith.  She loved to read, write, spend time with her family, friends...

Feb 4, 2016

Mr. G. W. Dorman, age 86 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, Thursday, February 4, 2016 at his home. Mr. Dorman was born April 11, 1929 in Bodcaw, Arkansas, to Amos Green and Lola Purtle Dorman. He is of the Baptist Faith and he loved to grow his garden vegetables and raise his cattle. Mr. Dorman served in...

Feb 3, 2016

Mrs. Marylizabeth Mills, age 69 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Mills was born May 22, 1946 in Denver, Colorado, to Anthony Jancito and Florence Anacito. She was of the Catholic Faith and she was a homemaker. Mrs. Mills is preceded in death by her parents, Anthony Jancito and Florence Anacito.

Jan 30, 2016

Mr. Quint Chism, age 52 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 at his home. Mr. Chism was born January 5, 1964 in Tucson, Arizona, to Delbert and Elda Irin Chism. He was a member of the First Assembly of God in Hope, Arkansas, and he was a service man for the Arkansas Highway Department....

Jan 30, 2016

Mrs. Mary Hastings age 82 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 in Hope. She was born December 10, 1933 in Prescott, Arkansas to Bob and Ethel Tiner Dowing. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Emmet, Arkansas.  Mary enjoyed fishing and spending time with her family and friends. She is preceded in death...

Jan 30, 2016

Ms. Bette N. Wilson, age 78, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in El Dorado, Arkansas.

Ms. Wilson was born October 3, 1937, in Prescott, Arkansas, and lived in El Dorado, Arkansas for most of her life.  She enjoyed a career as a nurse anesthetist in El Dorado before retiring. She was a member of the...

Jan 29, 2016

Mr. William "Buddy" Patterson, age 64 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Friday, January 29, 2016 in Hope.  Buddy was born August 7, 1951 to Joseph and Mary Rose Patterson.  Buddy was an honorable discharged Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam War, of which he was very proud to be a veteran.  He supported his country and our...

Jan 28, 2016

Mrs. Betty Buffington, age 77 of Hope, Arkansas passed away, on Thursday, January 28, 2016. Mrs. Buffington was born January 21, 1939 in Garland City, Arkansas, to James Bright and Bertha Reasons Huett. She was a member of the Church of Christ and she was a homemaker. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and...

Jan 22, 2016

Mr. James Langston, age 53 of Lewisville, Arkansas passed away, Friday, January 22, 2016 in a Little Rock hospital. James was born July 14, 1962 in Prescott, Arkansas to Wayne and Bonnie Ellis Langston. James was a self-employed carpenter and a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church of Rosston. He was a loving and devoted son, husband and brother.  James...

Jan 11, 2016

Mr. Harley Sisson Sr., age 83 of Hope, Arkansas, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at his home. Mr. Sisson was born on December 18, 1932 in Laneburg, Arkansas, to the late Wilbur and Hattie Hunter Sisson. He was a resident of Hope, Arkansas and was known by those far and wide. He was a veteran of...