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Thomas Armstrong

Thomas Armstrong

May 16, 2009

Thomas Lawton Armstrong, 78, of Ward, Arkansas, was born September 29, 1930, in Idabel, Oklahoma to Walter Eugene and Jessie Odill Rhode Armstrong and passed away, Saturday May 16, 2009. Thomas was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Mary Jo and one son, Thomas Randall. He is survived by his wife, of fifty-one years, Una Armstrong; several nieces...

Mary Givens

Mary Givens

May 15, 2009

Mary Louise Givens left her earthly body on May 15, 2009 at the age of 87 to take on a new body with her heavenly Father. She was born in Adona, AR. on February 13, 1922 the daughter of Elvis and Maude Martin. Louise was an active member of New Hope Baptist Church until her health began to deteriorate. She...

Verner Dumas

Verner Dumas

May 15, 2009

Verner Wardell ?Buddy? Dumas, 88, of North little Rock passed away Friday, May 15, 2009. He was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII and Korea. He worked for the Arkansas Highway Department where he retired after 18 years of service. Mr. Dumas was a member of the Masonic Lodge #864 Montgomery, Alabama and he attended the L.R.A.F.B. Chapel....

Bertha Davis

Bertha Davis

May 15, 2009

Bertha L. Davis age 88 of Arkadelphia died Friday, May 15, 2009 in Golden Living Center in Arkadelphia. She was born November 13, 1920 in Arkadelphia the daughter of the late John Wesley and Adelia Buck. She was preceded in death by her husband Hubert J. Davis, two brothers, John O. and William Buck and a sister Irene Snodgrass. Survivors...

Tommie Carleton

Tommie Carleton

May 13, 2009

Tommie Bettis Carleton died in Cuernavaca, Mexico on May 13, 2009 where he had lived since 2004. He was born in Grove Hill, Alabama in 1914. He is survived by his only son, Henry Frank Carleton and daughter-in-law, Terri and granddaughter, Kimberly Nogueira, all of Grapevine, Texas; sisters-in-law, Estella "Percy" del Castillo and Alicia del Castillo Dunn; nieces, Laura Martinez,...

Carolyn Jackson

Carolyn Jackson

May 12, 2009

Carolyn (Pendergrass) Jackson, 68, of North Little Rock passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She is survived by her husband, Don Jackson, of North Little Rock; two sons, Lance and Layne Penfield; daughter, Lana Guthrie, all of Bryant; two sisters, Shirley Cook, of Lonoke and Wanda Langston, of Hot Springs Village; and six grandchildren, Christa Morrissey, Austin Guthrie, Clayton Guthrie,...

Betty Merritt

Betty Merritt

May 12, 2009

Betty Sue Merritt, 59, of Little Rock, wife of Michael Lynn Merritt, Sr. died Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She is survived by two sons, Mike Merritt, Jr. and wife Shawn and David Bradley Merritt both of Little Rock; one grandson, Michael Alan Merritt; five sisters, Lillian Skinner of North Little Rock, Ruby Davis of Little Rock, Shirley Warner of Mabelvale,...

Virginia Swimmer

Virginia Swimmer

May 11, 2009

Virginia Cleveland Swimmer, 78, of Little Rock passed away Monday, May 11, 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Hammack and husband, Butch, of Little Rock; granddaughter, Ronda Curtis, of Lexington, North Carolina; two great-grandsons, Darrell and Christopher Wakefield, of Little Rock; sister, Mary Post, of Bothel, Washington; brother Ed Cleveland Jr. and wife, Nellie, of Little Rock; niece,...

Thelma Spriggs

Thelma Spriggs

May 11, 2009

Thelma Jean Combs Spriggs, 83, of El Paso, Arkansas, was born April 1, 1926, in Mabelvale, Arkansas to James Walter and Iris Whisner Combs. Thelma was a faithful loving wife, mother and friend. She was a long time member of St. James Catholic Church. Thelma went to be with her Lord on May 11, 2009. Thelma was preceded in death...

Linda Strauss

Linda Strauss

May 11, 2009

Linda Lou Strauss, 64, of Sherwood, died May 11, 2009. She is survived by her daughter, Deana Brink of Missouri and her son, Scott Lee Shores. Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., Little Rock, (501)224-2200. Linda's online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com

Winnie Greiner

Winnie Greiner

May 11, 2009

Winnie Faye Greiner, 98, of Little Rock, passed away on May 11, 2009. She was born January 4, 1911 in Clinton, Arkansas, the daughter of Daniel and Minnie Griswood Miller. Faye was a member of the First Nazarene Church where she taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, and retired from teaching with the Pulaski County School District. She was...

B. Hornaday

B. Hornaday

May 10, 2009

Benoid Wright "Bill" Hornaday age 89 of Arkadelphia died on May 10, 2009. He was born to Nora and John W. Hornaday in Fordyce on January 4, 1920. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 36 years. First Baptist Church of Arkadelphia served as his church home. He served in World War II Europen Theatre, making a beached landing...

Myra Mitchell

Myra Mitchell

May 10, 2009

Myra Lynne Mitchell, 42, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died Sunday, May 10, 2009. She was a waitress. Myra was preceded in death by her mother, Marilyn Hughes. She is survived by her son, Jordan Zenas Mitchell; her father and stepmother, Harold and Marcella Wiggs of Beebe; stepfather, Jim Hughes of Redfield, Arkansas; sister, Stephanie Banet of Little Rock; three stepsisters,...

Junior Wise

Junior Wise

May 9, 2009

Junior "Jay" L. Wise, 71, of Cabot, passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, May 9, 2009 after an extended illness. He was born in Clay County, Arkansas on October 18, 1937. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude Wise and Dolly Marie Nash, and his sister, Virginia Grist. Jay is survived by his wife of 52...

Floyd Thomas

Floyd Thomas

May 9, 2009

Floyd W. Thomas age 71 of Arkadelphia died Saturday, May 9, 2009. He was born December 23, 1937 in Clark County the son of William Henry and Myrtle Smothers Thomas. He retired from Southwest Arkansas Equipment in December 1999 where he was a proud John Deere employee for 34 years. He was a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard...

ElFrieda Cimino

ElFrieda Cimino

May 8, 2009

ElFrieda Garrett Cimino, age 78 of Bismarck, on this day, May 8, 2009, went to be with her Lord and Savior. She was born October 25, 1930 in Clark County the daughter of Albert Newton and Eula Fendley Buck. She was a homemaker and member of the DeRoche Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband...

Betty Bruner

Betty Bruner

May 7, 2009

Betty Taggart Bruner of Little Rock, formerly of Arkadelphia, died Thursday, May 7th, 2009 at the age of 89. Betty "B" as her friends called her was born May 6th 1920 in Bethany, Mo. She was the daughter of the late Charles M. Taggart and Ollie Imes Taggart. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert...

Bobby Penix

Bobby Penix

May 7, 2009

Bobby G. Penix, 74, of Ward, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 7, 2009. He was a retired machinist and a member of the Calvary Pentecostal Church of God in Beebe, where he served as a head usher, greeter and served on the church board. Bobby is preceded in death by his parents and one son, Timmy...

Billie Kirkpatrick

Billie Kirkpatrick

May 6, 2009

Billie Lorene Kirkpatrick, 88, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. She was born September 11, 1920 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the only child of the late William Webster Kirkpatrick and Cecil Katherine Garth Kirkpatrick. She was a member of The Bible Church of Little Rock for over 50 years and spent much of her...

Joy Smith

Joy Smith

May 6, 2009

Joy Lynn Smith, 67 of Little Rock passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Hospice Care Center in Little Rock. She was born on May 15, 1941 in Dangerfield, Texas; she was the daughter of George Davis and Thelma Goolsby Davis. Joy was a retired housekeeper, and a member of First Christian Church of North Mississippi Street in Little...

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