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Luther Trigg

Luther Trigg

Nov 13, 2005

Luther Franklin Trigg, age 78 died Sunday, November 13, 2005 in Arkadelphia. He was born March 3, 1927 in the DeGray Community, Clark County, AR, the son of Cyril and Mallie Jones Trigg. He was retired from Reynolds Metals, where he worked as a mechanic, and was a member of the DeGray Baptist Church and the American Legion. He served...

Annallee Pennington

Annallee Pennington

Nov 12, 2005

Annallee Hobgood Pennington, age 96 of Arkadelphia died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005 in the Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia after a short illness. She was born Oct 9, 1909 in Bisbee, AZ the daughter of Norman and Annallee Hobgood. As a free spirited young lady, she rode her horse five miles each way to attend and graduate from Arkadelphia High...

John O'Bar

John O'Bar

Nov 11, 2005

John Wayne O'Bar, age 49 of Bismarck died Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1955 in Danville, AR the son of the late Wallace B. and Freeda L. Morris O'Bar. He was a disabled veteran serving in the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army as a staff sgt. He was a member of the...

Ruth Francis

Ruth Francis

Nov 7, 2005

Ruth Lorene Francis, age 78 of Arkadelphia died Monday, November 7, 2005 in the Twin Rivers Health & Rehab. She was born April 19, 1927 in Little Rock, AR the daughter of the late Jacob C. and Susie Marie Jones Clements. She was a retired seamstress at Levi-Strauss and a Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Collis "Cobb" Francis, Sr.; one...

Hazel Goff

Hazel Goff

Nov 7, 2005

Hazel Ann Goff, age 74 of Arkadelphia died Monday, November 7, 2005 in the Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, TX. She was born June 22, 1931 in Ft. Worth, TX the daughter of the late Herrel C. and Estelle Sanders Ashburn. She attended Baylor University, where she received bachelor's degree in science and her master's degree in education. She was a...

Ray Swindling

Ray Swindling

Nov 3, 2005

Ray Swindling, age 83 of Sparkman died Thursday, Nov 3, 2005 in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was Born Jan .15, 1922 in Mandan, North Dakota the son of the late Mr & Mrs. Frank Swindling. He was a WWII Army veteran and a resident of California for 40 years where he was a supervisor of the Berkeley...

William Thompson

William Thompson

Oct 31, 2005

William "Pete" Thompson, age 75 of Arkadelphia died Monday, Oct 31, 2005 in the Beverly Health Care Center. He was born Nov. 8, 1929 in South Central Community near Arkadelphia, the son of the late Roy and Lerla Bell Francis Thompson. He was a food services worker at Henderson State University cafeteria and attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Helen Taylor

Helen Taylor

Oct 30, 2005

Helen Bishop Vaughn Taylor, age 80 of Palm Desert, CA died Friday, Oct 28, 2005 in Rancho Mirage, CA. She was born Jan. 31, 1925 in Arkadelphia the daughter of the late William and Ruby Langley Bishop. She was chief switchboard operator for 30 years at the El Dorado Country Club. Survivors include her husband, Tim Taylor; two daughters, Anita...

Susie Hendrix

Susie Hendrix

Oct 30, 2005

Susie Mae Hendrix, age 86 of Donaldson passed away Sunday, October 30, 2005 at the Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia after a long illness. She was born May 5, 1919 in Bartow County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, John M. Hendrix and three children, Ronald Wesley Hendrix, Lucy Mae Hendrix and Nancy Joyce Clayton. Survivors include...

Thurman Miller

Thurman Miller

Oct 29, 2005

Rev. Thurman L. Miller age 84, of Gary, TX, died Saturday, October 29 . He was born August 6, 1921 in Windsor Ontario, Canada, the oldest child to Samuel and Ethel Dodd Miller. He attended Gurdon, Arkansas schools and Central Baptist College. Bro. Miller served his country through the Army Air Corp during WWII. He married Bertha Fay Francis on...

Sherman Yates

Sherman Yates

Oct 26, 2005

Sherman R. Yates, age 80 of Bismarck died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 in St. Joseph Mercy Health Center. He was born June 4, 1925 in Bismarck, the son of the late Dwight Moody and Gracie Lee Pierce Yates. He was a graduate of Henderson College in 1953, a Korean war veteran and a deacon at the First Baptist Church in...

Willie Schmidt

Willie Schmidt

Oct 26, 2005

Willie Schmidt, age 69 of Kingman, AZ died Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005. She was born Feb. 13, 1936 the daughter of the late Roy W. and Ina Elizabeth Wingfield Dickerson. She was a housewife and a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Kingman. Survivor include one son, Daniel Pipkin of Monahans, TX; two daughters, Cathy Pool of Wetherford, TX...

Bennie Bledsoe

Bennie Bledsoe

Oct 25, 2005

Long-time Arkadelphia resident, Dr. Bennie Gene Bledsoe died Tuesday, October 25, in Houston, Texas. Born in Donaldson, Arkansas, on January 9, 1917, she was the daughter of Ben Bledsoe and Cora Berry Bledsoe. She graduated from Arkadelphia High School and received both a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree from Henderson. In 1973 she earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from...

John Rittermann

John Rittermann

Oct 25, 2005

John J. Rittermann, age 72 died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at the Advance Care Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born Oct 4, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland the son of the late Herman P. and Barbara Ruth Taylor Rittermann. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran serving in Vietnam. He was a member of the Lions Club of Bismarck, St....

Irene Tolleson

Irene Tolleson

Oct 19, 2005

Irene Dickerson Tolleson, age 83 of West Memphis died Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 in the Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was born Feb. 20, 1922 in Nevada County, AR the 7th child of Edd and Annie Black Dickerson. She retired from the West Memphis Utility Commission as a night security guard. She was a member of the Ingram...

Mary Winters

Mary Winters

Oct 12, 2005

Lynn Livingston Winters, age 62 of Memphis, TN formerly of Arkadelphia died Wednesday, October 12, 2005. She was born April 29, 1943, the daughter of the late Dr. Jake and Fran Livingston. She was a schoolteacher at The Hutchison School, an all girl prepatory school in Memphis, TN. Through education she touched the hearts and minds of many young people...

Hector Planchart

Hector Planchart

Sep 24, 2005

Hector Planchart of Little Rock, born on September 27, 1963 in Puerto de la Cruz, Venezuela, found eternal rest on Saturday, September 24, 2005. He remains in our hearts and is with us in spirit. He represented his country, Venezuela, as a gymnast in the Olympic Games and continued his love for the sport as a gymnastics coach, most recently...

Bernice Smith

Bernice Smith

Sep 11, 2005

Bernice Martin Smith, of Little Rock, went home to be with her Lord on September 11, 2005. She joins her loved ones who preceded her: parents, Clifton W. Martin, Sr. and Marley White Martin, Star City; son, Joe T. Smith, Jr., Little Rock; brothers, John E. Martin and Clifton W. Martin, Jr. and sister, Myrtice Martin Dodds, all of Little...

Douglas Jones

Douglas Jones

Aug 25, 2005

Son of McClusky M. Jones and Frances B. Jones. Survived by his wife of 28 years, Docia Jones, two brothers, Gerald Jones of Memphis, TN and James Jones of Fort Myers, FL and his sister, Frances D. Gunn (Albert) of Cordova, TN. Also survived by sons, Douglas W. Jones (Darla) of Magnolia, TX, Steven Jones (Belinda) of Malden, MO, Randy...

Mildred Morris

Mildred Morris

Aug 11, 2005

Mildred Owanna Morris, 78, widow of W. H. Morris, died Thursday, August 11, 2005. She is survived by five sons, Willie Morris, Gene Morris, Jerry Morris, David Morris, and Rick Morris and two daughters, Judy Horsey and Sherry Uptain. Other survivors include four brothers, Sam Goodson, Clay Goodson, Jack Goodson, Truman Goodson; two sisters, Ruth France and Carolyn Maness, 16...

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