William Newton
Apr 12, 2006
William "Bill" Rupert Newton, age 83 of Bismarck died Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Twin Rivers Health & Rehab. He was born May 27, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana the son of the late Homer and Helen D. Lowe Newton. He was a truck driver and a WWII Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Ann Koehn Newton; one brother, Homer...
Leota Nivens
Apr 12, 2006
Leota Mae Nivens, age 82 of Arkadelphia died Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at the Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born April 16, 1923 in DeQueen, AR the daughter of the late Royal E. and Leota Belle Brawner Holland. She was a supervisor at Hollywood Vasserette , a Baptist and worked for the Foster Grandparent Program. She was preceded...
Charlie Hubbard
Apr 12, 2006
Charlie Hubbard, age 84 of Gurdon died Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at his home. He was born June 15, 1921 in Arkadelphia, AR the son of the late Elmer and Mary B. Willingham Hubbard. He was a dragline operator for the Arkadelphia Sand and Gravel Co., a Baptist and a WWII Navy veteran. He was preceded in death by his...
Pledger Monk, Jr
Apr 12, 2006
Pledger E. Monk, Jr, age 66 of Arkadelphia died Wednesday April 12, 2006 . He was born Oct 13, 1939 in Little Rock the son of the late Pledger E. and Louise Hamer Monk, Sr. He was a 1957 graduate of North Little Rock High School, attended the University of Arkansas and served in the U.S. Army for 3 years....
Pauline Wilson
Apr 11, 2006
Pauline "Jeannie" Wilson, age 77 of Bismarck died Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at the St. Joseph Mercy Health Care Center in Hot Springs. She was born April 29, 1928 in Nassa , OR the daughter of the late Audie and Blanche Lofton Mahan. She was a housewife, a member of the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ and proceeded in death...
Kay Ford
Apr 7, 2006
Elizabeth Kay Dyals Ford, age 54 of Enterprise, AL. died Friday, April 7, 2006 at a Dothan hospital. She was born Sept 24, 1951 in Hot Springs, AR the daughter of the late Fred B. and Freddie Looper Dyals. She was a graduate of Bismarck High School Survivors include her husband, Robert Joseph Ford, Sr.; two sons, Robert Joseph Ford...
Sybil Wrinkle
Apr 7, 2006
Sybil F. Henderson Wrinkle, age 77 of Sheridan formerly of Arkadelphia died Friday, April 07, 2006. She was born Sept. 12, 1928 in Pisgah, AR the daughter of the late James Arthur and Hattie Harris Henderson. She was a retired employee of Levi Strauss and the Arkadelphia School System. She was a member of the Delight Baptist Church and was...
William Ashmore
Apr 7, 2006
William T. "Pete" Ashmore, 70, passed away April 7, 2006. Pete was a longtime resident of Little Rock and had lived in Winona, Mississippi for the past seven years. He was preceded in death by his wife of twenty-four years, Thelma, and two sons, Henry Ashmore and Galen Auman. Survivors include four children, Richard Ashmore, Roxanne Johnson, Lana Crosby and...
Bessie Russell
Apr 5, 2006
Bessie Vann Russell, age 82 of Sparkman died Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at the Twin Rivers Health & Rehab. She was born Oct. 18, 1923 in Dallas Co., the daughter of the late Alver B. and Martha Ann Hogue Vann. She was a housewife and a member of the Assembly of God Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Elsie Sullivan
Apr 4, 2006
Elsie Jones Thacker Sullivan, age 89 of Caney died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Beverly Healthcare. She was born Nov. 23, 1916 in Hot Spring Co., AR the daughter of the late William Thomas and Leona Garner Jones. She was a housewife and a member of the Bismarck Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Clifton...
Debra Manriquez
Apr 2, 2006
Debra Gail Manriquez, age 50 of Arkadelphia died Sunday, April 2, 2006 at her home. She was born Feb. 28, 1956 in DeQueen, AR the daughter of Leroy Godwin and Patsy Shope Cox . She was a caregiver for the elderly, trying to help others in any way possible. In doing this, she was able to touch many people's lives...
Opal Phelps
Mar 31, 2006
Opal Pinson Phelps, of Little Rock, went home to be with her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Friday morning, March 31, 2006. Ms. Opal, as she was known to most, was born June 14, 1924 to the late Leroy and Isabell M. Pinson of Carlisle (Wattensaw). She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry W. Phelps, her brother,...
Elenas Houston
Mar 30, 2006
Elenas McNabb Houston, age 93 of Okolona died Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born Feb. 8, 1913 the daughter of the late Samuel D. and Lillian Borrang Stewart. She was a housewife and a member of the Merietta Pentecostal Church in Okolona. She was preceded in death by husbands, Acey McNabb and...
Van Malcom
Mar 27, 2006
Van A. Malcom, age 93 of Okolona died Monday, March 27, 2006 at the Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born Feb. 14, 1913 in Okolona, AR the son of the late Charlie and Irene Buchannon Malcom. He was a retired rural letter carrier, a farmer and a member of the Gurdon Masonic Lodge #187 for over 50 years....
Walter Ford
Mar 25, 2006
Walter Jackson Ford, 78, of Sparkman died Saturday morning March 25, 2006 at his home.  He was born July 3, 1927 at Brassfield, Monroe County, AR to Dee Dillard and Dorothy Erwin Ford.  He was a retired construction ironworker foreman, and a founder of the Bush Creek Hunting Club.  He was preceded in death by 3 brothers.   Survivors include:...
Norman Kingrey
Mar 25, 2006
Norman H. "Bobby" Kingrey, age 76, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 in Little Rock. Mr. Kingrey, the youngest child of the late Granville and Ellie Digby Kingrey was born Feb. 15, 1930 in Dalark. He was raised in Arkadelphia where he graduated from high school in 1949. He married Hope Lee in 1949. Mr Kingrey worked as the produce manager...
Delbert Lambert
Mar 25, 2006
Delbert Hobson Lambert, 44, of Bismarck, died Saturday at Baptist Medical Center, Arkadelphia, after an accidental fall. He was born January 3, 1962 in Hot Springs to Hobson and Wynona Baswell Lambert. He was a member of the Bismarck Missionary Baptist Church, and was a Surveyor for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for 20 years. Survivors include: his wife,...
Flora Tarpley
Mar 23, 2006
ARKADELPHIA, AR Flora Jean Blanton Tarpley age 90, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 in Baptist Medical Center Arkadelphia. She was born September 20, 1915, the daughter of Herbert and Ola Mae Gates Blanton. She was a housewife and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Arkadelphia. She was preceded in death by her husband Joe Tarpley. Survivors include...
Bessie Northcutt
Mar 23, 2006
Bessie May Avery Northcutt, 91, of Little Rock died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at Charlottesville, VA.  She was born in North Little Rock, AR May 13, 1914 to William Rafe and Mazie Emma Heflin Avery.  She was originally from McGehee, but lived many years in both Arkadelphia and Hot Springs.  She was a prolific artist who excelled in a wide...
Iva Launius
Mar 22, 2006
Iva Mae Porterfield Launius, 87, of Sparkman, died Wednesday at Arkadelphia.  She was born July 12, 1918, at Rolla, AR.  Her parents were Milton "Doc" and Katie Porterfield, and a step-mother, Gracie Porterfield.    She was a loving homemaker and a faithful Christian, and was a member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church near Sparkman.  She was preceedeed in death...