Joe Calvin Straw, 74, of North Little Rock, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012. He was retired from ADT after 40 years of service, served in the U. S. Navy and was a member of Amboy Baptist Church. Joe was a great Christian role model and a witness to all he encountered. He was a kind and gentle-hearted man with...
Colonel Conrad Lary Beggs (USAF Retired), born in Muleshoe, Texas on August 19, 1930, and passed away on the evening of July 13, 2012. He received a BS in Agriculture from California State University, Fresno, and an MBA from George Washington University. Conrad served in The United States Air Force, from 1954 until 1975, as a pilot and, lastly, as...
Jo Ann M. Shope, age 82, of Arkadelphia died Friday, July 13, 2012. She was born January 24, 1930, in Breckenridge, TX. She was a retired school teacher, teaching in the Arkadelphia School system for over 30 years. She was well loved and cherished by everyone who ever met her. She was a member of the Pine Street Church of...
Joyce Dowdy Emmerling, 72, of Little Rock, after a courageous battle with cancer for nine years, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012. She was a secretary for City Business Machines for over 10 years. She went to nursing school at the age of 52 and became a Registered Nurse, December 1994. She worked for Baptist Rehabilitation Institute where she retired....
James Michael Aulwes, 65, of Little Rock, passed away July 12, 2012. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Phillip and Mildred Aulwes, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of Vietnam. He served 20 years with the Little Rock Police Department, where he founded the DWI Squad and the hostage negotiation team, retiring as a Lieutenant. He also worked for Little...
Donald Bruce Billingsley Sr., 69 of Benton, Arkansas passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012. He was born April 18, 1943 to parents Tom and Mary Billingsley. Donald is survived by his spouse; Hope Billingsley, one son; Donald Bruce Billingsley, Jr. and spouse Lorie of Heber Springs, one daughter; Tamara Morgan and husband Donald of Benton; one sister Tommie Nance and...
Taliyah McGhee age 10 of Donaldson died Thursday as a result of an auto accident near Bay St. Louis, MS. She was born in Arkadelphia August 9, 2001 the daughter of Kevin Newborn and Fawna Grider Matthews. She was a student at Ouachita Elementary School. She was active in sports, enjoyed fishing and hunting, enjoyed barrel racing and was a...
View Video Tribute Monelle (Heslep) Holt Moody, 73, of Cabot, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was a retired Budget Analyst for The Little Rock Air Force Base with 30 years of service and a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother and memaw and...
View Video Tribute Floy Qualls Blanchard, 78, of Scott passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012. She was a member of Somers Avenue Church of Christ. She loved to bowl and to fish "behind the house." She is survived by her husband, Chester Blanchard; father of her children, Billy Joe Qualls; son, Billy Ray Qualls; three grandchildren, Halie Qualls, Lauren Freshour...
Harold Ray Ladd, 74, of Little Rock, passed away July 11, 2012. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ray Othel and Sunshine Wilkinson Ladd, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a 20 year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department. He was a ten year member of the Federal and State Security Association. Preceded in death by his parents and...
Jayden Brent, infant, of Jacksonville, Arkansas departed this life on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. He is survived by his mother; father; grandparents; great-grandparents; aunts; uncles; cousins and extended family. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday in Arkansas Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday at the North Little Rock Funeral Home,...
Jo Ann Arras, 44 of Little Rock, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012. She was born April 14, 1968 to parents James and Lois Arras of Bryant, Arkansas. Jo Ann is survived by her mother, Lois Arras; children Justin Arras, Michael Arras, and Aaron Arras Dunbar; siblings Jeannette Arras, Cathy Yarberry, and Kenneth Arras; grandchildren Desirae and Dillan Arras;...
Jack Ellis, 70, of Little Rock, passed away July 9, 2012. He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and retired in 2005 from the floor covering industry. Preceded in death by his parents, Jewell J. and Mabel J. Cobb Ellis, he is survived by his wife of 51 years, Janie S. Ellis; sons, Brad Ellis (Kelly) of...
Beverly Ann Russom Clary, 73, of Little Rock died July 9, 2012. She was born September 17, 1938 in Little Rock and was raised in Carlisle, AR by her parents the late Robert Lee Russom and Hallibess Russom. She was preceded in death by a brother, Neil Russom. Beverly graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville with a Bachelors Degree...
James Phillip "Phil" Faulkner, 55, of Little Rock, died unexpectedly Monday, July 9, 2012 while on a Boy Scout trip with his son in the Florida Keys. Phil is survived by his wife and friend of 17 years, Sue Rogers Faulkner; one son, Christopher James Faulkner (15); his parents, Jim and Joyce Faulkner and Catherine and Jim Kennedy; sisters, Brianne...
Freeda Pierce, 81, of Jacksonville went to be with the Lord Sunday, July 8, 2012. She worked as a supervisor for the Water Department office for the city of Jacksonville for 31½ years before retiring. She was born June 7, 1931 in England, Arkansas to the late Fred (FH) and Eddie Fulmer Smith. She was preceded in death by her...
Thomas Albert Chipman, 91, of Little Rock, Ark., died peacefully July 7, 2012, surrounded by family in his home. Tom was born May 10, 1921, in Hill City, Kansas, to Albert C. and Olive Chipman. He was a WWII Army veteran serving under Gen. Patton's 95th Infantry, 3rd Division. He married his lovely wife of 66 years, whom he affectionately...