Mar 7, 2011

Rayburn Thurlo Smith, 83, of Austin passed away March 7, 2011. He was born May 12, 1927, in the Crossroads community in Prairie County and was a member of Baugh Chapel Baptist Church for 51 years. He worked at the Fort Roots VA Hospital for 35 years and also served in the Arkansas Army National Guard for 31 years. He...

Mar 7, 2011

Sheila L. Hambrick, 52 of North Little Rock passed away March 7, 2011 in Little Rock. She was born on June 2, 1959 in Monroe, Arkansas to the late Earl Davis and Velma Hickman Davis. Sheila was a homemaker who will be remembered for being a wonderful mother and grandma. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hambrick,...

Mar 7, 2011

JD (Jimmy Dale) Wilson of Cabot, Arkansas passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011. He was born in the farming community of Coy, Arkansas on March 19, 1947 to Arthur (Boss) and Nettie Wilson. JD is survived by his wife, Diane, as well as one daughter, Lisa (Glen) Wilson, two sons, Kevin (Andrea) Wilson and Michael (Christy) Wilson. He will...

Mar 6, 2011

A. J. Holt, 69, of Jacksonville, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011. He served in the United States Air Force and retired from Century Tel of Jacksonville. He was well loved in his community and was always willing to help his friends and neighbors. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Cheryl Holt; daughters, Traci Holt (Tim Waters)...

Mar 6, 2011

Earl E. Humbard, 95, died March 6, 2011. He was born on April 11, 1915 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri to the late Adon and Bertha Humbard. A member of the Greatest Generation, Earl served his country during World War II with the U.S. Army Second Division in the European theater. He landed in Normandy, fought in Central France, at the...

Mar 6, 2011

Anne S. Whittington, 65, of Arkadelphia, passed away March 6, 2011. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana to William Edwin Sanders and Thelma Prince Sanders, she graduated from Minden High School and attended Northwestern University in Natchitoches. She was an administrative assistant for Anthony Timberland. Anne is survived by her loving husband, Joseph C. Whittington; daughter, Kelley Maxey Cordray and husband, Todd...

Mar 5, 2011

Sue Thompson Thweatt, 79, died March 5, 2011. She was the daughter of Pauline Barringer Thompson and Hugh Emmet Thompson. She was born on August 15, 1931 in Little Rock and grew up in Jacksonville. She graduated from Jacksonville High School, Little Rock Junior College and attended UALR. She was an active member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church and a...

Mar 4, 2011

Laurence G. Wendel, age 90, of Mount Vernon, died Friday, March 4, 2011. He was a rural mail carrier for twenty-nine years for Mount Vernon and Enola. Laurence was a veteran of WWII and was a Lutheran. He is survived by his wife, Doris Wendel, of Mount Vernon; two sons, Gordon (Kathy) Wendel of Mount Vernon and Glen (Janice) Wendel...

Mar 4, 2011

Mar 4, 2011

William R. Spencer, Jr., "Bill" died unexpectedly on March 4, 2011 at his home in Hope, Arkansas. He was 61 years old. He is survived by his wife, Pegie Spencer and his loving parents, William R. Spencer, Sr. and Joyce D. Spencer, all of Little Rock. He is also survived by his four children, William R. Spencer, III "Spence" of...

Mar 4, 2011

Bobbye Dean Hand Robertson, 72 of North Little Rock, died Friday, March 4, 2011. She was born to the late Aubrey and Mildred Hand. She was a graduate of North Little Rock High School, and was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Danny Robertson of Hensley; daughter, Tracye Wickliffe and Tony of North Little...

Mar 3, 2011

Ralph M. Patterson, Jr., 74, former State Senator for North Little Rock, died on the afternoon of March 3, 2011 at Baptist Hospital Springhill surrounded by his family. Ralph was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Dr. Ralph M. Patterson, Sr., and Helen Stitt Patterson. He was the oldest of three children. His father was a doctor in the Army...

Mar 3, 2011

Joe Lewis Cooper Jr., 52, of Little Rock died Thursday, March 3, at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock. He was born Jan. 14, 1959, in Little Rock, son of Joe Lewis Cooper and Patsy Carter Cooper. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Betty Cooper, of Little Rock; a sister, Kelley Cooper, and her husband, Jeff Williams, of...

Mar 3, 2011

Robert L. "Red" Nelson, 86, of Arkadelphia died Thursday, March 3, 2011, following a lengthy illness. Known by friends and family alike simply as Red, he was one of Arkansas' top sportsmen - a star athlete in high school and college; a high school coach; a high school and college football and basketball official for many years; a baseball umpire...

Mar 3, 2011

John Gibson Beall, 69, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, died Thursday, March 3, 2011. He was born on July 1, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Beall received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas A. Edison College in Trenton, New Jersey and with a Masters Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University...

Mar 3, 2011

George E. Stewart, 80, of Romance, passed peacefully from this life on March 3, 2011. Born November 6, 1930, in Bodcaw, Arkansas, to Alice Hannah Hodnett and John Riley Stewart, he grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts, area and in Patmos, Arkansas, where he joined the Boy Scouts and attended Patmos High School. In 1948 he moved to Las Vegas,...

Mar 2, 2011

Mar 2, 2011

Floyd E. Duke, 92, of Jacksonville passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. He was born October 18, 1918, in the Oak Grove Community to Howard and Jennie Gunnell Duke. He was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church for 56 years and taught the ten-year-old boys' Sunday School Class for 30 years. Mr. Duke was the owner of Duke Appliance...

Mar 2, 2011

Grover Lee Short, 84 of Redfield passed away March 2, 2011 in Little Rock; he was born on May 20, 1926 in Bigelow, Arkansas; he was the son of the late Alta J. Short & Ida Evelyn Cherry-Short. Grover was a United States Army Veteran of WWII, and was a devoted Christian who served as a Deacon at Redfield Missionary...

Mar 2, 2011

Willie Marguerite Deaver Harrison died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in Arkadelphia. She was born on September 6, 1920 to David and Allie Stacks Deaver. Marguerite grew up in the Hill Creek Community near Plumerville. In 1936, she married Charles Griswood Harrison, and later moved to Arkadelphia. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Marguerite worked at Levi Straus...