Linda Jo Arnold, 59, of Sherwood, from the Cato Community, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011. She was of the Baptist Faith. She worked and owned her own shop of Cosmetology and also worked at several shops in the Little Rock area since 1970. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, drawing, painting, and gardening. She also enjoyed traveling with Doug on his...
Rev. Carl E. Fawcett, 81, of Austin, Arkansas, graduated to glory on Good Friday, April 22, 2011. He was a retired Baptist minister. He pastored churches for many years in Mississippi and Arkansas, and retired as Director of Missions of Arkansas Valley Baptist Association. He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Barbara Fawcett; his children, Stephen Fawcett and...
Buddy Benson, 77, of Arkadelphia died on Good Friday, April 22, 2011, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Coach Benson was an Arkansas sports legend - a 1993 inductee into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, an inductee into the NAIA Hall of Fame, the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University for 31 seasons and the man...
Virginia Lois Eagan, 82 of Sherwood passed away April 22, 2011 in Sherwood. She was born August 5, 1928 in Walnut Ridge, AR. Services will be private under the direction of Huson Funeral Home in Sherwood.
William Presley Bumgardner, 81, of Little Rock, passed away April 22, 2011. He was born in Little Rock to R. D. and Nettie Palmer Bumgardner and was a U.S. Navy veteran. Preceded in death by his father and a grandson, Daniel Bumgardner, he is survived by his mother, Nettie Schmeckenbecher; his daughter, Nettie Campbell and husband, Jody of Little Rock;...
McCoy "Son" Burns, age 82, of Austin, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011. He was born on August 6, 1928 to Floyd and Etta Burns. "Son" was a dairy farmer who loved his family and the dairy business. "Son" was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Emolene (Griffin) Burns and a beloved grandson, Michael Jason Burns. He...
Norman Bradley Hallett, 81, of Cabot passed away Friday, April 22, 2011. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1952 and was a retired United States Postal Carrier after 30 years. He is survived by his wife and constant companion of 58 years, Faye Hallett, of Cabot; daughter, Sharon Comstock and husband, Tommy, of Hot Springs; son, Stephen...
Larry William Welsh, 71 of Sherwood, passed away Thursday morning in Sherwood, Arkansas, he was born on November 17, 1939 in North Little Rock, he was the son of William Welsh and Cleo-Douglass Welsh. Larry was raised in the Rose City area of North Little Rock and was a truck driver for over fifty years, spending twenty-eight years with Orbit...
Robert Clark Rhodes age 93 died April 21, 2011 at Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia. He was the son of Lou Clark and Robert Clinton Rhodes who married in 1908. Mr. Rhodes graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 1935. Shortly after graduation, Mr. Rhodes moved to Clark County, settling in Arkadelphia in the late 1930s....
Dillard Blocker, age 82, of Story, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011. He was born on October 24, 1928 at Jessieville, the son of Perry Blocker and Elizabeth Ratliff Blocker. On March 3, 1957, he was married to Pearl Hyde Blocker. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Ruby Lane and Marie Parliment. A lifelong outdoorsman, he...
Arthur C. (Art) Carmical passed away peacefully on the evening of April 20th, 2011 at the age of 80. Art proudly served our country in the United States Air Force for 26 years. After retiring from the Air Force he was employed at the United States Postal Service where he retired after 25 years of employment. During his retirement, Art...
William K. "Billy" Ruggles age 83 of Arkadelphia died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at his home. He was born January 27, 1928, in Bearden, AR the son of William Bryan and Mattie Pearl Churchwell Ruggles and grew up in Shover Springs near Hope, AR in his grandparents' house. The Ruggles family built this house in 1911 and is listed on...
Ruby Ruth Wortman White, 76, of North Little Rock died Tuesday, April 19, 2011. She was born May 12, 1934 in Tomberlin, Arkansas to the late Leroy and Belle (Hough) Wortman. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in North Little Rock. She is survived by her husband of 57...
Vivian F. (Van Pelt) Perry, 85, of North Little Rock passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011. She was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church. She is survived by her niece, Stacey Van Pelt (Timothy) of Little Rock; sister-in-law, Linda Van Pelt (Dillard) of Guy; niece, Tammy Johnson, of Guy; nephew, Bradley (Terry) Van Pelt of Greenbrier; and...
Joanna (Jody) Simon Davis died in Little Rock on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. She was born July 13, 1926 to Gladys and Ernest Simon of Rockford, Illinois, graduating in 1944 from East Sr. High School. For the next four years, she attended Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota, majoring in Biology and Psychology. In the fall of 1948, she enrolled as...
Charles Robert "Chuck" Petersen of Little Rock, passed away at his home Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the age of 65. He was born in Illinois, the eldest son of Walter and Ellen Petersen. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Petersen, two daughters, Carrie Trivino and Charity Chain, one son, Cody Petersen, and five grandchildren, all of California; and...