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Grace Keeton
Nov 22, 2005
Grace Ellen Keeton, age 97 of Malvern died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born Nov. 4, 1908 in Social Hill the daughter of the late James T. and Fannie Ida Dyer Siratt. She was a housewife and a member of the DeRoche Missionary Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern...
Tommie Kennedy
Nov 21, 2005
Tommie Jean Haygood Kennedy was born on September 11, 1921, in Arkadelphia , the youngest child of Lillian Strong Haygood and James Raymond Haygood. Her father was a college math professor and football coach whose most famous recruit to college football was Bear Bryant. Tommie Jean and her brother and sister moved as their father changed coaching positions - Arkadelphia,...
Doris Tribby
Nov 21, 2005
Doris Ann Kerst Tribby of Little Rock, passed away Monday, November 21, 2005. Born June 2, 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Eleanor Kerst. She was a loving daughter, sibling, mother and grandmother and will be missed dearly by those who love her. She is survived by her four children: Bryan Tribby of...
Bobby Scott
Nov 20, 2005
Bobby Gene Scott, Jr., age 26 died Sunday, November 20, 2005. He was born July 5, 1979 in Galveston, TX the son of Bobby Gene and Diana Audrey Wyant Scott Sr. He was a bricklayer and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He took care of his mother; loved his cats, Blacky & Thomas; loved to draw; loved...
Clinton Counts
Nov 19, 2005
Clinton Lee Counts age 82, of Bismarck died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at his home. He was born March 24, 1923 in Bismarck, AR, the son of the late Gus and Ada Sanders Counts. He retired from Reynolds Metal Co., Jones Mill Plant after 33 years and was a farmer and cattleman. Mr. Counts was a member and deacon of...
Boodie Huffman
Nov 16, 2005
Boodie Marie Huffman, age 90 of Gurdon died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in the Sheridan Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 31, 1915 in Okolona, AR the daughter of the late John William and Jeffie Alice Shackleford Huffman. She was a housewife and a member of the Center Point Baptist Church. She married Carl Huffman on Jan 24, 1943. She...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
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