Ray W. Bowles, 82 of Little Rock, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2009. He was a retired interior decorator and designer, and was a graduate of New York School of Design, New York City. He designed windows for Gus Blass Department Store, and Ila Lowe?s Millinery in Little Rock in the 50?s when he was young. In New York...
Norris A. Hilton, 82, of North Little Rock passed away Friday, February 6, 2009. He was a U.S. Army Korean veteran. He loved his children and grandchildren and was an avid fisherman. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Frankie Nell Hilton, of North Little Rock; six sons, Norris Hilton, Jr. (Karla) of Hot Springs, Stephen Hilton, of...
Michael Anthony Diniro, 54, died February 6, 2009. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 12 at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock. Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., Little Rock, (501) 224-2200. Visit Mr. Diniro's online guestbook at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
John Franklin Shelton, age 37, of North Little Rock, died Friday morning, February 6, 2009 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas on October 8, 1971 to Ben and Alice Shelton of Jonesboro. Raised and educated in Stuttgart, John was a resident of North Little Rock since 2002. He worked for Lafferty Equipment Manufacturing...
Bonnie Reece Marsh, 78, of North Little Rock passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009. She was retired from Arkansas Teacher Retirement Systems and a Mary Kay Beauty Director. She is survived by her daughters, Jan Marsh Taylor and husband, Paul and Laura Marsh Bowerman and husband, Chuck, all of Sherwood; grandchildren, Justin Lloyd Baldwin and wife, Cheryl, Kevin Marsh Crosland,...
Dr. Judith Margaret Sweetbaum, 64 of Miami, Florida, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at University of Arkansas for Medical Science Center. She was born on March 21, 1944 in Queensland, Australia. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Hunt. Judith was a Pediatrician, who was a sole practitioner. She enjoyed drawing and was an amateur horticulturist, who...
Otha Lane ?Buddy? Evans, 89, of North Little Rock passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009. He was retired from Goodwill Industries, former owner-operator of Protho Gulf Service Station, was a Turbin Millwright and a member of Masonic Lodge #319. He is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Otha Lee and Denise Evans, of North Little Rock and Thomas C. and...
Peggy Francis Lavoie, 60, of Beebe, Arkansas, was born April 24, 1948, at Biddeford, Maine, to Francis and Allegra Robinson Levigne, and she died Thursday, February 5, 2009. She is preceded in death by her mother and a brother, Lee. Peggy is survived by her husband, George Lavoie of Beebe; three sons, George Mason, Henry Lavoie and David Lavoie, all...
Perry Little, 68, of Little Rock, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009. He was born November 13, 1940 in Heavener, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his mother, Octavia Little; father, Jack Little; and brother, George Tyler. Perry is survived by his daughter, Lori Graves; grandson, Cameron Graves; and granddaughter, Caitlin Graves. He was retired from Paul?s Shoes after...
Walter Payne, 92, of Little Rock, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. He was born June 14, 1916 in Dumas, Arkansas, the son of George and Della Payne. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII. He is survived by his children, Ernest Walter Payne, Jr., (Vickie) and Fannie Sanders, (Thomas) all of Milwaukee, WI; brothers, Alavin, Terry and...
Harold Edwin Faulks, 84, of Mesquite, Texas, born in McRae, Arkansas on January 6, 1925, to Will and Mary Jane Belew Fulks and passed away February 4, 2009. Harold and his late wife, Billie Jean, both grew up in Arkansas and moved to Mesquite, Texas to start their life journey together. He was a Navy man in World War II...
Bill Parker, of Conway took the hand of God and some of his family on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. He was born December 24, 1955 and reached the milestone of turning 53, even though he was told he wouldn?t. Bill was just that kind of person, if you told him he couldn?t do something, he would show you otherwise. He...
Mary Earlene Galloway, 74, of Little Rock, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. She was born October 22, 1934 in Oxley, Missouri, the daughter of Earl and Mary Atwood Gatlin. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Billy Max Galloway; sons, Trent Galloway (Ann) and Lance Galloway (Aron); grandchildren, Ian, Colin, Taylor, Caitlin, Magdalen, Geneva, Blaise, Gabby...
William ?Bill? Harris, Sr., 88, of Little Rock passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009. He was born September 16, 1920 in England, Arkansas to Earl and Ethel Harris. He was a retired mechanical engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a World War II Army veteran. He was a member and deacon of East Union Missionary Baptist Church,...
Dorothy Mae Nabors, 78 of Bauxite, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock. She was born on February 22, 1930 in Perkins, Arkansas. Dorothy was a homemaker, who was of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Leonard Nabors, and her two sons James and John Nabors....
John Joseph Cychol, Jr., 82, of North Little Rock, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2009. Born January 9, 1927 in Tuscola, Illinois, he was the son of John J. and Stella Cwalina Cychol. He was a member of the 1943 Illinois High School Championship Basketball Team from Paris, Illinois, graduating in 1945. He attended Bradley University, graduated from Purdue...
Mr. Norman Lee Rice, age 93, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on East Pinnacle Road, Roland, AR Monday morning February 2nd, 2009. Born in a log cabin overlooking the Arkansas River on December 6, 1915 at Stony Point, AR, he served generations of Arkansas youth honorably by educating and mentoring them for almost 40 years during...
Emma Madding, 76, of Ward, passed away February 2, 2009. She was a retired hair dresser. She is preceded in death by her husband, William Sims Madding; one daughter, Barbara Jean House; two brothers, Wandle Chamblee, Dewey Chamblee, and two sisters, Frances James Chamblee and Syble Moline Chamblee. Emma is survived by one daughter, Geneva Vance of Forrest City; one...
Michael James Lynch, 56, a U.S. Air Force Veteran, died February 2, 2009. He was born October 6, 1952 in Shirley, Massachusetts, the son of Daniel and Vivian Ferron Lynch. A Graveside service with Military Honors will be held at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 10, at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock. Arrangements by Little Rock...
Bruce W. Waterman, 57, of Little Rock, died Monday, February 2, 2009. He was born April 12, 1951 in Seattle, Washington, the son of Floyd and Pauline Gulley Waterman. He is survived by a step-son, Stuart Dixon and many friends. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Lewis Waterman. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday,...