Leon "Cotton" White, age 91 of Okolona died Friday, December 02, 2005 at the Twin Rivers Health & Rehab. He was born Dec. 7, 1913 in Clark Co, AR the son of the late Jim T. "J.T." and Queen Victoria May White. He was a farmer and a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death...
Opal E. White, age 62 of Arkadelphia died Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at the St. Joseph Regional Health Center. She was born March 20, 1943 in Arkadelphia the daughter of the late Wallace and Opal Malone Stroud. She was a housewife and proceeded in death by her husband, Dell White and one brother, Buddy Stroud. Survivors include one son, Chris...
Arkadelphia Margie Burrow Manning, age 86 of Arkadelphia died Tuesday November 29, 2005 in Twin Rivers Health and Rehab. She was born January 19, 1919 in Clark County the daughter of the late John Edward and Susie Hopper Burrow. She was a housewife and a member of the Richwoods Baptist Church where she taught the Children's Sunday School Class for...
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005 at 2:00 PM in Ruggles-Wilcox Chapel for William Alexander Gordon, age 77, who was called home on Monday Nov. 28, 2005 in 4:00 AM. Interment will be at Richland Cemetery in the community of Central, west of Arkadelphia. Rev. Robert Richardson of Lafayette, LA will officiate at the funeral services. Survivors...
Grace Jackson, age 77 of Arkadelphia, died Friday November 25, 2005 in Baptist Medical Center Arkadelphia. She was born October 13, 1928, the daughter of Harvey and Eva West Sossamon. She was former executive secretary for Midco Company, a division of General Motors, past president of Baptist Hospital Auxiliary, former officer in DAR, member of the Clark County Library Board,...
Rosa V. Wade, 83 of Bismarck died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005 at her home. She was born Sept 23, 1922 in Amity, AR the daughter of the late Lewis B. and Versie Runyan Lambert. She was a housewife and a member of the Shiloh Church of Chirst. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Wade; one son, Doyle Wade and his wife,...
CWO4(Ret) John Patrick Powers, Jr.(Pat) died on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 in Little Rock. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Patrick Powers, Sr. and Grace Mitchell Powers; step-mother, Edna Lea Powers; wife, Elaine Gloria Powers; brother, Richard Powers; sister, Marianne Powers. He is survived by his children, John M.Powers (Diane), Kathryn L. Powers, William D. Powers (Sue),...
Curtis Raymond "C.R." Beene, age 78 of Gurdon died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at the Advance Care Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born Jan 24, 1927 in Curtis, AR the son of the late Thurman Allen and Neva Mixon Beene. He was retired Reynolds Metal employee, a WWII Veteran and a member of the Curtis Baptist Church. He was...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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...