All Obituaries
Vanitha Garige
Sep 1, 2021
The family of Vanitha Prakasham Garige would like to thank you for honoring her memory with your presence.
Vanitha Prakasham Garige went peacefully to her Heavenly home on September 1st, 2021. She was 74. Vanitha was born on December 11, 1946, in Medak, India to the late Anatha Rao and Sundaramma Muthyala. She...
Bettye Bollen
Sep 1, 2021
Bettye Jo Bost Bollen passed to her eternal rest on September 1, 2021. Born December 8, 1931 to C.J. and Hattie Bost in England, Arkansas, Bettye was one of ten children raised in a fun loving, farming family. Bettye met her dream man when Lindy V. Bollen became a teacher at Plum Bayou High School where she was attending...
Gwendolyn Ervin-McLarty
Aug 31, 2021
Gwendolyn Chappel Ervin-McLarty, 52, of Bryant, Arkansas passed away August 31, 2021. She was born May 16, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee to Brady and Ginger (Pate) Ervin.
Gwendolyn retired after working over twenty years for the State of Arkansas where she was involved in many departments and organizations. She received a master’s degree in criminal justice. Gwendolyn...
Charles Petz
Aug 31, 2021
Charles F. Petz, 79, of Benton, Arkansas passed away August 31, 2021. He was born November 15, 1941 in East St. Louis, Illinois to the late John and Ava (Runyon) Petz.
Charles was a member of First Baptist Church in Benton. He taught the boys Sunday School class for many years. In his teaching, he taught them about...
Christopher Mathis, Sr.
Aug 31, 2021
Christopher Jerone Mathis Sr., 40, was called home on August 31, 2021, leaving behind his lovely wife, Iris Mathis, and four beautiful children, Kia, Christyln, Irias, and Christopher (CJ) Mathis.
Christopher was born August 8,1981, in Little Rock, Arkansas where he was raised by a village of loved ones, including his mother Rosalyn Petroff, stepfather, Timothy Petroff,...
Natalee Starnes
Aug 31, 2021
Natalee Elaine Starnes age 32, of Arkadelphia, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021. She was born June 9, 1989 to Mark David and Marla Davis Smithey. Natalee was a member of Degray Baptist Church.
Natalee loved to cook and had started her own feed bin business which kept her very active. She was a loving wife and...
Mary (Wilson) Wilkerson
Aug 31, 2021
Mary Elizabeth (Wilson) Wilkerson, 73, of Jacksonville passed from this life on August 31, 2021. She was born November 5, 1947 in Little Rock to the late John and Madia (Mathis) Wilson.
Mary was a woman of exceptional faith, always faithful to her relationship with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She always loved attending worship services...
Ira Thomas Jr.
Aug 30, 2021
Major Ira Beynon Thomas, Jr, US Army, Retired, age 74, of Gurdon, passed away August 30, 2021. He was born July 2, 1947, to the late Ira Beynon Thomas, Sr. and Annie Viola (Smith) Thomas in Prescott. Ira is also preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Ann and Judith, and two half-sisters, Marjarie and Joyce.
Ira retired...
Mary Copeland
Aug 30, 2021
Mary Frances Copeland age 92, of Arkadelphia, died Monday, August 30, 2021. She was born in the Manchester Community, east of Arkadelphia to Harry and Gladys McCaskill Fite on January 11, 1929. She joined the Manchester Methodist Church as a teenager.
She married James T. Copeland in Arkadelphia on February 6, 1949 and they immediately joined Arkadelphia...
Rhonda Jones
Aug 30, 2021
Rhonda Lucille (Hargett) Jones, of Sherwood, passed peacefully into the arms of God on August 30, 2021. Born on June 1, 1960, to Maxell and Viva Hargett, Rhonda was the baby of the family among her four siblings. She is survived by her high school sweetheart, turned adoring husband, of 42 years, Mark Jones; daughters, Brandi Sipes (Brian), Cheyenne...
James "Jim" Green
Aug 30, 2021
James Alfred Green (Jim) of North Little Rock, Arkansas passed away in the early morning hours of August 30, 2021. He was born on November 5, 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Lonzo and Eula Belle. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Patricia Turner. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Kay, son,...
Richard Kelley
Aug 30, 2021
Surrounded by loved ones, Richard “Dick” Andrew Kelley died peacefully in his downtown Little Rock home on the morning of August 30, 2021, after a prolonged battle with cancer that his body could no longer fight. He was 81.
A Little Rock native, Kelley grew up on Pine St. and graduated from Little Rock Central High School...
Harold Smith
Aug 30, 2021
Harold Eugene Smith, II, passed away August 30, 2021. He was born August 17, 1943 in Astoria, Oregon to the late Harold Eugene and Cynthia Kathryn (Francis) Smith.
Harold grew up in Jay, Oklahoma where he was raised by his grandparents. He graduated high school and then served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States...
Steve Maddox
Aug 29, 2021
MSgt. Steve M. Maddox (U.S. Army, Retired) passed away on August 29, 2021. He was born in Benton to Dewell and Ludy Fay Robinson Maddox.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 35 years, Hazel Ann Maddox, son, Noel M Maddox and brother, Jack Maddox, he is survived by Z. Ann Maddox, his wife of...
Lyuboy Niklaevna "Luba" Jackson
Aug 29, 2021
Lyubov Nikolaevna 'Luba' Jackson (née Kravchenko), 95, of Maumelle, died in her sleep on Saturday, August 29, 2021. She was the only child of Nikolai Vasilievich Kravchenko and Vera Arkhipovna Shevchenko, having been born September 28, 1925 in Novomikhaylovskoe, a small settlement on the River Kuban in the far south of Russia. The daughter of a Cossack noble family...
Lauana Milnes
Aug 28, 2021
We surrender a truly unique individual, our mother Lauana Milnes, to the loving arms of Jesus as he called her home on August 28th, 2021. She has been restored to perfection in heaven and we celebrate her victory.
Her son David, his wife Rose, and their four sons James, Lucas, David Kai, and Ethan and her daughter...
James "Jim" Waldron
Aug 28, 2021
James "Jim" Waldron was born on December 5, 1955 in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Temple University and was fond of telling people that he'd been classmates with Bob Saget of "Full House" fame. He held many positions over the next several years before deciding to give his life to God and become an ordained Roman Catholic monk with...


