Geoffrey G. McGilvray left this earth far too soon on November 13, 2013. He was the very loving and much loved son of parents ,Kathryn (mother)and Luther Zachary and Don McGilvray (father) and Mary Elliott. Geoffrey was blessed to have his grandmother, Lee Keenihan, grandfather, Harold S. McGilvray; older brother Stuart McGilvray, sister-in-law Anne McGilvray, younger brother Drew McGilvray, sister...
John C. Aclin, 102, of North Little Rock passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013. He was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church, a Navy veteran of World War II, former owner of Levy Model Market and Aclin Stereo Tape Company. He was past board member and past president of Model Markets, Inc., Affiliated Foods, Inc., Levy Lions Club, and...
Kenneth Lowell Rollans, 77, of Little Rock, passed away November 13, 2013. He was born in Scranton, Arkansas to Clarence and Mary Funkhouser Rollans and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of the VFW, the Arkansas and Texas Steel Guitar Associations and the International Steel Guitar Convention. Preceded in death by his parents and two brothers,...
Hattie Meyer Janek, age 66, of Bismarck, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Hot Springs. She was born May 6, 1947 in Lavaca County Texas, the daughter of William J. and Hattie Darilek Meyer. She received her Bachelors degree from Southwest Texas State University and her Master's Degree in special education from Henderson State University. Hattie was with...
Betty Kempf, 89, of North Little Rock passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and was a Registered Nurse. She was an active member of Park Hill, Dardenne and Kirk of The Pines Presbyterian Churches. She was a Stephen minister, in the Shepherd's Group and volunteered for numerous organizations and loved helping...
Ruth Ann (Bersett) McNease, 57, of North Little Rock died 12 November. She was born in Belleville, Illinois to Edward and Sue Bersett, (deceased), and is survived by her husband, Douglas Allen McNease , sons Christopher and Jeffrey Bersett, three brothers and four sisters . Ruth attended Pulaski Tech, and belonged to the Red Hat Society. A private service is...
Margaret L. Bradley, 93, of Little Rock, passed away November 12, 2013. She was born in Little Rock to Elmer and Aurelia Mace Ginn and was a member of Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church. She attended Draughon's Business School, worked for the Arkansas Division for Employment Security and Safeway, and later retired from UALR. She loved traveling...
Linda Sue "Combee" Dobson Battie, 52, of Little Rock, passed November 11, 2013. She was born April 3, 1961 to Morris and Margie Combee. She was the youngest of six children, three girls and three boys. She was preceded in death by her father, Morris Allen Combee, Jr., grandparents, Morris and Lena Combee, and John and Cora Bell Blissitt, three...
Carra McKenzie Franks, 91, of Little Rock, died Nov. 11, 2013. The youngest of seven children, she was born May 12, 1922, in Centerville, Ark., to the late Walter and Myrtle McKenzie. She graduated from Ola High School in Yell County and attended State Teachers College in Conway. She met Thomas C. Franks, her husband of 69 years, at college...
Katherine P. Wilkinson, 91, of North Little Rock, passed away November 11, 2013. She was born in Jacksboro, Texas to Oscar Bernard and Nancy Bryant Powell and was a member of Park Hill Christian Church and was past secretary of Church Women United. She worked as a research scientist at both UAMS where she went to medical school and at...
James L. Harkey, age 66 of Jacksonville. This special soldier passed away on Veterans Day, November 11, 2013. He was born March 22, 1947 in Pulaski, County. Mr. Harkey was an Active Duty Army Service Member for over thirty-nine years and a member of North Hills Baptist Church in Sherwood, Arkansas. Survivors include his wife Bettie Harkey; daughters Laura Long...
W. E. "Bill" Palmer, 74, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 10, 2013. He was born on June 13, 1939 in Little Rock to the late Lue Ramsey and Rosie Brooks Palmer. He loved God, his family and his country. He married his devoted wife on April 1, 1967 and the two lived in...
Billy G. Jackson, 70, of North Little Rock passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013. He was born May 9, 1943 to Basil and Elma Jackson and was the 6th child born. He had four sisters and three brothers. He loved life, his family and was a very proud and loving man. He was the type of man who took care...
Jerry Box, age 81 of North Little Rock, passed away November 9, 2013 at St. Vincent's North in Sherwood. He was born on August 15, 1932, in Wisconsin. He was the son of William Otto Box and Elsie Schumacher. Jerry was a mechanic for Waukesha, County Wisconsin. He was a member of the Silver Streaks Bowling League and he enjoyed...
Christle Jean Rakes' memorial service was postponed due to her husband's hospitalization and illness. Her husband, James Rakes, passed away January 20, 2014. The family is rerunning Jean's obituary to let other family and friends know that she will be memorialized with her husband, James Rakes, at a joint memorial service Saturday, January 25, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the...
Robert "Bob" Eugene Butler, 78, of Arkadelphia passed away November 9, 2013, in Little Rock, AR. He was born November 12, 1934, at Methodist Hospital, Memphis, TN, to Arthur Miller and Donie Mae Bowlin Butler. Robert was baptized by his grandfather Reverend William Alvin Bowlin. He grew up in Olive Branch, MS, and attended grade school through 11th grade and...
John Lawrence 43, of Guam formerly of Houma, LA and North Little Rock, AR. He passed away November 8, 2013 in Guam. He was born February 11, 1970 in Elaine, Arkansas to Robert and Shirley Lawrence. He loved to hunt and fish. He is preceded in death by both sets of grandparents, mother, aunt and nephew. Survivors include his father...
Mrs. Louise Watkins Hill died Friday, November 9, 2013. She was a member of the Open Arms Assembly of God in Beebe. She is survived by a son, Howard Watkins Jr. of Florida; A stepson, Raymond Hill of Beebe; a stepdaughter, Eithel Tway of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Reverend Howard L. Watkins Sr.,...