Obituaries
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Ronald Lee Coble
Jan 6, 2018
Ronald Lee Coble, 83, of Searcy, died January 6, 2018 at Searcy Healthcare Nursing Home. He was born March 16, 1934 near Spencer, Indiana to the late Mamie and Ralph Coble. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Christine Totty Coble; three daughters, Julie (Loyd) Vandagriff, Lori (Rick) Panettieri, and Leah (Craig) Lackie; six grandchildren, Alan and...
Mary Johnston
Jan 4, 2018
Mary Johnston, age 84, of the Rowell Community, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018 in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Johnston was born July 17, 1933 in Rison, Arkansas, to the late John and Mae Herrington. She was a retired receptionist for the Jefferson County Courthouse. Mrs. Johnston was a faithful member of Center Missionary Baptist Church for...
Claudia (Spradlin) Bell
Jan 4, 2018
Claudia Spradlin Bell, 54, of Searcy, passed away January 4, 2018 at her residence. She was born August 30, 1963 at Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended Pangburn High School and enjoyed being outside, planting flowers, fishing and farming (some days) as well as collecting rocks and bargain shopping. Most of all she loved her family and grandchildren. She was...
Margaret Helen (Herman) Rodgers
Jan 3, 2018
Margaret Rodgers, 79, of Beebe, passed away January 3, 2018 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born January 30, 1938 at Waterloo, New York to the late Owen and Maud Doty Herman. Mrs. Rodgers was a loving mother and grandmother who cherished her family and loved taking care of them. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
James Lloyd Payne
Jan 1, 2018
James Payne, 78, of Beebe, died January 1, 2018 at Advanced Care Hospital in Searcy. He was born May 2, 1939 at Galveston, Texas to the late Ira and Nona Bolton Payne. He served 34 years in the US Navy retiring as Master Chief Petty Officer. He loved his country, his family and late wife, Beverly Geis Payne, who...
Lorene Parris Word
Dec 30, 2017
Lorene Parris Word, 101, of Beebe died Saturday, December 30, 2017. She was born August 12, 1916 in Obion, Tennessee to the late Dillard Jackson Parris and Daisy Brigance Parris. Mrs. Word was baptized at age 11 and remained a faithful Christian for 90 years. She was a member of Beebe Church of Christ, a Sunday school...
Debra Jean (Decker) Mobley
Dec 30, 2017
Debra Mobley, 58, of Pangburn, went to be with the Lord December 30, 2017 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston following a brave battle with cancer. She was born November 22, 1959 at Mexia, Texas to the late William and Estella Moore Decker. She attended Bradford High School and the Gateway Technical College where she received her LPN...
Orville Lewis Sutton
Dec 25, 2017
Orville Lewis Sutton, age 82, of Sheridan passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at his home. He was born October 25, 1935 in Prescott, to the late Clyde Elmer Sutton and Vergie Lora Lamb Sutton. Mr. Sutton is preceded in death by his grandson, Robert Logan; brothers, Edmond Sutton and Cohen Ray Sutton; and sisters, Dorothy Mitchum and...
Mary Elizabeth Manues
Dec 23, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Manues, age 38, of Almyra died Saturday, December 23, 2017. Mrs. Manues was born on February 23, 1979, to Bobby Ray Peterson and Julie Gosnell Owen.
She is survived by her father, Bobby Ray Peterson of Rison; mother, Julie Owen of Sheridan; son, Hunter Terry of De Witt; daughter, Lindsey Terry of De...
Eva Mae Rauls
Dec 20, 2017
The Lord welcomed home Eva Mae Shelby Rauls on December 20, 2017, at Bradley County Medical Center. She entered this life to the late Herbert Stephen and Verda Eugene (Puckett) Shelby on March 22, 1929, in the Macedonia Community (Cleveland County).
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, J.E. Rauls. They...
Major (Ret) Francis "Frank" Joseph Duncan
Dec 20, 2017
Francis Joseph "Frank" Duncan, Major, US Army (Retired), age 83, of Kingsland was called home to the Lord on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. Major Duncan was born July 11, 1934 in Wilmington, Delaware, to the late Reuben S. and Mary L. Montague Duncan and received his Master's Degree from Fordham University. He was a career Soldier, retiring...
Rommie Lee "Pete" Brewer
Dec 13, 2017
Rommie Lee "Pete" Brewer, 81, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, after a long and happy life. He was born September 7, 1936, in Grapevine, Arkansas, and grew up in Sheridan, Arkansas. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1954. The love of Pete's life, Roberta May "Bobbie" Adair, glided by him in a roller-skating...
Jessie Marie Wright
Dec 11, 2017
Jessie Marie Wright, age 93, of Rison, formerly of Lake Village passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. Mrs. Wright was born October 1, 1924 in Lake Village, Arkansas, to the late Jessie James and Mary Pitchford. She was a graduate of Lake Village High School and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wright was preceded...
Janice Marie (Rigsby) New
Dec 11, 2017
Janice Marie New, 64, of Judsonia, passed away December 11, 2017 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born January 3, 1953 at Blytheville, Arkansas to the late Herman and Juanita Marie Brackenridge Rigsby. She was a member of The Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Beebe. She was a generous loving person who never met a stranger. She was a...
Buford "Blu" Smith
Dec 8, 2017
Buford “Blu” Smith, 55, of Bald Knob, departed this life December 8, 2017 at his residence to enter his forever Heavenly home. He was born April 2, 1962 at Berryville, Arkansas to the late Martic and Pauline Smith. He was a hard and dedicated worker of 29 years for the City of Searcy Street and Sanitation Department. He enjoyed...
Janet Elizabeth Lenderman
Dec 7, 2017
Janet Elizabeth Lenderman, age 65, died in Searcy, Arkansas December 7, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lenderman, as well as her only sister, Shirley Charlene Pruitt. She is survived by 2 nephews, Shawn Pruitt (Lisa) of Beebe, AR and Kyle Pruitt (Camilla) of Madison, Alabama; as well as 2 great nieces...
Michael Francis Petty
Dec 7, 2017
Michael Francis Petty was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Harlan and Frances Petty on April 13, 1949. He died at his home in Searcy, Arkansas on December 7, 2017 from cancer, which he battled with strength and tenacity. Michael was a graduate of Western Kentucky University and was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky. ...
Jay Dee Passmore
Dec 3, 2017
Visitation Friday December 8, 2017 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Foothills Faith Tabernacle 930 Hwy. 225 East Greenbrier, AR 72058 Funeral Service Saturday December 9, 2017 10:00 AM Foothills Faith Tabernacle 930 Hwy. 225 East Greenbrier, AR 72058 Interment following funeral service Saturday December 9, 2017 McNew Cemetery McNew Cemetery Road Greenbrier, AR 72058
