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Scott Shaver
Jul 7, 2017
Scott Shaver, 44, of Judsonia, passed away July 7, 2017 at St. Vincent’s CHI in Hot Springs. He was born July 22, 1972 at Searcy. He was a 1990 graduate of Judsonia High School and was employed by Martin Truck Sales building semi-trucks. He enjoyed building cars and was currently working on a drag racing car. He was preceded...
Max Thompson
Jun 28, 2017
Interment following funeral service Saturday July 1, 2017 Vilonia Cemetery Cemetery Road Vilonia, AR 72173
Willie Gene Hicks
Jun 27, 2017
Willie Gene Hicks, 70, of Judsonia, passed away June 27, 2017 at the VA in Little Rock. He was born October 19, 1946 at Vacaville, California to the late Garland and Gertie McPike Hicks. Mr. Hicks was a veteran of the Navy and he loved hunting and fishing. He will be remembered as a people person who loved everyone....
David L. Rawls
Jun 25, 2017
David Lloyd Rawls, age 70, of Rison passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017. David was born February 2, 1947 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to the late J. C. and Mary Ellen Lloyd Rawls. He was a custodian for many years with Rison Public Schools and a member of Rison Baptist Church. David was preceded in death by...
Raymond F. "Ray" Ruelle
Jun 22, 2017
Raymond F. "Ray" Ruelle, age 70, of Herbine passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Ruelle was born August 14, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Russell and Betty Brazil Ruelle. He lived his life one day at time and enjoyed one moment at a time. During his military career, Mr. Ruelle...
Darryl Gon Sullins
Jun 17, 2017
Darryl “Budda” Sullins, 23, of Searcy, passed away June 17, 2017 at Heber Springs. He was born May 16, 1994 at Long Beach, California. He was a 2013 graduate of Searcy High School and enjoyed fishing, mudding, swimming, and hanging with friends. He was also an avid wrestler where he earned the nickname “Outlaw”. He was preceded in death...
Barbara Lynn (Carter) Middleton
Jun 14, 2017
Barbara Middleton, 59, of Searcy, passed away June 14, 2017 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born March 29, 1958 at Moberly, Missouri. She was a member of The Lighthouse Full Gospel Church and an LPN for Oakdale Nursing Home prior to her health failing. She was preceded in death by her father, Leon Carter. She is survived...
Althea Lorena (Lewis) Nordlund
Jun 14, 2017
Althea L. Nordlund, 68, Hot Springs, Ark passed away June 14, 2017. She was born April 30, 1949 to Charles Richard Lewis and Mae (Mynier) Lewis. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Robert V Lewis, Charles J Lewis and sister Merle Weston; granddaughter, Sara Harrison Popwell. She is survived by beloved companion, James (Jim) Nordlund; sons...
Jessie Pauline Evans
Jun 14, 2017
Jessie Pauline Evans, 78, of Searcy, died June 14, 2017 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born December 12, 1938 at Holdingville, Oklahoma to the late John and Virgie Hill Jones. She is survived by three grandchildren, Lakeisha Wheatley (Jason), Jacob Bailey (Candy), and Wesley Teague (Laura) all of Searcy; ten great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. No...
Ronnie Miller
Jun 13, 2017
Ronnie Miller, 60, of Beebe, passed away June 13, 2017 at his residence. He was born December 22, 1956 at St. Joe, Missouri. He loved riding horses and worked on auto body repair and paintless dent repair prior to retiring. He was preceded in death by his mother, Vernell Covington Ellinger. He is survived by three daughters, Rhonda McKenzie...
James Wilkes "Buck" Byrd
Jun 11, 2017
James Wilkes "Buck" Byrd, age 56, of Woodlawn passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at UAMS in Little Rock. He was born April 21, 1961 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Riley and Maple Brown Byrd. He was of the Baptist faith and a retired auto mechanic. Mr. Byrd was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers...
Johnny Layman Ballard
Jun 9, 2017
Johnny L. Ballard, 91, of Searcy, died June 9, 2017 at The Crossing at Riverside in Searcy. He was born August 15, 1925 to the late Jim and Estelle McGinnis Ballard. No services are scheduled.
Jeanette Louise (Lawrence) Frisbee
Jun 7, 2017
Jeanette L. Frisbee, 72 of Beebe, formerly of Imboden, passed away June 7, 2017 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born March 2, 1945 at Ravenden to the late Hulen and Christine Green Lawrence. She was a 1963 graduate of Sloan Hendrix High School in Imboden and a member of Union Valley Baptist Church in...
Virginia Roberts
Jun 5, 2017
Virginia V. "Peggy" Matheson Roberts, age 81, of Kedron passed away Monday, June 5, 2017. Mrs. Roberts was born May 5, 1936 in Kedron, Arkansas to W. A. "Fonzie" and Delia Harris Ratliff. She graduated with her LPN from Pines Vo-Tech in 1971 and spent twenty-three years working in the nursing field at Jefferson Regional Medical Center,...
Jerry Franklin Person
Jun 2, 2017
Jerry F. Person, 81, of Searcy, passed away June 2, 2017 at his residence. He was born April 16, 1936 at Searcy to the late Simon and Ruth Roberts Person. Mr. Person was the owner of White County Metal Works and was a member of the Searcy Masonic Lodge. He was married to Allada Dean Person in 1952 at...
Eddie Kirby
May 31, 2017
Eddie Kirby Sr. 71, of Hickory Flat, passed away May 31, 2017 at his residence following a long battle with cancer. He was born May 14, 1946 at Rosalie, Alabama to the late Tate and Coreen DeHart Kirby. Mr. Kirby attended TA Futrall High School at Marianna and was a member of the United Methodist Church at Stuttgart. He...
Mark D. Motsinger
May 27, 2017
Mark Dana Motsinger, age 67, of Rison passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born on December 25, 1949 in Clinton, Missouri, to Fay J. and Marion E. Sheddrick Motsinger. Mr. Motsinger served two years in Okinawa, Philippines and Japan during his enlistment in the United States Marines....
