In our Care

Mar 9, 2017

Lillian Ruth Ludwick, age 70 of Pine Bluff passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Ludwick was born September 5, 1946 in Kingsland, Arkansas, to the late James Ivey and Helen Marie Miller Smith. She was a graduate of Kingsland High School and a member of Victory Baptist Church...

Mar 9, 2017

Robbie Sue Miller, age 86 of Rison, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Rison. She was born September 18, 1930 in Glenwood, Arkansas to the late Polk Haskel and Myrtle Heathcock Haggard. On June 3, 1951 she married Don Miller in Rison, Arkansas. Mrs. Miller was a school teacher for Rison Public Schools for 41 years....

Mar 8, 2017

Joseph Allen Best, age 60 of West Memphis, Arkansas entered into eternal rest on March 8, 2017 at his home. He was born September 8, 1956. Mr. Best was a member of Angels Way Baptist Church, employed as Crittenden County Road Supervisor and a former United States Marine. He is preceded in death by his mother, Luna...

Mar 8, 2017

Michele Houston Bourgeois, 45, of Pangburn, went to be with the Lord March 8, 2017 following a valiant fight with lung cancer.  She was born November 5, 1971 at Heber Springs, Arkansas. Michele was a 1990 graduate of Pangburn High School and attended Oak Grove Community Church.  Her family was her life; she was a loving mother, grandmother, and...

Mar 7, 2017

Marian Lavon Reed Veazey, age 88, of Tucson, Arizona went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Marian was born November 25, 1928 in Rison, Arkansas, the third child of the late Jack Reed and Bertha Lee Chapman Reed. She graduated from Rison High School in May of 1946 and that same month she...

Mar 7, 2017

Ricky D. Cockrell, age 61 of the Rowell Community went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Mr. Cockrell was born December 29, 1955 in Bastrop, Louisiana, to Ray and Bobbie Sturdivant Cockrell. At the age of sixteen Ricky graduated from Auctioneer School and was a...

Mar 7, 2017

Thomas Cossey Sr., 65, of McRae, passed away March 7, 2017 at his residence.  He was born June 8, 1951 at Bakersfield, California to the late Arie and Katherine James Eastridge. He attended Jacksonville High School and graduated UALR in 1984 with a degree in accounting.  Mr. Cossey was a member of McRae First Baptist Church and enjoyed talking...

Mar 6, 2017

Eugene Huff, 85, of Searcy, formerly of Kensett, passed away March 6, 2017 at The Crossing in Searcy.  He was born August 3, 1931 at Pleasant Plains, Arkansas to the late Ben and Lilly Summers Huff. He was preceded in death by three wives, Ressie Williams Huff, Katherine Goff Huff, and Gypsy Pruitt Huff; one sister, Mae Godfrey; and...

Mar 5, 2017

Mildred Ruth Huggins, 88, of Judsonia, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 5, 2017.  She was born April 19, 1928 in Clinton, Arkansas to the late Christopher Columbus Johnson and Sallie Jane Folks Johnson.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by eight siblings, two husbands, Bennie Thompson and LD Huggins; one son,...

Mar 4, 2017

Martin C. Hawkins III, was born May 20, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the only son of Dr. Martin C. Hawkins Jr. and his wife, Marion Alexander. His family later moved to Searcy, where he grew up. After a brief but eventful enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, he learned the ins and outs of the farming...

Mar 4, 2017

Mary Magdalene Turpin Osborne, age 90, of Judsonia died Saturday, March 4, 2017 in Searcy.  She was born June 17, 1926 to Luther and Leona Turpin.  She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She is survived by her two sons, Rusty Osborne and wife Kayla of Judsonia, Kim Osborne and wife...

Mar 3, 2017

Michael Fleming, age 48, of Sheridan went to his heavenly home Friday, March 3, 2017. He was born July 30, 1968 in Pine Bluff to Roy E. and Dimple Bailey Fleming. Michael was an avid fisherman and hunter. He was a devoted and loving father and would “give you the shirt off his back even if he...

Feb 26, 2017

Billy E. Ashcraft, age 86, of White Hall passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born December 5, 1930 in DeWitt, the son of the late William Kirby Ashcraft and Ara Lorain Fikes Ashcraft. Mr. Ashcraft enjoyed fishing, camping, and drinking coffee at Sandy Acres with his buddies....

Feb 26, 2017

Paul Allen Cook, 75, of Searcy, passed away February 26, 2017 at Searcy Healthcare.  He was born June 30, 1941 at Holly Springs, Arkansas to the late Cecil and Stella Ferren Cook. Mr. Cook was a 1959 graduate of Searcy High School and a member of the Church of Christ.  He was a well known and highly regarded car...

Feb 24, 2017

Ray C. Schonhoff, Jr., age 73 of Des Arc, Arkansas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Des Arc, Arkansas.

He was born June 23, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, MO, son of Raymond C., and Alma Stoll Schonhoff. Ray married Maxine Hopson on May...

Feb 19, 2017

Homer Baker, 86, of Kensett, passed away February 19, 2017 at Unity Health Hospital in Searcy.  He was born August 2, 1930 at Georgetown. Mr. Baker was an active man all his life, serving in the U.S. Army and Navy, driving a truck, and lastly attending the police academy in Camden and serving as a Constable for the Kensett...

Feb 17, 2017

Bobby Lee Webb, 76, of Bald Knob, formerly of North Little Rock, died February 17, 2017 at Advanced Care Hospital in Searcy.  He was born May 28, 1940 at North Little Rock.  He was preceded in death by his mother, Ava Marie Rice; two uncles, RJ and ML Webb.  He is survived by a brother, Eugene Brannon (Lydia) of...

Feb 16, 2017

Donnie Lee Smith, age 67, of Hensley passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Arkansas Hospice Home Care in Little Rock. He was born May 29, 1949 in Marble Falls, Texas, the son of the late Elmer Smith and Susie Violet Jeter Smith. Mr. Smith is preceded in death by his wife, Karen Howard Smith.

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Feb 13, 2017

Brady Veldon Hoggard, 82, of Searcy passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017. He was born July 26, 1934 in Poughkeepsie, AR in Sharp County.

He is survived by his three children, Phil Hoggard (Judy) of Searcy, Kim Hoggard Himstedt (Henry) of Cabot, and Brad Hoggard (Roxanne) of Memphis, TN, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He is...

Feb 7, 2017

On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 the Lord called home another angel. Robin Louise Deatherage, age 55 of Star City passed away peacefully at UAMS in Little Rock following a three year battle with cancer. Mrs. Deatherage was born September 21, 1961 in Everett, Washington, to John Deatherage and Jeanette Delaney. After graduating from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in...