Obituaries
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Mack Leopard
Apr 13, 2020
Claudy Mack Leopard, 71, of Rison, AR, passed on to his eternal resting place in heaven Monday, April 13, 2020. He was born March 25, 1949 in Cleveland County to Raymond Leopard and Rachel McKenzie Leopard. Mack was a member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. He received his education graduating from Rison High School in 1967. ...
Girtrude Matos
Apr 8, 2020
Girtrude Lowe Matos, known to many as "Granny", went to be with the Lord on her 78th birthday, at her home in North Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family.On April 8, 1942, in Pinsonfork, Kentucky, she became the seventh child born to John and Annie Adams Lowe. She met her husband, Felix Matos, Sr. on a blind date and was...
Gerald Ray Lynch
Apr 7, 2020
Gerald Ray Lynch, 66, of Judsonia, Arkansas passed away peacefully on April 7, 2020. Gerald was born at London, Kentucky to the late Ray Lynch and Mattie Jean (Jeanie) Priest. He spent most of his childhood in Kentucky. In his early teenage years, the family later moved to Indiana where he learned his craft of upholstery work. In his...
Wayne Gurnsey
Apr 7, 2020
Otis Wayne Gurnsey, age 75, of Rison went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. He was born July 13, 1944 to the late Herman and Gladys Gurnsey. He graduated from Sparkman High School where he won the state championship in basketball and volleyball, he was an avid sportsman coaching and playing baseball and...
Frank Michael Morgan
Apr 6, 2020
Frank Michael Morgan, of Vilonia, passed away on April 06, 2020, in Conway, Arkansas at the age of 73.Frank was born on October 8, 1946, in Newborn, North Carolina to Frank Morgoran and Lena (Davis) Morgan. He was an active Vietnam Veteran. He served as a radio technician in the United States Army and served in the infantry as a marine during the Vietnam war. He enjoyed shooting at the ranges, and was...
Laverne Lee (Hanssler) Johnston
Apr 5, 2020
Laverne Hanssler Johnston, 88, of Searcy, passed away April 5, 2020 at her residence. She was born May 17, 1931 to the late Charles and Tiny Ridgeway. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Johnston was preceded in death by two husbands, Herman Hanssler and Clyde Johnston; one brother, Charles Ridgeway; and two sisters, Norma Keller and Billie Jo Burrows....
Santana Smith
Apr 4, 2020
Santana Smith was the second of two children born to Cecil Aldridge Sr. and Elizabeth Smith Cantrell. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He accepted Christ at age eleven, at Church of Christ Temple Holiness, Searcy, Arkansas. He spent most of his childhood in Ohio. At the age of eleven, the family relocated to Searcy, Arkansas where...
Sandra (Baker) Swanson
Apr 4, 2020
Sandy Jean Swanson, 70, of Judsonia, formerly of Kensett, passed away April 4, 2020 at Oakdale Nursing Home. She was born May 28, 1949 at Gravel Hill to the late Charles and Annalen Barnett Baker. Sandy married Clay Swanson on December 4, 1994. He survives. Along with her parents, Sandy was preceded in death by two brothers; Lonnie and...
James "Jim" Robert Gallagher
Apr 3, 2020
James Robert Gallagher, Jr., of Vilonia, went to be with the Lord on April 03, 2020, at the age of 64.Jim was born on July 28, 1955 in Staten Island, New York to James Robert Gallagher and Aileen Jean Cichowski. He earned his bachelor degree in General Studies at Mary Hardin Baylor University in 1993. He retired from the United States Army where he received the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal...
Minor Harvey Dortch
Apr 2, 2020
Minor Harvey Dortch, age 67, of Sheridan went to be with his Lord on Thursday, April 2, 2020. He was born September 26, 1952 in Grant County to the late Minor Dortch and Allie Mae Cotton Dortch. He enjoyed watching westerns and was always very observant. He was also a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church....
Ira Hamilton
Mar 31, 2020
Ira Hamilton, age 89, of Jefferson, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab. He was born April 30, 1930 in Illmo, Missouri to the late Walter and Gertrude DuVall Hamilton. Ira spent many years crossing the country while working as a furniture mover for the Mayflower Trucking Company. When he wasn’t on the...
Harold Lee Smith
Mar 30, 2020
Harold Lee Smith, 65 of Searcy, passed away March 30, 2020, at Searcy Healthcare Center. He was born August 29, 1954 at Searcy, Arkansas. Harold was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and a graduate of Searcy High School. Harold is preceded in death by his father, Leon Smith Sr.; two brothers; and one sister. Harold enjoyed playing and...
Ethel Mae (Veorster) Daniel
Mar 30, 2020
Ethel Mae Veorster Daniel, age 84, of Kingland passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at Pine Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born May 4, 1935 in Ulm, Arkansas to the late Arthur and Susie Margaret Davis Veorster Ramsey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, George...
Floyd Edgar Smith, Sr.
Mar 30, 2020
Floyd Edgar Smith, Sr., age 91, of Redfield went to be with his Lord on Monday, March 30, 2020. He was born December 28, 1928 in Star City, AR to the late Edgar Tapler Smith, Sr. and Emily Inez Buck Smith Russell. Mr. Smith was a United States Army Korean War veteran and a welder by trade, working on...
Elaine Thomason
Mar 30, 2020
Elaine Thomason, age 77, of Sheridan, passed away at her home Monday, March 30, 2020. She was born January 8, 1943 in Battle Creek, Michigan to the late Kenneth and Dorothy Brisbin. Elaine loved to knit, crochet afghans, and most of all to spend time with her family and friends. She was a long time member of Bethel United...
Samuel Elbert Sublett
Mar 28, 2020
Samuel Elbert Sublett, of Mount Vernon, went to be the Lord on March 28, 2020, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 84.Samuel was born on June 20, 1935, to Jesse Samuel and Zora (James) Sublett in the Centerville community near Greenbrier. He was a loving husband, father, and paw-paw. He was retired from the Universal Nolin/Frigidaire. He loved working on the farm with his cattle and attending the...
Christopher Allen Tengler
Mar 24, 2020
Chiristopher Allen Tengler, 49, of Searcy passed away March 24, 2020. Christopher was born to Charles Anthony Tengler III and Teresa Ashcraft Tengler on June 23, 1970 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Christopher graduated Brighton High School of Salt Lake City in 1988. He was a favored baseball player in high school and carried on his love for sports as...
James A. Williams
Mar 23, 2020
James “Jim” Albert Williams, age 98 of Prattsville, died March 23, 2020 at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center. Jim was born January 21, 1922 in Prattsville to the late Clarence Albert and Sylvanda “Vandy” Jane Binning Williams. He was a member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. Jim served in the United States Army during WWII and he...
James Larry Kidd
Mar 22, 2020
James Kidd, 82, of Georgetown, passed away March 22, 2020 at Unity Health in Searcy. He was born July 25, 1937 at Searcy to the late William and Nona Mae Tracy Kidd. Mr. Kidd loved to fish and was a commercial fisherman in his family business, Kidd’s Fish Market in Kensett. He was an all around outdoor person who...
