Obituaries
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Genevieve Shuffield
May 2, 2020
Genevieve Shuffield, 83, of Kensett, passed away May 2, 2020 at her residence. She was born June 16, 1936 at Black Oak, Arkansas to the late Willie and Mabel Dillon King. Mrs. Shuffield graduated from Nettleton High School in Jonesboro and was a member of Kensett First Baptist Church. A poem that best summarizes Genevieve is called Mom’s Prayer;...
Teddy Ivan Burdette
May 1, 2020
Teddy Ivan Burdette, 73, of McRae, went to be with the Lord Friday, May 1, 2020. He was born July 30 at Berea, Kentucky to the late Coleman and Shirley Mullins Burdette. Ted was a painter by trade for all of his life, in which he took great pride in his work. He enjoyed hunting and fishing; and just...
Tammy Renee Holt
May 1, 2020
Tammy Crawford Holt, 56, of Judsonia, passed away May 1, 2020 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born April 24, 1964 at St. Louis, Missouri. Tammy attended Highway Church of Christ and was a loving aunt, daughter, and sister. While she had no children of her own, she loved her nieces and nephew as though they were her...
Willis Lee Riley
Apr 25, 2020
Willis Lee Riley, Sr., of Conway, went to be with the Lord on April 25, 2020, at the age of 85.Willis was born on June 3, 1934, in Cedar Glades, Arkansas to Thomas Henry and Lena Pauline (Winter) Riley. He was a member of First Pentecostal Church in North Little Rock. He enjoyed gardening, canning, and visiting with family and friends. He retired after eighteen years at the University...
Euland Turney
Apr 24, 2020
Euland Turney, 74, of Searcy, passed away April 24, 2020 at Unity Health in Searcy. He was born June 26, 1945 at Merced, California. Mr. Turney was a member of Way of The Cross Church in Kensett. He retired from the White County Road Department and enjoyed working on cars, fishing, and camping. He was truly a family man...
Demetra Lemmons Kiihnl
Apr 21, 2020
Demetra A. Lemmons Kiihnl, of Searcy, passed from this life April 21, 2020. She was born at Rector, Arkansas August 31, 1933 to Milton and Carrie Spain Lemmons who precede her in death. She was an in-home childcare provider and later became the owner of Kiihnl’s Kiddie Korral Daycare for 30 years. She was a faithful member of Westside...
Peggy Jean Cameron
Apr 20, 2020
Peggy Jean Cameron (Hazlett), of Conway, passed away in Salem Place Nursing and Rehab on April 20, 2020 at the age of 88.Peggy was born on July 4, 1931 in Frierson, Louisiana, near Shreveport. Peggy attended school in Louisiana before meeting her future husband, Robert Lee Cameron, who was stationed at Barksdale Air Force base in Shreveport. They were married...
Melissa (Moore) Talley
Apr 19, 2020
Melissa Moore Talley, 56, of Romance, passed away April 19, 2020 at Unity Health following complications from a severe stroke. She was born December 2, 1963 at Batesville, Arkansas. Following the loss of an infant child, Melissa became involved with and was an assistant coordinator with Angel Wings Infant Loss support group. She was a loving mother, but enjoyed...
Billy N Lofton
Apr 17, 2020
Billy Lofton, 67, of Hughes, Arkansas passed away April 17, 2020. He was born to the late Willard and Rosemarie Porter Lofton on May 20, 1952 at Memphis, Tennessee. There are no services scheduled at this time.
Margaret "Peggy" Juanita Tucker
Apr 17, 2020
Margaret “Peggy” Tucker, age 71 of Rison, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020. She was born October 2, 1948 in Wichita, KS to the late Walter and Mildred Gay Ingrum. She was raised in Duncan, OK, where she received her education. She was a graduate of Duncan High School. Peggy was a long-time member of...
Donald James Bashaw
Apr 17, 2020
Donald James Bashaw, 87, of Searcy died in his home April 17, 2020. He was born July 19, 1932 to the late Levi and Clara Johnson Bashaw at Malone, New York. No services scheduled at this time.
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Brittney Diane (Reynolds) Layton
Apr 16, 2020
Brittney Diane Reynolds Layton, 29, of Higginson, passed away April 16, 2020 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born December 27, 1990 at Newport, Arkansas. Brittney graduated from JM Tate High School in Pensacola, Florida in 2009. There’s no words to summarize the beautiful life that has departed from us. She was a loving mother, wife,...
Wayne Mullikin
Apr 16, 2020
Thomas Wayne Mullikin, age 67, of Woodlawn, AR, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 in Malvern, AR. He was born August 6, 1952 in Pine Bluff, AR to the late William and Jane Blair Mullikin. Wayne retired from Star City High School where he taught math for many years. He was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church...
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...