Obituaries
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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...
Ricky D. Riggins
Mar 21, 2020
Ricky “RD” Don Riggins, age 58, of Rison, AR. passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1961 in Rison to Mack and Helen King Riggins. Ricky retired from the Pine Bluff Police Department where he was a Detective Sergeant for the homicide unit. He was assistant director for...
David Wayne Flow
Mar 21, 2020
David Wayne Flow, of Beebe, went to be with the Lord on March 21, 2020; in Beebe, Arkansas at the age of 74.David was born on December 6, 1945, in Stamps, Arkansas to Aaron and Dorothy (Rader) Flow. He worked as a painter until his retirement. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Claudia Flow of Beebe; two sons, Russell Watt of El Dorado, Arkansas; Michael Flow of Austin, Texas; two daughters, Brenda...
William Puckett
Mar 20, 2020
William Puckett, age 93 of Rison, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020. He was born October 5, 1926 in Rison, Arkansas to the late Fred and Ellen Nixon Puckett. William retired from the United States Army after serving for 21 years, during his service he served in both Korea and Vietnam. He was a hardworking, honest and kind man...
James Paul Watkins
Mar 20, 2020
James Paul Watkins, 90, of McRae went to be with the Lord on March 20, 2020. He was born to the late James Troy and Ethel Pearline Middleton Watkins on December 9, 1929 at Sasakwa, Oklahoma. Mr. Watkins was also preceded in death by his sister, Gertrude Foresberg; two brothers Troy and Carl Dean Watkins; and one daughter, Kathy...
Gary Charles Seeds
Mar 20, 2020
Gary Charles Seeds, of Vilonia, passed away on March 20, 2020, in Conway, Arkansas at the age of 71.Gary was born on June 30, 1948, in Danville, Illinois to Emery C. and Helen (Haney) Seeds. He worked at Union Pacific Railroad for thirty years as a machinist. He was a member of Vilonia United Methodist Church. He loved to read and loved woodworking.He leaves to cherish his memories, his wife of forty-nine years,...
Bill Ogden
Mar 18, 2020
Bill Ogden, 87, of Searcy, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 after complications from lung cancer surgery. Bill was born July 29, 1932 in Clinton, Oklahoma to the late Ross and Gladys Glass Ogden. Bill is survived by his wife, Sondra Pace Ogden; two daughters, Vicki Ogden and Debbie Nahlik (John); five grandchildren, Reesa and Spencer Nelson, Jennifer,...
Barbara Ann (Pappas) Morris
Mar 17, 2020
Barbara Windham Pappas-Morris, 82, of Searcy passed from this life on March 17, 2020. “She is absent from the body and present with the Lord.” She was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 11, 1937 to the late Sam J Windham and Zena Lambert Windham of Booneville, Mississippi. Barbara and her sons moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1965. She...
