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Ray Constantine Schonhoff Jr
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...
Homer Gene Baker
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...
Bobby Lee Webb
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...
Donnie Lee Smith
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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Brady V. Hoggard
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...
Robin Louise Deatherage
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...
Holland Moffett Barlow Jr
Feb 4, 2017
Holland Moffett Barlow Jr., age 74 of Rison passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Mr. Barlow was born April 21, 1942 in Highland Park, Texas, to Holland Moffett Sr. and Erah Pearce Barlow. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was a salesman for Caterpillar before retiring....
Mitchell Ray Lunsford
Feb 4, 2017
Mitchell Ray Lunsford, age 45 of Rison, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born May 16, 1971 in Fordyce, Arkansas to Ricky Leroy and Pamela Neal Lunsford. Mitchell graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1989. He has been employed with Welspun for the past 3 years. On...
William Remy
Feb 4, 2017
William R. Remy, 89, of Searcy, passed away February 4, 2017 at Unity Health Hospital with his wife and daughters at his side. He was born October 17, 1927 at Paris, Arkansas to the late Elmer and Estelle Keck Remy. Mr. Remy served in the US Army and was retired from Matthews in Searcy. He had a remarkable work...
Melvina Bentley Mckenzie
Feb 4, 2017
Melvina Bentley McKenzie, 80, of Searcy, formerly of Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, passed away February 4, 2017 at Unity Health in Searcy. She was born October 6, 1936 at Irvine, Kentucky to the late John Henry and Lula Jane Cook Bentley. Mrs. McKenzie was a sweet and loving mother and grandmother. She always had an encouraging word even in the...
Carl Bailey
Jan 30, 2017
Carl Bailey, 81, of Searcy, formerly of Cherokee Village, passed away January 30, 2017 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born December 25, 1935 in Kentucky to the late Shelby and Viola Sheppard Bailey. He retired from building semi-trucks at International Harvester in 1991 and enjoyed breaking and working with horses. He loved to fish and...
Alice Jean Counts
Jan 29, 2017
Alice Counts, 63, of Kensett, passed away January 29, 2017 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born November 2, 1953 at Newport, Arkansas to the late William Blagg and Erma Kibbe Blagg. She was a graduate of Valley View High School in Jonesboro and a member of St. James Catholic Church in Searcy. In her past...
Vernon Leslie Corley
Jan 27, 2017
Vernon Leslie Corley, age 90 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee but formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas he was the son of the late William L. and Ethel Gould Corley. Mr. Corley was a retired US Army veteran and a survivor of the 1950 Chosin Reservoir conflict in Korea...
Phillip Andrew Hay
Jan 27, 2017
Visitation Wednesday February 1, 2017 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Vilonia Funeral Home & Cremation 1134 Main Street Vilonia, AR 72173 Celebration of Life Thursday February 2, 2017 1:00 PM Church Alive Conway 1205 Skyline Drive Conway, AR 72032
Sandra Kay Puthoff
Jan 25, 2017
Sandra Kay Puthoff, age 63, of Rison passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Puthoff was born April 27, 1953 in Elkhart, Indiana, to the late Wilbur James and Phyllis Elaine Galbreath Metzler. For most of her life, she was a homemaker and stay-at-home mom. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Puthoff was preceded...
Kagen O'Neal Sumler
Jan 24, 2017
Kagen O’Neal Sumler, four-month old son of Christopher Sumler and Akela Gosa Bowman passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at his home. He was born September 2, 2016 in Little Rock.
Left to cherish his memory, parents, Christopher Sumler, of Springdale, and Akela Gosa Bowman of Sheridan; brothers, Logan Sumler, Mayson Sumler, and Bryce Orr;...
Don Lee
Jan 21, 2017
Don Allen Lee, 56, of Pangburn, died January 21, 2017 at Seven Springs Rehab & Health Center in Heber Springs. He was born June 14, 1960 at Kalamazoo, Michigan to the late David and Virginia Clark Lee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, David Lee Jr. He is survived by two brothers,...
Glen Moler
Jan 21, 2017
Glen Moler, 83, of Nimmo, passed away January 21, 2017 at Des Arc Nursing Home. He was born January 26, 1933 at Taylorville, Illinois to the late HG and Ethel Cole Moler. He was a retired self employed brick mason and owner of MM Masonry Contractors. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and in later years, trips to the casinos....
Velna Louise Harper Wafford Wagner
Jan 18, 2017
Velna Louise Harper Wafford Wagner, age 83, of Lonoke passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville. She was born November 1, 1933 in Prattsville, the daughter of the late Roy Harper and Thelma Holiman Harper. Mrs. Wagner was a 1951 Pine Bluff High School graduate. She is preceded in death by...