OBITUARIES
Arkadelphia and Camden Obituaries
Local obituaries for Arkadelphia and Camden, AR area
Lonnie Al "Goose" Dickerson
May 23, 2008
On March 12, 1963, the Lord blessed John L. Sr., and Betty Lou Matlock Dickerson with the birth of another child they named Lonnie Al Dickerson. Lonnie accepted Christ at a tender age and attended both Sparkman and Carthage High Schools. He was a member of Ronoake Baptist Church in Hot Springs, Arkansas and was a former employee of Wilson...
Gladys Myree Neal
May 18, 2008
We just think of Gladys as resting, from the sorrows and the tears. In a place of warmth and comfort, where there are no days and years. Think of how she must be wishing, that we could know, today, how nothing but our sadness can really pass away. We think of her as living, in the hearts of those she...
James Henry
May 11, 2008
In the record books you will find that on April 28, 1920, in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas, a baby boy was born to Arthur and Beacher Baker Henry and they named him James. During James lifetime, known as “Beachie” to his friends and family, he served his country in the United States Army, worked on the railroad and was a...
Lawrence E. Clayborn, Sr.
May 7, 2008
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures: He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou are with me; Thy rod and Thy staff...
Ozella Marie Goshen
May 3, 2008
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She stretcheth out her hands to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her children arise up, and call her...
Mattie Sue Atkinson Hatley
Apr 24, 2008
“Beautiful rest for the weary, well deserved rest for the true; -- Hark Angel music so sweet! He giveth to his beloved, beautiful, beautiful sleep” On June 2, 1933, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas Caroline Phifer Jackson and Ad Atkinson welcomed the eight child born to the “Caroline Clan”, a baby girl they named Mattie Sue. Mattie Sue accepted Christ at a...
Mildred Carr Jackson
Apr 19, 2008
On July 10, 1922, in Clark County, Arkansas, a baby girl was born to Nick and Glennie Jones Carr, they named her Mildred. “Miller” who she was affectionately called was a freindly and loving lady who loved her friends and family. She was a life long member of Mt. Olive AME Church and she served on the Usher Board. She...
Stanley Wayne Stephens
Apr 13, 2008
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures: He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou are with me; Thy rod and Thy staff...
Bessie Mae Bates
Mar 31, 2008
On February 12, 1933, in Rosston, Arkansas Milton and Amanda Brewer Joe welcomed their 7th child of thirteen, a baby girl they named Bessie Mae. On May 6, 1947, Bessie M. Joe, became Mrs. Bessie M. Bates when she married the handsome Earnest Charles Bates. To this union their daughter, Joann was born. She accepted Christ at an early age....
Patricia Ann Reed
Mar 28, 2008
Into Heaven’s mansions she’s entered, never to sigh or to weep: After long years with life’s struggles, Patricia has fallen asleep. Angels through heaven will guide her, Jesus will still bless and keep; Not for the world we would wake her, Patricia has fallen asleep. Beautiful rest for the weary, well deserved rest for the true; When life’s journey is...
Charles Ed Washington
Mar 27, 2008
"Im free, praise the Lord I'm free, no longer bound, no more chains holding me. My soul soul is resting, it's a blessing -- praise the Lord, Hallelujah I'm free." Charles Ed Washington was born May 14, 1942, in Beirne, Arkansas to the union of Willie Ed and Alice McCoy Washington. He accepted Christ at an early age and was...
Mae Bell Hutchins
Mar 23, 2008
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She stretcheth out her hands to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her children arise up, and call her...
Mattie Jane Banks
Mar 10, 2008
Mattie Jane Banks was born on January 6, 1911, in Louisiana, the daughter of Martha Mosley Bowie. She accepted Christ at a tender age, and united with Sweet Home Baptist Church in Prescott, Arkansas. She was affectionately called "Ant Mattie" by those who knew her. When her health failed, her neice Dorothy relocated her to Gurdon, Arkansas. She was preceded...
Rosie Lee McCoy Williams McClenton
Mar 2, 2008
"Oh that I had wings like a dove, For then I would fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6 Rosie Lee McCoy Williams McClenton was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on April 7, 1928. Her parents were Willie and Mattie Sue Brim McCoy. After her 79th, season, on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs,...
James Willis Briggs
Feb 18, 2008
“I will sing Your praise, for You have done such a marvelous thing. For someone so wretched, yet my soul You have redeemed. No one else could do it, no one could care half as much, yet you thought My soul was worth it….. so You gave Your only Son, You gave that I might live, You gave that I...
Lula Dell Seawood-Newburn
Feb 15, 2008
My life’s journey began on the 30th day of March, 1922, in the Griffithtown Community, when I was born to Aussie and Selma Marie Jones Seawood. I accepted Christ as my personal Savior at a tender age and began to walk with the Lord. As a child and young lady, I was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church where...
Hertis Wyatt
Feb 13, 2008
Hertis Wyatt was born October 29, 1948, in Marvell, Arkansas, son of the late Lawrence and Hattie Wyatt. He was the second surviving child brought by this union. He has an older brother Arvell Wyatt who presently resides in Forest City, Arkansas with his wife Earnistine. Arvell has three daughters Lakasa, Alisha and Anetra, and two grandchildren. He has a...
Kenneth Lewis Jones
Jan 22, 2008
Ones life story begins at birth. All chapters following are an ongoing work in progress, revealing the highs and lows in each one’s novel, with each day urging its author on to that climatic “story ending.” The story of Kenneth Lewis Jones began when he was born on May 29, 1959, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to his parents, Robert C. Jones...
Tanisha Lynae Neal
Jan 18, 2008
“For us this is the end of her story…but for our loved one, it was only the beginning of the real story. All of her life in the world had only been the cover and the title page. Now she is beginning Chapter One of the Great Story, which no one on earth has read, it goes on forever and...
Mattie Marie Reedy - Jones - Ford
Jan 17, 2008
“When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul” Mattie Marie was born on May 14, 1932, in Whelen Springs, Arkansas. She was the third child to bless the lives of Monroe and Lucy Lions Williams. Mattie...
