OBITUARIES
Arkadelphia and Camden Obituaries
Local obituaries for Arkadelphia and Camden, AR area
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...
Roy James Gooden
Jan 12, 2008
On April 23, 1925, in Tupelo, Mississippi, Roy and Sarah Gooden welcomed their only child, a handsome baby boy named Roy James. Roy confessed his hope in Christ at an early age. He attended George Washington Carver High School in Tupelo, MS. In 1943, Roy enlisted in the United States Army with the 602nd Port Company in New Orleans, LA....
S. T. Leeper
Jan 9, 2008
Life's Reflection of Elder S.T. Leeper submitted by Mrs. LaNoir Dawkins-Leeper. After eighty-four seasons Elder S. T. Leeper left for his heavenly home on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Arkadelphia. His earthly life began on April 20, 1923 in Hollywood, Arkansas when he was born to Will and Alberta Wells Ross. He served in the U....
Oddis Knox
Jan 3, 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” It was in the summer of July 2, 1925, at the Knoxville Community of Arkadelphia that Robert and Nora L. Jones Knox welcomed a son; they named him...
Pheobie McGill-Post
Dec 29, 2007
A wonderful, precious life came into being on September 28, 1944, in Blevins, Ark. To the parentage of Harry & Cassie McGill was born this precious baby girl whose name was Pheobie McGill. She attended elementary & high school in Blevins, Ark. Mama Pheobie was employed for 15 years with Armour Foods in Murfreesboro, AR, until her sight failed her....
Freddie Harrell Glenn
Dec 27, 2007
During the thanksgiving season, in the month of November, the 27th day and the year of 1950, a beautiful baby boy named Freddie Harrell Glenn was born in Burtsell, AR. Freddie was the first boy and the 4th child of seven children born to the late Freddie Lee and Minnie (Bunn) Glenn. Freddie’s parents, two sisters and one grandchild preceded...
Marlin Davis
Dec 26, 2007
How happy is the man whose sin the Lord does not hold against him, and in whose spirit there is nothing false. Psalm 32:7 Life began for Marlin Davis on January 27, 1951 in Sparkman, Arkansas when Johnnie and Zettie Elliott Davis welcomed another son. Marlin confesed Christ at a tender age and became a part of the fellowship at...
Bertha Mae Giles
Dec 21, 2007
The one who bears the sweetest name, and adds luster to the same. Long life to her, for there’s no other to take the place of our dear Mother. Willie and Susie M. Osborn Giles, Sr. brought into this world another child, a daughter they named Bertha Mae on November 11, 1951. Bertha Mae confessed her faith in Christ at...
Deacon Roger Horton
Dec 19, 2007
On July 6, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, Albert Berry and Uella Pettus Horton welcomed the birth of a son they named Roger. Roger confessed his faith in Christ at a tender age and united with First Baptist Church of Okolona, Arkansas. He attended elementary school in Curtis, Arkansas and was a graduate of Simmons High School in Okolona where...
Jim Hatley, Jr.
Nov 30, 2007
Jim Hatley, Jr., cared deeply not only for family, but also for church and community. On October 4, 1918, Jim, Sr. and Lucinda Hatley celebrated the birth of a son, they named Jim, Jr. Mr. Hatley was a long time member of St. Clair Baptist Church in Burtsell, Arkansas where he served on the Deacon Board. Later he moved his...
James Lee Tate
Nov 28, 2007
Romans 14:8 states, “For if we live, we live unto the Lord: and if we die, we die unto the Lord.” The only comfort and security we have in this life is that we belong to the Lord. Life began for James Lee Tate on September 16, 1932, in Arkadelphia, to Jay Lee and Elnora Anderson Tate. He was raised...
Carl Edward "Hitman" Nelson
Nov 25, 2007
Romans 14:8 states, “For if we live, we live unto the Lord: and if we die, we die unto the Lord..” The only comfort and security we have in this life is that we belong to the Lord. Carl was merely lent to us as a son, a brother, a husband, a father and a friend until November 25, 2007,...
