OBITUARIES
Arkadelphia and Camden Obituaries
Local obituaries for Arkadelphia and Camden, AR area
Celestine Doris Mitchell
Nov 3, 2008
As the sun was rising on March 16, 1911, it meant the beginning of the life of Celestine Doris Meeks. This beautiful baby girl was the 12th and last child born to Alex and Mattie Brooks Meeks. Celestine D. Meeks lived and was raised in the Meeks community. At an early age she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior...
Willie Albert Crawford
Oct 19, 2008
Our daddy, Willie Albert “Bay Bay” Crawford was born into time on June 21, 1945, in Manning, Arkansas to the union of Kelley, Sr. and Alice Dailey Crawford. He accepted Christ at a tender age and was a 1963 graduate of Bradley County High School in Warren, Arkansas. During his lifetime he worked various jobs and was a former employee...
Flossie M. Dixon
Oct 14, 2008
The Dixon family has planned a service of Celebration and Thanksgiving honoring the life of their beloved mother Ms. Flossie Mae Meeks-Dixon, to be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Meeks Settlement in Okolona, Arkansas. Rev. Rufus Hatley, the pastor will preach the celebration message. The committal service and...
Eddie Ray Nolen
Sep 23, 2008
“Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye………” I Corinthians 15:51-52 On November 1, 1964, in Prescott, Arkansas James H. and Melinda Keys Nolen celebrated the birth of another son named Eddie Ray. He attended Richmond Hill AME Church and attended Arkadelphia...
Elijah Buckley
Sep 18, 2008
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 The sun rose for Elijah Buckley on February 19, 1926 in the Shady Grove Community of Arkadelphia when he was born to Eli and Rosie Booker Buckley. Having been born as the twelfth child of sixteen children Elijah was surrounded by...
JaDasia Zarrae Cole
Sep 15, 2008
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. St. Matthew 19:14 JaDasia Zarrae Cole, was born into time and then into eternity on September 15, 2008, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Arkadelphia. Her tender and precious memory will be forever cherished by: her parents Ebonie...
Johnnie Mae Dixon-Williams
Sep 11, 2008
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof…..Ecclesiastes7:8 God’s child, Johnnie Mae Dixon, was born into time on January 13, 1920, in Okolona, Arkansas to the blessed union of Charlie & Janie Jones Dixon. During her early childhood, she gave her life to Christ and joined First Baptist Church. Johnnie Mae attended the Okolona Colored School and...
Mattie Mae Henderson
Sep 5, 2008
It all began on October 23, 1929, in the Richmond Hill Community of Arkadelphia, Arkansas when Percy Lee and Annie Scott Hill celebrated the birth of their daughter, Mattie Mae. She was a 1950 graduate Peake High School and was a member of St. Paul A.M.E Church. She was an active member of the Usher ministry and the City Wide...
Henry Clayborn McCauley
Aug 5, 2008
God’s child, Henry Clayborn McCauley was born into time on February 1, 1941, in Arkadelphia to the blessed union of Bro. Jessie & Sis. Addie Sue Wilson McCauley. During his early childhood, he gave his life to Christ and joined Mt. Morriah Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Samuel Newburn. Henry was ordained as a deacon under...
Katherine Jane Sledge-Walker
Jul 20, 2008
Our Heavenly Father saw fit to call Missionary Katherine Jane Sledge Walker from labor to reward on July 20, 2008. Katherine Jane Sledge was born on October 14, 1950 in Fordyce, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late James Sledge and Nettie B. Sledge. Young Sister Sledge was saved in her youth in a revival at the Fordyce Church...
Curline O. Cummings
Jul 10, 2008
Curline Russell was born into time on March 21, 1931 to the union of Floyd Augusta and Etta Mae Edmondson Russell in Burtsell, Arkansas. She accepted Christ at a young age and was a member of St. Clair Baptist Church in Burtsell. She attended Simmons High School and worked picking cotton and babysitting. She later moved to Arkadelphia where she...
Jackson Frederick Hunter, Jr.
Jun 25, 2008
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye………” I Corinthians 15:51-52 On June 15, 1965, Jackson Frederick and Lula M. Scott Hunter welcomed the birth of a son they named Jackson Frederick. Better known to family and friends as “Fred”, he grew...
Freddie "Duck" Smith
Jun 19, 2008
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye………” I Corinthians 15:51-52 God hath made everything beautiful in His time and on December 18, 1955, He brought forth one of His most beautiful and valuable creations. Freddie Smith the 7th of 16 children,...
La'Kavis De'Vonta Crow
Jun 8, 2008
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye………” I Corinthians 15:51-52 La’Kavis De’Vonta Crow arrived on October 23, 1978, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Better known to family and friends as “Kavis”, he grew up in Arkadelphia surrounded by the love of his parents,...
Rev. Annie B. Hubbard
Jun 5, 2008
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou has been faithful over a few things, I will make thee a ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:21 A faithful servant, a devoted wife, a loving mother and grandmother, and a friend to many - such was the life and legacy of the Reverend...
Maggie Lene Jones
Jun 2, 2008
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 Maggie Lene Eason Jones, the second child of L.W. and Amanda Eason was born into time on July 2, 1906, in Clark County, Arkansas. She confessed hope in Christ at the age of seventeen under the pastorate of the late Rev....
Frances Mae Stafford
Jun 1, 2008
On May 21, 1927, in Smithton, Arkansas Tom and Mallie Harvell Coleman welcomed the birth of another child, a baby girl they named Frances Mae. Frances accepted Christ at a tender age. She was a faithful member of Roanoke Baptist Church in the Greenville Community where she served as a deaconess and superintendent of Sunday school. Frances attended Bell High...
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...
