Obituary Listing

Dec 10, 2023

Mary Sue Farrar, who resided near Lavaca, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Heart of Hospice Inpatient Unit at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on October 27, 1942, in Fort Smith to the late James Harold Hays and Lyda Grace (English) Hays. She was 81 years old. She was preceded in death...

Dec 10, 2023

Jerry Ben Turner of Branch, Arkansas, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Sunday, December 10, 2023. He was born on October 29, 1938, in Fort Smith Arkansas, to the late John Bradley and Lillian (Layman) Turner. He was 85 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 59 years, Bobby (Buth)...

Dec 9, 2023

Pamela Owen Barnett of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Heart of Hospice Inpatient Unit at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith after a lengthy illness. She was born on April 9, 1965, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to Leo Archie DeGross and Anita Joy (Williams) DeGross. She was 58 years old. She was preceded in death...

Dec 6, 2023

Glenda Sue Fallis, who resided near Ratcliff, Arkansas, died Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on September 19, 1940, in Minturn, Arkansas, to the late Bernice Sid Smithee and Thelma Lee (Brand) Smithee. She was 83 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Alva Dunham;...

Dec 6, 2023

Jerry Wayne Corley of Paris, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at his home. He was born on November 11, 1945, in Paris to the late Dallas Eugene and Vima Lafern (Smith) Corley. He was 78 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Patsy Jacobs.

Jerry was a driver for...

Dec 5, 2023

Donna June (Whistle) New, passed away on December 5th, 2023, in Fort Smith, AR. She was born in Holland, Missouri, to the late George Maurice and Rosalind Whistle on January 11, 1932.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell New; and her granddaughter, Jessica Randolph Dyer. She is survived by her three children, Jeanne Starr and husband...

Dec 4, 2023

Patsy Ruth Wright, 88, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, as the sun rose the morning of Monday, December 4, 2023. She was born on June 26, 1935, in Norco, California, to loving parents Cammie Joseph and Glenna Willis (Morrell) Hacker. Patsy married Jonathan Cecil Wright on June 20, 1953, and...

Dec 4, 2023

Therman Williams, who resided in Barling, Arkansas, passed away Monday, December 4, 2023, at his home. He was born on September 26, 1948, in Elaine, Arkansas, to the late Eddie Williams and Mertie (Moses) Williams. He was 75 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Therman retired from Exide Battery in Fort Smith where...

Dec 1, 2023

Harrell Wayne Smiley of Muldrow, Oklahoma, died Friday, December 1, 2023, at his home. He was born on February 7, 1949, in Athens, Texas, to the late Robert Thomas Smiley and Alice J. (Mahurin) Smiley. He was 74 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Edith (Smiley) Newman.

Harrell was a...

Nov 30, 2023

Pamela Denise Warren, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born on September 13, 1956, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Harry Corbit and Shirley Ann (Stevens) Corbit. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Michael Warren.

Pamela was...

Nov 29, 2023

Rhonda Renee (Coppes) Smith of Charleston, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2023, in Charleston. She was born on April 15, 1966, in French Camp, California, to William Coppes and the late Brandy (Boyd) Coppes. She was 57 years old. Rhonda was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Smith; her mother, Brandy Coppes; and her brother, Billy...

Nov 27, 2023

Elizabeth Ann Godfrey, who resided near Charleston, Arkansas, died Monday, November 27, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on September 26, 1942, in Conway, Arkansas, to the late William Alexander Niven, Sr. and Jackie E. (Farr) Niven. She was 81 years old.

For several years, Liz was the bookkeeper for Godfrey &...

Nov 26, 2023

Phyllis Jean Roberds of Charleston, Arkansas, died Sunday, November 26, 2023, at her home. She was born on September 1, 1957, in Lavaca, Arkansas, to the late Douglas Roberds and Ida Luease (Harris) Parker. She was 66 years old. She was preceded in death by both of her parents; her husband, Daniel Paul Standifer; two sisters, Dorothy Sisk and...

Nov 24, 2023

Josephine Louise "Josie" Smith of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Friday, November 24, 2023, in Heart of Hospice Impatient Unit at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born on August 29, 1953, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the late Albert M. Thomas and Pansy Ellen (Cox) Thomas. She was 70 years old. She was preceded in death by her...

Nov 22, 2023

Janice Faye Magby, who resided near Charleston, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at her home. She was born on May 24, 1940, in Washington County to the late Daniel Thomas Holman and Mildred (Kellar) Holman. She was 83 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Donald Holman; her sister,  Anna Mae Price;...

Nov 21, 2023

Dwayne Dwight Cowart of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in Heart of Hospice Inpatient Unit at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born on June 20, 1969, in Redlands, California, to Rodney Darrell Cowart and Janiece Ann (Humphrey) Cowart. He was 54 years old. He was preceded in death by a sister, Sherri Shipman....

Nov 19, 2023

Camille "Cammie" Van Gorder, who resided near Greenwood, Arkansas, died Sunday, November 19, 2023, at her home. She was born on November 14, 1966, in Ozark, Arkansas, to the late John Joseph Van Gorder and Linda Faye (Johnson) Van  Gorder. She was 57 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a grandson, Luke Batey.

Nov 16, 2023

Lawrence Bernard Hoen, Jr. of Paris, Arkansas, died Thursday, November 16, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Paris. He was born on October 5, 1968, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Lawrence Bernard Hoen, Sr. and Alta Arlene (Kreutzer) Hoen. He was 55 years old. He was preceded in death by his father.

For several years, Lawrence was a...

Nov 14, 2023

Carey Lynn Jackson, who resided near Scranton, Arkansas, died Tuesday, November 14, 2023, in Mercy Hospice at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born on October 6, 1950, in Decatur, Illinois, to the late Carroll Ishmael Jackson and Juanita V. (Vanmeter) Jackson. He was 73 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents; two children,...

Nov 14, 2023

Richard Henry "Ricky" Williams, Jr, who resided in Greenwood, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2023, in Select Specialty at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born on February 9, 1963, in Charleston, Arkansas. He was 60 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Henry Williams, Sr.

Ricky was a...