Obituary Listing

Oct 11, 2021

Carl Dean Griffin, who resided in Van Buren, passed away Monday, October 11, 2021, at his home. He was born April 13, 1943, in Laclede County, Missouri, to the late Vester and Lorene (Garrett) Griffin. He was 78 years old.

Carl was an excavator / truck driver for many years and a member of the Church of...

Oct 11, 2021

Jonathan David Poe, who resided in Ratcliff, Arkansas, passed away Monday, October 11, 2021, at his home. He was born May 26, 2000, in Ratcliff to Richard Kendall Poe and Debra Kay Hill Poe. He was 21 years old. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Ann Poe.

Jonathan loved the game of basketball and was...

Oct 10, 2021

Ramona Anne Fate, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Sunday, October 10, 2021, at her home. She was born on November 13, 1936, in Clay Center, Nebraska, to the late Ralph Fred Jester and Grace Eva Moorhead Jester. She was 84 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Allen Fate, and a sister, June...

Oct 9, 2021

David Paul Rayburn, age 60 of Paris, Arkansas, went to his Heavenly Home on Saturday, October 9, 2021, while in the care of Mercy Hospice Fort Smith. He was born on September 14, 1961, in San Diego, California, to Charles and Alta Marie (Hutton) Rayburn. David was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Jim, Kenny, and...

Oct 8, 2021

Kay (Chamberlain) Lowder, 74, of Paris, Arkansas, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on November 28, 1946, to the late Leonard Chamberlain and Mary May Kirk in London, United Kingdom. Kay was a member of Paris First United Methodist Church. Memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 13th at Paris...

Oct 7, 2021

Sherlyn A. Garcia, who resided in Wister, Oklahoma, died Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Booneville, Arkansas. She was born on September 14, 1956, in Fresno, California, to the late Corlis Marchbanks and Edith (Sampson) Marchbanks. She was 65 years old. She was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Garcia, and her brother, Verlyn Marchbanks.

Oct 5, 2021

Richard Lee "Rick" Perryman Sr., who resided in Van Buren, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born on June 11, 1954, in Mulberry, Arkansas, to the late Lawrence Perryman and Mary Hazel (Nape) Perryman. He was 67 years old. He was preceded in death by his step-mother and the...

Oct 4, 2021

Timothy "Tim" John Crago, who resided in Van Buren, Arkansas, gained his angels wings on Monday, October 4, 2021, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born on July 24, 1960, in Monrovia, California, to the late Thomas William Crago and Nina Mae Janusz Stonebarger. He was 61 years, 2 months, and 10 days old. He was...

Oct 4, 2021

Stacy Wayne Smith, who resided in Little Rock, Arkansas, died Monday, October 4, 2021, from an auto accident on I-40 near Alma, Arkansas. He was born on December 13, 1985, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to John Joseph Walker and Teresa L. McKown. He was 35 years old. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Delores Kohler and grandparents Reba...

Oct 3, 2021

Jerry K. Price, who resided in Muldrow, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021, at Riverside Health Services in Arkoma, Oklahoma. She was born on April 20, 1935, in Clarks, Louisiana, to the late Lester L. Scribner and June Perritt Scribner. She was 86 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Bailey Price; her twin...

Oct 1, 2021

Gayla Elaine Ward Griffin, 67, passed from this life and made her journey beyond the stars on Friday, October 1, 2021, at her home. She was born November 21, 1953, to Don Ward and Barbara Connor Ward  in Coffeyville, Kansas. As a young child, her mother moved her and her two sisters to Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is during...

Oct 1, 2021

Charles Gordon Granger, who resided in Lavaca, passed away Friday, October 1, 2021, at his home. He was born October 8, 1936, in Lavaca, to the late Sherman Charles and Ora Ruth (Perry) Granger. He was just shy of 85 years old.  He was preceded in death by his wives, Helen (Thomas) Granger and Doris Granger; his parents; two...

Oct 1, 2021

Patsy Ann Newsom, 89, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, October 1, 2021.  She was born March 11, 1932, in Scranton, Arkansas, to the late Richard and Willie Marie (Young) Lucas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother and four sisters, husband, Clay Garmon; a son-in-law,...

Sep 30, 2021

Prudence Marlene Baldwin, who resided in Vian, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021 in Fort Smith. She was born on June 2, 1951, in Hillsdale, Michigan to the late Robert Estel and Marcile Carpenter. She was 70 years old.

Her battle with serious medical issues showed her courage...

Sep 30, 2021

Hattie Marie Bruce , who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021 in Fort Smith. She was born on August 1, 1958, in Memphis, Tennessee to the late Lena Mae Houston. She was 63 years old.

She was an employee of Tyson in Van Buren...

Sep 30, 2021

Joseph Nelson Woods Jr., who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away Thursday September 30, 2021.  He was born on May 20, 1954, in California to the late Joseph Nelson Woods Sr. and Dorothy E.J. King.  He was 67 years old.

He was proceeded in death not only by his father and mother, but also three brothers,...

Sep 28, 2021

Euel Dewayne Miller, who resided in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born on April 10, 1953, in Bakersfield, California, to the late Earvil Miller and Jamie Tye Miller. He was 68 years old.

He was of the Assembly of God...

Sep 28, 2021

Patrick X. DaSilva, who resided near Booneville, died Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Charleston, Arkansas. He was born March 10, 1945, in Falmouth, Jamaica, to the late Lewis E. and Ethel (McKinnise) DaSilva. He was 76 years old.

Patrick worked as a Timekeeper for Caterpillar Inc., toolroom clerk and most recently had a...

Sep 28, 2021

Carolyn (Johnson) Pennington, formerly of Lavaca, resided in Fort Worth, Texas, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Fort Worth. She was born June 17, 1945, in Muldrow, Oklahoma, to the late Roy E. and Ruby (Dobbs) Johnson. She was 76 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband of 5 years, Jimmy Wingfield;...

Sep 27, 2021

Ira Nolan Gipson II, who resided in Van Buren, Arkansas, passed away Monday September 27, 2021, in his home. He was born on September 6, 1990, in Fort Smith to the late Ira Nolan Gipson I and Christina Brown Gipson. He was 31 years old.

He was a graduate...