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Mike Roberson
Dec 8, 2020
Michael Eugene Roberson, who resided in Poteau, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in Howe, Oklahoma. He was born July 21, 1965, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to the late James Clyde Roberson and Doris Marie Williams Roberson. He was 55 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Billy Roberson.
Mike was...
Jeff Carney
Dec 7, 2020
Jeffrey Alan Carney, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020, at his home. He was born November 15, 1968, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Billy Joe Carney and Alice Elaine Moore Carney. He was 52 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, Bill Carney.
Jeff served in the U.S. Air...
Virginia Roberta Smith
Dec 7, 2020
Virginia Roberta Smith, who resided in Paris, Arkansas, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020, in Paris. She was born September 22, 1931, in West Branch, Iowa, to the late Frederick W. Boat and Harriet E. Reynolds Boat. She was 89 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Austin Smith.
Virginia was a retired...
Alice Burnett
Dec 4, 2020
Alice Burnett, 82, of Delaware, Arkansas, died Friday, December 4, 2020, at St. Mary's Hospital in Russellville, Arkansas. She was born November 28, 1938, in Lemmon, South Dakota. She was preceded in death by her mother, Christina Hunt Seidler and her father, Elgin Seidler.
Alice was a homemaker.
She is survived by a son, Edward...
Richard Bryant
Dec 2, 2020
James Richard Bryant, who resided in Barling, Arkansas, was pronounced dead December 2, 2020, at his home. He was born April 25, 1948, in Hawthorne, California, to the late James Orvis Bryant and Shirley L. Menkee Bryant. He was 72 years old.
Richard was a retired machinist.
He is survived by his sister and brother,...
Patrick Shawn Kelly
Dec 2, 2020
Patrick Shawn Kelly, who resided in Ratcliff, Arkansas, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020, in Paris, Arkansas. He was born September 3, 1980, in Carthage, Missouri, to Michael Lee and Linda (Stanbra) Kelly. He was 40 years old.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 5th, at Elizabeth Hall...
Martin Gonzalez, Jr.
Dec 2, 2020
Martin Gonzalez, Jr., who resided in Paris, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born December 8, 1932, in Mission, Texas, to the late Martin Gonzalez, Sr. and Maria Micaela (Zavala) Gonzalez. He was almost 88 years old. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Etta Faye (Green) Gonzalez;...
Zillah Mae Mcferran
Dec 1, 2020
Zillah Mae Thornburg McFerran, who resided in the Grand Prairie Community near Charleston, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born February 15, 1940, in Latham, Oklahoma, to the late Lester Green Thornburg and Dora Viola "Ola" Rash Thornburg. She was 80 years old. She was preceded in death...
Tom Mcferran
Nov 30, 2020
Thomas Richard McFerran, who resided in the Grand Prairie Community near Charleston, Arkansas, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born May 30, 1939, in the Grand Prairie Community, to the late Thomas Richard McFerran and Mable Irene Swearingen McFerran. He was 81 years old.
Tom served and was a...
Steve Raney
Nov 28, 2020
Phillip Steven Raney was born January 26, 1956, in Ozark, Arkansas. After a short period of residence in Fort Smith, the Raney family settled in Memphis, Tennessee. Steve graduated from Fairley High School in 1974 and studied briefly at Memphis State before setting out to become a productive member of society. Steve's return to The Natural State came in...
Joshua Wayne Gosa
Nov 26, 2020
Joshua Wayne Gosa, who resided in Van Buren, died Thursday, November 26, 2020, at Fort Smith. He was born May 7, 1990, in Kansas, Missouri, to the late Jimmy Gosa and Melody DeWolf Gosa. He was 30 years old.
Joshua was a graduate of Van Buren High School and of the Baptist faith.
A memorial...
Rosa Elena "Linda" King
Nov 25, 2020
Rosa Elena "Linda" King, who resided in Greenwood, Arkansas, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born August 27, 1963, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, to the late Esmeraldo Rodriguez and Rosalina Cardona Rodriguez. She was 57 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Gerald King.
Rosa was...
Barbara Elkins
Nov 24, 2020
Barbara Ann Elkins, who resided in Roland, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, in Van Buren, Arkansas. She was born August 6, 1938, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Jack Wasson and Opal Brown Wasson. She was 82 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Bill Elkins.
Peggy Joyce Newman
Nov 23, 2020
Peggy Joyce Newman, who resided in Lavaca, Arkansas, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at her home. She was born May 19, 1940, in Lavaca, to the late Henry Paul Dunnam and Laura Mae Pugh Dunnam. She was 80 years old. She was preceded in death by a son, Frankie Newman; and a sister, Linda Sosebee.
Peggy...
Rachelle Reanne Fitzgerald
Nov 22, 2020
RaChelle Reanne FitzGerald, 38, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Sunday, November 22, 2020, in Fort Smith. Born Arthur Ross Wilson, also known as Rocky to her family, on March 12, 1982, in Miami, Oklahoma, to Orville Wilson and Judy Pence. She transitioned to RaChelle Reanne FitzGerald in 2015. RaChelle passed way suddenly from liver failure on November 22, 2020....
Geneva C. Bornmann
Nov 21, 2020
Geneva C. Bornmann, who resided in Paris, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born September 24, 1933, in Logan County near Paris, to the late William Roscoe O'Bar and Lillie Core O'Bar. She was 87 years old. She was preceded in death by infant twins, Ronald and Donald; and three...
Doyle Mathew Frost
Nov 20, 2020
Doyle Mathew Frost, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born January 21, 1927, in Magazine, Arkansas, to the late Vester and Duffie Ming Frost. He was 93 years old. He was preceded in death by his wife of almost 70 years, Hilda Pettigrew Frost; two daughters,...
Ethel Mae Sandberg
Nov 20, 2020
Ethel Mae Sandberg, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, formerly of Redlands, California, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at Greenhurst Nursing Center in Charleston. She was born June 14, 1927, in Amagon, Arkansas, to the late John W. Adams and Annie Mae Henderson Adams. She was 93 years old. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, George W....
Rebecca Sue Lee
Nov 19, 2020
Rebecca Sue Lee, 52, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born June 26, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jaquelin Lee.
Rebecca was a tax preparer.
She is survived by her children, Ruben Girona, Jr. and wife...
Robert Eugene Putman
Nov 19, 2020
Robert Eugene Putman, who resided in Van Buren, Arkansas, died Thursday, November 19, 2020, at his home. He was born August 17, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to the late Elmer Gene Putman and Rosezell Higgins Putman. He was 62 years old. He was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda Putman.
Robert was a self-employed concrete...
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