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Gary Dale Baker
Jan 25, 2021
Gary Dale Baker, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Monday, January 25, 2021, in Fort Smith. He was born August 3, 1957, in Fort Smith, to the late Eugene and Mary Baker. He was 63 years old.
He is survived by his children, Christie Bonner, Mary Chapman, Ruth Ann Baker, Elizabeth Burnett, Amy Didion, and Christopher...
Theron "Doc" Mcelroy
Jan 24, 2021
Theron B. "Doc" McElroy, who resided near Etna, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021, at Greenhurst Nursing Center in Charleston. He was the youngest of seven children and was born on January 16, 1921, in the Sub Rosa Community in Franklin County, Arkansas, to the late W. Scott McElroy and Isabelle J. (Hughes) McElroy. He was 100 years...
Ova Dean Willhite
Jan 24, 2021
Ova Dean Willhite, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Sunday, January 24, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born April 16, 1960, in Los Angeles, California, to the late Rupert Alton Summers and Sarah Jane (Crutchfield) Summers. She was 60 years old. She was preceded in death by a sister, Deborah Ruth.
Ova...
Mary Ann Nichols
Jan 23, 2021
Mary Ann Nichols, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, in Fort Smith. She was born July 8, 1942, in Fort Smith, to the late Homer I. Nicely and Ila Melissa (Crossland) Nicely. She was 78 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.C. Nichols, Jr.; a sister, Wanda Roberts; and...
Maurice G. Humphrey
Jan 22, 2021
Maurice G. Humphrey, who resided in Paris, Arkansas, died Friday, January 22, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born January 9, 1948, in Paris, to the late Leslie D. Humphrey and Rose M. (Wurst) Humphrey. He was 73 years old. Maurice was one of the triplets and was preceded in death by his brothers, Marion Humphrey and Michael...
Pamela Sue Kraker
Jan 20, 2021
Pamela Sue Kraker, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born December 26, 1955, in Topeka, Kansas, to J. Rembert Phillips and the late Dorothy Jean (Hewitt) Phillips. She was 65 years old. She was preceded in death by her mother, and two sisters, Brenda Smith and Diane Eaton.
...Richey Charles Williams Sr.
Jan 19, 2021
Richey Charles Williams, Sr., an United States Army veteran, who was born on October 29, 1953, in Charleston, Arkansas, to the late R.B. Williams and Victoria Pauline (Berger) Williams, entered into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at his home. He was 67 years old.
Richey was a 1973 alumni of Charleston High, where...
Larry Richard Cornette
Jan 19, 2021
Larry Richard Cornette, who resided in Van Buren, Arkansas, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Baptist Health Hospital in Van Buren. He was born March 10, 1946, in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, to the late William M. Cornett and Hattie M. (Milligan) Cornett. He was 74 years old. He was preceded in death by a brother, Billy Ray Cornett; and...
Patricia Ruth Amos
Jan 18, 2021
Patricia Ruth Amos, who resided in Pocola, Oklahoma, died Monday, January 18, 2021, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born February 28, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to the late Jack A. West and Gladys Garrison West. She was 74 years old.
She is survived by two daughters, Sherry Garcia and Rebecca Garcia...
John W. James
Jan 16, 2021
John W. James, age 68, died Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Booneville, Arkansas. He was born May 1, 1952 in Danville, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, John T. James and Gladys Thomas James.
John grew up on a farm near Blue Mountain Lake in Yell County, Arkansas and was a 1970 graduate of...
Braden Kyle Frederick
Jan 16, 2021
Braden Kyle Frederick, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born January 26, 1994, in Fort Smith, to Kenneth Charles Frederick and Cheryl Ann Gattis Frederick. He was 26 years old. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Donald and Linda Gattis; his uncle, Royce Gattis and...
Nova Leigh Jones
Jan 15, 2021
Nova Leigh Jones, who resided in Fort Smith, Arkansas, died Friday, January 15, 2021, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born August 11, 1969, in Paris, Arkansas, to the late Alvin Lee Mullinax and Barbara Ann Catherine (Graening) Mullinax. She was 51 years old. She was preceded in death by a sister, Twana Stegall.
...Bill Canessa
Jan 15, 2021
Arrangements for William (Bill) Canessa, 95, of Charleston, Arkansas, are pending.
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Brian Keith Hanes
Jan 14, 2021
Brian Keith Hanes, 55, who resided in Cameron, Oklahoma, was born May 26th, 1965, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Judie (Owenby) Hanes.
Brian always had a smile on his face and love in his heart, if you knew him you were lucky. His first love was his mother and brother Hank. He loved to fish, hunt, and...
Ignacio Gallardo
Jan 14, 2021
Ignacio Gallardo, who resided in Booneville, Arkansas, died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was born August 8, 1959, in El Jicaro Progreso', Guatemala, to the late Ignacio Velia Oliva and Bermardina Gallardo. He was 61 years old.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Cremation Services in Fort...
Lucille R. Rietman
Jan 13, 2021
Lucille R. Rietman, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at her home. She was born April 4, 1927, in Charleston, Arkansas, to the late Frank Stief and Marie H. Gramlich Stief. She was 93 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Rietman; and a son, Phillip Rietman.
Lucille...
David O. Stocking
Jan 13, 2021
David O. Stocking, 87, of Hackett, Arkansas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born June 26, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. When David was 2 years old, his mother Rose married a kind hardworking widower named Halbert Stocking. This union not only brought David a role model,...
Jean Ezernack
Jan 13, 2021
Jean Ezernack, 95, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her dearly loved son, Richard Grady Ezernack of Houston, Texas, with whom she is now reunited.
Jean was a beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and was loved...
James Lemuel Hohmann
Jan 12, 2021
James Lemuel Hohmann, who resided in Lavaca, Arkansas, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at his home. He was born August 16, 1938, in Oklahoma, to the late Archie Edward Wood and Nancy Lovell. He was 82 years old.
James was a retired sales person.
He is survived by a daughter, Jamie Teague of Barling, Arkansas;...
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