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John Kennon Hornback
Jan 27, 2020
John Kennon Hornback, who resided in Strawn, Texas, died Monday, January 27, 2020, surrounded by his family at his sister's home near Branch, Arkansas. He was born November 8, 1964, in Amarillo, Texas. He was 55 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie Thomas Hornback and Barbara Jean (McLoud) Hornback.
John was a...
Arlene Holeman Reid
Jan 23, 2020
Arlene Holeman Reid, who resided in Charleston, Arkansas, died Thursday, January 23, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born May 31, 1936, in Poteau, Oklahoma, to the late Arlie W. Holeman and Mary Corinna Garner Holeman. She was 83 years old. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Annette Rynhart.
Arlene...
Elsie Mae Boyles
Jan 22, 2020
Elsie Mae Boyles, who resided near Paris, died Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Paris. She was born September 30, 1931, in Urbana, Iowa, to the late Oral Glenn Heathman and Leiloa Pruett Heathman. She was 88 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Leland Faye "Fat" Boyles; and a daughter,...
Roger Melvin Boatright
Jan 21, 2020
Roger Melvin Boatright, who resided in Central City, died Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Heart of Hospice Inpatient Unit in Fort Smith. He was born June 30, 1942, in Charleston, to the late Mervill Frances Boatright and Grace Autry Boatright. He was 77 years old. He as preceded in death by a brother, Darrel Dwain Boatright.
Roger...
Carlton Robinson
Jan 16, 2020
Clyde Carlton Robinson, who resided in Paris, died Thursday, January 16, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Paris. He was born May 24, 1938, in Delaware, Arkansas, to the late Clyde Wayne Robinson and Ruth Farnam Robinson. He was 81 years old. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Gilbert Robinson and J.T. Robinson.
Carlton was a...
Floyd Dean Watson
Jan 15, 2020
Floyd Dean Watson, who resided in Fort Smith, died Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Ashton Place Manor in Barling. He was born May 29, 1934, in the Spadra Community near Clarksville, to the late Orville Watson and Eartha Moore Watson. He was 85 years old. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Mary Ellen Watson....
Richard Keith Holloway, Jr.
Jan 14, 2020
Richard Keith Holloway, Jr., who resided near Lavaca, died Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at Select Specialty Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born September 26, 1967, in Flint, Michigan to Richard Keith Holloway, Sr. and Lois Parks Holloway. He was 52 years old. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois Parks Holloway.
Richard was of...
Mary Louise Johnson
Jan 11, 2020
Mary Louise Davis Johnson, who resided near Lavaca, died Saturday, January 11, 2020. She was born May 13, 1938, in Fort Smith, to the late Jess B. Davis and Martha Ann Smith Davis. She was 81 years old. She was preceded in death by her father, Jess Davis; her mother, Ann Kaltoft; two sisters, Liz Berry and Nora Miller;...
Carolyn Rose Arnett-Lewis
Jan 10, 2020
Carolyn Rose Lewis, who resided in Paris, died Friday, January 10, 2020, at Paris Health & Rehab Center in Paris. She was born February 22, 1950, in Moro, Arkansas, to the late Delbert Carter Arnett and Clara Lee Shipley Arnett. She was 69 years old. She was preceded in death also by her two husbands, Charles William Graham and...
Ruth Ellen Steele
Jan 10, 2020
Ruth Ellen Steele, who resided near Hackett, died Friday, January 10, 2020, at Pink Bud Nursing Center in Greenwood. She was born June 30, 1927, in Lavaca, to the late Orville Wilson and Grace Hunter Wilson. She was 92 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman C. Steele; a son, Edward Duane Steele; three sisters,...
Sarah Faith Pendleton
Jan 9, 2020
Sarah Faith Pendleton, who resided in Fort Smith, died Thursday, January 9, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born June 28, 1978, in Booneville, to David Alvin Adney, Jr. and Kathleen Jones Adney. She was 41 years old. She was preceded in death by her father, David Alvin Adney, Jr.
Sarah was a CNA....
Miguel A Ochoa
Dec 29, 2019
Miguel A. Ochoa, who resided in Fort Smith, died Sunday, December 29, 2019, in Fort Smith. He was born September 26, 1947, in Texas, to the late Heriberto Diaz Ochoa and Leonor Arriaga Ochoa. He was 72 years old. He was preceded in death by a sister, Alicia Bond.
He is survived by a son, Michael Ochoa...
Nancy Hewitt Chaney
Dec 29, 2019
Nancy Ilene Chaney, who resided in Huntington, died Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Baptist Health in Fort Smith. She was born September 11, 1944, in Charleston, to the late Kay Hewitt and Ila Rae Bonner Hewitt. She was 75 years old. She was preceded in death by her sister, Delores House; and four brothers, Phillip, Lewis, Ronnie, and Ricky...
Delores Ann Hewitt House
Dec 27, 2019
Delores Ann House, who resided in Lavaca, died Friday, December 27, 2019, at Greenhurst Nursing Center in Charleston. She was born March 24, 1943, in Charleston, to the late Kay Hewitt and Ila Rae Bonner Hewitt. She was 76 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband of almost 53 years, J.D. House; a son, Clifford Kenneth...
Patsy L. Huckaba
Dec 27, 2019
Patsy Lorena Huckaba, who resided in Cameron, Oklahoma, died Saturday, December 28, 2019, in Fort Smith. She was born February 11, 1932, in Trinity, California, to the late Jack Valin and Vonne Franklin Valin. She was 87 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Huckaba and a daughter, Joann Walker.
She is survived...
Patsy Ruth Gibson
Dec 26, 2019
Patsy Ruth Gibson, who resided near Caulksville, died Thursday, December 26, 2019, at her home. She was born March 10, 1941, in Paris, to the late J.C. Spain and Alice Krigbaum Spain. She was 78 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Marvin Gibson.
Patsy was a retired cook for County...
Betty J. Baumgartner
Dec 23, 2019
Betty Baumgartner, age 83, of Subiaco, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019, at Grand Brook Memory Care Center in Rogers, Arkansas. She was born September 25, 1936, in Ratcliff, the daughter of the late Jesse George McAndrew and Annie Belle Mainer McAndrew and Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Roberts McAndrew. Betty graduated from County Line High School in 1955, and married...
Wade Herbert
Dec 23, 2019
Wade Fredrick Herbert, who resided in Fort Smith, died Monday, December 23, 2019, in Fort Smith. He was born July 18, 1966, in Oneonta, New York, to the late Roy John Herbert Jr. and Lucille Rose (Brown-Herbert) Wilbur. He was 53 years old.
Wade was retired from Mid-South as a professional painter and concrete polisher, and was...
John Leonard Forst
Dec 19, 2019
John Leonard Forst, who resided in Subiaco, died Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born April 2, 1939, in Subiaco, to the late Henry Bernard Forst and Theresa Marie (Hug) Forst. He was 80 years old. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond, Winfred, and Kenneth.
John was a...
Jim Schluterman
Dec 19, 2019
James T. Schluterman, who resided in Subiaco, died Thursday, December 19, 2019, at his home. He was born November 23, 1943, in Paris, to the late John C. Schluterman and Louise A. (Sprick) Schluterman. He was 76 years old. He was preceded in death also by four brothers, Leonard, Richard, Leo, and Hubert Schluterman.
Jim was a...
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