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Wanda Charlene Watts-Hawkins
Mar 2, 2019
Wanda Charlene (Watts) Hawkins, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at her home. She was born August 16, 1938, in the sawmill town of Forester, Arkansas, located in Scott County, to the late William Isaac Watts and Alice Velma (Shores) Watts. She was 80 years old. She was preceded in death also by her...
Diana Carol Campbell
Mar 2, 2019
Diana Carol Campbell, who resided in Mena, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Smith. She was born March 4, 1948, in Lodi, California, to the late Gail Freeman Meredith and Dorothy May (Davis) Meredith. She was less than two days away from her 71st birthday. She was preceded in death also by her husband, Lester...
Clara Lee Delisle
Feb 27, 2019
Clara Lee DeLisle, who resided in Paris, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Smith. She was born October 13, 1934, in Booneville, to the late Thomas V. Nixon and Hildred (Smith) Nixon. She was 84 years old. She was also preceded in death by her late husbands, Leonard Edward Varnell and William "Bill" DeLisle; a...
Michael Ralph Fisk
Feb 27, 2019
Michael Ralph Fisk, who resided in Paris, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019, in Russellville. He was born October 3, 1958, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the late Harold Gordon Fisk, Sr. and Elizabeth (Sewell) Fisk. He was 60 years old.
Michael was a painter.
A direct burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February...
Larry Paul Williams
Feb 26, 2019
Larry Williams, 75 years old of Alma, passed away on February 26, 2019 in Fort Smith.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 805 Bella Vista, Van Buren.
He is survived by his wife Clara; one daughter Verda Williams; and one son, Rick...
Brad Sharpe
Feb 26, 2019
Bradford Lee Sharpe, who resided in Charleston, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019, in Fort Smith. He was born August 8, 1956, in Fort Smith, to the late B. Leamon and Opal (Smith) Sharpe. He was 62 years old. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Richard Sharpe.
Brad was a 1974 graduate of Charleston...
Paul Barnabas Woodard
Feb 26, 2019
Paul Barnabas Woodard, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at his home. He was born April 11, 1964, to Lawrence James and Edna Mae (Ellison) Woodard in Fort Smith. He was 54 years old.
Paul was employed by Whirlpool, Inc. in Fort Smith.
He is survived by a daughter, Clarissa...
Evelyn L. Colburn
Feb 20, 2019
Evelyn L. Colburn, who resided in Huntington, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born January 15, 1938, in Paris, to the late Harold Reel and Esther (Oliver) Reel. She was 81 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Colburn.
Evelyn was a homemaker.
...Brenda Lee Harding
Feb 19, 2019
Brenda Lee Harding, who resided in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Baptist Health in Fort Smith. She was born September 29, 1964, in Trenton, Michigan. She was 54 years old. She was preceded in death by a brother, Tony Schneider.
Brenda was a homemaker and a member of Church of Christ.
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Ronald Paul Schwietzer
Feb 19, 2019
Ronald Paul Schwietzer, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born January 1, 1953, in Los Angeles, California to Jack Schwietzer and Ann (Michayluk) Schwietzer. He was 66 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Schwietzer , and his step-father, Carl Slicker....
Valerie Kay Kirkendoll
Feb 16, 2019
Valerie Kay Kirkendoll, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Waters of Fort Smith Nursing Facility. She was born November 19, 1960, in Fort Smith, to the late Virgil Kirkendoll and Janet (Gleason) Kirkendoll. She was 58 years old.
She was a homemaker and a loving mother.
She is survived...
Richard Lee Cook
Feb 15, 2019
Richard Lee Cook, who resided in Fort Smith, formerly of Santa Fe, Texas, passed away Friday, February 15, 2019, at his daughter's home in Fort Smith. He was born August 25, 1953, in Texas City, Texas, to Alvin Rayburn Cook and Ida Elaine (Madden) Cook. He was 65 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, Alvin...
William "Bill" Henry Delisle
Feb 14, 2019
William "Bill" Henry DeLisle, who resided in Paris, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019, in Fort Smith. He was born August 1, 1935, in Pontiac, Michigan, to the late George DeLisle and Lillian (King) DeLisle. He was 83 years old. He was also preceded in death by his three brothers, Sam, George, and Albert DeLisle; a step-daughter, Lorna Post;Â ...
Bonita Gail Landis
Feb 11, 2019
Bonita Gail Landis, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019, at her home. She was born April 24, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late William Charles Wiegand and Vada Marie McMasters Wiegand. She was 79 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond H. Landis.
Bonita was a homemaker....
Johnny Gene Morrison, Sr.
Feb 9, 2019
Johnny Gene Morrison, Sr., who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. He was born May 20, 1963, in San Antonio, Texas, to the late Elwood Morrison and Karen Koncak Morrison. He was 55 years old. He was also preceded in death by his brother, George Morrison.
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Kimber Ladawn Creek
Feb 5, 2019
Kimber LaDawn Creek, who resided in Spiro, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, in Fort Smith. She was born September 7, 1959, in San Pablo, California, to Jerry Leon Barlow and Margaret Mello Barlow. She was 59 years old.
Kimber is survived by her son, Michael Lee Jamison of Poteau; her mother, Margaret; her father, Jerry;...
Daniel Wayne Waggoner
Feb 4, 2019
Daniel Wayne Waggoner, who resided in Charleston, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019, at his home. He was born March 15, 1937, in Charleston, to the late Daniel Dewey Waggoner and James Mettie (Barnes) Waggoner. He was 81 years old. He was also preceded in death by five sisters and five brothers.
Daniel was a ranch hand...
Carol Jean Goldman
Feb 3, 2019
Carol Jean Goldman, who resided in Jacksonville, Texas, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019, at her daughter's home in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born December 2, 1957, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, to Eugene Kenneth Stolze and Dorothy Jean Olsen Stolze. She was 61 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie Dale Goldman; her mother, Dorothy...
Cynthia Ann Lyons
Jan 30, 2019
Cynthia Ann Lyons, who resided in Arkoma, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019, in her home. She was born October 16, 1963, in Jonesboro, to the late Roy Lyons and Nancy Melinda (Moore) Lyons. She was 55 years old.
A family held memorial service will be held at a later date.
She is survived...
Kathleen Ann Karsikas
Jan 28, 2019
Kathleen Ann Karsikas, who resided in Fort Smith, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019, in Fort Smith. She was born February 18, 1943, in Sacramento, California, to the late Daniel Herbert Pennington and Bella Marie Azevedo Pennington. She was 75 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Karsikas.
Kathleen was a homemaker.
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