Obituaries

Lori Jackson

Lori Jackson

Jan 1, 2014

Lori Anne Jackson, 41 of Conway, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord on January 1st, 2014. She was born October 29th, 1972 in Pine Bluff to Jimmy and the late Barbara Jackson. Lori was reared and educated in Pine Bluff graduating High School in 1992. After graduation she worked at Jenkins Work Shop before moving to Conway in 2004....

Ina Robbins

Ina Robbins

Jan 1, 2014

Ina Robbins, 95, of North Little Rock, went to eternal peace on January 1, 2014. She was born in Marble, Arkansas on September 7, 1918. Ina lived her life to the fullest and always enjoyed creating an atmosphere of beauty and harmony in her home, which was her personal sanctuary. She was married to Dr. William Bill Elbert Robbins, the...

PhD Braithwaite

PhD Braithwaite

Dec 22, 2013

Dr. Wilfred J. Braithwaite, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UALR Physics and Astronomy, died Sunday December 22nd, 2013. He is survived by loving chosen family: the woman he married fifty years ago, and his long term friend and associate. He will be greatly missed by extended family, colleagues, and students alike. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock 1818 Reservoir Rd. will...

Joan Williams

Joan Williams

Dec 19, 2013

Joan Edwards Williams of Little Rock, Ark. entered into the presence of the Lord on Dec. 19, 2013 at the age of 70 after complications from a stroke. She was born August 13, 1943, in Monroe, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Elza Matthew Edwards and Ruth Lee Defee. She grew up in Bastrop, Louisiana and moved to Pine Bluff,...

Mary Zeigler

Mary Zeigler

Dec 19, 2013

Mary Gene Stratton Zeigler, age 89, peacefully departed this life on December 19th, 2013 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Dan Nehus, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Her parents, Milton and Emily Stratton, of Menomonie, Wisconsin preceded her in death, as did one sister Ruth Quigley of Kankakee, Illinois and four brothers, Harold...

Jan Alter

Jan Alter

Dec 9, 2013

Jan Whitmore Alter, 65 of Little Rock passed away December 9, 2013. She was born in DeWitt, AR, September 26, 1948 in the clinic above Hampton Drug Company. Jan is preceded in death by her parents Charles & Thelma Whitmore and is survived by her two daughters, Shell Wilburn Cameron and her husband John Cameron of North Little Rock and...

John Capel

John Capel

Dec 5, 2013

John Caldwell Capel, 72, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas died Thursday, December 5th, 2013. He was born September 14th, 1941 in Pine Bluff, the son of the late Dr. Havis T. Capel and Frances Barker Capel and is also preceded in death by his sister, Lynn Capel. He was reared and educated in Pine Bluff, and served in the United States...

Walter Warden

Walter Warden

Dec 4, 2013

Walter Wilson Warden of Little Rock, Arkansas and Naples, Florida died peacefully at his home in Little Rock in the early hours of Wednesday, December 4 at the age of 100. Walter was known to all his family as Pops, a name affectionately bestowed by his first grandchild. All of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren delighted in his company, and he...

Roland Copping

Roland Copping

Nov 28, 2013

Roland Winthrop John Copping, "Rolly", 57 of Little Rock, AR went to be with the Lord on Nov. 28th, 2013. He was born on January 6th 1956 at six in the morning in Anaco, Venezuela and was the sixth child. Roland was preceded in death by his parents Lionel S. and Olga B. Copping and his brother Fredrick S. Copping....

Susan Sortore

Susan Sortore

Nov 17, 2013

Susan Jane Sortore, age 72, of Magnolia, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock. She was born on September 3, 1941, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, to Ray V. Sortore and Jane Carey Sortore. She attended First Presbyterian Church in Magnolia, Arkansas, where she was active in The Women’s Circle, played the hand bells,...

Bobbye Swinford

Bobbye Swinford

Nov 17, 2013

Bobbye Ann Mason Swinford was born May 13, 1933 in Ranger, Texas to Ralph Meredith and Nancy Katherine Browning Mason. She died Sunday morning, November 17, 2013 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She graduated from Crane, Texas High School in 1951. While in high school she played clarinet and was a baton twirler in the band. In June of 1951, she...

Michael Dalton

Michael Dalton

Nov 17, 2013

Michael Keene Dalton crossed over at 4:06 a.m. on November 17th, 2013 due to complications from pneumonia and multi organ failure. He was born to Jack and Barbara Dalton n+e Keene on November 25th, 1963 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Michael was raised in San Gabriel and Dana Point, California. As a child, he loved to surf and enjoyed family vacations...

Carolyn Curry

Carolyn Curry

Nov 13, 2013

Carolyn Curry, 87, of Little Rock, was born in North Little Rock Arkansas on June 23, 1926, to loving parents Belle and Roland Blenden, Carolyn grew up in the Baring Cross area. Carolyn’s and her brother Gene’s early life were focused around activities at Baring Cross Baptist Church. She was advanced a grade in school and graduated early NLR High...

Lucile Shivley

Lucile Shivley

Nov 7, 2013

Lucile Esmon Shivley, 102, of Little Rock, died on Thursday, November 7, 2013. She was born Oct. 21, 1911, and grew up on her family’s farm near Corning, Ark. After attending Hendrix College for two years, she married the late Charles Shivley on Sept. 7, 1932, and spent the next 69 years as a homemaker and as Charles’s "public relations...

Richard Weber

Richard Weber

Oct 31, 2013

Richard "Dick" Weber, 84, of Little Rock formerly of Akron, Ohio passed away Thursday, October 31st, 2013 leaving to miss his wife of 60 years, Charlene, nieces, nephews and their families and many wonderful friends. Memorials may be sent to Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, PO Box 1897, Little Rock, AR 72203.

To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory...

Alan Keathley

Alan Keathley

Oct 31, 2013

Alan Dwayne Keathley, 50, of Little Rock died October 31st, 2013. He was born May 26th, 1963, his mother, Vreda Kay Keathley, precedes him in death. Survivors include five children, father, Charles Murphy Keathley of Bastrop, Texas; and six grandchildren. Memorial services are Saturday, 5:00 p.m., at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, 7111 Fourche Dam Pike.

To plant a beautiful...

James Spencer

James Spencer

Oct 28, 2013

James Edward "Jim" Spencer, 80, of Little Rock died Monday night, October 28th, 2013. Born in Batesville during the depression to James O. Spencer and Elizabeth Snapp, Jim sold newspapers in the Heights before school and attended Forest Park Grammar School, attaining the office of president of the sixth grade class. Throwing all those newspapers helped Jim develop a strong...

Richard Paxson

Richard Paxson

Oct 26, 2013

Richard "Flippin" Paxson, 53, of North Little Rock passed away Saturday, October 26th, 2013. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa and leaves to cherish his memories, son Bradley Hopper, fianc+e Patsy Ellis, and a host of family, friends, nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be Saturday, 1:00 p.m., November 9th at the Friendly Chapel Church of the Nazarene in North...

Mikial Scott

Mikial Scott

Oct 25, 2013

Mikial Kriss Scott passed away October 25th, 2013 at Baptist Hospital. He was a devoted father and Grandpa and spent all of his life making sure others were cared for before himself. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Eunice and Glen Scott, his sister Glenda Whitten, his Aunt Joette Neighbours and his niece Courtney Beasley. He is survived...

Harriet Chambers

Harriet Chambers

Oct 14, 2013

Harriet Shearman Mahaffey Chambers, 93, of Little Rock died October 14, 2013. She was born on August 22, 1920 in Bowling Green, Ohio, the daughter of S. Douglass Shearman and Hazel Barkalow Shearman. She graduated from Bryan High School, Bryan Ohio in 1938 and attended Bowling Green State University. She married Clyde C. Mahaffey in the Chapel of the Marine...

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