Local Obituaries for Lonoke County, AR

Paul Bledsoe
Jun 12, 2013
Paul W. Bledsoe of Jacksonville was released from this life on June 12, 2013 at the age of 69. Preceding in death are his parents Percy Bledsoe and Cathrine Johnson-Purvis. He leaves his dad John Purvis, and his two children whom he shared with Sandra Boynton, Christina West and John Bledsoe, along with five grandchildren. He was a loving father...

Danny Dailey
Jun 9, 2013
Danny Dale Dailey, 74 of Lonoke, Arkansas formerly of McRae, Arkansas passed away from this life Sunday, June 9, 2013. He was owner of Dailey Barber Shop for 18 years. Dan was also owner of Dailey’s Furniture for 20 years. He was a member of Lonoke Church of Christ. He loved God and was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was an avid golfer...

Earl Stivers
Jun 8, 2013
Earl Mitchell Stivers, 65, died June 8, 2013. Survivors; children, Vicki Rogers and Robert Stivers; two grandsons, two granddaughters, three great-grandchildren; siblings, Frank Stivers, Betty Anne Connor, Lonnie Stivers and Kenny Stivers. Graveside Service, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 at Beebe Cemetery. Visitation, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Max Kerley
Jun 6, 2013
Max Preston Kerley, 80, died June 6, 2013. Survivors are his children, Tammy Page of Cabot, Tonya Wood of Hot Springs and Todd Kerley of Beebe; six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Graveside Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 10 at Mt Carmel Cemetery, Cabot, arrangements by Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Thomas Weathers
May 31, 2013
Thomas William Weathers, age 57, died May 31, 2013. He was a Police officer. Survivors include his son Jesse (Candace) Weathers of England; siblings, Kenny Wayne Winans and Alisha Parnell; one grand child, Jessie Elizabeth Weathers and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be Monday, June 3 from 2-5 p.m. at...
Carl Perry
May 28, 2013
Carl Perry, born August 30, 1957 at Wellington, Kansas to Laurence Melvin and Mary Ann Sjorlund Perry, died May 28, 2013. Preceding in death is his father, and a brother, Daniel Wayne Perry. Survivors include his mother, a son, Raymond Tanner Kloss Perry of Des Arc, brother, Creighton (Karen Moore) Perry of Sibley, Louisiana, sisters, Annette Perry of Wichita, Kansas...

Vernon Cummings
May 24, 2013
Vernon L. Cummings, age 88, of Lonoke, passed away Friday May 24, 2013 at Ft. Roots VA Hospital, North Little Rock after a lengthy illness. He was born September 11, 1924 to William M. Cummings and Amanda Malcolm in Mt. Vernon , Arkansas. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean War, receiving the Korean service medal with star and United...
Hardy Butler
May 14, 2013
Hardy William Butler of Lonoke joined our Lord on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. He was born March 10, 1928 to Clarence and Mae Butler of Lonoke. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Patricia Jones Butler; three sons, Hardy and wife Judy of South Carolina, Robert and wife Lisa, and Patrick and wife Valerie, all of Lonoke; one sister Juanita...
Sylvia Rice
May 14, 2013
Sylvia Kaye Rice was born to the late Leo and Beatrice Crawford on July 8th, 1941 in Humnoke, Arkansas. She was a born again Christian and went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 14, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. Kaye worked as a waitress after high school and then made the move to Irving, Texas, a...

Catherine Davis
May 10, 2013
Catherine Cotton Davis was born on November 25, 1927 to the union of the late Merle and Susie Cotton. She was united in holy matrimony with Herman Davis who preceded her in death in May 1985. She departed this life on May 10, 2013 while residing in the Lonoke Rehabilitation Center at Lonoke, Arkansas. To this union seven children were...

Charlotte Bowden
May 9, 2013
Charlotte Lucille Bowden, 92 of Lonoke passed away in her sleep at Lonoke Nursing and Rehab on May 9, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband Jake Thomas Bowden, Sr., her parents W.G. and Laura Roberts, her brother and sister-in-law Archie and Muriel Lee Roberts, and sister and brother-in-law Oscar (Nub) and Claribel Finch. She was born in...

Lawrence Yates
May 6, 2013
Lawrence Alan Yates, age 66, went home to be with the Lord May 6, 2013. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Preceding him in death are his parents Willie Ephriam and Lydia Mae Yates and brothers, Charles and Ray Yates. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Ina Yates; daughters, Tammy (Gary P.) Wilson and...
David Sullivan
May 5, 2013
David Lee Sullivan, age 58, died May 5, 2013. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard and an employee of the City of Lonoke. Survivors include his wife Eula Dulcina Sullivan; children, David Sullivan, Jr., Robert Sullivan and Tammie Andrews, all of Lonoke; siblings, Lavon Sullivan of California, Roger Sullivan of Beebe, Garry Sullivan and Richard Sullivan, all...
Ada Harper
May 4, 2013
The spirit and soul of Ada Lucille Kinley Harper was lifted up into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ early Saturday morning May 4th 2013. Born July 11 1922 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, She was the oldest of Mamie and Fred Mertin ‘s four children, Lucille, brothers, Howard, Fred and sister Wilma. Lucille married Eugene Waddell Kinley in 1940...
Mary Hatfield
Apr 29, 2013
Mary E. Hatfield, age 58, went home to be with the Lord April 29, 2013. She is survived by her children, Rick (Stephanie) Kirk and Teresa (Ray) Edwards, both of Lonoke; sisters, Ann (Ron) Wannemacher of Carlisle, Shirley (Jack) Masters of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Carol (Terry) Khor of Papillion, Nebraska, Wilma (Jerry) Foster of Fremont, Indiana and Wanda (the...

Gloria Gardner
Apr 27, 2013
Gloria Lee Gardner passed away April 27, 2013. She was born May 22, 1932 in Eudora, Arkansas to Martha Lee Criss and Phillip Williams. Survivors include a daughter Josie Lee Cooney and husband Andrew of Jacksonville and a son Walter James Gardner and his wife Kay of Little Rock; grandson Josedech Cooney of North Little Rock; siblings, Ray Williams of...
Rosie Hatton
Apr 26, 2013
Rosie Lee Hatton, age 74 of England, Arkansas passed away on April 26, 2013. She was born in Tensas, Louisiana on July 31, 1938 to the late Abraham and Martha Hatton. Rosie leaves to cherish her memory; four daughters, Willie Jean (Larry Sr.) Foster of England, Arkansas, Gloria Coleman of Vacaville, California, Gwendolyn (Lynn) Hatton of Lonoke, Tracy Hatton of...
Betty Hampton
Apr 13, 2013
Mrs. Betty Jenkins Hampton of Lonoke, AR passed away peacefully Saturday, April 13, 2013. She leaves to cherish her memories stepmother, Mrs. Florence Jenkins; three daughters, Lillie Jenkins Carter, Geanice Hunter and Ernestine Evans; two brothers, Ernest Jenkins and Herman Jenkins; two sisters, Mary Wesley and Aletha Wright; six grandchildren, Andrea Scott, Charles Hunter Jr., Tanya Carter James, Michelle Carter, Jonathan Evans...
Violet Sexton
Apr 13, 2013
Violet Virginia McVay Sexton was the third of six children born to Harvey Eugene and Mildred Wilmuth Jennings McVay. She died peacefully April 13, 2013 at her home in Austin, Arkansas, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was born at the peak of the Great Depression on February 14, 1934 in the township of Carden Bottoms, Yell County, Arkansas. She was...
Wilma Underwood
Apr 10, 2013
Wilma Frances Underwood of Jacksonville, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 10, 2013. Wilma was born November 26, 1930, in Lonoke, Arkansas, the daughter of Albert Jefferson Johnson and Ruth Mae Warner Johnson. She leaves to cherish her memory husband Haskel Lee Underwood, Sr. of Jacksonville, whom she married Aug 23, 1947, in Lonoke;...

Paul Bledsoe
Jun 12, 2013
Paul W. Bledsoe of Jacksonville was released from this life on June 12, 2013 at the age of 69. Preceding in death are his parents Percy Bledsoe and Cathrine Johnson-Purvis. He leaves his dad John Purvis, and his two children whom he shared with Sandra Boynton, Christina West and John Bledsoe, along with five grandchildren. He was a loving father...

Danny Dailey
Jun 9, 2013
Danny Dale Dailey, 74 of Lonoke, Arkansas formerly of McRae, Arkansas passed away from this life Sunday, June 9, 2013. He was owner of Dailey Barber Shop for 18 years. Dan was also owner of Dailey’s Furniture for 20 years. He was a member of Lonoke Church of Christ. He loved God and was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was an avid golfer...

Earl Stivers
Jun 8, 2013
Earl Mitchell Stivers, 65, died June 8, 2013. Survivors; children, Vicki Rogers and Robert Stivers; two grandsons, two granddaughters, three great-grandchildren; siblings, Frank Stivers, Betty Anne Connor, Lonnie Stivers and Kenny Stivers. Graveside Service, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 at Beebe Cemetery. Visitation, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Max Kerley
Jun 6, 2013
Max Preston Kerley, 80, died June 6, 2013. Survivors are his children, Tammy Page of Cabot, Tonya Wood of Hot Springs and Todd Kerley of Beebe; six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Graveside Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 10 at Mt Carmel Cemetery, Cabot, arrangements by Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Thomas Weathers
May 31, 2013
Thomas William Weathers, age 57, died May 31, 2013. He was a Police officer. Survivors include his son Jesse (Candace) Weathers of England; siblings, Kenny Wayne Winans and Alisha Parnell; one grand child, Jessie Elizabeth Weathers and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be Monday, June 3 from 2-5 p.m. at...
Carl Perry
May 28, 2013
Carl Perry, born August 30, 1957 at Wellington, Kansas to Laurence Melvin and Mary Ann Sjorlund Perry, died May 28, 2013. Preceding in death is his father, and a brother, Daniel Wayne Perry. Survivors include his mother, a son, Raymond Tanner Kloss Perry of Des Arc, brother, Creighton (Karen Moore) Perry of Sibley, Louisiana, sisters, Annette Perry of Wichita, Kansas...

Vernon Cummings
May 24, 2013
Vernon L. Cummings, age 88, of Lonoke, passed away Friday May 24, 2013 at Ft. Roots VA Hospital, North Little Rock after a lengthy illness. He was born September 11, 1924 to William M. Cummings and Amanda Malcolm in Mt. Vernon , Arkansas. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean War, receiving the Korean service medal with star and United...
Hardy Butler
May 14, 2013
Hardy William Butler of Lonoke joined our Lord on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. He was born March 10, 1928 to Clarence and Mae Butler of Lonoke. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Patricia Jones Butler; three sons, Hardy and wife Judy of South Carolina, Robert and wife Lisa, and Patrick and wife Valerie, all of Lonoke; one sister Juanita...
Sylvia Rice
May 14, 2013
Sylvia Kaye Rice was born to the late Leo and Beatrice Crawford on July 8th, 1941 in Humnoke, Arkansas. She was a born again Christian and went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 14, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. Kaye worked as a waitress after high school and then made the move to Irving, Texas, a...

Catherine Davis
May 10, 2013
Catherine Cotton Davis was born on November 25, 1927 to the union of the late Merle and Susie Cotton. She was united in holy matrimony with Herman Davis who preceded her in death in May 1985. She departed this life on May 10, 2013 while residing in the Lonoke Rehabilitation Center at Lonoke, Arkansas. To this union seven children were...

Charlotte Bowden
May 9, 2013
Charlotte Lucille Bowden, 92 of Lonoke passed away in her sleep at Lonoke Nursing and Rehab on May 9, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband Jake Thomas Bowden, Sr., her parents W.G. and Laura Roberts, her brother and sister-in-law Archie and Muriel Lee Roberts, and sister and brother-in-law Oscar (Nub) and Claribel Finch. She was born in...

Lawrence Yates
May 6, 2013
Lawrence Alan Yates, age 66, went home to be with the Lord May 6, 2013. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Preceding him in death are his parents Willie Ephriam and Lydia Mae Yates and brothers, Charles and Ray Yates. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Ina Yates; daughters, Tammy (Gary P.) Wilson and...
David Sullivan
May 5, 2013
David Lee Sullivan, age 58, died May 5, 2013. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard and an employee of the City of Lonoke. Survivors include his wife Eula Dulcina Sullivan; children, David Sullivan, Jr., Robert Sullivan and Tammie Andrews, all of Lonoke; siblings, Lavon Sullivan of California, Roger Sullivan of Beebe, Garry Sullivan and Richard Sullivan, all...
Ada Harper
May 4, 2013
The spirit and soul of Ada Lucille Kinley Harper was lifted up into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ early Saturday morning May 4th 2013. Born July 11 1922 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, She was the oldest of Mamie and Fred Mertin ‘s four children, Lucille, brothers, Howard, Fred and sister Wilma. Lucille married Eugene Waddell Kinley in 1940...
Mary Hatfield
Apr 29, 2013
Mary E. Hatfield, age 58, went home to be with the Lord April 29, 2013. She is survived by her children, Rick (Stephanie) Kirk and Teresa (Ray) Edwards, both of Lonoke; sisters, Ann (Ron) Wannemacher of Carlisle, Shirley (Jack) Masters of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Carol (Terry) Khor of Papillion, Nebraska, Wilma (Jerry) Foster of Fremont, Indiana and Wanda (the...

Gloria Gardner
Apr 27, 2013
Gloria Lee Gardner passed away April 27, 2013. She was born May 22, 1932 in Eudora, Arkansas to Martha Lee Criss and Phillip Williams. Survivors include a daughter Josie Lee Cooney and husband Andrew of Jacksonville and a son Walter James Gardner and his wife Kay of Little Rock; grandson Josedech Cooney of North Little Rock; siblings, Ray Williams of...
Rosie Hatton
Apr 26, 2013
Rosie Lee Hatton, age 74 of England, Arkansas passed away on April 26, 2013. She was born in Tensas, Louisiana on July 31, 1938 to the late Abraham and Martha Hatton. Rosie leaves to cherish her memory; four daughters, Willie Jean (Larry Sr.) Foster of England, Arkansas, Gloria Coleman of Vacaville, California, Gwendolyn (Lynn) Hatton of Lonoke, Tracy Hatton of...
Betty Hampton
Apr 13, 2013
Mrs. Betty Jenkins Hampton of Lonoke, AR passed away peacefully Saturday, April 13, 2013. She leaves to cherish her memories stepmother, Mrs. Florence Jenkins; three daughters, Lillie Jenkins Carter, Geanice Hunter and Ernestine Evans; two brothers, Ernest Jenkins and Herman Jenkins; two sisters, Mary Wesley and Aletha Wright; six grandchildren, Andrea Scott, Charles Hunter Jr., Tanya Carter James, Michelle Carter, Jonathan Evans...
Violet Sexton
Apr 13, 2013
Violet Virginia McVay Sexton was the third of six children born to Harvey Eugene and Mildred Wilmuth Jennings McVay. She died peacefully April 13, 2013 at her home in Austin, Arkansas, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was born at the peak of the Great Depression on February 14, 1934 in the township of Carden Bottoms, Yell County, Arkansas. She was...
Wilma Underwood
Apr 10, 2013
Wilma Frances Underwood of Jacksonville, Arkansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 10, 2013. Wilma was born November 26, 1930, in Lonoke, Arkansas, the daughter of Albert Jefferson Johnson and Ruth Mae Warner Johnson. She leaves to cherish her memory husband Haskel Lee Underwood, Sr. of Jacksonville, whom she married Aug 23, 1947, in Lonoke;...
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