Arkansas High School Arkansas Alumni Obituaries

Linda Jean Hood Hartle 64 passed away peacefully in her home on December 27th surrounded by her family. Linda was born in Kennett MO on December 3rd 1961 to Roy and Helen Hood. She is preceded in death by her parents twin brother Roy Eugene Hood and sister Bonnie Ohton. She lived most of her life in...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mary Ola Virginia Lemings Sparks who departed this life on Monday December 22 2025 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late Velvert J. and Bonnie Pruett Lemings. Mary Ola was a cherished wife mother sister grandmother grea...

Sarah Brown a beloved sister daughter and friend passed away on Thursday January 15 2026 in Pensacola FL. She will be remembered for her vibrant spirit her love of family and the joy she brought to everyone around her. During her high school years Sarah was a proud cheerleader where her enthusiasm e...

Margaret Alice (Spooner) Mackey, age 78, passed away at Halifax Hospice Care Center on January 8, 2026 after less than a week stay. Margaret was born on March 7, 1947 to Cleveland F. and Kathleen Davis Spooner in Hernando County Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. She graduated from Citrus High Schoo...

Pamela Jo Fuller, age 66, of Miller, Missouri, passed on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at her home. She was born on December 17, 1958, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the daughter of John and DeWanda (Gilliam) Cavnor.Pamela was a 1977 graduate of Cutter Morning Star High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She ...

Robert Wayne Lackey, age 96, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away at 8:20 a.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was born January 26, 1929, in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the son of Guy and Ethel (Pierce) Lackey.Wayne was a 1947 graduate of Aurora High School. He was...

Kenneth J. Ellis 75 of Greenwood MS died Thursday October 30 2025 at Indywood Glen Personal Care. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Williams Lord Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Rev. Lanny Haley will officiate. Burial will follow in Odd Fell...

Robert Bob J. Lower was born August 11 1935 at home north of Valentine NE to Roy and Luella Grooms Lower. He passed away November 22 2025 at Rock County Long Term Care. He attended Harmony grade school and graduated from Valentine Rural High School in 1955. During his senior year he met the love of ...

Oscar Lee Matthews Jr. 71 passed away on Tuesday January 13 2026 at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport LA. Lee was born on October 22 1954 to Oscar and Quida Matthews in Texarkana Arkansas. Lee loved playing baseball basketball and tennis at school and in summer leagues. He graduated from Texas High S...

Danny Gene Lummus Sr. age 70 of Hooks Texas went home to rest with his Lord and Savior on Friday January 2 2026 following a brief illness. Danny was born on August 14 1955 at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana Arkansas to Wanda and William Bill Lummus. Raised in Texarkana Danny graduated from Arkansa...

Cynthia Sindi Faye Hudgins age 76 passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and entered the arms of Jesus on Tuesday December 30 2025. She was born on February 21 1949 in Sterling Colorado to Irvin and Verna Johnson. Sindi was of the Baptist faith and was baptized at Unity Baptist Churc...

Phillip Nollin Cockrell age 74 was born on December 18 1951 in Colorado. He often said I wasnt born in Texas but I got here as fast as I couldand it only took him six days. On Saturday December 27 2025 Phillip joyfully entered Heavens gate and met his Savior face to face. Phillip graduated from Terr...

Era Fran Fran Christie ne Ball age 73 passed away on December 26 2025 in Jackson Mississippi. She was born on May 17 1952 in Natchez Mississippi and lived a life marked by devotion to her family her community and her many passions. Fran attended NatchezAdams High School and went on to build a divers...

Dana W. Drew 88 of Litchfield passed peacefully on October 29 2014 at the Hospice House in Auburn with his family at his side. He was a loving kind and patient family man. Dana was born in Portland Maine on December 8 1925 the youngest son of Edwin and Mildred. When Dana was young his family moved f...

He was bornin Little Rock Arkansas on July 6 1941 the second son of W Ernest Blevins and Hazel Dickson Blevins and grew up in St Louis. Toms studies reflected his expansive curiosity first at Wesleyan then a year abroad in Paris where he discovered the art of mime then moving back to the Midwest to ...

Neal was born in Sanford Maine on April 15 1930 son of Neal Merle Durgin Sr. and Evelyn Bilodeau Durgin. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the BridgtonFryeburg area and graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict and served 4 years as an e...

BRUNSWICK Mary Jean Eltman 68 of Brunswick died on Tuesday August 1st 2017 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born on April 19 1949 in Portland Maine the daughter of John P. and Jennie J. Atripaldi Eltman. Mary graduated from Portland High School the class of 1967. In the ear...

Jill Hutchins 54 of the Newell Brook Rd. died after a determined struggle with ovarian cancer on Saturday May 15 2010 at her home surrounded by the people who loved her the most. Jill enjoyed cooking entertaining laughing and joking. She had the natural ability to bring people together. She was high...

Perry Bob Johnson of Ratcliff Arkansas passed away Friday December 26 2025 at his home. He was born on July 25 1941 in Lavaca Arkansas to the late Austin Junior Johnson and Beatrice Newman Johnson. He was 84 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents his son Mark Allen Johnson and an infant ...

Curtis Dwight Douglas of Lavaca Arkansas passed away Monday January 12 2026 in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born on April 17 1946 in the Arbuckle Island Community near Lavaca to the late Audie Douglas and Kathleen Martin Douglas. He was 79 years old. Dwight was a 1964 graduate of Lavaca High School. ...

Joy Lavonne Flynn who resided in Fort Smith Arkansas passed away Monday January 12 2026 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. She was born on October 25 1947 in Paris Arkansas to the late Chester Ray Kellogg and Mary Magdalene Horne Kellogg. She was 78 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents ...

Gene Earl Arnold Jr. also known as "Shorty" died Wednesday December 17 2025 at his home in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born on September 29 1961 in Fort Smith to the late Gene Earl Arnold Sr. and Nancy Carolyn Shaver Arnold. He was 64 years old. Shorty was a graduate of Southside High School in Fort...

Lola Mae Corley Jones 79 of Paris Arkansas passed away Tuesday December 23 2025 at her home. She was born in Paris on August 15 1946 to the late Doug Kinney and Ola Mae Kuykendall Kinney. She was preceded in death by her parents her husband Gene Jones and late husband Don Corley a brother James Edwa...

Gregory Joseph Donahoe age 50 passed away on Wednesday December 24 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born on November 25 1975 in Virginia Beach Virginia and lived a life marked by warmth humor and an unmistakable personality that left a lasting impression on everyone he met. As a...

Debra Ann Hemphill of Charleston Arkansas passed away Thursday December 23 2025 at her home. She was born on March 5 1953 in Fort Worth Texas to the late Robert Franklin Rowe Sr. and Georgia Wilma Jay Rowe. She was 72 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents her two husbands Dale Blythe a...

The Reverend Charles F. Blalock Sr. 94 departed this life onSeptember 6 2025 at Emory Palliative Care Center Atlanta Georgia.He was born on March 3 1931 to the late William Eldridge Blalock Sr.and Mattie B. Wilder in Raleigh North Carolina. Chuck "B" as he was well known was educated in the public s...

Betty Jo Elizabeth Cline 96 of Fort Smith Arkansas passed away peacefully. She was born on June 25 1929 in Ozark Arkansas to Sophie May Bond Hughs and Robert Hascue Bond. Betty Jo graduated from Ozark High School in the spring of 1947 where she was proud to have played a leading role in her senior c...

Muriel Ruth Ross Lovell age 89 of Lavaca Arkansas passed away peacefully at her home on January 5 2026. She was born on December 24 1936 in Charleston Arkansas and was the beloved daughter of Are and Hazel Wagner Stubblefield. Muriel was a proud graduate of Lavaca High School Class of 1954. She marr...

Doug was born in Tulsa to Geraldine Phillips Moore and Richard Clinton Moore and spent the majority of his life in the city he loved. He is survived by his wife of many years Judie Billings Moore. Together they built a life rooted in family friendship curiosity and adventure. Doug is survived by his...

Betty Joe Morris Smith was born to the late George Morris and Daisy Gill on a cold day of January 11, 1954. She was a 1972 graduate of Strong High School, where she formed lifel...