Obituary – Rev. Curtis Norman Carter
Rev. Curtis Norman Carter (“BC”), age 90, died peacefully on April 7, 2024 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was born in Blossom, Texas on April 28, 1933. He graduated from Blossom High School in 1950 where he met his lovely wife Novella Luttrell Carter. In 1964, BC graduated from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern […]
Obituary – Rev. Margaret “Sue” Kelly
Rev. Margaret “Sue” Kelly, 79, of Belleville, IL, born August 18, 1944, in Natchitoches, LA, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024, at her home. Sue had a gift for pastoral duties whether it was programs for children, adults, or the elderly, and she had been ordained a deacon in 1998. She had a talent […]
Obituary – Rev. John Shafer
John Shafer fought dementia over the past decade, and after a stroke died in less than two hours on Tuesday, March 19. He was a good man of uncommon, hidden strength. He is survived by his wife, Judith Shafer. His children, Scott Shafer and his wife Polly, Amy Macdonald and her husband Craig, his grandchildren, […]
Obituary – Clay Rice Cross, III
Clay Rice Cross, III passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024. He was born February 12, 1940 in Pendleton, AR to Clay Rice Cross II and Nell Louise Heniken Cross. He received a high school diploma from Dumas High School and attended The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Clay earned a degree in Farm Management from Arkansas […]
Obituary – Jimmy Lee Poplin
Jimmy Lee Poplin, age 79, of Mansfield, Arkansas, passed away on March 12, 2024, in Greenwood, Arkansas. He was born on December 19, 1944, in Borger, Texas, to Alford Poplin and Claudine Dorrugh Poplin. Jimmy married Carolyn Clark on March 25, 1966, in Springdale, Arkansas. He worked for many years at George’s Inc., before spending […]
Obituary – Betty Long Simmons
Betty Long Simmons was born on April 29, 1935, in Monroe, Louisiana to J.D. Long and Lora Griggs Long. She passed from this life and entered into rest on March 10, 2024, in Monroe, Louisiana. Betty was employed for over 30 years in positions that included office manager, bookkeeper, accounting clerk, and credit manager. During her career as a credit manager, she was the first centralized credit manager in the Gulf States region of the Sherwin-William Paint […]
Obituary – William “Richy” Wall Richardson
William “Richy” Wall Richardson, 69 of Little Rock, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Richy was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended high school in Sewanee, Tennessee, and Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he was the president of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Richy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in […]
Obituary – Nancy Britton
Nancy Jo (Moore) Britton, of Batesville, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 15, 2024, in her home. She was born on July 7, 1935, the first child of Sidney Francis Moore and Artie ”May” (Walker) Moore, in Anthony, Kansas, and was joined by her sister, Mary Frances (Moore) McKown, two years later. The family […]
Obituary – Joy Pewitt Cross
Joy Lynn Cross passed away on Monday, February 5, 2024. She was born February 16, 1947 in Monticello, AR to Harry and Eleanor Mo’ree Pewitt. She received a high school degree from McGehee High School, attended Arkansas A&M College, and received her BS in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State University. She worked as a Civil […]
Obituary – Norel Kaleb McAdoo
Norel Kaleb McAdoo, affectionately referred to as CEO Norel, 24, of Little Rock, Arkansas passed away January 28, 2024. He was born on October 27, 1999, in Little Rock to Leron and Stacey McAdoo. He is survived by his parents Leron and Stacey McAdoo, sister and best friend Jamee McAdoo, maternal grandmother Vernita Greene and […]