Obituaries

Apr 23, 2018

Ms. Ijuana Joy Shaver, age 76, of Fountain Hill, AR passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville, MS. She was the owner of Radford Street Laundry Mat for many years and a CNA with home health.  She was a member of Zion Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by a...

Apr 20, 2018

Gwenzetta Moseby, age 54, of Lake Village, AR passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Chicot Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Mortrose, AR and a former residence of Monticello AR, Rison AR.  She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Odell and Johnnie Lee Culbreath-Moseby; three brothers Albert, Ray and Odell...

Apr 5, 2018

Miss Veola "Little Girl" Miller, age 91, of Crossett died Thursday, April 5, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was a life long resident of of Crossett.  Retiree of Georgia Pacific Tissue Mill after 25 years of service.  She is a member of New Bethel Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by...

Apr 4, 2018

Mr. Percy Douglas Sowers, age 74, of Crossett died Wednesday, April 4,2018 at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was a native of Crossett,  but a resident of Chicago for 43 years.  He is a retired truck driver and a member of First Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucille...

Mar 24, 2018

Mr. Lowell Edward 'Sonny' Lofton, age 81, of Crossett died Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Crossett Rehabilitation and Health Center.  He was a life-long resident of Crossett, a retired timber worker and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife Sue Lofton; two sons, Lawrence and Marvin 'Bubba' Lofton, and one daughter, Connie Lofton. Survivors...

Mar 23, 2018

Margie Evon Pamplin, age 69, of Hamburg, died Friday 23, 2018 at Ashley County Medical Center. She was a native of Houma, Lousiana and she was a homemaker. She was a member of Crossroad Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Louise Adams-Deon, two brothers T-boy, Feliasha Deon. She was a devoted wife, mother,...

Mar 17, 2018

Hoover Lemons, age 85 of Crossett, AR died Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Life Touch Hospice Facility in El Dorado, AR. He was born January 1, 1933 in Wilmot, AR to the late Gabe and Lula Mae Alford-Lemons.  He spent most of his childhood in Mer Rouge, LA then moved to Crossett, AR in his early twenties.  He was...

Mar 16, 2018

Pastor Eddie Lee Block, age 64 of Crossett, died Friday, March 16, 2018 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, AR. He was a native of Warren, AR but a resident of Crossett for the past 41 years.  He was a comp 1 boiler maintenance supervisor for Georgia Pacific.  He was a member and co-pastor of Life Blood...

Mar 3, 2018

Julia Fran Merritt, age 68 of Pine Bluff, AR formerly of Hamburg, AR, died Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, GA. She was a retired hairdresser who operated a hair salon in Pine Bluff, AR.

Ms. Merrit was preceded in death by her husband, James Merritt; one son, Eddie Dennis Hollomon II; her...

Feb 21, 2018

Johnny Lee Withers, age 72 of Crossett, AR, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Allegiance Specialty Hospital in Greenville, MS. He was a native of Lacy, AR and a resident of Crossett for the past 45 years.  He was a retired timber worker and member of the Church of God In Christ of Lacy, AR.

Mr. Withers...

Feb 19, 2018

Jesse "Sonny" Cole, Jr., age 67 of Lake Village, AR, died Monday, February 19, 2018 at Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village. He was a lifelong resident of Lake Village, a retired welder and landscaper and member of Woodson Temple Baptist Church.

Mr. Cole was preceded in death by one son, Jason Cole and his parents,...

Feb 13, 2018

Margaret Marie "Dee Dee" Young, age 71 of Lake Village, AR, died Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Chicot Memorial Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Lake Village and member of the Christian Liberty Baptist Church.  She was a devoted mother and grandmother who enjoyed watching old western movies, shopping and fishing.

Mrs. Young was preceded...

Jan 17, 2018

Willie Ed Griffin, Sr., age 84 of Crossett, died January 17, 2018 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Crossett and a member of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent for more than 40 years, choir director, steward, trustee, layperson and on many other committees and boards during his life.  ...

Jan 17, 2018

James Edward Green, age 55 of Crossett, Arkansas, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a native of Bastrop but a resident of Crossett for the past twenty-five years.  Mr. Green was an employee of Georgia Pacific for twenty-two years, a truck driver for two years and a minister where he...

Jan 1, 2018

Tiffaney Annette Council, age 43 of Crossett, died Monday, January 1, 2018 at Baptist Health and Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. She was a lifelong resident of Crossett, a homemaker and a member of Kingdom Builders Church of God in Christ.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Jimmy and Ruby Kendrix;...

Dec 28, 2017

Bobbie Jean Miller, age 84 of Ft. Hill, transitioned from this life on December 28, 2017 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. She was a native of Lacey, AR but a resident of Ft. Hill.  She was a retired certified nurse's assistant and a member of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ft. Hill.

She...

Dec 26, 2017

Everlean Johnson, age 63 of Wilmot, AR, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village, AR. She was a native of Wilmot but lived in Los Angeles for 25 years then returning back home to Wilmot for the past 20 years.   Ms. Johnson was a retired certified nurse's assistant and a member of the...

Dec 19, 2017

Brenda Louise Jones, age 72 of Crossett, Arkansas, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Ashley County Medical Center. She was a lifelong native of Crossett, a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Crossett.

Ms. Jones is preceded in death by her parents, David Pryor and Ophelia Bluford-Pryor; one...

Dec 16, 2017

Catherine "Cat" Dukes, age 73 of Dermott, AR, died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Dermott City Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Allen Dukes; an infant daughter; her father, Willie Grayson; her mother, Willie B. McCoy; two sisters, Novella Hicks and...

Dec 9, 2017

Eugene Downs, better known as "Twenty-Two", age 84 of Hamburg, died Saturday, December 09, 2017 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was a native of Rayville, LA, a retired logger and a member of Emanuel Church of God in Christ.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Henry Downs and Eugene Downs, Jr.; his parents,...