OBITUARIES
Arkadelphia and Camden Obituaries
Local obituaries for Arkadelphia and Camden, AR area
Lucious T. Piggee
Jun 15, 2021
Lucious T. Piggee (L.T.) was born on June 28, 1953, in Kennett, Missouri to Thurman Piggee and Parthena Heard. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in the Richmond Hill Community.
He worked in logging and lawn services. He enjoyed listing to blues, gospel music, and watching westerns. His contagious smile and sense of humor was the highlight of...
George James Wesley Grandy
Jun 12, 2021
George James Wesley Grandy was born on August 14, 1966 in Arkadelphia to Sammy Lee Grandy and Lois Rene McGhee. After the untimely passing of his mother, George was raised by his grandmother Rosie Grandy. At a young age he regularly attended Antioch Baptist Church. She taught him to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, brave, and clean....
Jessie Julius Owens
Jun 12, 2021
Jessie J. Owens was born on January 1, 1946 in Sparkman, Arkansas to the union of Julius and Ida Williams Owens. He accepted Christ at a young age. He labored for years as a logger in the timber industry.
He later married Thelma Owens and they made their home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Shortly after her death he moved to...
Eric P. Glenn
Jun 5, 2021
“Tookie”
Eric Phanard Glenn was born in Prescott, Arkansas to John and Margaret Tidwell Glenn ion June 11, 1973. He was a 1992 graduate of Prescott High School.
He was an employee of Tyson Foods. He enjoyed fishing, drag racing, and trail rides. Eric was a die-hard Green Bay Packers Fan.
On Saturday, June 5, 2021, Eric passed from this...
Gary Lawrence Davis
Jun 1, 2021
Gary Lawrence Davis was born on January 27, 1953, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Aubrey Hill and Geraldine Davis.
He attended Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church from time to time. He grew up to be a handsome and talented young man. Gary nick-named “Duke” was a 1972 graduate of Arkadelphia High School where he played sports and excelled as a student...
Maudrine Hughes
May 21, 2021
Maudrine was the 7th child born to Arthur and Maude Craig on January 9, 1940. She accepted Christ at a young age and united with Macedonia Baptist Church. She attended Sparkman Training School and later. However, finding love at 22 years of age, she married Ollie Lester Hughes on March 2, 1962, and started their own family with the birth...
Dextra Alexander Sims
May 17, 2021
Dextra Alexander Sims was born into this life on October 11, 1989, in Little Rock, Arkansas to Janice Sims and Cullen Ray Gulley, Sr.
Dextra was a graduate of Prescott High School and he later graduated from NCU in Hot Springs, AR. Dextra was a member of St. John Baptist Church in Bluff City, AR. He was employed at Georgia...
Joseph Glenn Alexander
May 12, 2021
Joseph Glenn Alexander “Big Joe” was born in Camden Arkansas on May 21, 1962 to the late Henry “Bubba” Alexander, and the late Alice T. “Wroten” Alexander. He was the 5th born of 8 siblings. He departed this life on Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 at the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden Arkansas.
He accepted Christ at an early age and United with Good Home Baptist Church in Camden, Arkansas. He was a member there until God called him...
David Junior Burks
May 10, 2021
The Life Journey of
“A Warrior that Fought Every Battle”
David Junior Burks
INTRO
David (Buh-Huh) Junior Burks began his journey of life on November 19, 1968 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas where he was born to the union of Larry Lane Burks and the late Mary Ann Lock. Nurtured in a Christian environment, he accepted Christ as his Lord and...
Gladys Iola Green
May 7, 2021
Gladys Iola Murchison Green was born April 8, 1935, in Mountain Pine Arkansas to Deaver Murchison and Cassie Middleton. Gladys lived in Bearden, Arkansas the majority of her life.
In the mid 70’s she moved to Lansing, Michigan after retiring from being a home child care provider. There she enjoyed gardening, landscaping, and taking mini-vacation trips.
Gladys passed from this...
Ozella Piggee Snowden
May 4, 2021
Ozella Piggee Snowden was born on June 21, 1945 in Okolona, Arkansas to Thurman Piggee and Parthena Heard Piggee. She accepted Christ at a tender age and attended Richmond Hill School and Peake High School in Arkadelphia.
Ozella was a homemaker and loved being in the company of her family and friends. She never met a stranger and always...
Stacy Jean Blacknall
May 4, 2021
Stacy Jean Blacknall was born in a small, close-nit community of Millcreek near Arkadelphia, Arkansas on May 20, 1958. She was the middle daughter among the three born to Booker T. and Jessie L. Ankton Blacknall.
She accepted Christ at a tender age at Mt. Olive AME Church in Dalark, Arkansas. She was a former member of St. Andrews AME...
Georgia Elizabeth Hill
May 3, 2021
Georgia Elizabeth Hearn Hill, born November 15, 1931, in Gum Springs, Clark County, Arkansas, was the firstborn child of the late Ben and Amie Opal Helms Hearn.
Georgia was the third “Georgia” in the family and namesake of her grandmother, Georgia Banks Helms, who was the midwife that delivered her. She was raised in the Richmond Hill Community, west of...
Dennison Martell Johnson
May 2, 2021
Dennison Martell Johnson was born on September 29, 1989, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was a fun-loving and active little boy who never shied away from anyone. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a 2008 graduate of Delight High School. He was a proven athlete who played basketball and ran track. He was an excellent sprinter for...
Elder Eddie J. Bailey
Apr 26, 2021
Eddie Bailey was born into this life on January 10, 1935, in Witherspoon, Arkansas to the blessed union of Jay Best and Ruth Bailey.
Eddie married the love of his life, Miss Linda Jackson, on June 16, 1957. They were married for 63 years and to their union, six children were born.
Eddie & Linda began their lives together in...
Martha Ann Boyers
Apr 21, 2021
Martha Ann Boyers was born in Des Moines, IA on May 10, 1960 to the proud parents of Orifice Ralph Boyers III., and Girlena Nelson Carter.
Martha accepted Christ at a young age and was a member of Mt. Pleasant AME Church in Pine Bluff, Ar until she relocated to Bearden, Ar and later became a member of Macedonia AME...
Clara U. Keith
Apr 19, 2021
Clara Brim Keith was born on April 5, 1943 in Sparkman, Arkansas to Dorothy Marie Mays. She was raised by her uncle and aunt Booker and Vera Brim who loved her as their own daughter.
She accepted Christ at a young age and attended the Sparkman Training School. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church in Sparkman and later...
Ritchie Steward, Sr.
Apr 18, 2021
“To everything there’s is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavens.
A time to be born and a time to die.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
On May 26, 1965, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Oreas Steward Sr. and Willie Mae Steward welcomed the birth of a son they named Ritchie Steward, Sr. He was an active and...
Irma Jean Garland
Apr 14, 2021
“The Beautiful Journey of Mrs. Irma Garland”
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a door keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. Psalm 84:10
Mother Irma Jean Daniels Garland traded this side of life for eternity on April 14, 2021 at Courtyard Garden...
Cathy Regina Owens
Apr 12, 2021
Cathy Regina Blanton-Owens was born into this world in Denver, Colorado on December 28, 1961. She was the third child born from the union of Lester & Ophelia Blanton. She is survived by her siblings, eldest, brother Kenneth Blanton, older sister Genea Miller, and youngest sister Debra Dorsey. She was proceeded in death by her Father Lester Blanton, Nephew Ren...
