All Obituaries

Charles Dwayne Pierce, 53 of El Dorado, passed away on November 30, 2018, at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas due to a lengthy illness.  Dwayne was born on Dec. 7, 1964, to Charles E. Pierce and the late Lola Morgan-Pierce of Smackover.  Dwayne was employed by El Dorado Mobile Homes for several years. He was also in the Arkansas Army National Guard for 8 years.  Dwayne loved being outdoors enjoying fishing and hunting, he also loved calling the Arkansas...

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall be any more pain.” Revelation 21:4 Ms. Gwendolyn Macon was born on March 26, 1968, in the city of Arkadelphia, AR to Mr. Roy and Mrs. Dorothy Macon. Ms. Macon departed this life on Friday, November 23, 2018, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia, AR after a prolonged illness. Affectionately known as Gwen, Gwen’s personality, intelligence,...

Archie Hawkins, age 69, of Arkadelphia passed on Thursday, November 22, 2018, at Chi St. Vincent in Little Rock, AR. Arrangements are pending and will be later announced. Please consider making a donation to raise funds to cover the funeral expenses for Archie Hawkins. No donation is too small and your support would be greatly appreciated.

  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. -John 14:1-2 KJV Mrs. Wilbertine Elizabeth (Wingfield) Hill, affectionately known to family and friends as “Tine”, was born to the union of the late Reverend Wilfred Monroe Wingfield Sr. and Josie Pogue Hayes Wingfield, on June 28, 1920, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Wilbertine departed...

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 KJV James Rogers McClure was born on August 9, 1940, in Curtis, AR to Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClure and Clara Macon McClure. He graduated from Peake High School in Arkadelphia, AR and was a devoted member of Mt. Friendship Baptist Church in Curtis, AR. James was a hardworking man. He worked for Union Carbide in Hot Springs, AR as a machine operator where he was blessed to retire after 30 plus years...

Roosevelt May was born on August 20, 1922, in Gurdon, AR to Jake May and Jessie Dickerson. He served in the Military service honorably as part of the U.S. Navy from July 8, 1942- July 15, 1948. Most people knew him from selling some of the sweetest Watermelons around Gurdon and surrounding communities. He was a member of Roanoke Baptist Church in the Greenville Community. He had two special friends, Dorothy Bell, and Annie Mae Jones. Those gone on before him include his parents, Jake May and...

Irean May, age 85 of Gurdon, AR, passed on Monday, September 3, 2018, at Courtyard Gardens Rehabilitation Center in Arkadelphia, AR in her 85th season of life. She was born on November 16, 1932, in Beirne, AR to Jerry Tidwell and Jewel Lockett- Tidwell. She was a housekeeper and a member of Eastern Star Baptist Church in Smithton, AR. She leaves to cherish her sweet memory: Special friend, Charlie Jones of Arkadelphia, AR; 3 daughters, Bobbie Young and Charlene Stephens both of Gurdon, AR...

As we retrace the footprints of Mattie Mae Locke, we can only give thanks for the lives she touched and enriched along life’s journey. A loving woman,who was blessed to enjoy many of God’s blessings as a child, a sister, a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a true friend. On July 29, 1949, Arthur James and Bernice Matlock Locke celebrated the birth of a baby girl they named Mattie. At an early age she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and became a member of First...

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.- Psalms 91:1 Annie Bell Jefferson was born March 8, 1922, in Camden, AR to Pearlie Wilson Dickens. Her mother soon desired to move to Sparkman, AR and so after doing just that, she eventually met and married a kind-hearted man by the name of Emanuel Osborne. Annie Bell was welcomed and quickly found love and support in his family being raised as his daughter. Both of Annie Bell’s...

Sister Willie B. Watkins was born on August 27, 1929, in Manning, AR to Willie and Algerine Watkins. She was a loving, devoted caregiver for most of her life and a member of Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where Dr. Lewis A. Shepherd, Jr. was her pastor. Sister Willie B. Watkins passed on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs, AR. She was in her 88th season of life. Those gone on before her include One sister, Irene Willis; two brothers, Theodis Watkins and...