Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
BEATRICE ALLEN
Funeral services for Beatrice Allen, 62, will be held at noon Saturday, June 19, 2004 at St. Paul Baptist Church in Helena. The Rev. W.L. Debro, Sr. will officiate. Burial will be at Jackson Memorial cemetery in Southland.
Visitation will be held from 2 until 7 p.m. Friday at the Jackson and Highley Funeral Home Chapel in West Helena.
Allen, born Nov. 17, 1941 to John Henry Allen and Anna Mae Twilley in Helena, died June 9, 2004 at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
She attended public schools in Helena and graduated in 1958. She had aspirations of going to the United States Army, but God chose another path for her. She worked at Doughboy Industries for many years. She later found employment in the Hotel Industry at various locations.
She leaves to cherish her memory a loving mother; Anna Mae Twilley of Helena, one daughter; Carla Vance and her husband Joel of Atlanta, one son; Travis L. Allen of Clarksville, Tenn., siblings; Louis Chandler and his wife Sandy of Palmyra, Mary Carter of Joliet, Ill., Mose Chandler of Ft. Worth, Tx., Lionell Moss of Helena, Martha Ann Moss of Seattle, Wash., eight grandchildren, and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends.
Jackson and Highley Funeral Home in West Helena will direct services.
ELDEN HOPPER
Funeral services for Elden Denver Hopper, 63, of Marvell will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 21, 2004 at the chapel of Roller-Citizens Funeral Home. The Rev. Rudy Davis will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park in Barton.
Visitation will be 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home.
Hopper, born Feb. 6, 1941 in Marvell, died June 17, 2004 in Memphis. He was a state inspector for state commercial vehicles.
He leaves his wife Carolyn Hopper of Helena; four sons Terry Hopper of Lexa, Teddy Hopper of West Helena, Tim Hopper of Parkin and Troy Hopper of Palmer, Tenn., two daughters, Teresa Coxarf of Parkin, Tenn., and Tammy Green of Florida; three brothers Wayne Hopper of Mammoth Springs, Mo. Delbert Hopper of Elgin, Ill and N.R. Hopper of Hardy; a sister Rosalee Stout of Mayflower and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren nieces and nephews. A daughter Tina Kay and a grandson Anthony King preceded him in death.
Pallbearers will be Jeremy Hopper, Josh Hopper, Jared Hopper, Mickey Hopper, Billy Hadder and Michael Hadder.
Roller-Citizens Funeral Home will direct services.
DOROTHY BUIRSE
Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Buirse, 66, of Lexa will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2004 at the Greater Power House Church of God in Christ in West Helena. Supt. Alex J. Smith will officiate. Burial will be at Magnolia cemetery in Helena.
Buirse died June 12, 2004.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the chapel of Browns Home for Funerals, who will direct services.
SERETHA SCAIFE
Funeral services for Seretha Lafayette Scaife, 23, of Helena who died June 11, 2004 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2004 at the Phillips, Lee, Monroe and Desha District Center at Helena Crossing. The Rev. James Baker will officiate. Burial will be at the Pilgrim Guide cemetery in Elaine.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today at the chapel of Brown's Home for Funerals who has charge of arrangements.
MAGGIE KUYKENDALL
Maggie Kuykendall, 72, of West Helena died June 15, 2004 at Helena Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Brown's Home for Funerals.
WILLIE WEST
Willie West, 72, of West Helena died June 18, 2004 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Brown's Home for Funerals.
DOROTHY PARKER
Funeral services for Dorothy "Dot" Parker, 55, of Southaven, Miss., will be held 6 p.m. Monday, June 21 at the First Presbyterian Church in Hernando, Miss.
Parker was a sales and service representative for Leggs Hosiery Company in Memphis. She died June 16, 2004 at the Desoto Health Care Facility in Southaven.
She leaves a daughter Tiffany Parker Street of Hernando, Miss., two sons, Mike Foshee of Southaven, Miss., and Dane Parker of Hernando, Miss., her parents Arthur and Josephine Riales of Como, Miss. a sister, Jodie Cheek of Barton ad six grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
KATIE MOORE
Funeral services for Katie Moore, 83, of Helena will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home in West Helena. Burial will be at Magnolia cemetery in Helena.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday at Stephens Funeral Home.
Moore, born May 9, 1920 in Helena, died April 27, 2004 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
She leaves her step-mother Margaret Perkins; a brother Rufus and Erlie Perkins; four sisters, Alice Nealy, Dianne and Willie White, Barbara Williams all of Little Rock, Marilyn and Lawrence Hooker; a step-sister Geneva and Jodie Payne; a neice Annie Lee; nephews Willie McGruder and Joe Hicks, nieces, nephews and friends.
Stephens Funeral Home will direct services.
ARGENTRA MOORE
Funeral services for Argentra Moore, 72, of Marvell will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 10 at the St. Luke M.B. Church. Rev. Gillespie will officiate. Burial will be Mt. Moriah cemetery.
Moore, born June 10, 1931 to John McKinly Moore and Pearl Jones of Marvell, died April 3, 2004 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
He confessed a hope in Christ in 1995 at the Central Methodists church. He moved to Minneapolis, Minn. in 1945 and returned to Arkansas in 1983. He joined the St. Luke M.B. Church and was a faithful member until his health failed. He sang in the church choir and was the church janitor.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Christie; five children; 13 step children, four sisters, Johnnie McKissie and Roverta Moore of Minneapolis, Erma Moore of Marvell and Dorothy Charles of Los Vegas, Nev., a brother and best friend James Moore; two brothers in-law, James Nelson of Marvell, E.C. Charles of Los Angeles and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Brown's Home for Funerals will direct services.
HELENA WALKER
Graveside services for Helena Southard Walker, 91, the widow of Marvin Earl Walker and a lifelong resident of Helena will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2004 at Sunset Memorial Park.
She was born on March 18, 1913, one of the first sets of triplets born in Phillips County, and was named after her place of birth. She died on April 27, 2004, at Crestpark Retirement Inn.
She graduated from the old Helena High School, was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Helena, where she served in several church groups, was a volunteer at Helena Regional Medical Center. Was a bookkeeper for Webb and Company and for Bankston and Edmund Waters.
Preceding her in death were her parents Lillie and Allen Southard; brothers, Rob and Alan Southard, her husband, a stepdaughter Ann Little, step granddaughter Diane Little and step great grandson Jordan Donald Armstrong.
She leaves a step-daughter Betty and Beuford Armstrong of West Helena; grandchildren, Marsha Beasley of Sacramento, Calif., Judy Johnston of Batesville, Edward Earl Little of West Elena, James B. (Pepper) Armstrong Jr., of West Helena, Melinda Smith of Selmer, Tenn., Laura Phillips and Amy Peters of Helena; 13 great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Helena directed services.
SHIRLEY BLAKELY
Funeral services for Shirley Jean Blakely, 46, of Helena will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2004 at the Philips, Lee, Monroe and Desha District Center at Helena Crossing. The Rev. Roy Lee Williams will officiate. Burial will be at Springlake cemetery in the Southland Community.
Visitation will be from 2 until 6 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home in West Helena.
Blakely, born April 15, 1958 in West Helena, died April 22, 2004 in Helena.
She leaves to cherish her memory her son Phillips Jerome Blakely of Helena; her mother, Genevia Blakely of West Helena; three brothers Robert Blakely, Tracy and Riva Blakely of Conway, Lugene Blakely of Chicago, Ill., two sisters, Alberta Blakely of Conway and Rose Mary Blakely of Chicago, and a host of relatives and friends.
Stephens Funeral Home will direct services.
BOB TABB
Funeral services for Bob Allen "B.A." Tabb, 79, of Poplar Grove will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1 at the First Baptist Church in Poplar Grove. Burial will be in the Postelle cemetery.
Tabb, born June 15, 1924 in Postelle, the son of the late Ernest and Cordelia Scott Tabb, died April 26, 2004 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. Tabb was a retired foreman at the Marvell School Bus shop, a member of the First Baptist Church at Poplar Grove, and a U.S. Navy veteran.
He leaves his wife, Roxie Jordan Tabb of Poplar Grove; a son, Marvin Tabb of Houston, Texas, two daughters, Shirley Tabb of Washington, D.C. and Patricia Tabb of Monticello; two brothers, Hosie Tabb of Marvell and Len Tabb of Detroit, Mich., a sister, Thelma Robinson of Colt; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Bob Neal and Sons-Brickell Funeral Home in Marvell will direct services.
SARAH NICHOLSON
Funeral services for Sarah Ruth Nicholson, 79, of West Helena will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2004 at the True Vine Missionary Baptist Church in West Helena. Burial will be at Jackson Memorial cemetery in the Southland Community. Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Jackson and Highley Funeral Home in West Helena.
Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Friday, April 30, 2004 at the Chapel of Jackson and Highley Funeral Home.
Nicholson died April 26, 2004 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
She was a faithful member of the True Vine Missionary Baptist Church in West Helena, where she served in various capacities, was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Evening Star Chapter 374 P.H.A., Order of Golden Circle, Helena-West Helena Assembly No. 360, the Phillips County Community Choir and the Southern Tonnetts.
Two sons, Walter Nicholson Jr., Ellis Shears and a sister, Bernice Rice preceded her in death.
She leaves to cherish her memory; a son, Eddie and Callie Shears; six daughters and their families, Deloris and Ricky Green of Hammond, Ind., Edna Nicholson of Arlington, Texas, Cora Nicholson of Atlanta, Ga., Addie Nicholson of West Helena; three sisters, Canary Hollis of Battlecreek Mich., Edith Parnell and Ethel and Carl Holifield of Chicago, Ill., a brother Cleveland and Vergis Hickman of Battlcreek, Mich., a sister-in-law Bessie White of Chicago, Ill., a stepson, Archie Shears of Las Vegas, Nev., 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren ; two close friends, Margaret Gillespie and Katherine Cleveland and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins, adopted children and friend.
Jackson and Highley Funeral Home will direct services.
HOSEY WHITMORE
Funeral services for Hosey Whitmore, Sr., 67, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2004 at the P.L.M. and D. District Center in Helena. The Rev. Billy Williams will be officiating. Burial will be held at Jackson Memorial cemetery in Southland.
Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Friday, April 30, 2004 at the Jackson and Highley Funeral Home Chapel in West Helena.
Whitmore, born April 30, 1935 to the late Ed and Alger Whitmore of Mason, Tenn., died on Sunday, April 25, 2004 at the Helena Regional Medical Center.
"Shane, " as his loved ones called him, confessed a hope in Christ at an early age at Tucker's Temple of Mason, Tenn. Hosey worked several years at Riceland Rice Company and retired from Pine Bluff Warehouse in 1997. He is preceded in death by both parents, and four brothers (Eddie, Erma, R.V. and Lester Whitmore - all of Cleveland, Ohio).
He leaves to cherish his memory four daughters; Jacqueline Becton and her husband James of Oakland, Tn., Reba Houston and her husband Michael of Arlington, Texas., Brenda Faye Jordan of Memphis, and Shameka Willis of Helena, five sons; Hosey Whitmore Jr. and his wife Sandra of Somerville, Tenn., Elvis Whitmore of Galloway, Tenn., Jerry Moss and his wife Anita of Coon Rapids, Minn., Travis Greene of Helena, Hosey Louis Whitmore of Helena, a very special companion and caregiver; Mattie Harris, 21 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and a host of nephews, nieces, family and friends.
