Van Buren, AR Obituaries

Neta-Jean Baldwin of Alma, Arkansas, passed away on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Neta-Jean was born on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Wayne and Grace Garrett. Her birth an...

Lillie Jewel Stewart, 89, of Mulberry, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2026 at her home. She was born July 2, 1936 in San Antonio to the late Elmer and Viola (Hermes) Cavitt. She was a registered nurse...

Toby Lee Brandon Plumbtree, 48, of Fort Smith, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at his home. He was born May 13, 1977 in Ozark. He had worked for Bank of the Ozarks. He was preceded in death by his...

Jimmy Dale Bryant, 85, of Kibler, passed away Monday, May 4, 2026 at his home. He was born December 24, 1940 in Fort Smith to the late James and Wanda (Gooch) Bryant. He was a 1958 graduate of Van B...

Shirley Estep, 90, of Alma, passed away Friday, May 1, 2026 in Alma. She was born August 26, 1935 in Fort Smith to the late Carl and Eileen (Martin) Kissinger. She was later adopted by her stepfather,...

Adrian Stringer, 75, of Van Buren, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2026 at his home. He was born April 11, 1951 in Corcoran, California to the late Turner and Louise (Sherwood) Stringer. He was a re...

David Michael McGuire, 63, of Van Buren, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2026 at his home. He was born September 1, 1962 in New Albany, Indiana to the late Louis and Alma (Bledsoe) McGuire. He was a c...

Marita Rose (Briley) Needham, 80, of Van Buren, passed from this earth Sunday, April 26, 2026 surrounded by her family. Marita was born December 12, 1945 in Fort Smith to James and Flossie Briley. She...

Eva Mae Dodd, 100, of Van Buren, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2026 at her home. She was born April 3, 1926 in Lavaca to the late Buell and Mary (Earls) Price. She was a homemaker with many talent...

Arthur “Bud” Holbrook, 89, of Mena, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2026 in Van Buren. He was born November 25, 1936 in Holden, West Virginia to the late Proctor and Mable (Howard) Holbrook. He was a ...

Richard Louis Mayes, 71, of Barling, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2026 at his home. He was born June 25, 1954 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late William and Barbara (Smith) Mayes. He had work...

Alma Waters, 86, of Rudy, passed away Monday, April 20, 2026 in Cabot. She was born June 5, 1939 in Summerfield, Oklahoma to the late Lewis and Nora (Ray) Jones. She was retired and was a member of Pl...

Barbara Jensen, 64, of Chester, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born March 14, 1962 in Lincoln Park, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen Kyle Jensen...

Natalie Cowley, 66, of Van Buren, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born August 6, 1959 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to the late William and Rose Anna (Imoholt) Waltzing. She ha...

Baron Colby Hicks, 25, of Fort Smith, passed away Monday, April 13, 2026 in Rudy. He was born September 12, 2000 in Poteau. He worked in construction. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gary ...

Jimmy Don Evans, 83, of Van Buren, went to be with the Lord Thursday, April 9, 2026 at his home. He was born March 29, 1943 in Mulberry. He served his country in the U.S. Navy and was retired from A...

John Joe Macias, 56, of Alma, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at his home. He was born May 19 1969 in Hayward, California to the late Jesse and Mary Margaret (Kellogg) Macias. He was a truck driv...

Harvey Pankonien, 96, of Mulberry, previously of Van Buren, passed away Monday, April 6, 2026 at his home. He was born February 11, 1930 in Wausau, Wisconsin to the late Albert and Elsie (Saager) Pan...

Ian Trip Mark Bennett, 19, of Fort Smith, passed away Friday, March 27, 2026 in Muldrow. He was born February 20, 2007 in Fort Smith. He was a service tech for Walmart. He was preceded in death by ...

Marion Odell Bascue, 79, of Mulberry, passed away Friday, March 27, 2026 in Rogers. He was born October 11, 1946 in Mulberry to the late James and Minnie (Collins) Bascue. He served his country in th...

Margie Lane Huff, 88, of Mountainburg, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2026 in Barling. She was born March 8, 1938 in the Mill Creek Community north of Charleston to the late Oscar and Lillie (Umholtz...

Teresa Jo Hawthorne, 67, of Van Buren, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2026. She was born January 15, 1959 in Butler County, Kansas to the late Jerry Lee and Geneva (Greenwood) Pond. She was retired f...

Aileen Luana Breyette, 87, of Alma, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2026 in Van Buren. She was born February 18, 1939 in Ventura, California to the late Edward and Aileen (Burke) Selby. She was a re...

Leslie Wade Snell, Sr., 84, of Charleston, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026 at his home. He was born June 15, 1941 in Winslow to the late Hollis and Marie (Shipmon) Snell. He was retired from Farm...

Leslie Charles Neal, 83, a lifelong resident of Cedarville, born February 5, 1943, peacefully passed on Friday, March 13, 2026. Leslie was retired from the Arkansas Oklahoma Gas company, and was a Mas...

Phyllis Ann Hamlin, 83, of Kibler, passed on Friday, March 13, 2026 at home. She was born February 22, 1943 in Kibler to the late Lloyd and Mary (Newton) Brammer. She was known as Meme to all who kne...

Violet Elsie Austin, 69, of Van Buren, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2025. She was born June 6, 1955 in Houston, TX to the late David and Valre (Plant) Austin, Sr. She was the office manager for a...

Sadie Klorene McClain, 71, of Cedarville, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2026 at her home. She was born January 25, 1955 in Hot Springs to the late Rev. Kyle and Aline (Gibbs) Goss. She had worked at ...

Raymond “Big Ray” Franklin, Sr., 84, of Mulberry, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born November 26, 1941 in Ada, Oklahoma to the late Rev. C.R. and Pearline (Roberts) Frankl...

Bob Faries, 79, of Alma, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2026. He was born June 2, 1946 in Fort Smith to the late Frank and Bula Mae (McCleod) Faries. Bob enjoyed shooting any type of gun, and collec...

Phillip Harold Drummonds, 38, of Van Buren, passed away Friday, March 6, 2026 at his home. He was born January 8, 1988 in El Dorado, Arkansas. Phillip was always happy and brought joy to others. He...

Judy Caroline Ketten, 76, of Van Buren, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at her home. She was born January 11, 1950 in San Diego, CA to the late Joseph Leslie and Goldie Evelee (Anderson) Smith, Sr...

Martha Mae Flurry, 86, of Van Buren, passed away peacefully Monday, March 2, 2026. She was born August 13, 1939 in Centralia, IL. Martha dedicated her life to her family as a loving wife, mother and ...

Jewell Stallings, 97, of Van Buren, passed away Friday, February 27, 2026 at her home. She was born January 20, 1929 in Van Buren to the late Clyde and Florence (Pitchford) Kendig. She spent most of...

Clifton Bennett Gunn, 86, of Kibler, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born December 22, 1939 in Kibler to the late John and Adabeth (Bennett) Gunn. He was a mail carrier and a...

Laverne Redding, age 91, of Van Buren, joined her husband in a grand reunion at heaven’s shore on March 1, 2026. She was born November 22, 1934 in North Little Rock to Frank and Allie Carr. She is th...

Ella Jo Peters, 87, of Alma, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2026. She was born June 24, 1938 in Dyer to the late A.J. and Ella (Langston) Henson. She was a seamstress, and a member of the Mulber...

Tommy Henry Holt, 91, of Alma, passed peacefully Thursday, February 26, 2026. He was born December 13, 1934 in Alma, to James Elijah and Nora Ethel (Parker) Holt. Tommy proudly served his country in...

Danny Lynn Rogers, 72, of Alma, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. He passed away peacefully at his home with his three sons by his side. Sadly, his brother, Eddie Rogers, al...

Roger Alan Gwinn, 62, of Mountainburg, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2026 at his home. He was born September 11, 1963 in Kansas City, KS to the late Terry and Pat (Batman) Gwinn. He had worked fo...

Scott Puckett, 63, of Van Buren, passed away Monday, February 16, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born July 31, 1962 in Stockton, California to the late William and Marie (Omlin) Puckett. He served in th...

John H. Avey, 94, of Mulberry, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2026 in Van Buren. He was born January 22, 1932 in Newnata, Arkansas to the late Caroline (Farris) Rainbolt. He served his country i...

Dottie Nigh, 93, of Van Buren passed away Friday, February 13, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born July 22, 1932 in Fort Smith to the late Carl and Inez (Nation) Bender. She was a retired special educati...

Euline Sue (Goines) Hamm, age 75, beloved momma, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed surrounded by the love of her family on February 12, 2026 at 8:07 p.m. in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She ...

Patricia Ann Taff, 88, of Afton, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, February 9, 2026 at her home. She was born February 5, 1938 in Mulberry to the late James and Ozela (Huggins) Battles. In addition to...

Thongchanh “Tom” Phomsopha, 61, of Van Buren, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2026 in Little Rock. He was born August 5, 1964 in Laos. He was a cabinet maker and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was...

Joseph Lloyd Tarmey Sr., 78, of Ozark, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born March 11, 1947 in Rochester, NH to the late Philip and Helen (Glidden) Tarmey. He was the owner...

Delmar Long, 84, of Alma, Arkansas, surrounded by love, went to be with the Lord on February 2, 2026. He was born April 5, 1941, in Enid, Oklahoma to the late Oscar “Bud” and Margene (Smith) Long. I...

Curtis R. McDonald, 83, of Fort Smith, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at his home. He was born September 26, 1942 in Van Buren to the late William and Leona (Tucker) McDonald. He served his...

Billy Ray Snell, 60, of Conway, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2026. He was born November 8, 1965 in Van Buren. He was a woodworker. He was preceded in death by his mother, Flossie (Sartor) Snell;...