Van Buren, AR Obituaries

Alice “Elaine” Taylor, 80, of Van Buren, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2026. She was born October 11, 1945 in Ada, Oklahoma to the late Julius and Alice (Keener) Carr. She had worked in sales. In ...

David Lee Bankston, 65, of Van Buren, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2026 in Fort Smith, AR. He was born October 7, 1960 in Fowler, CA. He had worked for Brookdale Senior Living in Fort Smith. He was ...

Jimmy Keith Penny, 81, of Van Buren, passed away Monday, July 13, 2026. He was born November 13, 1944 in Sallisaw to the late Jesse and Gladys (Burns) Penny. He had worked for Wingfoot Commercial Ti...

Etta Jean Penson, 92, of Barling, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2026. She was born December 10, 1933 in Alma to the late Doug and Alma (Tipton) Willmon. She had worked in jewelry sales. In additio...

Daniel Ray Turner, 79, of Van Buren, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born January 1, 1947 in Tulsa to the late Elsie and Virginia (Stephens) Collins. He served his country i...

Ellen Sue Engle, 76, of Mulberry, passed away Friday, July 10, 2026 at her home. She was born August 15, 1949 in Holdrege, Nebraska to the late Earl and Elburna (Haverty) Nicholas. She had worked in...

Virginia Andrade Aguilar, 64, of Fort Smith, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2026 in Little Rock. She was born December 20, 1961 in Puruándiro, Michoacán, Mexico. She had worked for Van Buren Health ...

Patrick Alexander Maguire, 28, of Van Buren, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2026 in Van Buren. He was born August 27, 1997 in Conway. He had worked for Graphic Packaging. He was preceded in death b...

Lynn M. Kane, 63, of Van Buren, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born February 20, 1963 in Green Bay, Wisconsin to the late Edgar and Viola (Gee) Bruening. She was a Health U...

Jose Antonio Madera, 59, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 6, 2026, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with metastatic Ewing sarcoma. Jose proudly served in the United St...

Kenneth Wayne McKown, 84, of Van Buren, passed away Friday, July 3, 2026. He was born June 27, 1942 in Alma to the late Bert and Reba Dell (Lee) McKown. He served his country in the U.S. Army; and h...

Harold Wayne Capek, Sr., 74, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at his home. He was born November 24, 1951 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin to the late Joseph and Betty (Hendricks) Capek. He retired from the...

John Henry Berna, 83, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at his home. He was born October 3, 1942 in Mulberry to the late Lillard and Georgia (Bratton) Berna. He was a farmer. In addition to his par...

Pearl Wilkinson, 94, of Van Buren, passed away Monday, June 29, 2026 at her home. She was born August 25, 1931 in Ozark to the late Jim and Nerva (Medlock) Moore. She was a bookkeeper for Kmart. In a...

Thomas John Renaud, 85, of Rudy, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2026 to be with his Heavenly Father. He was born September 29, 1940 in Lincoln Park, Michigan, to the late John and Jessie (Miller) Ren...

Leon Gentry, 89, of Van Buren, passed away Friday, June 26, 2026 in Van Buren. He was born June 18, 1937 in Rudy to the late Walter and Ruby (Reynolds) Gentry. He was a member of Shibley Baptist Chu...

Mary Lee Vincent, 82, of Van Buren, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born April 20, 1944 in Van Buren to the late Amos and Mary (Robertson) Yeakley. She had worked for Weldo...

Richard Dennis Scott, 64, of Booneville, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born February 11, 1962 in Springdale to the late Dennis and Ilene (Everman) Scott. He was a roofer. ...

Marjorie Leota Strautman, 81, of Alma, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026 at her home. She was born January 18, 1945 in Flint, Michigan to the late Harold and Marjorie (Battles) Clark. Marjorie spent...

Brian E. McMahen, 59, of Fort Smith, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2026. He was born July 19, 1966 in Irving, Texas to the late James and Elizabeth (Warnock) McMahen, Sr. He was a photographer, an...

Larry Joseph Brown, 54, of Van Buren, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Fort Smith. He was born July 16, 1971 in Van Buren. He was an auto mechanic. He is survived by a son, Dustin Brown of Derm...

Mary (Morse) Hogan, 93, passed away on June 2, 2026. She was born on July 4, 1932 in Dyer to Flora Morse. Mary was a longtime presence at the Fort Smith Stockyards. Through her commitment that spann...

Jack English, 89, of Roland, passed away Monday, June 1, 2026. He was born June 10, 1936 in Dora to the late Zeke and Gladys (Shaffer) English. He was a former bricklayer and farm manager. In addit...

Raymond Edmond Stuart, 89, of Alma, passed away Monday, June 1, 2026 at his home. He was born July 13, 1936 in Whittier, California to the late John and Pauline (Stark) Stuart. He was a truck driver...

Linda Lou Barnes, 84, of Kibler, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026 in Fayetteville. She was born June 20, 1941 in Prairie Grove to the late Joe and Mary Sue (Carney) Jones. She was a homemaker, a mem...

Darrell Lynn Jones, 83, of Rudy, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026 at his home. He was born May 10, 1943 in Natural Dam to the late James and Alice Mae (Fain) Jones. He served his country in the U.S....

Debbie Lindsey, 70, of Lavaca, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born December 4, 1955 in Baxter Springs, Kansas to the late Roland “Bull” and Mildred (Auman) Bulger. She was a ...

Richard Paul Donahue passed away Sunday, May 24, 2026. He is survived by his daughter, Hannah Marie Donahue of Broken Arrow; his sister, Andrea Fleming of Tulsa; his parents, Paula and David Thompson ...

Linda Mae Mathis, 78, of Van Buren, passed away Monday, May 18, 2026 in Fort Smith. She was born April 11, 1948 in Richland Parish, Louisiana to the late Alvin and Bessie (Barnes) Winbery. She was a ...

Irene R. Moore, 86, of Alma, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2026 at her home. She was born in Panama to the late Alexander and Maria (Leon) Witkowski. She had been a caregiver, had worked at Parks Br...

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...