Latimer Funeral Home Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Nashville and Murfreesboro area

Lucille Margaret Gocio Rigsby
Mar 15, 2009
Lucille Margaret Gocio Rigsby died Sunday, March 15th, 2009, at the home of her son in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The daughter of Charles Louis Gocio and Hazel McCarty Gocio Estes, she was born December 12th, 1917 at the Starr Ranch of her grandfather, Benjamin Gocio, near Stillwell, Oklahoma. Her father�s French ancestors, who originally spelled their name Gocieaux, were early pioneers...

James B. Williams
Mar 10, 2009
James B. Williams went home on March 10, 2009, to be with his heavenly Father. James was born in Iola, Kansas on April 7, 1948 to James F. and Helen E. Williams. He was the eldest of five children. James recently moved to Murfreesboro, AR to live out the remainder of his life. He was formerly of Lawrence, Kansas, where...

Pearl Waters
Mar 9, 2009
Pearl Waters, 95, of Murfreesboro, died Monday, March 9, 2009, at a Murfreesboro hospital. She was born March 17, 1913, at Tokio, AR, the daughter of the late, John Bye and Francis Tingle Steuart. She was a retired clerk for People�s Pharmacy in Murfreesboro. She was a lifetime member of First Christian Churches of Tokio and Murfreesboro. Mrs. Waters was...

Regar Pearl Jackson
Mar 4, 2009
Regar Pearl Jackson, of Nashville, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at a Nashville nursing home. She was born October 23, 1917, at Center Point, AR, the daughter of the late William Rex and Pearl C. Clardy Woodruff. She was a homemaker, sales clerk and member of the Sunset Church of Christ in Nashville. She is preceded in death by her...

James H. Henderson
Mar 1, 2009
James H. Henderson, 79, of Delight, passed away Sunday March 1, 2009 at home with all his family and friends. He was born January 30, 1930 at Billstown, AR, the son of the late Clyde William and Ina Clara Lamb Henderson. He was a member of the Saline Church of Christ, an Army veteran, a member of the American Legion,...

Alice Roberta Jarrett
Feb 27, 2009
Alice Roberta Jarrett, age 85, of Yukon, Oklahoma, formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Friday February 27, 2009 at her home. She was born January 26, 1924 in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of the late Harry Austin and Ethel Etta Estep Braden. She was a homemaker and was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. Survivors include two...

Billy G. Kuykendall Jr.
Feb 24, 2009
Billy G. Kuykendall, Jr., 36, of Nashville, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009. He was born October 10, 1972 at Nashville, AR, the son of Billy Kuykendall, Sr. and Nancy Brock Watts. He was a Baptist and a Mason. He was a truck driver for McConnel Trucking Company. He was a former Mineral Springs Police Chief. He had been employed by...

Mary Catherine Shortridge
Feb 18, 2009
Mary Catherine Shortridge, 56, of Hope, formerly of Nashville, originally from DeQueen, AR, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at a Texarkana, TX hospital. She was born August 12, 1952, at DeQueen, AR, the daughter of the late W.L. and Ethel Virginia Ross Shortridge. She attended Nashville Assembly of God Church. Miss Shortridge is survived by one brother, Glenn Shortridge and...

Ora Mary Poss
Feb 13, 2009
Ora Mary Poss, 97, of Nashville, died Friday, February 13, 2009 in the local hospital. She was born on January 17, 1912 in Nashville, the daughter of the late J.Y. and Louvenia (Jones) Roberts. She was a homemaker and member of Unity Baptist Church in Nashville. Mrs. Poss was preceded in death by her husband, Thurman Poss in 1999; two...

Hazel Ester Gorham
Feb 10, 2009
Hazel Ester Gorham, 93, of McCaskill, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, in Nashville, AR. She was born Nov. 11, 1915 in McCaskill, AR the daughter of Elijah and Della Lewis-Ball Moses. She was a former Nurses Aid, laundry mat owner and an avid gardener. She was a lifelong member of Friendship United Methodist Church in McCaskill, AR. She was preceded...

Jerry Garner
Feb 9, 2009
Jerry Garner, 57, of Delight, died Monday February 9, 2009, at his home. He was born September 27, 1951, at Shreveport, LA, the son of the late Joe H. And Vernice Wilson Garner. He was a member of the Pisgah Hunting Club. He was a self-employed logger. He is survived by his wife, Kay Hill Garner, of Delight, AR; one...

Oleta Ercell Williams
Jan 31, 2009
Oleta Ercell Williams, age 96, of Nashville, Arkansas, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Arkadelphia. She was born November 20, 1912 in Nashville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late William Jordan and Mary Leona Ferguson White. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Daughter�s of the American Revolution Mine Creek Chapter. She was a homemaker and had...

Dorothy Ella Woodruff
Jan 29, 2009
Dorothy Ella Woodruff, age 84, of Missouri City, Texas, formerly of Nashville, died Thursday, January 29, 2009, in Missouri City, TX. She was born November 20, 1924 in Nashville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Sim P. and Eunice Mae Walker Wakefield. She was a member of Central Baptist Church at Mineral Springs and had retired as an Executive Secretary...

Linda Hecke
Jan 27, 2009
Linda Hecke, 55, of Delight, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Pike County hospital. She was born December 8, 1953, in Eugene, Oregon, the daughter of William Edward Delaney and Carrietta Virginia Harpole Delaney. She was a retired caregiver at Murfreesboro Nursing Home. Mrs. Hecke was preceded in death by her father, William (Son) Delaney. She is survived by two...

Kelly Blair Jr.
Jan 23, 2009
Kelly Blair, Jr. of Murfreesboro died Friday, January 23, 2009, at a Murfreesboro hospital. He was born February 22, 1943, at La Grange, AR, the son of the late Kelly Blair, Sr. and Zelda Mayfern Sanders Blair. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Nashville; and the Selvis Masonic Lodge 898, in Selvis, Illinois for 34 years. He...

Willie Lee Bush King
Jan 21, 2009
Willie Lee Bush King, age 92 , passed from this life on January 21, 2009 in Atlanta, Texas. She was born the daughter of John Henry and Fannie Bush in D�Lo, Mississippi and moved to Nashville about 1920. In 1937 she married J.A. King. They resided in Nashville, AR until 1957 when they moved to Lubbock, TX. They returned to...

Jimmie Leon Sager
Jan 10, 2009
Jimmie Leon Sager, age 62, of Saratoga, Arkansas, died Saturday January 10, 2009, at his home in Saratoga. He was born January 8, 1947 in McCallister, Oklahoma, the son of J.L and Deloros Edwards Sager. He was a Vietnam Navy veteran, a retired Air Safety Inspector for the FAA, a member of VFW Post 4548 in Jacksonville, AR, and was...

Phillip Landtroop
Jan 8, 2009
Phillip Landtroop, 41, of Nashville, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 in Nashville. He was born on April 25, 1967 in Nashville, the son of Maurice Vernon and Peggy Landtroop Booth. Phillip was a Mineral Springs graduate. Phillip was preceded in death by his Grandparents; four uncles; and one aunt. Survivors include: his wife, Alice Dean Landtroop of Nashville; one daughter,...

Effie Marguerite Westfall
Jan 7, 2009
Effie Marguerite Westfall, 81, of New Boston, TX, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at New Boston Healthcare Center. She was born September 26, 1927, Roseboro, AR, the daughter of the late Robert William and Mary Evelyn Bell Chambers. She was a member of Daisy Freewill Baptist Church and a former mayor of Daisy, AR. Mrs. Westfall was preceded in death...

Faye D. Gary
Jan 3, 2009
Faye D. Gary, age 81, of Nashville, died, Saturday, January 3, 2009 in Texarkana, TX. She was born on May 3, 1927 in El Dorado, AR, the daughter of the late Thomas Walter â�œTWâ and Susie M. (Stroud) Mills. She was a Librarian for UALR, teacher and member of the Mary Martha Class, and member of the First Baptist Church...
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