Obituaries

Latimer Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Nashville and Murfreesboro area

Curtis  Shane Kirkham

Curtis Shane Kirkham

Jan 11, 2018

Curtis Shane Kirkham, age 31 of Little Rock, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018. He was born on March 31, 1986 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Curtis E. Kirkham III and LaDonna Smith. He was preceded in death by his grandmother Frankie Phillips, his great-grandfather Curtis E. Kirkham Sr., and his uncle Timmy Smith. Survivors include...

Willie  Fern May

Willie Fern May

Jan 11, 2018

Willie Fern May, 77, of Nashville, passed away January 11, 2018. She was born June 21, 1940, in Nashville, Arkansas to the late Jadie H. Gilbert and Ovierene McClendon Gilbert. Ms. May was a member of Landmark Baptist Church in Hope. She had retired from the Tyson Hatchery and was a member of the Red Hat Society. Ms. May is...

De  L. Waddle

De L. Waddle

Jan 9, 2018

De L. Waddle, age 83, of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in Nashville, Arkansas. He was born on May 31, 1934 in Ash Grove, Missouri the son of the late Herbert and Edna Patton Waddle. Mr. Waddle was a member of the First Baptist Church in Nashville. He served in the United States Army during the...

Henry Wildbur

Henry Wildbur

Jan 9, 2018

Henry Wildbur, age 77 of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born on July 3, 1940 in Nashville, Arkansas the son of the late Van and Lera Pearl Lockeby Wildbur. He was Methodist, and worked for many years as a flooring contractor. He was preceded in death by his brother Billy...

Tracy  R. Smith

Tracy R. Smith

Jan 8, 2018

Tracy R. Smith, 81, of Nashville, died January 8, 2018. He was born March 16, 1936, at Bluff Springs, Arkansas to JD and Mildred Smith. Tracy was a longtime member and deacon of County Line Missionary Baptist Church. He was retired from Ideal Cement at Okay, AR; and the U.S. Postal Service. Tracy was preceded in death by his parents,...

Helen Tommey

Helen Tommey

Jan 3, 2018

Helen Tommey, age 88 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born on August 3, 1929 in Little Rock, Arkansas the daughter of the late Joseph Elmer and Ina Wright Morgan. Mrs. Tommey was a member of the First Baptist Church in Nashville. She served as office manager for many years at...

Joy Boyea

Joy Boyea

Jan 2, 2018

Joy Boyea age 96 of Hot Springs, Arkansas formerly of Nashville, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born on March 4, 1921 in Nathan, Arkansas the daughter of the late Grover and Emma Stokes Reed. She was of the Baptist faith, during her career she served as a nurse's aid for the...

Dorothy Hedrick

Dorothy Hedrick

Dec 31, 2017

Dorothy Hedrick, age 84 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at her home in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born on April 26, 1933 in Craigville, Indiana the daughter of the late Jess Valentine Elzey and Ethel Hite Elzey. She is preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Edwin, Ernest, and Ervin Elzey. Survivors include...

Troy Hill

Troy Hill

Dec 31, 2017

Troy Hill, age 67of Delight, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Delight, Arkansas. He was born on May 17, 1950 the son of John Boyce and Verna McLaughlin Hill. Mr. Hill was a logger and served on the Delight School Board for twenty-eight years. Survivors include his wife Deborah Hill of Delight, AR; two sons Wade Hill...

Zelda Orr

Zelda Orr

Dec 31, 2017

Zelda Orr, age 85 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Texarkana, Texas. She was born on December 11, 1932 in Nashville, Arkansas the daughter of the late Ellis and Bertha Chesshir Campbell. Mrs. Orr was a member of the Sunset Church of Christ. She was a volunteer for the Howard County Home Extension. She was...

Paula  JoAnn Stone

Paula JoAnn Stone

Dec 30, 2017

Paula JoAnn Isley Stone, age 62 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born on December 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California the daughter of the late Virgil Isley and Norma Louise Boler Isley. Mrs. Stone was a member of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Nashville, Arkansas. Paula was a nurse and...

Ronnie Furr

Ronnie Furr

Dec 27, 2017

Ronnie Furr age 70, of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on October 20, 1947 in Nashville, Arkansas the son of the late Edmond and Hazel Short Furr. Mr. Furr was a member of the Midway Baptist Church in Nashville. He was a singer and a talented musician for the gospel...

Florence  Evelyn Ross

Florence Evelyn Ross

Dec 25, 2017

Florence Evelyn Ross, age 85, of Bingen, Arkansas passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017she died peacefully with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren at her home in Bingen. She was born on November 21, 1932 the daughter of the late Cecil Ned and Florence Hedrick Jones. She was of the Baptist faith, she was born into a family of...

Philip  Wayne Gills

Philip Wayne Gills

Dec 20, 2017

Philip Wayne Gills, 66, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at his home. He was born November 27, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Nobie Muriel Mills Gills and the late John Wayne Gills. He is preceded in death by his father, J.W. Gills and his sister Gail Castleberry. Survivors include his son, Tye Gills; his daughter,...

Ruth Bryant

Ruth Bryant

Dec 18, 2017

Ruth Bryant, age 85 of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on December 3, 1932 in Waterloo, Iowa the daughter of the late Henry and Ruth Elizabeth Roberts O'Brink. Mrs. Bryant graduated from Ozark High School and served as the class treasurer. She was preceded in death by a...

Glenda  Ann Lamb

Glenda Ann Lamb

Dec 16, 2017

Glenda Ann Lamb of Nashville, AR was born September 18, 1967 and passed away December 16, 2017. She was preceded in death by her natural mother, Phyllis Kesterson of Dierks, AR. Glenda is the daughter of David and Margie Lamb of Lewisville, AR. In addition to her parents, Glenda is survived by a very close friend, Mark Jones of Nashville...

Edward  George Hartzig  Jr.

Edward George Hartzig Jr.

Dec 15, 2017

Edward George Hartzig Jr.,52, of Nashville, AR passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017, at his home. He was born August 14,1965 in Fredricksburg, VA to Edward George Hartzig Sr. and Linda Kay Ferguson Hartzig. He was an iron worker and welder as well as a veteran of the United States Navy. Survivors include his fiancé, Malinda Melson; his son,...

Claris  Cleaon King

Claris Cleaon King

Dec 12, 2017

Claris Cleaon King, age 81 of Delight, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on October 18, 1936 in Bowen, Arkansas the daughter of the late Frank and Eva Starks Stone. Mrs. King was a member of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Pisgah. She was preceded in death by first husband...

Linda Plant

Linda Plant

Dec 11, 2017

Linda Plant, age 69, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 at her home. She was born on July 17, 1948 in Newport, Arkansas the daughter of the late Robert Milken and Marcy Holbrook Twyford. Mrs. Plant was a member of the First Christian Church in Murfreesboro. She was a teacher at Nashville Primary for twenty-one years....

Lemuel  Grady Ward

Lemuel Grady Ward

Dec 11, 2017

Lemuel G. Ward, age 96, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. He was born on February 28, 1921 in Nashville, Arkansas the son of the late Grady Hiram and Ruth Lilly Ward. Mr. Ward was a member of First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro where he served as deacon for almost sixty years. He...