Obituaries

Latimer Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Nashville and Murfreesboro area

Betty Smith

Betty Smith

Jul 9, 2018

Betty Smith, age 81 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018 in Nashville, Arkansas. She was born on December 24, 1936 in Nashville, Arkansas the daughter of the late Arthur and Mable Funderburk Corbell. Mrs. Betty had a love for basketball and cheerleading in her high school years. As she grew older she found a passion for...

Sandra  Gail Martin

Sandra Gail Martin

Jul 3, 2018

Sandra Gail Smith Martin, age 54, of Little Rock, AR passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. She was born September 11, 1963 in Texarkana, TX to her father Lawrence and her late mother Juanita Smith. Sandra was a 1981 graduate of Mineral Springs High School. She was preceded in death by her mother, Juanita King Smith, grandparents Gilbert and...

Deborah  Kay Horn

Deborah Kay Horn

Jul 2, 2018

Deborah Kay Horn, age 66, went to meet her heavenly father on July 2, 2018. She was the daughter of Joe and Emma Webb, born on November 28, 1951 in Monahans, Texas. She was a beloved Daughter, Wife, Mother, Mimi, Aunt, Sister and Friend. Debbie loved her heavenly father and family, especially her children, grandchildren, and great grandchild. Debbie was...

John  Thomas McDougal

John Thomas McDougal

Jul 1, 2018

John Thomas "JT" McDougal, 31, formally of Selma, Alabama, died Sunday, July 1, 2018. John was employed at Elkins Funeral Home. He was a member of Killen Church of Christ. John had a smile that would brighten the room and a heart of gold. John is survived by his wife, Tresan Griffin McDougal; two beautiful daughters, Juliet and Penelope McDougal;...

Hazel Webb

Hazel Webb

Jun 27, 2018

Hazel Webb, age 100, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Stonebridge Assisted Living in Conway, Arkansas. Mrs. Webb was born January 1, 1918 in the Buck Range Community, South of Nashville, to Thomas E. Hill and Ella Jane Hill. She was proud to be the Granddaughter of William F. Hill and Louise Hill, early settlers in the Buck...

Bobby  Gene Turner

Bobby Gene Turner

Jun 19, 2018

Bobby Gene Turner, age 83, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on August 31, 1934 in Kirby, Arkansas the son of the late Terrell and Carnell Merritt Turner. Mr. Turner was a member of the First Christian Church in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. He was employed by the United States Corp of...

Ira  Douglas Manley

Ira Douglas Manley

Jun 19, 2018

Ira Douglas Manley, age 76, of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on June 19, 2018 in Nashville, Arkansas. He was born on May 16, 1942 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas the son of the late Ira and Janett Teague Manley. Mr. Manley was a member of the Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church. He was preceded in death by his parents Ira and Janette...

Judy  Carolyn Goeldi

Judy Carolyn Goeldi

Jun 16, 2018

Judy Carolyn Jackson Goeldi, 66, passed away on June 16, 2018 at McKinney, Texas surrounded by her children and family. She is survived by her daughter, Janine Cunningham and son-in-law, Bobby and their children: Kayla, Jacob, and Hannah of Bella Vista, Arkansas; her son, David Minor and daughter-in-law, Laura and their son Cullen of Denison, Texas; her daughter, Rebekah Johnson...

Mary Faulkner Turner Couch

Mary Faulkner Turner Couch

Jun 13, 2018

Mary Faulkner Turner Couch, age 73, of Nathan, Arkansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on July 14, 1945 in Delight, Arkansas the daughter of the late Joseph Terrell and Fern Edith Lamb Faulkner. Mrs. Couch attended Biggs Chapel in Nathan, Arkansas. She was employed by Howard County Memorial Hospital as an...

Florence  Lorene Welch

Florence Lorene Welch

Jun 10, 2018

Florence Lorene Welch, age 89 of Mineral Springs, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Longview, Texas. She was born on March 20, 1929 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma the daughter of Georgia Hazel Walker and the late George Orland Davidson. Mrs. Florence was preceded in death by her Mother and Father Georgia Hazel Walker, George Orland Davidson and...

Pauline  O'Keefe Wakin

Pauline O'Keefe Wakin

Jun 5, 2018

Pauline O'Keefe Wakin, age 85 of Farmerville, Louisiana formerly of Wake Village, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in Farmerville, Louisiana. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Ashdown, Arkansas the daughter of the late Elvie Van and Bessie May McDowell Adams. She was a member of the St. Edward Catholic Church in Texarkana, Arkansas and a...

Etta  Easley Teeter

Etta Easley Teeter

Jun 4, 2018

Etta Easley Teeter, 81, of Delight, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on June 4, 2018 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She was born on January 29, 1937 in New Mexico, the daughter of the late Tom and Angie Fulcher Easley. She was a member of the Delight Cross Roads Assembly of God. She is survived by her husband of sixty-three...

Eileen Jamison

Eileen Jamison

Jun 2, 2018

Mary Eileen Thompson Jamison, 83, died June 2, 2018 at her home in Nashville, AR surrounded by her family. She was born on June 13, 1934 to the late Floyd and Vada Thompson in Bingen, AR. Eileen was married to the late Billy Jamison for 49 years. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by...

Mary  Elizabeth Burrus

Mary Elizabeth Burrus

May 31, 2018

Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Burrus age 78 of Mineral Springs, Arkansas formerly of Booneville, Mississippi passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018. She was born at home on September 18, 1939 near Baldwin, Mississippi the daughter of the late Errett and Ella Cornelius Barnes. She was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. A member of the...

Helen  Janette Walls

Helen Janette Walls

May 28, 2018

Helen Janette Walls, 78 of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born on May 2, 1940 in Sims, Arkansas the daughter of the late John Denson and Josie Janette Cox Beggs. Mrs. Walls was a member of Biggs Chapel Methodist Church in Nathan, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her...

Kenneth Upton

Kenneth Upton

May 28, 2018

Kenneth Upton, 71 of Nashville, Arkansas passed away on May 28, 2018, in Nashville, Arkansas. He was born on April 3, 1947 in Lockesburg, Arkansas to the late Merry H. and Ruby Boone Upton. Mr. Kenneth Upton was preceded in death by his Parents Merry and Ruby Boone Upton and as well as sister, Marlyn Upton. Survivors include his wife,...

Dorothy Whitten

Dorothy Whitten

May 24, 2018

Dorothy Whitten, 89 of Delight, Arkansas passed away on May 24, 2018, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. She was born on May 2, 1929 in Delight, Arkansas to the late Dudley Lee and Lalah Ross Lee. Mrs. Dorothy Whitten was preceded in death by one son, Paul Douglas Whitten,(survived by wife Gloria Whitten), two brothers James Edward Lee and Dudley Glen Lee....

Huey Cox

Huey Cox

May 16, 2018

Huey Cox - June 27, 1936 ----- May 16, 2018 - An Adventurous Life My dad was known for being a story teller. Many of his stories seemed like they could only be tall tales or figments of his imagination. After all, he grew up in a tiny town in Arkansas and ended up back in that same town. The...

Betty  Jo Parish

Betty Jo Parish

May 5, 2018

Betty Jo Parish of Nashville, Arkansas went home to be with the Lord on May 5th 2018, at Nashville Nursing and Rehab the age of 85. She was born on June 29, 1932 in Nashville to Earl and Willie Myrick Jones of Nashville, Arkansas. She graduated from Nashville High School in 1950. She was a homemaker and a faithful member...

Marcus  Ray Blakely

Marcus Ray Blakely

Apr 27, 2018

Marcus Ray Blakely, 75, passed away on April 27, 2018. He was born on April 26, 1943 in Nashville, Arkansas, the fourth son of the late Henry Marcus and Leone Elder Blakely. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bob Blakely and Roy Blakely. Ray was a graduate of the Nashville High class of 1961. He then attended Henderson...