Obituaries

Latimer Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Nashville and Murfreesboro area

Delton Martin

Delton Martin

Nov 2, 2011

Delton E. Martin, 77, of Murfreesboro, AR. died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born December 11, 1933 in Newhope, AR the son of the late Robert and Dora Lee (Young) Martin. Mr. Martin was a member of the Mr. Moriah Baptist Church where he served as deacon, and as a Sunday school teacher. He was...

Mary  Elizabeth Shockley

Mary Elizabeth Shockley

Oct 31, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Ward Bonnette Shockley, age 83, of Hot Springs, Arkansas died Monday, October 31, 2011. Libby was born July 18, 1928 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to the late Martha Edith Hall Ward and Curtis Ward. Libby grew up in Nashville, Arkansas. She then went on to attend Henderson State Teachers College where she met and married Billy Gene Bonnette, a...

Era  Walston Chambers

Era Walston Chambers

Oct 23, 2011

Era Walston Chambers, 94, of Nashville, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Howard Memorial Hospital. She was born June 2, 1917, at Doyle, AR, the daughter of the late Rufus and Annie Dickerson Brandon. She was a member of Bingen United Methodist Church. Mrs. Chambers was preceded in death by her husband, Milford Walston and Willie Chambers; one daughter, Sue...

Teressa  Sue Greathouse

Teressa Sue Greathouse

Oct 13, 2011

Teressa Sue Greathouse, age 49, of Murfreesboro, went to be with the Lord on October 13, 2011. She was born on July 17, 1962 in Murfreesboro, the daughter of the late M.D. Cox and Bonnie Cox. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her dog, Elvis. Survivors include: her daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Josh...

Dessie Andrews

Dessie Andrews

Oct 12, 2011

Dessie Andrews, 90, of Delight, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. She was born July 27, 1921 in Prescott, AR, the daughter of the late Thurston and Dovie Wingfield Stuart. She was a member of the Bowen Community Church. She was a gospel singer and Christian. She was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, and...

Jorden  Brock Myrick

Jorden Brock Myrick

Oct 3, 2011

Jorden Brock Myrick, infant son of Mathew Myrick and Shelby Lewis, was born and died on Monday, October 3, 2011 in St. Josephs Hospital in Hot Springs, AR. He was preceded in death by his paternal great grandfather, C.J. House; paternal great great grandparents, Herman Brock, Ruel and Carrie House and Alma Ackley; and maternal great grandfather, Rodney Crochet. Survivors...

Frances  Caroline Norwood

Frances Caroline Norwood

Sep 29, 2011

Frances Caroline Norwood, age 79, of Nashville, Arkansas, died on Thursday, September 29, 2011 in Medical Park Hospital in Hope, AR. She was born on March 30, 1932 in Nashville, AR, the daughter of the late Ruel and Francis (Irvin) Norwood. She was a bookkeeper and member of the First United Methodist Church of Nashville. In addition to her parents,...

Lillian Tollett

Lillian Tollett

Sep 28, 2011

Lillian A. Tollett, 100, of Mineral Springs, AR, died Wednesday, September 28, in Little Rock, AR. She was born August 27, 1911, at Yancy, AR, the daughter of the late A.L. and Emma Jane Chism Reed. She was a member of Mineral Springs Methodist Church. Mrs. Tollett was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Floyd Tollett; four brothers, Floyd...

Elease  Beatrice Rosson

Elease Beatrice Rosson

Sep 27, 2011

Elease Beatrice Rosson was born December 24, 1919 in Nashville, AR, the daughter of the late Ellis and Annie (Denson) Jones. Elease went to be with the Lord on September 27, 2011. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Nashville, AR. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Rosson was preceded in death...

Horace  Jester Cox

Horace Jester Cox

Sep 27, 2011

Horace Jester Cox, age 66, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, died on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. He was born on December 29, 1944 in Shawmut, AR, the son of the late Horace and Bertha (Carter) Cox. He was a logger and member of the Pike City Missionary Baptist Church in Pike City, AR In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Rev.  Clyde White

Rev. Clyde White

Sep 24, 2011

Reverend Clyde Alvin White passed from this life into the arms of Jesus on September 24, 2011 in his home in the New Mount Zion/Bluff Springs community outside of Mineral Springs. He was born on May 30, 1931 to Pinkelton Sylvester White and Joycie Gertrude Steaurt White just outside of McCaskill, AR. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 27 at the...

Willie  Belle Arnold

Willie Belle Arnold

Sep 24, 2011

Willie Belle Arnold, 97, was born on September 2, 1914 in Nashville, Arkansas the daughter of the late J.Y. and Louvenia (Jones) Roberts. Willie Belle left this earth for her heavenly home on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Willie Belle was a homemaker, after moving to Tulsa, she worked at Barnes Manley Cleaners and later at Tulsa Regional Hospital in Tulsa....

Greta  B. Tyler

Greta B. Tyler

Sep 23, 2011

Greta B. Tyler, 69, of Nashville, died Friday, September 23, 2011, at a Texarkana hospital. She was born November 9, 1941, at Waynesville, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Clyde and Lessie Brooks Birchfield She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Tyler is preceded in death by two brothers, William and Delmas Birchfield and one sister, Betty Earley. She...

Delores Stone

Delores Stone

Sep 22, 2011

Delores Stone, 72, of Billstown, passed away, Wednesday, September, 21, 2011 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born September 3, 1939 in Indianapolis ,Indiana, the daughter of the late Edwin and Helen Robertson Brigham. Mrs. Stone was a member of the Delight Church of Christ, and worked for Pike County Home Health for many years. She was preceded in death...

Alice  Ann Price

Alice Ann Price

Sep 22, 2011

Alice Ann Price, age 65, of Hope, Arkansas, died on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on February 4, 1946 in Delight, Arkansas, the daughter of Glen and Elma (Rogers) Stell. Survivors include: her Aunt, Inez Hendrix of Hope, AR; one nephew, Ricky Don Stell of North Carolina; one niece, Angie Rector of...

Carl  Edward Skinner

Carl Edward Skinner

Sep 17, 2011

Carl Edward Skinner, age79, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, went to walk with our Lord on Saturday, September 17, 2011 in Murfreesboro. He was born November 7, 1931, the son of the late George and Jessie Price Skinner. He served his country as a proud member of the Big Red One Infantry during the Korean War. He was a loving husband, father...

Margaret  Elisabeth Coleman

Margaret Elisabeth Coleman

Sep 10, 2011

Elisabeth Hanna Coleman, age 95, of Nashville, died on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Mine Creek Nursing Home in Nashville. She was born on September 24, 1915 in Ozan, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Ford and Lizzie (Goodlett) Hanna. She was a member of the Retired Senior Volunteer Persons, a charter member of the Howard Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, and...

Willard  "Catfish" Teague

Willard "Catfish" Teague

Sep 4, 2011

Willard â�œCatfishâ₝ Teague, age 64, of Nashville, AR, died on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at UAMS in Little Rock, AR. He was born on January 8, 1947 in Shreveport, LA, the son of the late Horace Willard Teague and Lillian (Powell) Thompson. Willard was a truck driver and member of the Cross Point Cowboy Church in Nashville, AR. Survivors Include:...

Leigh Anne Marcum Steen

Leigh Anne Marcum Steen

Sep 3, 2011

After a long illness, Leigh Anne Marcum Steen, 36, of Holland, MI answered the call of the Lord to come home on Saturday, September 3, 2011. She is now reunited in Heaven with her infant daughter, Cassidy, her uncle and laughing buddy, George Berton, her uncle, Ralph Bevill; great-grandfather, Truman Bevill; great-grandparents, Coy and Dovie Roberts and her beloved great-aunt,...

John  David Nuckols

John David Nuckols

Sep 3, 2011

John David Nuckols, 73, of Billstown, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011 at his home. He was born January 14, 1938, the son of the late Thomas Dooley and Nell McDaniel Nuckols. Mr. Nuckols was a member of the Community Bible Baptist Church in Glenwood, AR; an Army veteran, and an aircraft mechanic for LTV. Survivors include his wife...