Obituaries

Phillip Marlar August 1, 1961 – November 12, 2025 Phillip Marlar, 64, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Obit to follow Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Brazzel Oakcrest Funeral Home of Hope.

Leon Davis, 86, of Hot Springs, Arkansas passed away November 9, 2025. He was born May 27, 1939 in Hope, AR, to Leon Davis and Dorothy Davis. Leon was preceded in death by his parents […]

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Pira Lee Scott CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 🕜 Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 1:00 PM 📍Macedonia Baptist Church 2333 Highway 73 West | Columbus, Arkansas *No public visitation Final Resting Place […]

Tawana “Tia” Bass was born February 22, 1983, to Lavada and Doris Bass in Hope, Arkansas. She was a proud graduate of Blevins High School class of 2001. She attended Power House COGIC at a […]

Andrea Denise Hearon was born October 15, 1990, at UAMS in Little Rock to Sherlyn Hearon Carrigan and the late Donnie Ray Walker. Andrea passed away November 2, 2025, at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, […]

Roy Lee Gierth, Sr, age 89, of Hope passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in Texarkana. Visitation will be held Monday, November 17, 2025, starting at 1:00pm until Chapel service time at 2:00pm at the […]

Larry Gene Bates, 71, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on November 8, 2025, at Christus St. Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana. Mr. Bates was born on June 6, 1954, in Hope, […]

Virginia Louise Lambert Harris, age 97, passed away in Prescott, Arkansas on Sunday, November 9, 2025. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 5, 1928, to Bellarista (Arra) Williams Lambert and Paul Wesley […]

Elizabeth M. Murphy passed away peacefully on November 6th, 2025, after an extended illness. She was born on February 7th, 1942, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Neil S. Murray and Hazel Murray. Elizabeth was a […]

Melody Ann Witherspoon was born on December 16, 1982, in Buck Range, Arkansas, to Mary Witherspoon and the late Eulas Witherspoon Jr. She departed this life on October 13, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. Melody is […]

Mrs. Christine Bailey, 92, of Rosston, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at her residence in Rosston, Arkansas, on Friday evening October 31, 2025, surrounded by her family members. Mrs. Bailey was a loving mother to her […]

Mr. James “Pistol” Madison, 79. Of Buckner, Arkansas, passed away at his residence on the evening of October 28, 2025. Pistol was a man who loved people and would give his last to anybody. He […]