Obituaries

Jimmie Don Eoff

Jimmie Don Eoff, 87, of Barling, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025 at his home. He was born September 15, 1937 in Fort Smith to the late Harvey and Robbie…

Bob Stewart Foley

Bob Stewart Foley was born on December 13, 1934, in Alma and died after a brief illness in Van Buren on June 29, 2025. Bob graduated from Van Buren High…

Landon Lee Middleton

Landon Lee Middleton was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 26, 1982, to Kathy Fields Middleton and Art Middleton. He entered into life eternal on Saturday, June 28, 2025,…

Don Martin Sosebee

Don Martin Sosebee, 69, of Barling, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. Born on May 3, 1956, in Fort Smith, Don was…

Kyle Shaw

Kyle Shaw, age 75, of Van Buren, passed away on June 28, 2025. He was born on March 15, 1950, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Kyle was a loving husband, father,…

Sheila Kay (Jeferson) Mitchell

Sheila Kay (Jeferson) Mitchell, age 69, passed away on June 18, 2025, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on January 1, 1956, in South Bend, Indiana, to the late…

Robert John Claybaugh

Robert John (B.J.) Claybaugh Jr., age 69, Passed away on June 24, 2025 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Robert was born on October 20, 1955 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Robert…

Connie Elizabeth Loarca

Connie Elizabeth Loarca, age 47, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on May 19, 1978, in Van Buren,…

David Douthitt Frary

David Douthitt Frary, age 78, passed away peacefully on June 26, 2025, at Ashton Place Health & Rehabilitation in Barling, Arkansas. He was born on March 6, 1947, in Chicago,…

Mary Suzanne Crabtree, age 76, of Fort Smith, Arkansas—formerly of Nashville, Tennessee—passed away on June 26, 2025. She was born on November 22, 1946, in Franklin, Kentucky. Known affectionately as…

Steven D. Riggs

Steven Dane Riggs, 72, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away on June 25, 2025. He was born on November 20, 1952, in Fort Smith to H. Dane and Melba Riggs….

Alta “Meme” Mae Beckham

Alta Mae “Meme” Beckham, 92, of Van Buren, passed away Friday, June 27, 2025 at her home. She was born August 13, 1932 in Eufaula to the late Gilford and…

Roy Sherman Brown Jr.

Roy Sherman Brown, Jr. of Lavaca, Arkansas, died Friday, June 27, 2025, at his home. He was born on November 24, 1965, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Roy Sherman Brown,…

Rebecca Jean Godbey

Rebecca Jean Godbey of Charleston, Arkansas, was born on June 28, 1933, in Greenwood, Arkansas, to the late Everett Oscar Gentry and Belvia (Bartlett) Gentry, passed away on her birthday,…

Dana Lynn Sanders

Dana Lynn Sanders, 62, of Ozark, Arkansas passed away on Friday, June 20, 2025 at her home. She was a former line worker at Whirlpool and a homemaker. She was…

Richard Earl Bruton

Richard Earl Bruton, 83, of Fort Smith, Arkansas was called home on Monday, June 23, 2025 in Fort Smith. He was born on July 4, 1941 in Glasgow, Kentucky to…

Thomas “Bubbie” King

Thomas “Bubbie” King, 16 of Van Buren passed away Monday, June 23, 2025, at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. Bub loved all of his sisters especially the youngest, Charliee…

Willie Frances Baggett Justice

Willie Frances Baggett Justice, 95 of Van Buren born in DeLeon, Texas, January 10, 1930. She passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in Van Buren. Frances was a member of…

Betty Sue Bonewell

Betty Sue Bonewell, 88, of Rudy, AR passed away peacefully on Thursday June 26, 2025 in Van Buren. She was born on June 5, 1937 to the late William and…