Obituaries

Janie Lynn Kosier

Janie Lynn Kosier, 58, of Alma passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2025 in a local hospital. She was a homemaker and is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Henry…

Della Ann Pitsch

Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother Della Ann Pitsch was born February 20, 1942 in Buffalo, Wyoming, and was brought Home to the FS-Bar Ranch near Sussex, Wyoming by…

Juanita Bushong Richardson

Juanita Bushong Richardson, also known as Laveda J. Richardson, was known to her friends and family as Mema. On November 20th, at the age of 101, she was taken to…

TeLoa Faye Butler

TeLoa Faye Butler, 86, of Alma, AR passed away on November 21, 2025 in a local hospital. She was born October 5, 1939 in Healdton, OK to Troy and Viola…

Floyd Ray Cossey

Floyd Ray Cossey, 82, of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on Friday, November 21, 2025 in a local hospital. He was born on January 22, 1943 in Waldron, Arkansas to…

Betty Lou Taylor

Betty Lou Taylor, 89, of Springdale, Arkansas, passed away at her home on Monday, November 24, 2025. She loved tending to her roses, crafting flowers from ribbon, and creating beautiful…

Juanita Richardson

Juanita Richardson, who passed away on November 20, 2025, in Van Buren, was a beloved member of her community. She is survived by her loving family, including her children and…

Janice Evon Spain

Janice Evon Spain, 79, of Greenwood, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2025 in her home. She was born September 29, 1946 in England, Arkansas to Orville Paul and Sadie…

Guinivere Farrar

Guinivere Farrar (Mamaw), 94, of Fort Smith, Arkansas fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 surrounded by family and the compassionate staff of Chapel Ridge Nursing facility….

Diana Sue Blasingame

Diana Sue Blasingame, 72, of Huntington, Arkansas passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025 in her home. She was born April 5, 1953 in Yale, Oklahoma to Bill and Dorothy (Moorehead)…

Judy Elaine Shockley

Judy Elaine Shockley, 77, of Barling, Arkansas passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025 in her home. She was born August 11, 1948 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Randolf and Mildred…

George Wayne Head

George Wayne Head, Age 65, passed away on October 31, 2025 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born on March 8, 1960, in Fayetteville, Arkansas to…

Bernardo “Bejayy” Ramon Martinez Jr.

Bernardo “Bejayy” Ramon Martinez Jr., age 27, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at Baptist Health Hospital in Fort Smith. Born on June 9, 1998, in Fort Smith,…

Quentilla Sue Clark

Quentilla Sue Clark, age 65, passed away peacefully in her home on November 7, 2025. Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on November 17, 1958, Quentilla was a beloved daughter of…

Douglas Wayne Willhite

Douglas Wayne “Bubba” Willhite, age 36, passed away peacefully at his home in Alma, Arkansas, on November 7, 2025. He was born on March 4, 1989, in Fort Smith, Arkansas,…

Stephen Loarn Waters

Stephen Loarn Waters (65) of Fort Smith, Arkansas died on November 12, 2025. He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas in 1960 to Theodore Waters and Tawie Smith. He attended…

Dub Helms

Dub Helms, age 82, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at Heart of Hospice on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Born on February 8, 1943, in Fort Smith, he was…

Raymond Junior Cecil

Raymond Junior Cecil, 63, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at his home on November 13, 2025. Raymond was born on May 3, 1962, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to…

Ricky D. Goines

Reverend Ricky D. Goines, age 55, passed away peacefully in his home on November 16, 2025, in Van Buren, Arkansas. Born July 19, 1970, in Fort Smith, he was a…

Kenneth W. Rohrbach

Kenneth Walter Rohrbach, age 82, of Fort Smith, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 26, 2025. Ken was born on December 19, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Kenneth…