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Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas

Eunice Hemphill

Eunice Beck Hemphill, 80, died Tuesday, August 31, in West Memphis.

She was a resident of Hughes and a bookkeeper for the Hughes Furniture

Center. She also was a member of the Hughes United Methodist Church.

She is survived by one niece, Mrs. Carey Beck Goacher of Hughes and

several other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Banks Hemphill.

Funeral services were held Friday, September 3, at the First United

Methodist Church in Hughes, at 11 a.m. Burial followed at Forrest Park

Cemetery in Forrest City.

Arrangements were handled by Stevens Funeral Home. Effie Thomas

Effie Reed Thomas died Thursday, August 5, at Yale New Haven Health

Center after a brief illness.

She was a resident of New Haven, CN and a member of the Church of Christ

in Yale, where she served in many capacities. She also received a

Bachelor Degree in Accounting from American University in Washington,

D.C.

Effie was owner and President of Urban Dynamics Consultants, Inc., a New

Haven Property Managements firm, for the past 24 years. During that time

she worked at Yale University as an accountant and coordinator of

Saybrook College.

Prior to that, she served as finance director of Polk County Community

Action Council in Des Moines, IA. She was an ardent supporter of

Organization dedicated to the Education of local youth. She was chair of

Links Inc. Scholarship Fund and a board member of the Inner City

Scholarship for independent school's.

Effie was a member of the Board of Directors of both the Yale New Haven

Hospital Auxiliary and the New Haven Sister Cities Program. She also was

a trustee of the New Haven Public Library.

She is survived by her husband, James A. Thomas; mother, Mrs. Carrie S.

Reed of Marianna; and two children, Michael A. Thomas of Virginia Beach,

VA and Karin Reed Minter of Durham, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her father, A.B. Reed.

Funeral services were held Monday, August 9, at noon, at the Church of

Christ in Yale. Burial followed at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.

Arrangements were handled by Keyes Funeral Home.

Sammie Henderson, Jr.

Sammie Henderson, Jr., 77, died Friday, August 27, in his home.

He was a resident of Rondo and a member of Friendship M.B. Church. He

also was a World War II Veteran.

As a citizen of the Friendship/Rondo Community for 77 years, he was

widely known. As a member of the Friendship M.B. Church, he served in

the choir, Sunday School, and as a deacon of the church he loved to sing

and regularly appeared on programs throughout Lee and Phillips Counties.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi Henderson; four daughters, Erma

Watson, Fran Henderson, Daisy Neal and Shirley Chandler Cornelius; six

grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Willie Ella

Holden, Betty Henderson and Zettie Thomas.

Funeral services were held Saturday, September 4, at 11 a.m., at

Friendship M.B. Church in Rondo with Rev. William Earl Johnson

officiating. Burial followed at Friendship Church Cemetery in Rondo.

Pallbearers were Steve Henderson, Rod Watson, Willie B. Watson, Chad

Henderson, Daryl Quiney and David Neal.

Honorary pallbearers were Deacons of Friendship M.B. Church.

Arrangements were handled by Hightower and Sons Funeral Home.

Jessie Petty, Sr.

Jessie Petty, Sr., 79, died Saturday, August 28, in his home.

He was a resident of Lee County and a member of Bible Deliverance

Center.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Petty; three sons, Wesley Petty

of Inglewood, CA, Jesse Petty, Jr. and Albert Petty, both of Marianna;

one daughter, Martha Petty of Marianna; one step-son, David Jackson of

Mesquite, Texas; two step-daughters, Carrie Sanders of Great Lakes, ILL

and Lorene Brown of Detroit; six grandsons and three granddaughters.

Funeral services were held Thursday, September 2, at 12 noon, at Bible

Deliverance Center in Marianna with Minister Milton Hall officiating.

Burial followed at Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Pallbearers were sons and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers were Jack Farrar, Hosea Robinson and Cornelius

Forney.

Arrangements were handled by Hightower and Sons Funeral Home.

Dorthy Clemmons

Dorthy Clemmons, 49, died Friday, April 23, at St. Vincent Hospital in

Little Rock.

She was a resident of Little Rock.

She is survived by her mother, Lela Clemmons of Marianna; one daughter,

Latyna Clemmons of Little Rock; five sons, Maurice, Russel, Timothy and

Tellays Clemmons, all of Little Rock, and Rickey Clemmons of Seattle;

eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; seven sisters, Lena

Trice and Zola Carter, both of Marianna, Ruby Beasley, Mammie Daniels

and Ella Jean McDowell, all of Little Rock, Latrica Nelson and Chrisceda

Stantz, both of Seattle; seven brothers, Joe Louis, Curtis, David,

Michael, Kevin and Farron Ray Clemmons, all of Seattle.

She was preceded in death by a brother, John Clemmons.

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 1, at 12 noon, at the

Cornerstone M.B. Church in Marianna with Dr. A.L. Banks officiating.

Burial followed at Pilgrim Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Curtis Clemmons, Kevin Clemmons, Charles Clemmons, Ray

Clemmons, David Clemmons and Larry Clemmons.

Honorary pallbearers were Rickey Clemmons, Russel Clemmons, Maurice

Clemmons, Timothy Clemmons and Tallays Clemmons.

Arrangements were handled by Hightower and Sons Funeral Home.

Alpha D. Harmon

Alpha D. Harmon, 95, died Saturday, July 24, in her home.

She was a resident of Marianna and a retired school teacher. She also

was a member of First Baptist Church in Marianna.

She is survived by a daughter, Alpha R. Hudson of Marianna; a son,

Maurice Harmon of Moro; one half-sister, Georgia G. Hendrickson of

Herndon, VA; five grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 26, at 2 p.m. at Roller-Citizens

Chapel in Marianna with Rev. Bill Elliot officiating. Burial followed at

Oak Grove Cemetery in Moro.

Pallbearers were James Bo Ligon, Billy Townsend, Floyd Bowman, Charles

Burns, Frank Gosha and Robert Vondran.

Honorary pallbearers were Ralph "Lucky" New and Jessie Smith.

Memorial may be sent to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements were handled by Roller-Citizens Funeral Home.

Lee McNair

Lee "Pop" McNair, 61, died Friday, June 25, at Minot Medical Center.

He was born January 26, 1938, to Homer and Jessimine McNair in Moro,

where he was raised and educated. He entered the Army in Little Rock on

March 27, 1959.

He married Agnes Sorrells on January 27, 1960, in Killeen, Texas. He was

discharged in Fort Hood, Texas on April 26, 1962. They moved to Los

Angeles in 1961, and returned to Arkansas in the late '60s. He was a

carpenter and worked at various construction jobs in the United States.

He and his wife moved to Minot in 1993.

He is survived by his wife, Anges Sorrells McNair; two sons, Ernie

McNair of Minot and Jack McNair of Okla.; one daughter, Melina McNair of

Minot; fourgrandchildren; six brothers, Ernest McNair of Rosebud, AR,

James McNair of Gulfport, Miss., Herbert McNair of Avon Park, Fla.,

Howard and Roger McNair, both of Denver and Charles McNair of Benton;

and four sisters, Mildred Watkins of Kokomo, Ind., Betty Fear of

McCracken, Kansas, Sara DeSautel of Huntsville, Texas and Patsy Edgin of

Marianna.

Memorial services were held Tuesday, June 27, at North Hill Baptist

Church in Minot.

Arrangements were handled by Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot.

Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas

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