Obituaries
Notice of Passing WILMA B. ADAMS
Wilma Britt Adams, 87, of El Dorado passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at the John R. Williamson Hospice House in El Dorado.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Wyatt Baptist Church in El Dorado.
Funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at the Wyatt Baptist Church under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.
Reminder of Services JAMES N. BARTON
James “Jim” Nathan Barton, of Huttig, formerly of El Dorado, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Jim’s family will receive visitors at Youngs Funeral Home in El Dorado today from 6 until 8 p.m. A private graveside service will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Harper Springs Cemetery Fund or to the South Arkansas Poets of the Pines.
An online guest registry will be available at www.youngsfuneralhome.com.
VIRGINIA FINLEY
A celebration of Virginia Finley’s life will be held at Proctor Funeral Home in Camden on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. A second memorial will be held in Hot Springs on Aug. 4, 2018 at the Piney Grove Methodist Church at 11 a.m.
To sign the online guest register, visit www. proctorfuneralhome.com.
JEFFERY WILKES
Funeral for Jeffery “Big Time” Wilkes, 54, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Spearsville with the Rev. Alfred Hill as pastor/ officiant. Interment will follow at the Fellowship Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2 until 6 p.m. on Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Farmerville and Family Hour (WAKE) from 6 until 7 p.m. at the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. Service entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Farmerville, Louisiana.
Obituaries SUSY MURRAY LEWIS
Susy “Cookie” Lewis, 66, of Three Creeks, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018, at the John R. Williamson Hospice House. She was born April 25, 1952 to Grady and Willie Bell Bowen Murray in El Dorado.
She worked as a Certified Nurses Aide for Arkansas Home Health and was a member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.
Cookie is preceded in death by her parents; son, Paul Murphy; sisters, Carol “Candy” Gathright and Wanda Kinard; and three brothers, Buddy, Robert, and Max Murray.
Survivors include her husband of 21 years, Jimmy Lee Lewis, Sr. of Three Creeks; eight children, Randy Murphy of New York, Kelly Hangley (John) of New York, Allison
Murphy of New York, Jimmy
Lee Lewis, Jr. of Nashville, Arkansas, Dorothy Lewis of
Three Creeks, Michael Lewis (Rhonda) of El Dorado, P.J.
Lewis (LeAnne) of Farmerville, Louisiana, Patrick Lewis of El Dorado; 24 grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; sister, Theresa Hodge; brother, Terry Murray; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 825 Salem Rd, Junction City, AR, with Brother Johnny Johnstone officiating. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Young’s Funeral Directors.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the American SIDS Institute at www.SIDS.org.
An online guest registry will be available at www.youngsfuneralhome.com.
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