Obituaries
Notice of Passing DOLL KENNEDY
Doll Kennedy, 95, of Norphlet, Arkansas passed away on November 7, 2018 at Timberlane Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral arrangements are pending with Andrews Funeral Home.
Reminder of Services ASHLEY D. CAMERON
Memorial Service for Ashley Cameron 26 of Center Point, Louisiana will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Corney Creek Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Ernest McAdams officiating.
RONALD G. EVANS
Ronald Gene (Ronnie) Evans, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Norphlet Pentecostal Church in Norphlet, AR. Burial will follow at Arlington Memorial Park under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors.
An online guest registry will be available at www.youngsfuneralhome. com.
WILLIAM T. HAYNES
William T. “Tommy” Haynes, 74, of El Dorado, passed away, Tuesday,
November 6, 2018.
Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2018 at Young’s.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Union Grove Assembly of God Church with Bro. Beauford Rash officiating. Burial will follow at Union Gove Assembly of God Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to Life Touch Hospice, 2301 Champagnolle Rd., El Dorado, AR 71730.
An online guest registry will be available at www.youngsfuneralhome. com.
BEVERLY PAGE-LEWIS
Funeral Services for Beverly Page-Lewis (59) will be held Tuesday November 13, 2018 at the Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Farmerville Reverend Lester Sims, Pastor. Interment will Immediately follow at the Mack Cemetery in Farmerville. Visitation will be held November 12, 2018 from 2 Till 6PM at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Farmerville. Services Entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, Farmerville Louisiana.
Obituaries
REV. DONALD BRIDGES
Rev. Donald Bridges was born January 15, 1963 to Willie Calvin and Leola Bridges. He passed on November 1, 2018. He was a 1981 graduate of El Dorado High School and was a veteran. He was an employee of El Dorado Water Company. He pastored Friendship Baptist Church in Mt. Holly, served as assistant to pastor
Rev. Barry Dobson at St. John Missionary
Baptist Church and was the pastor of First
Missionary Baptist Church in Harrell,
Arkansas until his transition.
Don was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
Survivors are his wife, Andrea Bridges of El
Dorado; sons, Cornelus Bridges Sr. of Bastrop and Franco Mitchell of El Dorado; goddaughter, Jalisa Brown of El Dorado; brother, Jeffrey
Bridges of Urbana; grandchildren, Cornelus
Bridges Jr, Darrius, Jaquarius and Tyquarius
Scott all of Bastrop; sister/cousin, Brenda
Philson of Arkadelphia; brother/cousin,
Raymond Murrian, god-sister, Letitia Butler.
Public visitation will be Friday, November 9, 2018 from 1-4pm at Sims Mortuary with the family hour Friday, November 9, 2018 from 6-7pm at First Baptist Church Harrell. Funeral services will be Saturday November 10, 2018 at 2:30 pm at Douglas Chapel Baptist Church under the direction of Sims Mortuary. Sign the guestbook online at www.simsmortuary.com.
MELVYN R. LITTLEFIELD
Melvyn R. Littlefield, 74 of Three Creeks, AR passed away November 7, 2018, at his home. He was born in Sacramento, CA to Charles and Willie Littlefield.
He was retired a Union Crane Operato, and was a fun loving husband and friend.
He leaves behind a wife Latricia Littlefield, two step sons Andrew Pepper of Oklahoma and Joshua High of California.
There will be a memorial visitation 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2018, at Bailey Funeral home. Cremation services provided by Bailey Funeral Home of El Dorado, AR.
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and still very dear.
Please visit www.baileyfuneralhome.net to sign the online register book.
DORINDA HOLLOWAY-LONG
Dorinda Holloway Long, 68, of Magnolia, AR passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Baptist Health in Little Rock, AR.
Dorinda was born October 3, 1950 in Texarkana, TX, to the union of Roy Holloway and Charlene Veazey Holloway.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and a granddaughter, Ashton White.
Dorinda was retired from banking and was a member of the Antioch East Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and taking care of her family and babies.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years,
Jack Long, two daughters, Karrie Hutton and husband John, and Laura Akkub and husband Joseph, one son, Dyun Long and wife
Katherine, one sister, Sonja Foster and husband Phenix, one brother, Chris Holloway and wife Stephanie, three grandchildren,
Alyssa Blair and husband Jordan, Jack Long and wife Macey, and Tyson Grier.
Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at the Antioch
East Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at the Antioch East Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Owen and Rev. Marshall Douglas officiating. Interment will be in the Smackover Cemetery in Smackover, AR under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home of El Dorado, AR.
Any planned memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House or the Antioch East Baptist Church.
Please visit www.baileyfuneralhome.net to sign the online register book.
KEVIN L. TAYLOR
Kelvin Lamar Taylor was born on September 8, 1980 in El Dorado to Jerry Taylor and Marion Clark Johnson. He departed this life on October 29, 2018 at his home in Grand Prairie, Texas. Kelvin united with Olive Branch Baptist Church at a very young age. Kelvin graduated from El Dorado High School in 1998 where he was a member of the El Dorado High School band drumline. He attended SAU-Magnolia where he received a bachelors degree in business administration and an associate degree in applied science with a concentration in computer science. He was proudly a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and the SAU Encore Organization.
During the past 10 years he was employed by
Drillin Info as a computer technician. Kevin had a special love for his nieces and nephew and a passion for computer technology. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Vern Harris and Kenneth Clark; maternal great-grandmother Verda Bea Wiley; his paternal grandparents, John B. and Henry
Mae Taylor; three uncles, Rev. Jessie Brush
(Janice), Randy Taylor (Karen), and Curtis
Clark; one cousin, Orenthal Jerome Brush.
He leaves to cherish his memories his mother, Marion Clark-Johnson, father, Jerry B. Taylor, brother, Jeremy Taylor, nieces, Angel Cole, Jahzara Taylor, and nephew, Matthew Dozier; uncles, Johnny Davis, Charles Harris, Eric Harris, Chester Taylor (Vanessa), James Taylor, Roy Dean Taylor, and Tim Welch (Jackie), aunts, Addie Monk, Janice Moore, great aunt, Doris Boone, Duncanville, Texas. He also leaves a host of extended family and friends who loved him dearly.
Funeral service for Kevin will be Saturday, November 10, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Hillsboro, Arkansas. Burial will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Lillie, Louisiana. Public visitation will be at Andrews Funeral Home on Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
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