Pulaski County

GUY E. CRAWFORD, age 76, of North Little Rock, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Beloved husband of Kay Pelton Crawford, loving father of Mona Crawford Housman (Brian) and Deborah Crawford Beany (Tim), and grandfather to Hannah Damascus Ayers, Bailey Housman, and Ashlan Housman. Guy was a faithful family man and believer in Jesus Christ.

Memorial service at Fellowship North, 1 East 52nd Place, North Little Rock on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m. Special thanks to the wonderful nurses, aides, and volunteers with Arkansas Hospice and Lakewood Nursing Center. Please visit www.cremationsofarkansas.com to sign the online guest register.

HAROLD ELLINGSON, 77, of Little Rock, passed away Sept. 12, 2013. He was born March 2, 1936 in Thornburg, Ark. to the late Loyd and Ruth Ellingson.

Survivors: sisters, Virginia Mobley and Bette Branscrum; nieces, Pam Jones, Kim Hasty; and best friend, Robert Kidd.

Cremation was through Ashby Funeral Home.

NANNIE M. EVANS, 72, Little Rock, departed this life Sept. 9, 2013. Family hour: 4-5 p.m. today at Robinson Mortuary Chapel. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mark Baptist Church, 5722 W. 12th, Little Rock. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary, 1201 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock (501) 371-0111. Sign online guestbook at www.robinsonmortuary.com. “Service You Can Trust.”

JAMES WALDRON FITZHUGH, 62, passed away Aug. 29, 2013. Jim was born in Little Rock and went to Forest Park Elementary and Pulaski Heights Junior High. He then went to Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., and Brown University in Providence, R.I. Jim lived in Chevy Chase, Md., until 1990 when he moved back to Little Rock.

As a young man, Jim excelled at tennis and won several trophies at the Country Club of Little Rock. He was also an accomplished pianist having taken lessons beginning at a young age. In recent years, Jim enjoyed anything electrical and computer oriented.

Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Camille Waldron Fitzhugh Ellis and his father, Thomas Baytop Fitzhugh. He is survived by his brother, Bay Fitzhugh and his wife, Dornie and their children, Thomas, Henry, Mike and Lisa; his brother, Edward Fitzhugh; and his brother, Davis Fitzhugh and his wife, Brenda and their children, Andrew and Natalie. He is also survived by his uncle, Tom Waldron of Walnut Ridge.

A private service was held at Augusta Memorial Park in Augusta, Ark.

Memorials may be sent to C.A.R.E. for animal rescue at 5516 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, Ark. 72207. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.

DOROTHY MAE GREEN, 90, of Little Rock, Ark., departed this life peacefully on Sept. 11, 2013. She was a longtime employee and retired from Baptist Medical Center. Her loving survivors include two daughters, Gloria Jones (Jenny) and Delores Stroughter; five grandchildren, Tina, Jenny Jr., Enrico, Timothy and Deleetra; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and close friends. Home-going services will be on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery. Viewing: Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, 3-5 p.m., both services at Ruffin and Jarrett Funeral Home, 1200 South Chester Street, Little Rock, Ark. (501) 372-1305.

KYLIE MICHELLE PARR, age 2 hours, passed away Sept. 12, 2013, in Little Rock. She was met in heaven by her sister, Isabella Renee. Kylie is survived by her parents, Tim Parr and Tabitha Crossen; sister, Andria Parr; brothers, Alex and Marcus Parr, and their mother, Brandy Simpson; grandparents, Susan Crossen and Mary Davenport; great-grandparents, Fran and Charles Wasson. Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 at Roller-Drummond Funeral Home, 10900 I-30, Little Rock, Ark. 72209, visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at the funeral home.

Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/drummond.

SHELIA KAY (DOVE) RANDOLPH, 49, of Little Rock, went to rest in peace Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. She is survived by her mother, June (Wilson) Griffith; her husband, David Randolph; children, Jene Proffitt (D.J.), Danny Sexton, Jessie Sexton (Crystal) and Megan Galloway (Blue); 11 grandchildren, Tyler, Gabe, Zoe, Damien, Mazie, Seth, Alyssa, Gage, Eli, Adeline and Brooke; and siblings, Paul Crouch (Nancy), Portia Davis, Janie Knappenberger (Paul), Bill Bradshaw (Beth) and Carolyn Bishop (Joey). She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Claude and Martha (Case) Dove and James Elijah and Cecil Zelma (Finley) Wilson; father, Jessie E. Dove and grandsons, Blake Wallis and Kaleb Ryder Blair.

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 at North Little Rock Funeral Home, a Smith Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Paris, Ark. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 at the funeral home. Online obituary at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.

CHRISTOPHER LOREN STALLINGS, 30, passed on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. He was preceded in death by brother, Corey Stallings; paternal grandfather, Z.W. Stallings; and maternal grandmother, Myrtle Lee CarrHandy.

He is survived by his lovely daughter, LaKeisha Franks Stallings; parents, Carl and Vivian Stallings; sisters, Carla Wilkins (DeJuan) and Valerie Stigall (Derrick); and two nieces, Mia Rayn and Leah Renee Stigall; maternal grandfather, Elder George Handy Sr. (JoAnn) and paternal grandmother, Adella Stallings Hale of Frisco, Texas; and a special friend, Nyketa Duckworth; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Funeral services will be Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church Higgins, 9700 Hwy. 365 S. Family hour, Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Services entrusted to Premier Funeral Home, 1518 S. Battery St., Little Rock, Ark. 72202.

MERL E. THORNBURG, age 76, of Jacksonville, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. He was born March 1, 1937 in Madison County, Iowa, to the late Ray and Marie Thornburg. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Roy, Dean, and Wayne Thornburg, as well as, one son-inlaw, Jason Hobbs.

Mr. Thornburg is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Jo Ann Thornburg; daughters, Janie Smith of Cabot, Ark., and Jolene Hobbs of Sherwood, Ark.; as well as, one granddaughter, Shawna Diederich of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; sisters, Darlene Faux, Evelyn Hitchcock, and Wanda Bloodgood; and one brother, Lester Thornburg.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church with Deacon Mike Alberson officiating. Following the service there will be a time of fellowship and a luncheon in Parish Hall.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 14 Parkstone Circle, North Little Rock, Ark. 72116.

Cremation arrangements by Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home and Crematory (501) 982-2136. Sign online guestbook at www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com.

NANCY M. VANDETT, 68, of North Little Rock passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. She was born to the late Carl F. and Lillian M. McInnis.

Nancy was in the Honor Society and a member of Phi Kappa Pai and Phi Delta Kappa at Virginia Tech. She retired as President at Gateway Technical College and VP at Mid-South Community College. Nancy earned her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Doctorate of Education from Virginia Tech. Nancy was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister and friend, she will be missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by a son, Carl Jared Vandett; five grandchildren, Will Dearing, Reagan, Jacob, Lillian and Zoë Vandett; her brother, Bradley McInnis and a host of other family and friends.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 at Roller-Owens Funeral Home, 5509 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, Ark. 72116 (501791-7400).

Funeral service will be held at Carter Funeral Home, 143 East Church Street, Ellerbe, N.C. 28338 (910-895-4422).

Online guestbook www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/owens.

LESLIE BOGARD WILFONG, of Little Rock, died peacefully at Baptist Health Medical Center on Sept. 12, 2013. Leslie loved the Lord Jesus and was devoted to the Christian principles that directed his life. He lived each day with a humble, servant spirit and leaves a legacy of true faithfulness.

Leslie was born Oct. 24, 1928 in McCrory, Ark., to Laura Ellen and John Franklin Wilfong. He attended schools in McCrory, and came to faith in Christ at the Baptist church there. The family moved to Little Rock in the Fall of 1943 and Leslie graduated from Little Rock High School (now Central High) in January 1947. Upon graduation from high school, Leslie began working for Union National Bank. On March 28, 1950, he enlisted in the United States Army at Camp Chaffee, Ark. While there, Leslie met Betty Ann Duffin, the love of his life. On Nov. 30, 1952, two days after he was discharged from the Army, Leslie and Betty were married in the Calvary Baptist Church of Fort Smith. The following week they moved to Little Rock, where Leslie began working again at Union National Bank. He graduated from the University Of Oklahoma School Of Banking and continued working for Union 47 years, retiring as Vice-President and Commercial Loan Officer on Dec. 31, 1993.

The week after they moved to Little Rock, Betty and Leslie began working with the young people of Immanuel Baptist Church. They devoted their lives to countless teenagers through Sunday School, Training Union, GA’s, and Summer Camps at Siloam Springs. Leslie was also a Deacon, serving as Chairman in 1977. He was a member of the George Preiss Sunday School Class for many years, where he was affectionately called “Mr. Secretary.” Most recently, Leslie served to help families in their time of need on the Bereavement Committee. After his retirement, Leslie was a faithful volunteer at Baptist Hospital where the Baptist Health Auxiliary Board honored him as their first male president in June, 2004. He served as president until May 2005, and remained a faithful volunteer until his passing. In their retirement years, Leslie and Betty would share a devotional time every day about 4 p.m. by reading the Bible aloud, journaling, and praying together. Leslie had been an active, faithful member of Immanuel for 68 years when he began his heavenly journey.

Leslie was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Rowland Wilfong; and his sister, Alta Parker. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 61 years, Betty Wilfong; two brothers, Meredith Wilfong and wife, Jean of Nashville, Ind.; John Wilfong of St. Charles, Mo.; a sister, Marion Martin and husband, Charles of North Little Rock; and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Mark Bennett, Ken Carter, Dr. Earl Goacher, Robert Hallmark, Jerry Paul, George Preiss, and Rev. Lary Tidball. The family will greet friends at RollerFuneral Home, 13801 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, Ark. (501) 224-8300, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 from 4-6 pm. Burial will be at Riverwood Memorial Gardens in Maumelle at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at Immanuel Baptist Church at 1 p.m. If you would like to honor Leslie’s life, please do so with a memorial to Immanuel Baptist Church.

Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.