Obituaries
Remembering our community members
Patrick Koch
Hot Springs
March 25, 2026
Carl F. Maddox Jr.
Age 87
Hot Springs
March 25, 2026
Martha N. Morgan
Age 78
Hot Springs
March 24, 2026
Marilyn C. Stonehocker
Age 87
Hot Springs
March 24, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Glenn A. Gassman Jr.
Hot Springs
March 23, 2026
Arrangements are by Regency Funeral Home
Donna L. Buxton
Age 69
Hot Springs
March 23, 2026
at Smith Family Funeral Home
Robert L. Blocker
Age 82
Jessieville
March 22, 2026
Village Funeral Home
Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86
Hot Springs
March 21, 2026
Gwendolyn G. Washburn
Age 70
Hot Springs
March 21, 2026
at Hot Springs Funeral Home
Jennifer G. Pope
Hot Springs
March 21, 2026
Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home
Dennis W. Bramwell
Hot Springs
March 20, 2026
Darlene McMillen
Bluff City
March 19, 2026
Arkansas Cremation
Billie H. Leake
Age 71
Hot Springs
March 17, 2026
at Hot Springs Funeral Home
Bob V. Compton
Age 88
Hot Springs
March 17, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Cynthia C. Bailey
Caruth
March 17, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Cheryl L. Hardin
Hot Springs
March 17, 2026
Brian Reilly
Age 71
Hot Springs
March 13, 2026
Jerald J. Porter
Age 47
Hot Springs
March 13, 2026
Matt Snell, who scored the Jets’ only TD in the Super Bowl upset of Colts, has died at age 84
All
March 12, 2026
Billy J. Willcutt
Age 72
Hot Springs
March 12, 2026
at Hot Springs Funeral Home
Linda M. Rountree
Age 85
Hot Springs
March 12, 2026
Sara Boykin
Age 77
Bismarck
March 12, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Ceci K. Clay
Royal
March 11, 2026
Scot R. King
Hot Springs
March 11, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Sherry L. Woodall
Hot Springs
March 10, 2026
Elizabeth R. Williams
Woodland Gardens
March 10, 2026
Vernon Haynes
Hot Springs
March 10, 2026
‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84
Age 2
Feel
March 9, 2026
Linda M. Rountree
Age 85
Hot Springs
March 7, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Joe M. Denty
Age 40
Caruth
March 7, 2026
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
Hot Springs
March 6, 2026
Bob Harlan, Packers’ president/CEO from 1989-2008, dies at 89
Hot Springs
March 6, 2026
Mark Hampton
Age 64
Hot Springs
March 6, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Gwendolyn G. Washburn
Age 70
Hot Springs
March 6, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Megan N. Carey
Age 35
Sherry Carey
March 5, 2026
at Smith Family Funeral Home
James H. Shepperd
Lonsdale
March 5, 2026
Kandi R. Blair
Hot Springs
March 5, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Lou Holtz, college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89
Hot Springs
March 5, 2026
Scot King
Age 67
Hot Springs
March 3, 2026
at Hot Springs Funeral Home
Jo Ann L. Bragg
Age 71
Malvern
March 3, 2026
brandonsmortuary
Johnnie M. Willis
Age 80
Malvern
March 3, 2026
s Mortuary
Haywood D. Ervin
Age 91
Hot Springs
March 3, 2026
Steve Rynders
School All
March 2, 2026
Betty L. Tankersley
Age 94
Hot Springs
February 28, 2026
Linda Montgomery
Age 73
Hot Springs
February 28, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Margaret G. Phillips
Hot Springs
February 28, 2026
Therie L. Wiggins
Age 94
Smith
February 27, 2026
Benton Funeral Home
Eunice M. Pierce
Age 86
Hot Springs
February 27, 2026
Saturday at Benton Funeral Home
Bruce Froemming, record-setting major league umpire, dies at age 86
Age 373
Hot Springs
February 27, 2026
Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, a powerhouse editor of bestsellers and prize winners, dies at 76
Hot Springs
February 27, 2026
Kelley J. Scott
Age 37
Hot Springs
February 26, 2026
Isaac D. Rogers
Hot Springs
February 26, 2026
2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton dies at 43 after being in a car crash
All
February 26, 2026
Margaret Phillips
Age 90
Hot Springs
February 26, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Rene Pavilionis
Age 73
Hot Springs
February 26, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Joe Williams
Hot Springs
February 26, 2026
at Gross Funeral Home
Donna Scott
Age 83
Hot Springs
February 25, 2026
at Hot Springs Funeral Home
Kathy H. Jordan
Age 72
Hot Springs
February 25, 2026
Kenneth A. Johnson
Age 83
Royal
February 24, 2026
Tuesday at Caruth Hale Funeral Home
Patricia Edington
Malvern
February 24, 2026
Kenneth Ledbetter
Age 60
Hot Springs
February 21, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
William V. Wright
Pearcy
February 21, 2026
Phylis A. Breckenridge
Age 75
Hot Springs
February 21, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Larry L. Clark
Age 83
Hot Springs
February 21, 2026
Sepp Piontek, coach of the exciting Denmark team of the mid-1980s, has died at 85
Denmark
February 20, 2026
Award-winning singer José van Dam dies at age 85
Wallonie
February 20, 2026
Phyllis J. Blackman
Age 84
Hot Springs
February 20, 2026
George E. McCoy
Age 69
Caruth
February 19, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Mary L. Douglas
Age 87
Robin Douglas
February 19, 2026
in Atkinson Funeral Home
Beverly A. Hawthorn
Hot Springs
February 19, 2026
Rodrick L. Harris
Age 44
Hot Springs
February 18, 2026
Alice M. Marshall
Age 76
Hot Springs
February 18, 2026
Joe H. Cook
Age 87
Malvern
February 18, 2026
s Mortuary
Loyd R. Coker
Age 88
Caruth
February 18, 2026
Edward Hoagland, nature and travel writer with a personal and poetic style, dies at 93
Hot Springs
February 17, 2026
Jackie L. Irwin
Irwin
February 17, 2026
at Atkinson Funeral Home
B. K. Evans
Age 65
Hot Springs
February 17, 2026
Louise Teague
Age 100
Hot Springs
February 17, 2026
Myrna S. Deaver
Hot Springs
February 17, 2026
at Gross Funeral Home
Shirley A. Holmes
Hot Springs
February 16, 2026
Katrina T. Hoskins
Age 69
Hot Springs
February 13, 2026
at Smith Family Funeral Home
Steven M. Erwin
Age 60
Hot Springs
February 13, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Charlotte D. Anthony
Age 77
Tontitown
February 13, 2026
Bonnie L. Cox
Age 81
Hot Springs
February 13, 2026
Kathi Bruder
Age 73
Hot Springs
February 12, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Thomas A. Evans
Age 50
Hot Springs
February 11, 2026
Carolyn C. Tennyson
Hot Springs
February 11, 2026
Charles Ridgway
Age 95
Hot Springs
February 11, 2026
brandonsmortuary
Clinton R. Patton, Sr.
Age 90
Bismarck
February 10, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Nancy A. Grace
Age 82
Hot Springs
February 7, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Deanna Donnelly
Hot Springs
February 7, 2026
Wayne A. Gorman
Age 83
Hot Springs
February 7, 2026
Arkansas Cremation
Elizabeth R. Williams
Woodland Gardens
February 7, 2026
Sybil Williams-Dowds
Age 88
Hot Springs
February 6, 2026
Karen K. Jones
Age 65
Bonnerdale
February 6, 2026
Priscilla Buttry
Age 78
Hot Springs
February 5, 2026
Elbert Osborne Sr.
Hot Springs
February 5, 2026
at Carrigan Funeral Home
Annie M. Pearson
Age 95
Malvern
February 5, 2026
s Mortuary
Renita Jackson
Age 60
Hot Springs
February 5, 2026
Marjorie L. Watson
Hot Springs
February 4, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Timothy Bice
Age 41
Hot Springs
February 4, 2026
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home
Michael G. Queen
Age 76
Caruth
February 4, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Janis M. Vawter
Age 75
Hot Springs
February 1, 2026
Harry Speer
Age 77
Caruth
February 1, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Louis L. Oswald, Jr.,
Hot Springs
January 28, 2026
Danny R. Morrison
Age 74
Hot Springs
January 20, 2026
Hale Funeral Home
Kim T. Kilgore
Age 83
Hot Springs
March 7, 2025