All Obituaries

Mrs. Mary Lee Robinson was born on August 25, 1932 to the late Reverend Willie Redic and Mrs. Nancy Carr, in Grand Lake, Arkansas. She departed this life on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Mother Robinson was reared by her great grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Redic, who encouraged her to love the Lord. In 1967, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior and became a member of Benton Temple Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder...

Margaret Ann Higgins-Barrow was born January 1, 1973 to James Jacobs and Charlene Roberts in Humphrey, Arkansas. She departed this life on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She received her education in the Humphrey Public School System. She was a member of Blackton Church of Christ in Blackton, Arkansas. Margaret loved her family and loved being around them. She enjoyed caring for children and truly found her calling as a teacher...

Lee Della Johnson Berry was born April 2, 1929 to Richard and Jennie Johnson in DeWitt, Arkansas. She departed this life, with the blessing of being 91 years of age, at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas on May 27, 2020. Lee Della accepted Christ at an early age. She became a member of Holy Benton Temple Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder Benton, where Superintendent Lawrence O’Neal is now pastor. She attended Emmanuel School in Crocketts...

Elder Early Robinson, Jr. was born on March 9, 1952, in Itasca, Texas, to the late Reverend Early Robinson, Sr. and the late Sarah Mae Brown Robinson.  He departed this life on Monday, May 25, 2020, in his home. He received his early education in Bishop. Texas.  He completed two years of study with the Berean College of Ministry.  He also attended the Charles Harrison Mason Jurisdictional Institute, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was saved in 1981, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He...

Mackie Lee Wilson, of New York City, transcended on April 16, 2020. He was 77 years old. Mackie was born to Wesley Wilson, Sr. and Lacyphine Peoples in Van, Arkansas on March 6, 1943. Mackie graduated from Immanuel High School in 1961. He attended United States Army Aviation School and was an Army veteran who served in Vietnam from 1964-1967. We can proudly say that Mackie made a lasting impression on everyone he met with his charm, which was only surpassed by the size of his heart. His...

Mrs. Lacyphine Peoples Wilson, was born on December 12, 1923 to Cicero and Leona London Peoples in Ethel, Arkansas. She departed this life on May 11, 2020. Lacyphine was the second of four sisters: Beatrice Phillips Qualls, Thelma Miller, and Gloria “Kat” Boyd. All preceded her in death. At an early age she attended St. John M.B. Church in Ethel, Arkansas with her family. She later became a member of Hill Chapel AME Church in the Morgan Settlement Community until it closed in...

Gail Ann Bearden Lewis Adams was born January 15, 1954 in Stuttgart, Arkansas to Ronald Bearden and Virginia Coffman. She departed this life on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the age of 66 years old. Mama Gail was a house wife, who loved to crochet blankets and hats for babies and loved taking care of her children, grandchildren, family and all adopted children. Gail was preceded in death by her husband Albert Adams, Jr., daughter Milissa Lewis, father Ronald Bearden, mother Virginia Coffman,...

Keonna Rochell Horner was born on May 7, 1985 to Rose Mary Horner-Ice and Kenneth Dean Haynes, Sr. in Little Rock, Arkansas. Keonna was a graduate of Stuttgart High School, Class of 2003. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff in December 2008. During her years at UAPB, Keonna began to come ‘out of her shell’ and became more social. She was the founder and president of the Thurgood Marshall Club and a Resident Advisor in...