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The following is an alphabetical list of all obituaries published during 1983. Full texts are available by sending a check for $5 per obituary to Ashley County Ledger, P. O. Box 471, Hamburg, AR 71646 giving the name and date for the obituaries desired. Prepayment is required.
Adkins, Mr. Eulas, 77, Crossett, June 15
Alexander, Mr. Edgar R., 45, West Monroe, Hamburg, Oct. 12
Allen, Mr. John Henry, 77, Crossett, Nov. 23
Allison, Mr. Noel W., 63, Hamburg, May 11
Armstead, Mr. Johnny, 70, Crossett, Sept. 21
Bailey, Mrs. Bertha Dingler, 86, Lockhart, TX (Fountain Hill), Sept. 14
Baker, Mr. Clarence E., 77, Crossett, Oct. 19
Barnes, Dr. William Edward, 47, Smithville, MS (Hamburg), Jan 5
Barnett, Mr. James Oral, 62, El Dorado (Hamburg), March 16
Barnett, Mrs. Ollie O., 80, Hamburg, Aug. 17
Barrett, Mrs. Fern Vicknair, 78, Wilmot, April 6
Barton, Mr. Arthur Claude, 77, Wilmot, May 18
Black, Mrs. Izola, 57, Portland, Feb. 16
Black, Mrs. John A., 50, Crossett, Nov. 23
Boyd, Mr. Jack, ??, Crossett, Aug. 31
Bozeman, Mrs. Lena, 77, Hamburg, Feb. 23
Bradley, Mrs. Mary, 88, Hamburg, Sept. 7
Brandy, Mrs. Minnie Lee Green, 79, Crossett, May 4
Brantley, Mrs. Edith Faye, 56, Crossett, April 6
Breedlove, Mr. H.V., 75, Montrose, June 29
Brogan, Mr. Brit, 57, Dumas, Aug. 31
Brown, Mrs. Bertie Jewel, 73, Crossett, Oct. 12
Brown, Mrs. Bessie Mae, 46, Los Angeles, CA (Wilmot), Jan. 12
Brown, Mrs. Earline, 62, Crossett, Nov. 30
Bufkin, Mr. Laudis LeRoy, 49, Crossett, March 16
Bunton, Mr. Tresby B., 78, Crossett, March 16
Burchfield, Mr. LeRoy, 88, Crossett, May 4
Burns, Mr. Kenneth Earl Jefferson, infant, Montrose, Sept. 14
Bussell, Mr. John Calvin, Sr., 73, Hamburg, March 30
Caldwell, Mrs. Wavis Acuff, 56, Houston, TX (Crossett), June 22
Callaham, Mrs. Georgia Elmira, 67, Crossett, Aug. 17
Carpenter, Mr. Thomas Owen, 61, Hamburg, Jan. 5
Carruth, Mrs. Ozell, 65, Hamburg, June 22
Cathey, Mr. John McHenry "Mack", 83, Hamburg, Sept. 21
Causey, Mr. Earnest Malvin, 92, Lacey, Feb. 9
Chestnutt, Mrs. Julia Etheridge, 85, Long Beach, CA (Hamburg), Oct. 5
Christmas, Mr. Richard Pell, 75, Livermore, CA (Ashley Co.), June 15
Clark, Mr. Shelby Dean, 39, Crossett, June 22
Clark, Mr. Roland, 61, Crossett, Oct. 19
Cockrell, Mr. Barney, Sr., ??, Jacksonville (Snyder), Sept. 14
Colbert, Mr. Elihu, 74, Crossett, Aug. 24
Collins, Mr. Alonzo, 85, Crossett, Nov. 23
Collins, Mrs. Clowdine, 86, Parkdale, Sept. 14
Cone, Mrs. Marion Morrow, 45, Crossett, Sept. 21
Coutts, Mrs. Eleanor J., 81, Hamburg, June 29
Cowan, Mr. David Glen, 19, Monticello, Oct. 19 (no obit, pg. 1)
Cox, Mr. R.J., 71, Wilmot, Aug. 31
Croswell, Mrs. Della Mae Jenkins, 66, Crossett, Jan. 5
Croswell, Mr. Felton H., 60, Pine Bluff (Hamburg), June 22
Curtis, Mr. James C., 70, Berkley, CA (Wilmot), Oct. 12
Davis, Mr. Bobby G., 48, Crossett, Jan. 5 (no obit, pg. 1)
Davis, Mrs. Harriett A., 92, Hamburg, Sept. 28
Davis, Mrs. Lucille, 72, Hamburg, Feb. 16
Denson, Mr. Frank E., Sr., 79, Fountain Hill, Jan. 19
Dickson, Mr. Vernon C., 78, Selma, March 2
Dodd, Mr. Alfred William, 72, Hamshire, TX (Crossett), Sept. 21
Draper, Mrs. Ethel, 74, Crossett, May 18
Duckworth, Mr. James, 91, Hamburg, July 13
Duncan, Mr. Marvin H., 74, Bastrop, LA (Wilmot), June 15 (no obit, pg. 1)
Dupree, Mrs. Elenora, 86, Montrose, Oct. 19
Ellerbe, Mr. Truman Audaly, 67, Crossett, April 6
Ellingburg, Mr. James Alfie, 82, Hamburg, March 2
Erwin, Mr. James Stewart, 86, Crossett, Feb. 23
Evants, Mrs. Burnice Wood, 93, Warren, April 6
Farmer, Mr. Aubrey, 71, Hamburg, July 6
Feimster, Mrs. Lois Choate, 74, Wilmot, June 15
Ferrell, Mr. Raymond, 78, Crossett, Oct. 5
Fleming, Mrs. Johnnie Noble, 71, West Monroe, LA (Crossett), June 1
Flemister, Mr. Walter George, 82, Fountain Hill, March 2
Ford, Mrs. Eugenia Moseley, 77, Junction City (Crossett), Oct. 26
Ford, Mr. James Everett, 79, Hamburg, Aug. 10
Ford, Mr. Rosen P., 75, Star City (Hamburg), April 13
Foster, Mrs. Elizabeth Toler, 63, Hamburg, Oct. 5
Franklin, Mr. Bennie W., 85, Crossett, July 27
Frisby, Mr. Zeke E., 66, Crossett, March 30
Fryer, Mrs. Maysel Crain, 69, Hamburg, April 20
Gardner, Mr. Aubrey E., 75, Austin, TX (Hamburg), Dec. 7
Garner, Mrs. Clara Bernice Day, 81, Crossett, May 4
Garrett, Mrs. Julia Giles, 77, Monroe, LA (Hamburg), April 13
Gates, Mrs. Emma Jane, 88, Hamburg, March 2
Gee, Mrs. Wilma Huffstetler, 63, Port Allen, LA (Hamburg), Nov. 16
Gibbs, Mrs. Marie Gay, 56, Portland, Feb. 23
Gibbs, Mrs. Ola Mae Humphreys, 81, Pine Bluff, Jan. 12
Gilbert, Mr. Hunter, 82, Akron, OH (Hamburg), Jan. 19
Gipson, Mr. Roger, Jr., 32, Little Rock (Hamburg), Nov. 23
Godwin, Mr. Eugene Monroe, 68, Crossett, May 18
Golden, Mrs. Josie Murphy, 76, Hamburg, March 9
Grantham, Mr. Andy Murrell, 58, Hamburg, April 13
Graves, Mrs. Hettie E., 56, Fountain Hill, July 20
Haisty, Mr. William Preston, 86, Crossett, Nov. 23
Hannah, Mrs. Maudie Mae Ward, 83, Crossett, May 4
Harris, Mrs. Etta Caldwell, 86, Hamburg, Dec. 14 (no obit, pg. 1)
Harrod, Master Jeremy, infant, Hamburg, Oct. 19
Hartsfield, Mr. Helen Mary, 87, Crossett, Aug. 24
Harvard, Mrs. Mamie Lee, 93, Crossett, Nov. 30
Hawkins, Mr. William Hubbard, 83, Crossett, Oct. 5
Hayes, Mr. James Lee, 61, Crossett, Sept. 21
Hayes, Mrs. Pocahontas, 69, Bastrop, LA (Hamburg), March 30
Henderson, Mrs. Hazel Foote, 63, Hamburg, July 20
Henderson, Mr. Johnnie Riley, 63, Crossett, Jan. 19
Hennington, Mr. Ernest Gene, 47, Hamburg, Oct. 19 (article, pg. 1)
Hennington, Mr. Ted Stuart, Sr., 25, Hamburg, Oct. 19 (article, pg. 1)
Herren, Mr. Sidney A. "Sid", Jr., 70, Portland, June 1
Herrington, Mr. Louis W., 75, Hamburg, Oct. 5
Hickman, Mr. William E., 76, Brinkley (Hamburg), Aug. 24
Hill, Mr. Lindsey, 83, Wilmot, Aug. 10
Hill, Mrs. Mary Sue, 53, Hamburg, Jan. 19
Hill, Mr. Monroe E., 55, Monticello, Sept. 21
Hill, Mr. William C., 66, Little Rock (Pine Bluff), May 11
Holderness, Mr. Robert T., 86, Little Rock (Fordyce), April 13
Hollins, Mr. John, 61, Crossett, June 22
House, Mrs. Edna A., 90, Hamburg, Nov. 30
Howard, Mr. James William, 55, Bastrop, LA (Crossett), Dec. 21
Howie, Rev. Clifton Morris, 64, Shiloh community (Hamburg), Nov. 16
Huffman, Mrs. Hattie Anders, 98, Hamburg, May 4
Huffstetler, Mr. Bonner Deloss, 60, Eudora (Hamburg), Feb. 23
Jackson, Mr. Coy Daniel, 65, Montrose, Feb. 2
Jackson, Mr. W.M., 78, McGehee, April 13
Jeffers, Mrs. Effie Holland, 82, Hamburg, Oct. 12
Jenkins, Mrs. Nellie Carter, 84, Crossett, June 1
Jobe, Mr. Jonah Taylor, 78, Crossett, Feb. 2
Johnson, Mr. Lillie Estelle, 77, Crossett, Jan. 19
Johnson, Mr. Normie William, 66, Crossett, May 4
Jones, Mrs. Bessie Davis, 78, Hamburg, Nov. 16
Jones, Mr. Walter Henry, 72, Crossett, Dec. 14
Kelley, Mr. William Percy, 58, Crossett, Feb. 23
Kidwell, Mr. Dewey Eugene, 43, Wascome, TX (Wilmot), Sept. 14
Kimball, Mrs. Rachel, 62, Wilmot, Sept. 28
Kirkwood, Mr. Norman R., 78, Wilmot, Jan. 19
Kitchens, Mr. Leonard E., 85, Bastrop, LA (Hamburg), Oct. 26
Lambert, Mr. Woodrow, 61, Fountain Hill, April 20
Langley, Mrs. Alice Aileen, 82, Wilmot, March 16
Lansdale, Mr. Tracey, 49, Hamburg, Aug. 24
Lemons, Mr. Levi Madison, 77, Crossett, Aug. 17
Lindsay, Mr. Warren O., Jr., 73, Parkdale, Feb. 23
Locke, Mrs. Theodocia Montgomery, 98, Crossett, Feb. 23
Lofton, Miss Connie June, 17, Crossett, Feb. 23
Logan, Mrs. Erma Mae, 63, Crossett, Aug. 24
Lovett, Mr. William Thomas "Billy", Jr., 58, Crossett, Oct. 12
McCarty, Mrs. Myrle Carnahan, 62, Camden (Hamburg), Aug. 3
McDade, Mrs. Ethel, 85, Jones, LA (Wilmot), June 22
McDaniel, Mr. Harrold Allen, 48, Hamburg, Nov. 16
McDuffie, Mr. Charles Edward, 41, Monroe, LA (Crossett), May 18
McKee, Mrs. Hester Morris, 67, Wilmot, March 23
McKenzie, Mr. George E., 77, North Crossett, Aug. 3
Machen, Mr. Hilliard M., 92, Portland, March 16
Malloy, Mr. Thomas Jefferson, 85, Crossett, Oct. 26
Mann, Mr. David, 29, Little Rock (Crossett), Oct. 5
Mansfield, Mrs. Mildred Virginia, 58, Hamburg, Dec. 14
Marks, Mrs. Christine E., 60, Hamburg, Nov. 30
Martin, Mrs. Rebecca Jane, 88, Parkdale, Aug. 31
Mason, Rev. Semmie, 63, Hamburg, April 20
Mathews, Mr. Harvey M., 73, Belle Glade, FL (Hamburg), Nov. 9
Meeks, Mr. John Bartley, 27, Crossett, March 16
Miles, Mr. Hugo Dunlap, 65, Crossett, Feb. 23
Miles, Mrs. Rosie Davis, 74, Wilmot, March 9
Miller, Mr. Louis, 98, Fountain Hill, Aug. 3
Miller, Mr. Manuel, 60, Fountain Hill, Aug. 17
Miller, Mr. Oliver, 56, Crossett, July 6
Moore, Mrs. Kathryn Buckner, 77, Bowling Green, KY (Crossett), Oct. 19
Morgan, Mrs. Sara, 92, Crossett, Oct. 5
Morschheimer, Mrs. Evelyn Orr, 77, Parkdale, June 1
Mosley, Mrs. Alice, 75, Wilmot, May 4 (no obit, pg. 1)
Murphy, Mrs. Elsie Mae Barnett, 72, Crossett, Jan. 12
Murphy, Mr. Kenneth A., 63, Pine Bluff (Hamburg), Feb. 23
Murphy, Mr. Leonard Clarence, 62, Kansas City, MO (Hamburg), Jan. 12
Naff, Mrs. Allie Mae McDougald, 99, Crossett, April 27
Nelson, Mr. Rayfield, 55, Crossett, Jan. 19 (no obit, pg. 1; Jan. 12, pg. 1)
Oakleaf, Mr. Ernest Johan, 78, Crossett, Jan. 12
Outlaw, Mr. Benjamin Clifton, 73, Crossett, Sept. 7
Ozment, Mr. Roy Vester, 64, Crossett, Jan. 26
Parrish, Mrs. Muriel Beatrice, 83, Crossett, Sept. 21
Patrick, Mr. Houston, 82, Crossett, July 27
Pendergrass, Mr. Clifton Albert, 58, Crossett, March 16
Pennington, Mrs. Alice Lee Love, 43, Crossett, April 27
Pennington, Mr. Phillip Denton, 69, Crossett, Jan. 19
Phillips, Mrs. Lillie Bell, 88, Lacey, Aug. 31
Pless, Mr. John H., 93, Crossett, July 6
Poe, Mr. Nero, 72, Hamburg, July 20
Pugh, Mr. Jasper, 79, Hamburg, March 16
Pugh, Miss Martha Wilson, 72, Portland, March 16
Pugh, Mr. Robert Augustus "Gus", 79, Portland, July 6 (no obit, pg. 1)
Rawls, Mr. Ike William, 75, Crossett, June 1
Rawls, Mr. Jerry Allen, 40, Shreveport, LA (Crossett), Aug. 17
Rawls, Mrs. Lilla Mae, 93, Bastrop, LA (Crossett), Oct. 5
Rawls, Mrs. Molcy Christian, 75, Crossett, April 27
Ray, Mrs. Lena Pearl, 77, Crossett, Dec. 21
Ray, Mrs. Marjorie Belle Blanchard, 69, Crossett, Aug. 3
Reed, Mrs. Avis Pierce, 72, Hamburg, March 2
Rice, Mr. Floyd, 72, Hamburg, Feb. 16
Rice, Mrs. Viola Elvessie, 87, Crossett, Dec. 21
Rickman, Mrs. Dovia Ellon McMillan, 84, Crossett, Sept. 7
Ridgel, Mr. Evander, 69, Dermott, May 11
Riley, Mr. Jesse Jewell, Sr., 60, Crossett, March 16
Roberson, Mr. A.Z. "Zack", 84, Fountain Hill, Aug. 24
Robinson, Mrs. Mary Emma, 65, Crossett, Oct. 19 (Oct. 12, pg. 1)
Robinson, Mrs. Virginia, 59, Fountain Hill, July 13
Ross, Mrs. Margaret D., 100, Hamburg, Sept. 21
Ross, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gunnels, 72, Crossett, April 6
Royal, Mrs. Rilla Howie, 87, Montrose, April 6
Sadler, Mrs. Virgie Bea, 34, DeQueen (Portland), May 25
Sanderlin, Mrs. Willie Shelton, 79, Hamburg, March 16
Sansing, Mr. Byron Neil, 35, Tucson, AZ (Hamburg), Aug. 31
Sawyer, Mr. Ninnie Gulledge, 88, Extra community (Hamburg), June 15
Sawyer, Mrs. Ruby H., 92, Monticello, Feb. 9
Schichtel, Mrs. Hazel Barnett, 66, Crossett, Sept. 21
Sedberry, Mrs. Mary W., 72, Dermott, June 22
Shannon, Mr. Charley M., 72, Bastrop, LA (Wilmot), April 27
Shelton, Mrs. Pattie Ouida, 64, Hamburg, Nov. 16
Shipman, Mr. Leo Claude, 81, Lacey, Sept. 14
Shockley, Mrs. Lena Boykin, 82, Hamburg, May 25
Simpson, Mr. Noelton Eugene, 46, Crossett, July 6
Sims, Mr. Reginald, Sr., 52, Wilmot, March 23
Singleton, Mrs. Lena, 81, Hamburg, Oct. 12
Sisk, Mr. Robert Charles, Sr., 75, Dallas, TX (Crossett), Nov. 9
Sivils, Mr. Floyd G., 83, Hamburg, March 2
Sivils, Mr. James Edward, 56, McGehee, May 25
Slack, Mr. Herbert Rayfield, 36, Wilmot, July 20
Smith, Mrs. Janet T., 33, Bastrop, LA (Crossett), May 25 (no obit, pg. 1)
Smith, Mr. Jerry Wayne, 26, North Crossett, June 22 (June 15, pg. 1)
Smith, Mrs. Jimmie Eddie, 80, Hamburg, March 23
Smith, Mr. Van Buren, 72, Crossett, May 4
Sparks, Mr. James Dewey, 57, Crossett, Aug. 3
Sprinkle, Mr. Ralph Elliott, 69, Parkdale, Sept. 28
Spurlock, Mr. Oscar Warren, Jr., 68, Hamburg, Oct. 26
Stanfield, Mrs. Mollie, 90, Dermott, Sept. 7
Stanley, Mr. Grady B., 57, Hamburg, Sept. 14
Stanley, Mr. Levell, 61, Hamburg, Sept. 28
Staten, Mrs. Cordelia Woodall, 85, Eudora, Jan. 19
Stone, Mr. Charles Henry, 74, Pine Bluff (Hamburg), Oct. 5
Strebeck, Mr. Charles Samuel, 68, Crossett, Nov. 9
Streeter, Mr. Cecil Franklin, 82, Baton Rouge, LA (Crossett), Nov. 2
Strong, Mrs. Joyce Ann Booker, 53, Wilmar (Crossett), April 6
Swan, Mr. Scott Alvin, 75, Crossett, Oct. 26
Tankersley, Mr. Preston William, 58, Hamburg, March 30
Tarver, Mr. James McKinley, 84, Crossett, July 27
Thompson, Mrs. Billie Morgan, 70, Shreveport, La (Hamburg), Dec. 21
Thompson, Mr. Norman Lee, 74, Wilmot, Feb. 2
Thornton, Mrs. Dorothy Mae/May, Hamburg, March 16
Thrower, Mr. George Preston, 89, Crossett, June 15
Thurman, Mrs. Elma S., 80, Crossett, Nov. 23
Tippie, Mr. Floyd, 89, Dermott, May 11
Titus, Mr. John M., 78, West Monroe (Hamburg), Oct. 5
Toney, Mr. Harry Lewis "Boom", Jr., 56, Little Rock (Crossett), July 6
Tucker, Mr. Willie, Sr., 69, Crossett, April 27
Tyson, Mr. James M., 78, Crossett, March 30
Venson, Mr. Phillip, 57, Hamburg, Aug. 31
Wade, Mrs. Maggie, 90, Wilmot, Feb. 2
Wallace, Mrs. Susie Lou, 80, Hamburg, Aug. 31
Walthall, Mr. Toney Franklin, 62, Fountain Hill, June 8
Warren, Mr. Clarence, 80, Crossett, Feb. 23
Watkins, Mr. Audrey Willis, 68, Crossett, Nov. 30
White, Mr. Leroy, 87, Wilmot, Aug. 10
Wilcoxon, Mr. Andrew E., 75, El Dorado (Hamburg), Feb. 9
Williams, Mr. Alex, 90, Dermott, Nov. 16
Williams, Mr. Charles Rickie, 22, Batesville (Hamburg), Nov. 30
Williams, Mrs. Hazel McKenney, 73, Hamburg, June 1
Williams, Mr. James Travis, 75, Crossett, Nov. 9
Williams, Mr. Joseph, 57, Crossett, March 16
Willis, Mrs. Madeline Bryant, 80, Crossett, Dec. 14
Wood, Mr. Wayne, 90, Hamburg, Oct. 26
Woods, Mrs. Maud Craig, 83, Ennis, TX (Hamburg), Dec. 7
Woods, Mr. Stephen Etheridge, 40, Houston, TX (Hamburg), Aug. 17
Wright, Mrs. Mary Pugh, 87, Bellaire, TX (Hamburg), July 6