All Obituaries

Evelyn Cessor, 79, of Hamburg, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at her residence.  Mrs. Cessor was a native of Snyder, a resident of Hamburg for the past 12 years and a former resident of Montrose for many years.  She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Cessor; her son, David Cessor and her parents, Frank and Vera Burns Harbour. She is survived by a son, John Cessor of Hamburg, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be no services at...

Roy Walker Vaden, 93, of Hamburg, died Wednesday, November 18, 2020.  Mr. Vaden was a native and lifelong resident of Hamburg, a 1945 graduate of Hamburg High School, a Veteran of the United States Marine Corp and he worked for Carpenter’s Home Supply for over 30 years.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a wonderful Christian man who enjoyed helping others in any way he could.  He loved his family and spent as much time with them as possible. He enjoyed...

Martha Louise Higginbotham Pelton, 84, of Hamburg was born January 22, 1936, and appropriately passed on to Heaven at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, November 8, 2020.  Known to all as “Louise,” she attended Hamburg High School and, after graduating, attended Cosmetology school in Little Rock.  She worked as a Cosmetologist in Little Rock for 18 years. In that time, she married Tommy Peebles and had a daughter, Kimberly “Kim,” on November 25, 1957.  Tommy...

Rava Lee Taylor Reed, 94, of Hamburg, died Friday, November 6, 2020.  Mrs. Reed was a native of the Hopewell Community outside of El Dorado; a resident of Hamburg since 2008 and a former resident of El Dorado for many years.  She was a graduate of Parkers Chapel High School. Mrs. Reed loved the Lord with all her heart. She and her husband were charter members of the Trinity Baptist Church in El Dorado and she spent many years teaching three year olds in Sunday School.  Her...

Teddy Hickman, 80, of Hamburg, died Friday, November 6, 2020, at his home. Mr. Hickman was a native of Bradley County and a resident of Hamburg for over 65 years. He graduated from Hamburg High School in 1957 and was a veteran of the United States Army.  Mr. Hickman served as a Deputy Sheriff in Ashley County for 3 ½ years and worked for the Mississippi River Transmission Corporation and CenterPoint Energy for over 30 years.  He was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist...

Frank Brown Thacker Jr., 96, died Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 at his home in Kaneohe, Hawaii.  Frank was a native of Little Rock, a resident of Kaneohe, Hawaii for the last two years and former resident of Fountain Hill for 24 years.  He served 30 years in the US Air Force, as a photo technician and lived much of his life in Arkansas and Washington State. He worked with and taught ceramics in retirement.  Joining the fight of World War II in February, 1943 after his high...

James Lamar Land, 75, of Crossett, died Sunday, November 1, 2020.  Mr. Land was a native of Portland and a resident of Crossett for the past 50 years.  He graduated from Portland High School.  Mr. Land worked for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation Paper Mill for 41 years, having retired in 2007.  In his spare time, he enjoyed working in his garden and fishing. He is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Ola Hudson Land in 2018; a daughter, Kathryn “Kathy”...

Patsy Sledge Curran, 74, of Crossett, died Saturday, October 31, 2020.  Mrs. Curran was a native of Isola, Mississippi and a resident of Crossett for the past 58 years.  She was a homemaker and an active member of the Cloverdale Assembly of God Church, where she taught the adult Sunday School class and was active in the Women’s Ministry.  She enjoyed hunting and being in the outdoors with her husband. She is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Sam Curran in...

Lisa Banks Hudson, 50, of Fountain Hill, died Friday, October 30, 2020, at her residence.  Mrs. Hudson was a native of and was raised in Crossett and a resident of Fountain Hill for the past 10 years.  She graduated in 1988 from Crossett High School.  She was a homemaker, a member of the Prairie Grove Baptist Church, and a former member of Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school and vacation bible school.  Lisa enjoyed hunting and...

James Wesley Stanley, 66, of Wilmar, died Friday, October 30, 2020 at his residence.  Mr. Stanley was a native of Fountain Hill and a resident of the Greenhill Community for 40 years.  He was a 1973 graduate of Fountain Hill High School.  Mr. Stanley worked for the Mississippi River Transmission Gas Company for 28 years, having retired in 2003, and then worked with his son for Greenhill Lawn Service.  He was a member of the Second Baptist Church, where he served as a...