Obituaries
Judy Arlene (Bird) Spears
02 02, 2026
Judy Arlene (Bird) Spears, 81, of El Dorado, Arkansas passed away Monday, February 2, 2026 at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home.
Born October 18, 1944 in El Dorado, the daughter of James Franklin and Adell Halbrook Bird. Mrs. Spears retired from Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission as an accounting technician. She was a member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church.
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John Thomas (JT) Williamson
02 26, 2026
John Thomas (JT) Williamson of El Dorado, Arkansas, passed away February 26, 2026 surrounded by the love of his family. A lifelong resident of El Dorado, JT was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
He was born January 18, 1944 in El Dorado, Arkansas to Thomas and Ruby Williamson. Survivors are his wife of 62 years, La Nette, three sons, Vance (Netasha), Blake, Brent (Katie) and...
Helen Janell Hastings
02 21, 2026
Helen Janell Hastings, 91, of El Dorado, passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Timberlane Health and Rehabilitation. Born December 23,1934 in Ashdown, AR, she was the daughter of Hubert and Elsie Carver Sutton.
Mrs. Hastings was retired from Robinson Buchanan Real Estate. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Lady Golf Association....
Susan Hurley Harper
02 17, 2026
Susan Hurley Harper, 69, of El Dorado, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 surrounded by her loving family.
Susan was born on September 27, 1956, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She grew up in El Dorado and graduated from El Dorado High School, Class of 1974 and went on to attend the University of Arkansas where she formed lifelong friendships.
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Mary Alice Carelock
02 18, 2026
Mary Alice Carelock, 95, of North Little Rock, formerly of El Dorado, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2026, in North Little Rock.
Born August 7, 1930, in Smackover, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Amos Jackson and Cleatus Thurlkill Jackson. Mary Alice earned an Associate Degree of Practical Theology from Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas in 1982. She had...
Troy Douglas Murphy
02 14, 2026
Troy Douglas Murphy, 84, of El Dorado, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at Hudson Memorial Nursing Home. He was born on October 3, 1941 to Davis and Evie Danford Murphy in Urbana, AR.
He was a retired night watchman for Anthony Sawmill and was a member of Green Grove Assembly of God Church. He was a very kind, simple man that loved to fish and hunt and he...
Kyle Reed Gleghorn
02 10, 2026
Kyle Reed Gleghorn, 74, of El Dorado, Arkansas passed away February 10 at Timberlane Health and Rehabilitation.
Kyle was born January 31, 1952, to Bob and Bertie Gleghorn in El Dorado, AR. Kyle was the first-born son to be followed by Gifford and Toni a couple of years later. Although Kyle spent most of his life in his hometown, he moved as a young boy to...
Patricia Marlene Beasley
02 06, 2026
Patricia Marlene Beasley passed from this life here on earth to her Father's heavenly house on February 6, 2026.
She was the daughter of Edwin Martin and Ella Marie Luschen. She was born in Great Bend, Kansas on September 23, 1936. She moved with the family to southern Illinois and southern Indiana before moving to El Dorado in 1942.
She attended the old High Goodwin School for...
Tommie Jane Baker
02 03, 2026
Tommie Jane Baker, 97, of El Dorado, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at South Arkansas Regional Hospital. She was born March 3, 1928, in El Dorado, Arkansas, to William Thomas Ray, Sr. and Claudia Adams Ray.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William R. Baker; her son, Harold Baker; her brother, W. T. Ray, Jr.; and her sisters, Christine Palmer and...
Charles Wayne Price
01 29, 2026
Charles Wayne Price, born October 8, 1940, in New Hope Community near Junction City, Arkansas passed away on January 29, 2026 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 85. His home was Smackover, Arkansas.
Charles was called Charles Wayne by his cousins, Charlie by his friends and racing buddies, and Chachi by his grandchildren, great grandchildren, and...