Obituaries

Jacqueline (Jackie) Dell Gibbs Carrington, 84 of North Little Rock, passed away on May 22, 2022. She was born in Palestine, Arkansas, on February 15, 1938.

John EdwJoseph H. Bilbee Jr., age 72 of Harrison, Arkansas, went to be with his Heavenly Father on May 18, 2022.

Charles Jennings Heuer, 82, of Lead Hill, was born on December 1, 1939, in Clinton, Iowa, and was raised in Calamus, Iowa, with older brother, Gene, and younger sister, Shirley; passing away at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 6th, 2022, from aspiration pneumonia at the end of a 12-day hospitalization stay, after he fell and broke his hip. His children were by his side, his daughter was holding his hand.

Dona J. Ezell “D.J.” age 69, of Bruno, Arkansas died May 18, 2022.

Alfred Earl “Al” Gibson, 86, of Yellville, Arkansas passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born on January 30, 1936, to Howard and Cora (Morgan) Gibson in Nunda, New York.

Gerald Clenton Freeman, 62, of Harrison passed away on May 8, 2022. He was born April 1, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri.

On Thursday April 12, 2022, Rose Leah Merritt Chapman entered Heaven. She was reunited with her father, Ray “Buster” Merritt, her mother, Almeda Merritt Browning and stepfather, Rev. Charles Browning, along with her brothers, Rev. Kenneth Ray Merritt and Dennis Edward Merritt and sister, Esther Naomi Merritt Kourtney.

Donnie Jaye (Benton) Ziegler, age 83, of Yellville, Arkansas departed from this life on May 7, 2022, to be with the Lord. Donnie and her twin sister were born on March 8, 1939, in Lakeway, Arkansas to Floyd and Myrtle (Baughman) Benton.

Wanda Lee Pickel of Yellville passed away Friday, May 6, 2022, at the age of 91. Wanda was born November 7, 1930, on Crooked Creek in Yellville, Fay and Ola Hurst Jefferson.