Obituaries

Jesse L. Hornaday,

95 of Hampton, died Thursday, December 7, 2023. He was born September 10, 1928 in Fordyce. Jesse was a member of Hampton First Baptist Church and worked for South Arkansas Telephone Company for 30+ years.

Patsy Jean Belin

Patsy Jean Belin

age 85, of Hermitage, AR died Saturday, December 9th at the St. Johns Place in Fordyce, AR. She was born Tuesday, October 4th 1938 in Damascus, AR a daughter of the late Montie Bryant and Allie Tipton Bryant. She was a 1956 graduate of the Fordyce public schools, earned her teaching degree from the University of Monticello and spent the next 27 years in elementary education being dedicated to the Hermitage School system. OnJune21st,1958 she married Charles H. Belin and he passed away February, 19th, 2016. Also preceding her in death was a daughter Debra Jean Belin, brothers Joe Bryant, W.B. Bryant, and Max Bryant. Sisters Eunice Bryant, Helen Bryant, and Betty Lisenby.

Jackie Goodwin,

85 of Hampton, died Sunday, December 3, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 21, 1938 in El Dorado to the late Grady and Ethel Witherington Ponder. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bobby” Goodwin, her brother, Billy Ponder, and her son, Shannon Goodwin.

Betty Jo Reddin Morrison

Betty Jo Reddin Morrison

Betty Jo Reddin Morrison of Woodberry was born April 22, 1935, at the home of her maternal grandparents located in Tinsman, Arkansas and went to be with our Lord on November 28, 2023. She attended Hampton Elementary School, Fairview Camden, graduating from Farmerville High School. She attained a Bachelor of Education from Arkansas A & M and a Master of Education from Henderson State. Following her graduation from undergraduate school, Betty married the love of her life, James Bradford Morrison. After teaching school in Thornton and Hampton, Arkansas, Houston, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, she retired with her husband to their Woodberry Farmhouse.

Robert Morgan Baker, Jr.,

Robert Morgan Baker, Jr.,

age 72 of Hampton died Saturday, December 2, 2023 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sherwood, Arkansas. He was born June 7, 1951 in New Bern, NC. Robert entered the U.S. Air Force in October of 1969, serving as an air traffic controller during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in October of 1975. He graduated from U.A.M. with a forestry degree. He was a county forester for the State of Arkansas working in Calhoun, Union, Ouachita and Bradley County.

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