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May 14, 2025
May 5, 2025 Martha Fay Cooke, 85, of Russellville, passed away May 5. Burial was May 8 in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery. Spry Memorial Chapel direct...
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May 14, 2025
May 2, 2025 Joseph Onan Lindsey, Sr., 84, of Russellville, passed away May 2. Visitation was May 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Spry Memorial Chapel. A se...
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May 14, 2025
May 7, 2025 Sandra Dianne Lawson, 71, of Russellville, passed away May 7. Visitation was held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. May 12 at Spry Memorial Chapel. A ...
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May 14, 2025
May 4, 2025 Michael Lewis Murray, 52, of Russellville, passed away May 4. Visitation was May 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. A serv...
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April 29, 2025
Martha Ann Barnett, 86, of West Monroe, Louisiana, formerly of Russellville, Ala., passed away April 22. She was born Feb. 6, 1939, to Floyd and Moden...
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April 29, 2025
Tilda Jan Sumerel, 67, of Russellville, passed away April 22. Visitation was April 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Spry Memorial Chapel. Burial was in F...
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April 21, 2025
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Wanda “Windy” Kay Nelson
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April 29, 2025
Steven “Steve” Wayne Pinkard, 52, of Russellville, passed away April 21. Visitation was held April 26 from 10-11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. A mem...
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April 29, 2025
David Frankie O’Kelley,
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