Obituaries

Debra Ann Ella Gray, 66, of Fort Smith, Arkansas. passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 in her home. She was born on Sept. 3, 1950 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Paula Diane Goodwin, 53, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Melanie B. Adams passed away on May 24, 2017 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, at the age of 74, from Parkinson's Disease.

Charles O. Butler, Sr., 90, of Fort Smith passed away on Sunday May 28, 2017, in Fort Smith.

Grace Anderson, 81, of Fort Smith, died May 26, 2017 in Fort Smith. She was born October 21, 1935 in Monroe, Iowa, to Fred and Edith Ross Birkenholtz.

Russell L. Duncan, 82, of Barling, Arkansas (formally of San Diego, California) passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was of the Baptist faith.

Frankie Louise Swiggum, 92, formerly of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, in Fort Smith.

Ella Mae Ruth Bagley Cunningham passed this life on May 23, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 85.

Billy Doyle Cusick, 73, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, passed away May 23, 2017. He was born March 26, 1944 in Huntington, Arkansas, to the late Claude and Fannie Cusick.

Mary Ellen Young, 79, of Alma, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017 in a local nursing home.