Mrs. Oneida Lois Anderson, age 70, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Forrest City.
Mrs. Anderson was born Aug. 22, 1931, and was the daughter of Jimmie T. Calloway and Mildred Fryer Calloway. She was a housewife and a member of the Beck Spur Baptist Church.
Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death by her husband, R.T. Anderson; a daughter, Francis Oneida Frost; a son, Robert Jim Frost; her parents; and a sister, Ida Ruth Crump.
She is survived by three sons, Leon Anderson, David Anderson and Chester Frost, all of Forrest City; two daughters, Shelia Hill of Heber Springs and Peggy Wiesle of Wheatley; three step-sons, James Anderson, Roy Anderson and Jerry Anderson, all of Forrest City; eight step-daughters, Helen Marrs, Dot Gore, Della Mae Hurd, Kay Ennis and Margaret Busby, all of Forrest City, Sidney Frost of Illinois, Hazel Glaze of Bradford and Helen Moore of Denver City, Texas; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Anderson will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Morgan Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Anderson will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at 2 p.m., at Beck Spur Baptist Church, with Bro. Wes Beavers officiating the service. Burial will follow at Forrest Park Cemetery under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home.
Mr. Gregory Bowman, age 43, of Los Angeles, Cailf., died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at his home.
Mr. Bowman, born Jan. 14, 1958, in Hughes, was the son of Othello Bowman Sr., of Los Angeles, Calif. and Mary Bowman, of Forrest City. Mr. Bowman was an Army veteran.
Mr. Bowman is survived by his wife, Mamie Bowman of Los Angeles, Calif., two sons, Gregg Bowman and Kraigg Bowman, both of Los Angeles, Calif., two daughters, Euphemia Bowman of Los Angeles and Courtney Grady of Forrest City; his parents; seven sisters, Marie Henry of Benton Harbor, Mich., Rosalyn Patterson of St. Louis, Mo., Barbara Haggins, Debra White, Joyce Cunningham, Sharon Buchanan and Ann Bowman, all of Forrest City; three brothers, Othello Bowman Jr. of Lewisville, Texas, Dennis Bowman of Memphis and Richard Bailey of Forrest City and one grandchild.
Funeral services for Mr. Bowman were held today, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at 4 p.m. at Summerfield M.B. Church with Rev. Moore officiating. Burial will take place in Los Angeles, Calif, under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
Mr. Braxton Williams Jr., age 50, of Forrest City, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Forrest City.
Mr. Williams, born June 6, 1951, in Forrest City, was the son of Braxton Williams and Octavia Nesbitt Williams.
He is survived by two daughters, Sharonda Williams of Forrest City and Yolanda Williams of Little Rock; three sons, Cedric Williams of Conway, Fredrick Williams of Jonesboro and Braxton Williams III; 12 sisters, Clarin Williams of Fresno, Calif., Christine Smith, Arnetta Johnson, Marilyn Hamilton, Denetta Williams and Rhonda Brown all of Forrest City, Lucilla Bell, Venecia Williams and Albert Walker, all of Kansas City, Mo., Caffier Curtis of St. Louis, Mo., Pearlie Crain of Indiana and Everlyn McFarland of Oceanside, Calif. and four grandchildren.
Visitation for Mr. Williams will be Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Woodhouse Mortuary. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at 1 p.m. at the Church of God with Elder James Jennings officiating. Burial will follow in Casteel Cemetery under the direction of Woodhouse Mortuary.