Obituaries: Deaths / Funerals for El Dorado Arkansas (AR)

EDWARD V. ALPUENTE
Edward Victor “Ed” Alpuente passed away Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the John R. Williamson Hospice House.
MARY L. CARRIER
Mary Lucille Duke Hicks Carrier, 76, of Junction City, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
AGNES P. FINLEY
Agnes Pierce Finley, 91, of El Dorado, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, at Medical Center of South Arkansas.
BLANCHE P. HILL
Blanche P. Hill, 96, of El Dorado, and formerly of Greenville, Miss., died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at Medical Center of South Arkansas.
HERSCHEL D. HOLT
Herschel Doyle Holt, 91, a resident of Lufkin, Texas, since September 2006, and formerly of El Dorado, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin.
JAMES McGARITY
Funeral for James “Red” McGarity, 78, of De Pere, Wisc., will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Cotter Funeral Home, 860 N. Webster Ave., in De Pere, Wisc. with the Rev. Bob Laubenstein officiating.
LILLIE C. MITCHELL
Lillie “Louise” Corbett Mitchell, 84, of Warren, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at Bradley County Medical Center.
WARREN A. PORTER
Warren Albert Porter, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at the Touchmark Retirement Community in Edmond, Okla.
BILLY R. TELL
Billy R. Tell, 37, of Haynesville, La., died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, La.
JAMES H. TEMPLE
James Harold Temple, 72, of Johnsville, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, in the McCellan Veterans Hospital in Little Rock.
WILLIE L. TERRY
Willie L. Terry, 85, of El Dorado, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at Hillsboro Life Care in El Dorado.
JAMES F. WILSON
A graveside service for James Franklin Wilson, 78, of El Dorado, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Cemetery at 7870 Hyway 35 near Rison. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Grace Bible Fellowship with the Rev. Clay Hale officiating.

DONNIE M. ALDERSON
Funeral for Donnie M. Alderson, 61, of Milwaukee, and formerly of El Dorado, will be at noon today at the Metropolitan Baptist Church under the direction of J.W. Wilkerson Funeral Home of Milwaukee.
KENNETH PICKETT
Funeral for Kenneth Pickett, 53, of Bossier City, La., and formerly of El Dorado, will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Bailey Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Eklund officiating. Interment will be in Arlington Memorial Park under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.