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“I'm so sorry for your loss. May God wrap His arms of comfort around you during this sad time.
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1 of 5 | Posted by: Brenda Coleman - Friend
“Diane and family, you have my most sincere condolences. I'm truly so sorry for this great loss. God bless you all.
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2 of 5 | Posted by: Donna Ashcraft - Banks, AR
“Heaven gained another Angel. Prayers & Thoughts are with the Family. Charlene will be missed. Really liked her the short time I got to know her when...Read More »
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3 of 5 | Posted by: Betty Still - Bearden, AR
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
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4 of 5 | Posted by: Nealya Van & Allen G. Watson - AR
“Our deepest condolences to the family of Charlene Bates.
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5 of 5 | Posted by: Charles & Cathie Davis - Hampton, AR
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Benton Funeral Home
Charlene Bates, 71, of Harrell died Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born February 20, 1946 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was a caregiver and a member of First Assembly of God Church in Hampton. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mett Edward Williams and Grace Karriker Williams; three brothers, Jerry Williams, John Henry Williams, Marcus Williams; one sister, Sallie Oliver; and one great grandson, Hayden Haynes. She is survived by one son, Wayne (Kristie) Bates of Harrell; three daughters, Lori (Stevie) Ellis of Hampton, Angie (Jimmy) Pennington of Hampton, Diane (Benji) Franklin of Banks; one brother, Hershel (Margie) Williams of Harrell; four sisters, Beulah Helmick of Edmonds, WA, Joyce Bailey of Shreveport, LA, Jean (Don) Lunsford of Eudora, Betty Williams of Everett, WA; eleven grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at First Assembly of God Church in Hampton. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday at First Assembly of God Church with Rev. Rickey Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Union Grove Cemetery near Hampton. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce/Hampton. To sign the online register visit
Funeral Home
501 West 4th Street Fordyce, AR 71742
Tel. (870) 352-3131
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