Obituaries in Fort Smith, AR | Times Record (2024)

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How do I find a local obituary? ›

Many funeral homes publish obituaries on their websites. These can usually be located with a Google search on the person's name. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, and some newspaper publishers maintain clipping files of obituaries.

Fort SmithIn Fort Smith, temperature records go back to the 1880s. The record there is 115 degrees, a mark that was set in 2011. It also hit 113 twice in 2011 and then also back in 1936. The warmest nights were in the mid-80s, both in 2011 and the 1930s.

From 1873 until 1896, the federal court conducted executions on the grounds of the courthouse. The gallows scaffold was located against the southeast corner of the wall that surrounded the old fort. From 1873 through 1896, eighty-six men were executed on the gallows at Fort Smith.

Charles Ray Vines — known as the River Valley Killer — raped and stabbed two elderly women to death in nearby Arkansas counties in the 1990s, according to authorities, and was caught after attacking a 16-year-old girl in 2000.

There are several ways to do this: A General Search: To start a general inquiry, collect any identifying information about the person you believe to have passed. Type into a search engine the person's name followed by the word “death” or “obituary”.

Legacy.com. Search the world's largest obituary database.

As funeral homes across America post obituaries to their respective funeral home website, The Obituary App organizes them all into particular cities. Now, a user can look at all the obituaries posted by multiple funeral homes in one place. There are two obituary feeds within The Obituary App.

An average obituary can easily be $200.00-500.00. Costs vary by publication. Newspapers charge by the line and can average $450 for a complete obituary. The average obituary cost begins at $200.00 and increases due to the amount of content, including a photograph and the length of the obituary.

Copyright and Obituaries. To be clear, obituaries are protected by copyright. They are creative works of expression that are fixed into a tangible medium of expression. Both the text and the images that make up an obituary are protected by copyright (even if the facts and information are not).

Some funeral directors list recent and upcoming funerals (for example, Co-operative Funeralcare). If you know where the deceased lived and died, you can also contact local funeral homes for information. Otherwise, you may be able to find details of a funeral online at sites such as: Funeral Notices.

What happened to Fort Smith Arkansas? ›

The city of Fort Smith began to prosper and grow. After the Civil War (1861-65) the military permanently closed the little-needed fort in 1871. In the Civil War the fort saw little action, but it was a major supply post for both sides. In April 1861 the US Army abandoned the fort to Arkansas state troops.

LaPorte Avenue took the lives of 17-month-old Faith Smith, 4-year-old D'Angelo Smith, 5-year-old Deontay Smith, 9-year-old Davida Smith, 10-year-old Demetris Smith, and 11-year-old Angel Smith. David — the only survivor of the blaze — shared his story exclusively with our own Joshua Short.

There have been five deaths at Smith Rock in the last two years, according to the Bend Bulletin. Between 2002 and 2014, there were three deaths.

In 2020, The four largest ethnic groups in Fort Smith's population reflected 62.8% White, 19.6% Hispanic/ Latino, 8.8% Black/African American, and 6.1% Asian. Approximately 12% of the population reported being born in another country and approximately 21% reported speaking another language other than English at home.