Category: Obituaries

Alphia Mae Dunlop 102, of Kingman died Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Desert Highlands Care Center. Alphia (Alphie) was born August 10, 1919 in Glenwood, AR. to Thomas and Bessie Small. Alphia was a widow and spent most of her time making friends and playing bingo. She was loved by the community of Kingman and everyone knew her. Alphia was proceeded in death by her loving husband Ed Dunlop; her parents Thomas and Bessie (Kitchens) Small; brothers Otto, Dewitt, Wayne Thomas, James William; sister Ellen Lucas; and daughter Alline Thompson.  Alphia is survived by her children William T. Sheppard, Clara…

Bullhead City Police Lieutenant Nick Sessions, who died after a prolonged fight against COVID-19 on August 6, 2021, will be remembered by the Bullhead City Police Department and greater public safety community with an honors funeral service next week. The funeral service for Lt. Nick Sessions will be held on Thursday, August 19th at 10 a.m. MST at the Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse, 3663 Bullhead Parkway, in Bullhead City. A police procession will commence prior to the funeral service.  Lt. Sessions served in the United States Army and was a police officer for the LaVerne, CA Police Department before joining the Bullhead…

Few people live a life as spirited and poignant as the life that Chaplain Paul Pitts lead. Chaplain Pitts dedicated his life to working and ministering in his community and providing much-needed support and guidance to his fellow veterans. “He was totally—100%—devoted to veterans,” Father Philip Shaw said of his dear friend. Pitts worked as an Airforce Auxiliary Chaplain, a hospice Chaplain for Living Waters Hospice in Golden Valley, and as a Chaplain for countless other service members and first responders in our community. “He probably did his best work through the Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council,” Shaw continued. “He was…