Born May 21, 1966, in Jacksonville, Fla., to Geraldine Maloney Wells of Benton and the late James Daugherty Sr., he was a driver for Cauble and Fields and a member of the OIDA.
On Oct. 30, 1993, he married Regina Wheatley, who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: two sons, Jeffery Michael Daugherty and Bradley James Daugherty of Chaffee; one stepson, Jerry Christopher Wheatley of Benton; one stepdaughter, Jessica Blythe Wheatley of Benton; three sisters, Phyllis Green of Fountain Inn., S.C., Jo Anne Harrold of Raceland, lowa, and Cherri Lyons of South Williamsport, Penn.; and his stepfather, Gerald Wells of Benton.
Visitation will be from noon Sunday until time of service at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ponder Funeral Home.
Cremation will follow.
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