Obituaries
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A.C. "Sonny" Carroll
Jan 26, 2018
A.C. "Sonny" Carroll, 86 of Rowell, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 in Vilonia surrounded by family. He was born August 16, 1931 in Jellico, TN to the late James and Anna McNeally Carroll. Mr. Carroll served in the US Army. He was a retired truck driver and had previously attended Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church. Also preceding him...
Roy Bearden
Jan 26, 2018
Roy Bearden, 63, of Pine Bluff, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at JRMC. He was born February 15, 1944 in Pine Bluff to the late Olen Leroy and Estelle Morgan Bearden. During his career in the grocery business, Mr. Bearden worked at Safeway. Mr. Bearden is survived by a sister, Sheila Wessels of Bentonville; nieces and nephews, Louis...
Kaye Phillips
Jan 25, 2018
Kaye Phillips, 74, of Rison passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Phillips was born January 11, 1944 in Rison, Arkansas, to the late Robert Hugh Davis and Juanita Pearson Shelby. She was retired from Abbott Enterprises. She was a faithful member of Rison Baptist Church. According to her family, she loved Jesus and Dr....
Laverne (Yarbrough) Brown
Jan 19, 2018
LaVerne Yarbrough Patterson Brown, 81, of Searcy, went to be with the Lord January 19, 2018 at St. Vincent’s in Little Rock. She was born July 15, 1936 at Crosby, Arkansas to the late Charlie and Flossie Harrison Yarbrough. She was a 1954 graduate of Searcy High School and a member of Baptist Tabernacle Church in Searcy. She was...
Grady Eugene Whitfield
Jan 19, 2018
Celebration of Life Thursday January 25, 2018 11:00 AM First Pentecostal Church 1401 Calvary Road North Little Rock, AR 72116
Beatrice (Davis) Roth
Jan 18, 2018
Beatrice Davis Roth, 84, of Judsonia, passed away January 18, 2018 at Oakdale Nursing Home. She was born January 1, 1934 at Augusta, Arkansas to the late Clarence and Bernice Roach Davis. She was married to Harvey Roth in April of 1950 and he preceded her in death in August of 2000. She is survived by a daughter, Gwenda...
Bobbie Rose (Browning) Jones
Jan 18, 2018
Bobbie Rose Jones, 72, of Kensett, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2018. She was born September 24, 1945 at Marked Tree, Arkansas to the late James and Lou Browning. Meeting her at Heaven’s Gate is her husband of 53 years, Thomas Joe Jones who she has missed dearly since his passing in 2015. She was also preceded in...
Maggie Jean Gracie Leopard
Jan 16, 2018
Maggie Jean Gracie Leopard, age 85, of Rison passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Mrs. Leopard was born July 28, 1932 in Cleveland County, Arkansas, to the late Lee and Amy Brown Gracie. She enjoyed being a wife and mother who deeply loved taking care of her family. Mrs. Leopard was a retired seamstress. She was also...
Linnia "Mary" Holt
Jan 14, 2018
Linnia “Mary” Holt, age 83, of Little Rock passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 at her home. She was born July 30, 1934 in Sheridan to the late Leonard and Mamie Lee Womble Hale. She was preceded in death by her son, Larry David Holt. Left to cherish her memory, husband, Frederick “Leon” Holt of the home; son,...
Verlon Don Morgan
Jan 14, 2018
Verlon Morgan, 85, of McCrory, passed away January 14, 2018 at Unity Health in Searcy. He was born January 6, 1933 at Tupelo, Arkansas to the late Don and Mary Bolden Morgan. He attended the Baptist Church and loved the Lord. He farmed for a living, but loved to tell stories most of all. He loved flowers and had...
Reba Julia Adams
Jan 14, 2018
Visitation Friday January 19, 2018 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Vilonia First Assembly of God 851 US-64 Business Vilonia, AR 72173 Funeral Service Saturday January 20, 2018 10:00 AM Vilonia First Assembly of God 851 US-64 Business Vilonia, AR 72173 Committal Saturday January 20, 2018 2:00 PM Shiloh Cemetery 3331 AR-163 Harrisburg, AR 72432
Robert Frank Sparks
Jan 11, 2018
Robert Frank Sparks, age 89, of Little Rock passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018 at St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock. He was born April 12, 1928 in Hope, Arkansas to the late John Stanley and Mary Ellis Sparks. Mr. Sparks graduated from Sheridan High School in 1946 and was an All-District football player. On August 6,...
Anthony Eitsert
Jan 11, 2018
Anthony Eitsert, 60, of Searcy, died January 11, 2018 at St. Vincent’s CHI in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born March 2, 1957 at Rockford, Illinois. Anthony graduated from Searcy High School and served in the Army. He was a mechanic and carpenter as well as a handyman that could fix just about anything he set his mind to....
Patricia Merlene Burgin
Jan 11, 2018
Memorial Service Saturday January 13, 2018 12:00 PM Easterwood Baptist Church 176 Easterwood Point Road Mayflower, AR 72106
Clyne Edward Taylor
Jan 10, 2018
Clyne Edward Taylor, age 80, of Sheridan passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 10, 1937 in Fort Towson, Oklahoma to the late Lawrence Edward Taylor and Mary Bessie Turner Taylor. Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his step-son, Allen Graves; and sister, Clara. Left to...
Vera Kay West
Jan 10, 2018
Vera Kay West, age 52, of Rison passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at her home. She was born February 8, 1965 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Lloyd West and the late Pricilla May "Pat" Thomas Addison. In addition to her mother, Miss West is preceded in death by her brother, Jay West. She is survived by her son,...
Vivian J. Green Taylor
Jan 9, 2018
Vivian J. Green Taylor, 85, of Rison, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Mrs. Taylor was born January 30, 1932 in Rison, Arkansas, to the late Lewis J. and Minnie Williams Green. She was a member of Bethel #1 Missionary Baptist Church in Rison. Before retiring, Mrs. Taylor cooked for various restaurants, schools and the Cleveland County...
Geraldine (Dewald) Conley
Jan 9, 2018
Geraldine Conley, 75, of Judsonia, passed away January 9, 2018 at her residence. She was born November 9, 1942 at Des Plains, Illinois to the late Walter and Mildred Obrien DeWald. Mrs. Conley was a member of First Baptist Church in Judsonia. She loved her family and playing with the grandkids as well as deer hunting with her husband....
Janet Herrington
Jan 8, 2018
Janet Herrington, 73, of the Macedonia community, near Rison, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 8, 2018. Mrs. Herrington was born July 23, 1944 in Rison, Arkansas, a daughter of the late James and Geneva Jacobs. Janet was a homemaker, loved fishing, gardening and most of all being with her family. Mrs. Herrington was...
