Obituaries
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Catherine Virginia Deupree
May 11, 2015
Catherine Virginia DeuPree, age 96, of Rison died Monday, May 11, 2015. Mrs. DeuPree was born November 28, 1918 in Jefferson County, a daughter of the late Adolph Stroble and Emma Melissa Whittle Stroble. She was a homemaker and a member of Rison United Methodist Church. Mrs. DeuPree was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters. She is...
George Franklin Zimmerman
May 4, 2015
George Franklin Zimmerman, age 74, of Sheridan, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at his home. Cremation arrangements are by Buie Funeral Home of Sheridan.
Charles Russell
May 4, 2015
Charles Russell, 69, of Beebe, passed away May 4, 2015 at Baptist Health in North Little Rock. He was born February 16, 1946 in Searcy to the late Charles and Effie Fox Russell. Mr. Russell was a retired natural gas pipeline contractor. He and his wife attended Union Valley Baptist Church in Beebe. Fishing and hunting was a passion...
Marvin Mckinzie
May 3, 2015
Marvin Eugene McKinzie, age 74, of Rison, died Sunday, May 3, 2015. Mr. McKinzie was born February 3, 1941 in Rison, a son of Iantha Kimbrell Roberts and the late Elmer McKinzie. He was a farmer, carpenter, truck driver and a member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to his father, he is preceded in death by...
James A. Patterson
May 2, 2015
James A. Patterson, 98, of Bald Knob, passed from this life May 2, 2015 at his residence. He was born March 27, 1917 in Beedeville, Arkansas to the late Early and Hattie Sherman Patterson. Mr. Patterson, known by his friends as “Pappy”, served in the U.S. Army during WWII, later in life he was employed by the Arkansas Highway...
Thomas Edward Neely
Apr 24, 2015
Thomas Edward "T.E." Neely, age 85 of Pine Bluff formerly of Herbine, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at his home. He was born August 9, 1929 in Herbine, a son of the late Agustus Crawford "Gus" Neely and Lillian Terry Neely. Mr. Neely was a World War II Army veteran having served five years in Germany. He was a...
Bobby King
Apr 15, 2015
Bobby D. King, age 61, of Woodlawn, Arkansas died Wednesday April 15, 2015 at JRMC in Pine Bluff. He was born April 9, 1954 in Rison a son of the late Hoyal King and Eugenia Ratliff King. Mr. King retired from the Arkansas Highway Department and was a welder with Varco Prudent . He was preceded in death by...
Betty Edwards Sims
Apr 9, 2015
Betty Edwards Sims, age 84, of Sheridan, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born May 28, 1930 in Springhill, Louisiana to the late William Irvin Edwards and Ruby May Eskew Edwards. Before retiring in 1989, Mrs. Sims worked as a office manager for Bossier...
Sue Ellen (Benskin) Oden
Apr 8, 2015
Sue Benskin Oden, 52, of Kensett, passed away April 8, 2015 at White County Medical Center. She was born January 13, 1963 in Pleasant Plains to the late Alfred and Rosie Palmer Benskin. Sue was a loving mother and grandmother; her grandchildren were her everything. Prior to her failing health, she was employed with The Daily Citizen for seven...
Margaret Haymond
Apr 4, 2015
Margaret Calaway Haymond, age 85, of Rison went to be with the Lord, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Mrs. Haymond was born December 24, 1929 in Rison, a daughter of the late J. W. Calaway and Bess Randleman Calaway. She received her master's degree in education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Before retiring, she taught for Grapevine Public...
Yvonne Mccluskey
Apr 3, 2015
Yvonne McCluskey, age 69, of Rison, formerly of Springfield, Oregon, died Friday, April 3, 2015. Mrs. McCluskey was born June 26, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, a daughter of the late Harry Strope and Nancy Foote Strope. She was a professional artist and her love was painting. Mrs. McCluskey was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing. Her grandchildren and family...
Edward Lawrence Wade
Apr 1, 2015
Edward Lawrence Wade, age 93, of Sheridan, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born March 14, 1922 in Saline County, the son of the late Henry F. Wade and Lacy Edwards Wade. Mr. Wade was a member of Ephesus Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and visiting with his friends...
Dennis Lynn Sipes
Mar 27, 2015
Dennis Lynn Sipes, age 67, of Monticello, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Mr. Sipes was born September 20, 1947 in Rison, a son of the late Raymond Jack Sipes and Elvalee Roberts Sipes. He was a graduate of Rison High School and a member of Oak Grove Assembly of God Church. Mr....
Eric Marcus Abeyta
Mar 27, 2015
Eric Marcus Abeyta, age 26, of Smackover, a loving father of four and cherished son, went to be with his Savior Friday, March 27, 2015. Mr. Abeyta was born December 4, 1988 in Eldorado, a son of George Abeyta and Susan Dalton Abeyta. He served as a Specialist E4 in the United States Army and was a veteran of...
Jimmy Andrew Harvey
Mar 23, 2015
Jimmy Andrew Harvey, age 84, of Stuttgart, formerly of Pine Bluff, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 23, 2015. Mr. Harvey was born December 14, 1930 in Rison, a son of the late Carl Newton Harvey and Mildred Shelby Harvey. He was a 1949 graduate of Rison High School where he played football and...
Ethel Eileen (Caldwell) Frisbee
Mar 21, 2015
Ethel Frisbee, 72, of McRae passed from this life March 21, 2015. She was born October 28, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Chick and Verna Vincent Caldwell. Mrs. Frisbee was a loving mother and grandmother. Prior to retirement, she was a dietician with White County Hospital for 21 years. She married Claude Frisbee April 17, 1975...
Virginia Bennings
Mar 16, 2015
Virginia Bennings, 87, of Benton, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 23, 1927, in the Mt. Olive Community (Saline County), a daughter of the late Lonnie Graydon and Alice Virginia Ann Levillain Davis. She was reared and received her early education at Mt. Olive and then attended Bauxite High...
Jolena Fay Presley
Mar 14, 2015
Jolena Fay Presley, age 72, of Rison died Saturday, March 14, 2015. Ms. Presley was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on February 15, 1943, a daughter of the late Joseph Samuel Presley and Lois Fay Rector Presley. She was a member of Rison Church of Christ. Ms. Presley was a generous soul who never knew a stranger or...
Ora Lee (Isham) Boone
Mar 13, 2015
Ora Isham Boone, 69, of Searcy, passed from this life March 13, 2015 at her daughter’s residence in Pangburn. She was born May 4, 1945 in Higginson to the late Lonnie and Annie Lee Ramsey Isham. Ms. Boone was a loving mother and grandmother, who loved crocheting and painting as well as gardening and flowers. In addition to her...
Bertie Lou Rowland
Mar 11, 2015
Bertie Lou Stover Rowland, age 81, of Rison, Arkansas went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Mrs. Rowland was born in the Kedron community near Rison on April 20, 1933, a daughter of the late William Calvin "Bill" Riggins and Jessie McLaughlin Riggins. For several years, Mrs. Rowland was a nurse's aide at the Cleveland County...
