Obituaries
In our Care
Wanda Carolyn Freeman
Jul 19, 2014
Wanda Carolyn Freeman, age 74 of Rison, died Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was born January 24, 1940 in Cleveland County the daughter of the late Jim Harris and Mazell Lutrell Harris. Mrs. Freeman retired from the Cleveland County Health Department as an LPN. She enjoyed her family time, crocheting, reading and her pets. Mrs. Freeman was a Baptist...
Aron Durham
Jul 5, 2014
Aron Wayne "Rerun" Durham , age 20, of Woodlawn, died, Saturday, July 5, 2014. He was born August 2, 1993 in Pine Bluff. He was a member of Center Missionary Baptist Church and attended Pine Bluff Salvation Army with his grandmother. Mr. Durham loved the outdoors and was an avid fisher and hunter of duck and deer. He also...
Becky Renee Davison
Jul 4, 2014
Becky Renee Billings Davison age 45 of Little Rock, passed away on July 4, 2014. She was born November 24, 1968 in Pine Bluff, daughter of the late Marian Hall Billings and W.M. Billings of Rison. Renee was a Registered Nurse, graduating from JRMC School of Nursing in 1993. She was a devoted wife, friend, and mother of two....
Lisa Evette Scott
Jul 4, 2014
Lisa Evette Scott, age 49 of Rison passed away, Friday, July 4, 2014 at her home. She was born July 26, 1964 in Jackson, Tennessee to John William and Linda Plumlee Beck Jr. She is survived by her son Jessie Lunsford of Rison; daughter, Laura (Dillan) Peterson of England, Arkansas; mother, Linda (Dwain) Williams of Woodlawn; sister, Arlette (Jeff)...
Howard Ross
Jul 3, 2014
Albert Howard Ross, age 63, of Woodlawn passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1950 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to the late Brooks Ross and Maple Brown Ross. Mr. Ross worked for Burgess Williams as a mail carrier for 25 years before retiring in 2011. He was preceded in death...
Tina Hoskins
Jul 3, 2014
Tina Sipes Hoskins, age 55, of Rison went to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 3, 2014 at her home. She was born July 1, 1959 in Dallas, Texas to the late John Sipes and Montine Neely Sipes. She was of the Assembly of God Faith. Mrs. Hoskins was a switchboard operator for the Children's Clinic in Pine Bluff...
Margie Nell Rodgers
Jul 1, 2014
Margie Nell Rodgers, age 78, of Rison passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at her home. She was born October 30, 1935 in Rowell, Arkansas to the late G.M. Kesterson and Hazel Covington Kesterson. Mrs. Rodgers was of the Baptist faith and attended Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. She was employed 28 years with several county treasures as a Deputy...
Rickey Jacobs
Jun 29, 2014
Rickey Jacobs, age 66, of Rison passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Bradley County Medical Center. He was born April 23, 1948 in Warren to the late J.T. Jacobs and Blanche Spakes Jacobs. Rickey was a graduate of Warren High School and was a retired heavy equipment operator for the Highway Department. He is survived by his sons;...
Russell Huff Jr
Jun 26, 2014
Russell Huff, Jr., age 39, of Sheridan, passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014. Mr. Huff was born July 22, 1974, in Little Rock, to Russell Huff Sr. and Peggy Ann Rundell. He was a musician/graphic artist. He married Courtney Culpepper on December 15, 2011 in Sheridan, Arkansas. Mr. Huff is survived by his wife, Courtney Culpepper Huff of Sheridan;...
Hugh Arnold
Jun 26, 2014
Hugh Richard "Dick" Arnold, 62 of White Hall, Arkansas, former resident of Savannah, GA died Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Wayne Memorial Hospital. The Arkansas native had visited in Wayne County, GA many times with family, he was a 1970 Windsor Forest High School Graduate in Savannah and was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Watson Chapel,...
Wilma Jean Austin
Jun 23, 2014
Wilma Wooley Austin, age 70, of Sherwood formerly of Woodlawn, went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 23, 2014 at her home. She was born November 27, 1943 in Woodlawn to the late William Edgar Wooley and Mildred Inez Lain Wooley. She was a 1961 graduate of Woodlawn High School. Mrs. Austin retired as a Collections Manager from...
Martha Lane Hogg
Jun 18, 2014
Martha Lane Hogg, 85, of Leola, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Hogg was born November 30, 1928, in Willow, Arkansas to the late Oliver Martin and Dessie Beatrice Ernest Jones. She was reared and received her education in Willow, Arkansas. She moved to Leola in 1958. Mrs. Hogg was a factory worker for...
Ruby Rauls
Jun 15, 2014
Ruby Rauls, 99, of Rison went to be with the Lord on June 15, 2014. She was born May 24, 1915 in Meridian, Mississippi, daughter of the late David Brown and Nancy Simmons Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clother Rauls. Mrs. Rauls was homemaker and of Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed singing, reading, and spending time...
Mary Wilson
Jun 7, 2014
Mary L. Wilson, age 64, of White Hall died Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born March 28, 1950 in Drew County to the late Layne Robinson and Tommie Campbell Robinson. Mrs. Wilson was a 1968 graduate of Kingsland High School. She worked as an assistant store manager before becoming the...
Olen Dale Vailes
Jun 5, 2014
Olen Dale "O.D." Vailes, age 77, of Grapevine, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. Mr. Vailes was born July 8, 1936, in Grapevine, to the late William Walter and Anna Plunkett Vailes. He was reared and received his education in Grapevine, where he graduated from Grapevine High School in 1956. He worked...
Joanne Hunsaker
May 6, 2014
Joanne Hunsaker, age 36, of Redfield, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born June 15, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska to William Walter Bazer Harper and Phyllis Ann Deboard. Ms. Hunsaker was reared and received her early education in Pine Bluff. She moved to CB, Iowa in 1996, where...
Bettie Hoover
Apr 21, 2014
Bettie Hoover, age 74, of Woodlawn went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 21, 2014 in Little Rock. She was born August 28, 1939 in Monticello, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Vance Carter and Lillie Tucker Carter. Mrs. Hoover was a faithful member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church. She was a respected teacher at the...
Mark Johnson
Apr 18, 2014
A celebration of life for Mark Johnson will be held in Sheridan Arkansas at Burns Park on May 3, 2014 at 1 pm. Mark was born on June 1st, 1963 in Terre Haute, and died April 18th, 2014 in Sheridan, Arkansas. Mark was a kind, good hearted man that would help anyone anyway he could. He had an amazing...
Bettye Lee Gill
Apr 5, 2014
Bettye Lee (Rogers) Gill, age 84, of Tulip, Arkansas passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014. She was born May 17, 1929 in Carthage, Arkansas the daughter of the late Alver Claude Rogers and Mary Lee (Williams) Rogers. Mrs. Gill was a member of Tulip Memorial Baptist Church; she was the past owner/operator of the Tulipino Grocery Store and the...
