Obituaries
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Odesal Byrd
Jan 4, 2014
Odesal Byrd, age 75, of Leola, Arkansas passed away, Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Hot Spring Medical Center in Malvern. She was born March 9, 1938 in Rison, Arkansas to the late Sydney and Vernia Sparks Reed. On February 26, 1982 she married Cletus Byrd in Leola. They attended Joy Baptist Church in Leola. She was preceded in death...
Thatta "Bobbie" J. Harris
Jan 2, 2014
Thatta "Bobbie" Janice Harris, age 85, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014. She was born September 11, 1928 in Sheridan, Arkansas the daughter of the late Martin and Lena (Stucky) Crutchfield. Mrs. Harris attended Bethany #1 Missionary Baptist Church in Grapevine, Arkansas and Ephesus Missionary Baptist Church near Sheridan, Arkansas. She loved fishing and spending time...
Buddy Coleman
Dec 28, 2013
Buddy Coleman, age 78, of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, December 28, 2013. He was born November 9, 1935 in Rison, a son of the late Joe Claude Coleman and Linnie Massey Coleman. Mr. Coleman was a retired truck driver and loved hunting, fishing, and horse racing. Other than his parents, Mr. Coleman is preceded in death by his son,...
Barbara Trucks
Dec 18, 2013
Barbara Trucks, age 67, of the Trucksville Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She was born September 25, 1946 in Rison, a daughter of the late Louis Sidney Glover and Ruby Louise Farrar Glover. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. She was a devoted mother, daughter, sister, wife,...
Sandra Mcrae
Dec 11, 2013
Sandra Arden McRae, age 73, of Rison, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 11, 2013. She was born February 4, 1940 in Avon Park, Florida, a daughter of the late William Grady Fowler Sr. and Anna Clare Moore Fowler. Mrs. McRae was a homemaker and a retired school cafeteria cook. She was a member of the "Y"...
Betty Nell Wooley
Dec 5, 2013
Betty Nell Wooley, age 75, of Woodlawn, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 5, 2013. She was born February 5, 1938 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Virgil A. Terry and Freda Dixon Terry. Mrs. Wooley enjoyed quilting and family time, especially at the Holidays. She was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Missionary...
Houston Ashcraft
Nov 27, 2013
Houston Leon Ashcraft, age 69, of the Pansy Community, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at his home. He was born on March 28, 1944 in Herbine, to the late Leroy and Liddie Mae (Phillips) Ashcraft. He was reared and received his early education in Rison, graduating from Rison High School in 1962, where he developed a love...
John Richard Provence
Nov 27, 2013
John Richard Provence, 75, born January 27, 1938 in Victoria, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. He served 6 years in the Arkansas National Guard, 39th Aviation Unit. He spent 17 years as a band instrument repairman for Bean Music Co. Finally, after 33 years of service, Mr. Provence retired from...
Billy Eugene Miller
Nov 26, 2013
Billy Eugene Miller, age 61, of Sheridan went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. He was born October 5, 1952, in Sheridan, the son of Billy Doyce and Joyce (Threlkeld) Miller-Beck. Mr. Miller worked in the lumber industry and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, watching western television shows, giving his money...
Carla Thomasson
Nov 22, 2013
Carla Belinda Thomasson was born August 12th, 1952. Along the slender thread of time she was handed, Carla steadily wove a life of service till she found the final strand on November 22nd, 2013. Till then she lovingly transfigured all the things she touched. A deeply spiritual and devoted Christian, she sought to build the Kingdom through compassion and...
Cody Wayne Newton
Nov 20, 2013
Cody Wayne Newton, age 26, of Leola, Arkansas went to be with the Lord Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born November 14, 1987 in Malvern, Arkansas with a serious heart condition to Claude Allen and Sally Ruth Newton. Cody battled his heart condition all his life. Cody was a member of Leola Missionary Baptist Church and a 2007...
Mary E. Farrer
Nov 15, 2013
Mary E. Lacy Farrer, age 89, of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Friday, November 15, 2013. She was born on June 12, 1924 in Tuckerman, a daughter of the late Darrell Lacy and Edith Hanley Mead. Mrs. Farrer was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and a friend to all. She was a homemaker, loved her crafts,...
Margie Nadine Hobson
Nov 14, 2013
Margie Nadine Hobson, age 88, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenbrier, Arkansas. She was born May 5, 1925 in New Madrid, Missouri to the late Jesse Ardell and Clara Mae Morrow of Redfield, Arkansas. Mrs. Hobson married the late Willard C. Hobson on September 12, 1941 and...
Keith Patrick Hoskins
Nov 8, 2013
Keith Patrick Hoskins, age 82, of Calmer, went to be with the Lord Friday, November 8, 2013 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1931 in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Hoskins retired from International Paper Company and was a graduate of Brighton High School in Brighton, Iowa. He was an avid Razorback fan and enjoyed fishing,...
Cameron Alan Daniel
Nov 6, 2013
Cameron Alan Daniel, age 19, of Pine Bluff, died, Wednesday, November 6, 2013. He was born December 29, 1993 in Pine Bluff. Mr. Daniel was a member of Oak Park Free Will Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Tracey Hubbard; great grandparents, Roy and Aline Burrough; grandmother, Sheldia Burrough Johnson; grandfather, Glen Hubbard; uncle, Alan...
Mike Turner
Oct 28, 2013
Mike Turner, age 54, of Little Rock, died, Monday, October 28, 2013. He was born March 4, 1959 in Little Rock, a son of Retha Rauls Turner and the late Joseph F. Turner. Mr. Turner attended Hall High School and was a retired employee of Publix Grocery. He enjoyed golf and other sports and was a Missionary Baptist. He...
Mildred Patrick
Oct 20, 2013
Mildred Vinson Patrick, age 94, of the Calmer Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1918 at Rowell, a daughter of the late Alex Vinson and Minnie Lee Roberts Vinson. Mrs. Patrick was a 1938 graduate of Woodlawn High School. She married Wilburn...
Charles Baxter
Oct 19, 2013
Charles O. "Charley" Baxter, age 84 of the Sulphur Springs Community near Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was born August 1, 1929 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Charles Estes "Bo" Baxter and Grace Pierce Baxter. Mr. Baxter was a graduate of Watson Chapel High School and was of...
Gary William Nowlin
Oct 14, 2013
Gary William Nowlin, age 59, of Mabelvale, Arkansas, passed away Monday, October 14, 2013. Gary was born July 5, 1954 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late James William Nowlin and Nell Rose (Mosley) Nowlin. Mr. Nowlin was a plumber by trade. Gary was a Baptist by faith, he loved Nascar, horse racing, and all other sporting...
Dean Elizabeth Reynolds Wilson
Oct 12, 2013
Dean Elizabeth Reynolds Wilson, age 99, of Sheridan went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Sheridan Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born October 10, 1914, in Grapevine, the daughter of the late Gilbert and Fannie Walker Reynolds. Ms. Wilson, along with her husband, owned and operated Wilson's Grocery and Station in the...
