Obituaries
In our Care
D. C. "Doc" Deston Cooper Blanchard
Oct 11, 2013
D.C. "Doc" Deston Cooper Blanchard, age 91 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Friday, October 11, 2013. He was born April 7, 1922 at Delight, Arkansas, youngest son of John Jessie Blanchard and Marietta Mae Cooper Blanchard. Mr. Blanchard was reared and educated in Delight and Murfreesboro, Arkansas areas. Doc wed the former Roberta Simpson of Delight,...
James Carroll Peters
Oct 5, 2013
Retired Master Sergeant, James Carroll Peters, age 81, of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at his home. He was born January 16, 1932 in Ivan, Arkansas, a son of the late Richard Peters and Gertrude Price Peters Rodgers. Mr. Peters retired from the United States Air Force and the United States Postal Service. He was a 1950...
Jesse D. Robbins
Oct 2, 2013
Jesse D. Robbins, age 92, of Ola, Arkansas formerly of Prattsville, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at his home. He was born June 12, 1921 in Hot Springs, Arkansas the son of the late J.A. and Ella (Hargis) Robbins. Mr. Robbins proudly served our nation in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Robbins retired...
Marvin Wayne Crutchfield
Sep 29, 2013
Marvin W. Crutchfield, age 70, of Kingsland, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013. He was born April 6, 1943 in Herbine, Arkansas, the son of the late William Carl Crutchfield and Ethel Ruth Huddleston Crutchfield. Mr. Crutchfield was a 1961 graduate of New Edinburg High School. He retired as an iron worker from the Local 321 and was a...
Arlis Dewayne Stone
Sep 22, 2013
Arlis DeWayne (Dewey) Stone, age 45, of Rison, formally of Redfield, died Sunday, September 22, 2013. He was born December 22, 1967 in Fordyce, a son of JoAnn Ashcraft Prather of Jefferson and the late Arlis Edward Stone. Mr. Stone was 1986 graduate of White Hall High School. He was a supervisor for Aura Services in Redfield and of...
Jamie Carlyn Butcher Todd
Sep 19, 2013
Jamie Carlyn Butcher Todd, age 73, of Searcy, Arkansas, formerly of Rowell, Arkansas went peacefully to be with our Lord, Thursday September 19, 2013. Mrs. Todd was born March 14, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas, daughter of the late Thomas Carroll Butcher, Sr. and Jimmie McAuliffe Butcher. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Vivian Ann Butcher and...
Ann House
Sep 12, 2013
Anna Sue McClellan Puckett House, age 94, of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, September 12, 2013. She was born July 11, 1919, in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late James H. McClellan and Lillian Geneva Hartley McClellan. Mrs. House was a homemaker and had worked for Ben Pearson where she was employed as a...
Westly "West" Scott Mcdonald
Sep 9, 2013
Westly "West" Scott McDonald, age 23, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Monday, September 9, 2013. He was born August 22, 1990 in Brenham, Texas, the son of Jerome McDonald and Darla Thomas. West was a 2009 graduate of Sheridan High School, a former student of UALR, and previously attended First Baptist Church in...
James H. Jacks
Sep 4, 2013
James H. Jacks, age 79 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, September 4, 2013. He was born April 11, 1934 in Rowell, a son of the late Jim Jacks and Radie Stark Jacks. Mr. Jacks was a Korean War Veteran, having served in the United States Army. He retired from Central Moloney after forty years of...
Randy Coleman
Sep 2, 2013
Randy "Dodah" Coleman, age 53, of Rison, died Monday, September 2, 2013. He was born June 27, 1960 in Pine Bluff, a son of Pat Coleman and Virgie Skinner Coleman. Mr. Coleman was a retired truck driver and loved fishing and the outdoors. He was a member of Rison Baptist Church. Mr. Coleman was preceded in death by his...
Randy Scott Rawls
Aug 31, 2013
Randy Scott Rawls, age 41 of Rison, died, Saturday, August 31, 2013 He was born March 25, 1972 in Pine Bluff, a son of Randy Rawls and Ellyn Smith Veorster. Mr. Rawls was a 1990 graduate of Rison High School. He was a former employee of the Washington Group where he was a Haz Mat Specialist. Mr. Rawls was...
Odis H. Cullins
Aug 28, 2013
Odis H. Cullins, age 67, of Pine Bluff, died, Wednesday, August 28, 2013. He was born March 16, 1946 in Rison, a son of the late Lavelle Wilson Cullins and Mary Ellen Simmons Freeman. Mr. Cullins served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a Tech Sergeant, having received the Bronze Star, Silver Star and was...
William H. Housley
Aug 25, 2013
William H. Housley, age 93, of Mt. Ida, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. Mr. Housley was born September 3, 1919 in Plainview, Arkansas to the late William J. Housley and Jose (Reed) Housley. He attended Sheridan Public Schools and later served in the United States Navy during WWII on a supply ship in the...
James D. Cash
Aug 22, 2013
James D. Cash, 79, of Randall died peacefully at his home Thursday, August 22, 2013. Born April 12, 1934 in Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Walter Cash and Eunice Roberts Cash, and their last surviving child. Mr. Cash was raised and educated in the Woodlawn Community. He has been a member of Center Missionary Baptist...
Mildred Jynell "Arkie" Randall
Aug 14, 2013
Mildred Jynell Randall, age 80, formerly of Prattsville, passed away at her home in Antlers, OK on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on July 19, 1933 in Benton, AR to John E. "Jack" and Ollie Cordell. Known to family and friends as "Arkie," Mrs. Randall was a retired hotel and restaurant...
Dorothy Cole
Aug 4, 2013
Dorothy L. Cole, age 89, of Rowell, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2013. She was born September 12, 1923 in Warren, a daughter of the late Ben and Mollie Hunt Level. Mrs. Cole retired from Burlington Industries, was a homemaker and a Baptist. She enjoyed farming, gardening, raising cows and cooking. Mrs. Cole loved and...
Nedra Armstrong Spakes Roberts
Aug 2, 2013
Nedra Armstrong Spakes Roberts, age 92, of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Friday, August 2, 2013. She was born January 19, 1921 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late J. W. and Mattie Emma Jean Lee Armstrong. Mrs. Roberts was a child care provider for many years. She was a homemaker and member of Trinity Faith...
Frankie Reynolds Wilson
Jul 31, 2013
Frankie Reynolds Wilson, age 77, of the Woodlawn Community, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. She was born February 5, 1936 in Grapevine, a daughter of the late Gaylon and Alice Woods Reynolds. Mrs. Wilson was a graduate for Grapevine High School and Draughns School of Business. She was a retired secretary for Tyson Foods...
Agnes White
Jul 25, 2013
Agnes White, age 94, of the "Y" Community near Rison, died, Thursday, July 25, 2013. She was born August 4, 1918 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Iru H. Hudson and Pearl Wilson Hudson. Mrs. White was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Daniel White; brother, W....
Melvin Marrow
Jul 22, 2013
Melvin "Mel" Marrow, age 84 of Woodlawn Community near Rison, died, Monday, July 22, 2013 at his home. He was born April 29, 1929 in Phil Campbell, Alabama, a son of the late Hershel Marrow and Ella Mae Pounders Marrow. Mr. Marrow was a retired Barber, retiring after fifty one years of service. He also worked in farming and...
