Obituaries
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Howard Evan Reed
Apr 22, 2013
Howard Evan Reed, age 83, of Rison, died Monday, April 22, 2013. He was born January 19, 1930 in Rison, a son of the late Jack and Bertha Chapman Reed. Mr. Reed retired from Mid America in 1992, where he worked in the shipping department. He was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He was also preceded...
Loyd Bradley
Apr 20, 2013
Loyd Bradley, age 81, of Woodlawn, died Saturday, April 20, 2013. He was born October 9, 1931 in Cleveland County a son of the late Clifton and Dorothy Wells Bradley. Mr. Bradley attended Woodlawn High School. He served in the United States Army, and retired from the Arkansas State Forestry Commission after twenty five years of service. He was...
Linda Denise Jones
Apr 20, 2013
Linda Denise Jones, age 52, of Woodlawn, died Saturday, April 20, 2013. She was born February 17, 1961 in Great Lakes, Illinois, a daughter of the late Hershel and Vera Cousineau Collier. Mrs. Jones graduated from Oktaha High School and Connors University in Warner, Oklahoma. She enjoyed diamond hunting and loved rodeos, horseshows and barrel racing. Mrs. Jones had...
Pennie White Sanders
Apr 19, 2013
Pennie White Sanders, age 49, of Monticello, died Friday, April 19, 2013. She was born May 12, 1963 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Tom and Margie Reed White. Mrs. Sanders was a retired LPN, having worked for the Cleveland County Nursing Home, and was a Christian. Mrs. Sanders is survived by husband, Rusty Cotham of Monticello;...
Danny G. Wilkins
Apr 16, 2013
Danny G. Wilkins, age 59, of Rowell, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at his home. He was born August 13, 1953 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Willie (Bill) Wilkins of Redfield and Jean Linn Wilkins McNeer of Sheridan. Mr. Wilkins was a retired employee of Union Pacific Railroad, working for twenty years in Pine Bluff and...
Betty England
Apr 13, 2013
Betty Doris Sadler England passed away at her home on April 13, 2013, after a long illness. She was 88 years old, born on August 9, 1924 in Rison. She was the daughter of John Craig Sadler and Mollie Ethyl Brown. She was the granddaughter of John L. and Emma Sinclair Sadler of Rison and Claude and Alva Meroney...
Clifton Martindale
Apr 11, 2013
Clifton Martindale, age 73, of Rison, died, Thursday, April 11, 2013. He was born March 5, 1940 in Hampton, a son of the late Jim Martindale and Mary Louise Crowder Martindale. Mr. Martindale was a retired brick mason, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Sue Martindale; daughter, Bobbie Lyn Martindale;...
Eddie W. Lackey
Apr 4, 2013
Eddie Wayne Lackey age 59, of Sheridan went to be with the Lord Thursday, April 4, 2013. Eddie was born September 10, 1953 a son of the late Roy Eddie and Mary Veora (Rambo) Lackey. Mr. Lackey was a 1972 graduate of Sheridan High School, then after formal training he became the owner/operator of Lackey Heating & Air. He...
Don Charles Cooper
Apr 1, 2013
Don "Danny" Charles Cooper, age 68, of Camden, Arkansas went to be with his Lord Monday, April 1, 2013. He was born June 26, 1944 in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late James S. Cooper and Malissey Cooper. Don was a Unites States Army Veteran serving in Alaska and a truck driver for many years. Don enjoyed hunting and fishing....
Rex Richardson
Mar 23, 2013
Mr. Rex Richardson, age 75, of Rowell, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born June 1, 1937 in Herbine, Arkansas a son of the late J.Q. Richardson and Dean Powers Richardson. Mr. Richardson was a retired Teamster and Tomato Farmer. He loved spending time with family and friends. He enjoyed hunting, and was...
Hershel Puckett
Mar 20, 2013
Hershel Puckett, age 72, of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. He was born February 12, 1941 in England, Arkansas, a son of the late Ray Samuel Puckett and Ella Belle May Puckett. Mr. Puckett was a 1960 graduate of Rison High School. He was a retired baker for Wonder Bread. Mr. Puckett enjoyed...
Billy Gene Cole
Mar 18, 2013
Billy Gene Cole, age 70, of Pine Bluff, died, Monday, March 18, 2013. He was born September 27, 1942 in Rowell, a son of Dorothy Level Cole of Rowell and the late Earl Cole. Mr. Cole was a 1960 graduate of Woodlawn High School. He retired from International Paper Company in 1997, after thirty five years of service. Mr....
William Robert Kendall
Mar 18, 2013
William Robert Kendall, age 54, of Hot Springs, formerly Pine Bluff, died, Monday, March 18, 2013. He was born August 19, 1958 in Bakersfield, California, a son of William Edward Kendall and Loreda Rainwater Kendall. Mr. Kendall was a retired employee of the Arkansas Highway Department and was currently employed with the Oaklawn Race Track. He enjoyed carpentry and...
Billy Kenneth Reed
Mar 16, 2013
Billy Kenneth Reed, age 83, of the Calmer Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the V A Hospital. He was born October 12, 1929 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Fred Reed and Laura Phelps Reed. Mr. Reed was a graduate of Woodlawn High School, and served in the...
Mike Kimmel
Mar 15, 2013
Mike Kimmel age 57, of Grapevine, went to be with the Lord, Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born May 13, 1955 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Fred Kimmel and Betty Sharp Kimmel. Mr. Kimmel was a graduate of Woodlawn High School, and was employed with Union Pacific Railroad over 37 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...
Jesse C. Harrison Jr
Mar 15, 2013
Jesse C. Harrison Jr., age 72, of Glendale, died, Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born December 15, 1940 in Rison a son of the late Jesse C. Harrison, Sr., and Maysel McDaniel Harrison. Mr. Harrison was a graduate of Pine Bluff High School, and retired from the Cotton Belt Railroad. Mr. Harrison is survived by three sons, Clark...
Janette S. Cash
Mar 12, 2013
Janette S. Cash, age 76, of North Little Rock, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. She was born, July 1, 1936 in Rowell, a daughter of the late Alvin Sipes and Carrie Dalton Sipes. Mrs. Cash was a graduate of Woodlawn High School where she played basketball. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Ruby Mae Walker
Mar 12, 2013
Ruby Mae Baggett Walker, age 98, of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. She was born, October 8, 1914 in Rison, a daughter of the late Morris Silas Baggett and Willie Marie Sanders Baggett. Mrs. Walker was a homemaker and member of Bethel Number One Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death...
Dorothy Lucille Smith
Mar 11, 2013
Dorothy "Dot" Lucille Smith, age 74, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Monday, March 11, 2013 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas with her loving family by her side. She was born March 5, 1939 in Seminary, Mississippi the daughter of the late James Scarborough Bush and Elry Stubbs Bush. Dorothy was retired from Mississippi Baptist Medical center in...
Shirley Neal Mitchell
Mar 11, 2013
Shirley Ann Neal Mitchell, age 77, of Winder, Georgia, formerly of Cleveland County, died Monday, March 11, 2013. She was born, March 6, 1936 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Ulyss Ray Neal and Effie Gates Neal. Mrs Mitchell graduated of Rison High School in 1954 and attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She was...
