Obituaries
In our Care
James "Keith" Gray Jr
Mar 8, 2013
James K. Gray Jr, age 47, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, March 8, 2013. Mr. Gray was born June 30, 1965, in El Centro,California, son of Carolyn Spradlin Gray and the late James Odell Gray. He was raised in Grapevine. Mr. Gray was employed by Stant USA. Mr. Gray is survived by his wife, Tonya Hutchins Gray of Pine...
Diane B. White
Mar 5, 2013
Diane B. White, age 70, of the Rose Hill Community near Rison, went to be with our Lord, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. She was born July 27, 1942, in Little Rock, a daughter of the late Thomas Carroll Butcher and Jimmie McAuliffe Butcher. Mrs. White graduated from Rison High School and Capitol City Business College. She retired from England...
Charles Carol Fowler
Feb 20, 2013
Charles Fowler, age 80, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born October 5, 1932 in Judsonia, Arkansas the son of the late Henry Carol Fowler and Bessie (Skinner) Fowler. On December 12, 1950 Charles married the love of his life Jessie Atkinson Fowler. Charles...
Beverly Ellis
Feb 18, 2013
Beverly Jean Ellis, age 71, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Monday, February 18, 2013, at UAMS in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born September 25, 1941 in Weed, California, the daughter of the late George Delk Rutherford and Mary A (Finley) Rutherford. Beverly was raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She was a devoted housewife, enjoyed camping and cherished her...
Aline Hollis Burrough
Feb 15, 2013
Aline Hollis Burrough, age 89, of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Friday, February 15, 2013. She was born August 19, 1923 in Bradley County, a daughter of the late C. B. (Buster) Hollis and Myrtle Spakes Hollis. Mrs. Burrough was a homemaker and a member of Oak Park Free Will Baptist Church. She was a loving...
Deborah Russell Mills
Feb 15, 2013
Deborah Russell Mills, age 58, of Sherwood, formerly of Kingsland, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, February 15, 2013. She was born May 16, 1954, in Camden, a daughter of James Russell and Janet Denton Russell. Mrs. Mills worked in Customer Relations with Crain Hyundai Automotives in North Little Rock and was a member of Rose Hill...
Mary Catherine Baresch
Feb 14, 2013
Mary Catherine Baresch, age 68, of Kingsland, died Thursday, February 14, 2013. She was born October 10, 1944, in Fordyce, a daughter of the late Louis Baresch Sr. and Betty Jullian Baresch. Ms. Baresch was a homemaker and a member of Kingsland Assembly of God Church. She was also a Timber Farmer, Land Manager, LPN, School Teacher and Beautician....
Gary Lynn Ball
Feb 12, 2013
Gary Lynn Ball. Age 57, of Hensley, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, February 12. 2013, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock with his loving family by his side. He was born May 9, 1955 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late William Thomas and Hilmer (Mashburn) Ball. In his younger years, Gary attended Springlake Church of the...
Patsy Miller Rawls
Feb 11, 2013
Patsy Miller Rawls, age 80, of Rison, died Monday, February 11, 2013. She was born October 13, 1932, in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Jasper Miller and Vera Roberts Miller. Mrs. Rawls was a homemaker and a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing and spending time with her family. Mrs. Rawls was...
Rosa Mary Brown
Jan 30, 2013
Rosa Mary Brown, age 74, of the Macedonia Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, January 30, 2013. She was born November 20, 1938 in Rison, a daughter of the late Kendall and Bessie Gailey Lockhart. Mrs. Brown retired from the Cleveland County Sheriff's office, where she was a radio dispatcher and jailer for many years....
Scott Lunsford
Jan 28, 2013
Scott Lunsford age 48, of Rison, died, Monday, January 28, 2013. He was born April 20, 1964 in Pine Bluff, a son of Leroy and Mary Frances Kimbrell Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford was a 1982 graduate of Rison High School. He was employed by Lunsford Family Farms where he was a chicken grower for Tyson. Mr. Lunsford loved being outdoors,...
Roger Cash
Jan 26, 2013
Mr. Roger Cash age 65, of the Macedonia Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his home. He was born July 19, 1947 in Rison, a son of Dewey Cash and the late Billie Jean Terry Cash. Mr. Cash retired from the Cleveland County Oil Company as a Truck Driver and was...
David B. Langrell
Jan 23, 2013
David Bruce Langrell, age 63 of White Hall, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 16, 1949 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Oliver Ray Langrell and Minnie (Holland) Langrell. David was a member of Double L Saddle Club; he also loved going hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family...
Billy Ray Goodman
Jan 23, 2013
Billy Ray Goodman Sr., age 67, of Grapevine, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born June 13, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of the late E.K. Goodman and Bernice (Sharp) Goodman Laminack. Billy was a retired Detective with the Pine Bluff Police Department, having...
Joshua Womack
Jan 11, 2013
Joshua Lavelle Womack, age 25 of the Woodlawn Community died Friday, January 11, 2013. He was born April 18, 1987 in West Monroe, Louisiana, a son of Randy Womack and Lisa Dawn Haley. Mr. Womack was a 2005 graduate of Woodlawn High School. He was employed by Berenfield Containers. Mr. Womack was of the Baptist faith. He was a...
Luther Fred Dorsey, Jr
Jan 9, 2013
Luther Fred Dorsey Jr., age 67 of Rison, died, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 He was born October 28, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a son of the late Luther Fred Dorsey Sr. and Geneva Earle Hairston Dorsey. Mr. Dorsey graduated from Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California, where he graduated with the Beach Boys. He was the fourth generation...
Billie Lee Bennings
Jan 6, 2013
Billie Lee Bennings age 85, of Poyen, Arkansas formerly of Prattsville passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born July 3, 1927 to the late Leland Bennings and Ethel (Stuckey) Bennings in Prattsville, Arkansas. Billie was a member of Buie Baptist Church for many years, where he served as the...
Helen White
Jan 3, 2013
Helen Louise White, age 81 of Rison, died, Thursday, January 3, 2013. She was born October 20, 1931 in Rison, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Wallace and Alice Sandine Wallace. Mrs. White retired from the Rison Garment Factory where she was a supervisor, and a member of Rison Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family...
Curtis L. Sims
Jan 3, 2013
Curtis Sims, age 88 of Fordyce, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at his home. He was born October 6, 1924 in Shreveport, Louisiana, a son of the late Joe and Beulah Linzy Sims. Mr. Sims was an Army Air Force veteran having served his country during World War II. He was a retired truck...
Gloria Jean Martin
Jan 1, 2013
Gloria Jean Martin age 68, of Little Rock, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan went to be with the lord Tuesday morning, January 1, 2013. She was born August 6, 1944 to the late Paul Parke and Bettie Viola (Barker) Thompson. She was a retired LPTN and caregiver to many throughout her years of service. Gloria was of Methodist faith. She...
