Obituaries
In our Care
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
