In our Care

Sep 9, 2011

Terry R. Johnson, age 59 of Rison, died, Friday, September 9, 2011 at his home. He was born January 8, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Florida, a son of the late Ralph Dietz and Velma Dietz. Mr. Johnson served in the United States Army during Vietnam. He was a truck driver for Welsco Welding Supply Company and a...

Sep 2, 2011

Wilburn E. Patrick, age 90 of the Calmer Community near Rison, died, Friday, September 2, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born September 18, 1920 in the Rowell Community, a son of the late William Joseph Patrick and Gillian Hall Patrick. Mr. Patrick married Mildred Vinson on February 9, 1943 in Rowell. He served in...

Sep 1, 2011

Larry D. Greenwood Sr., age 69 of Pine Bluff, died, Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1942 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late A. L. Greenwood and Cathryn Hale Greenwood. Mr. Greenwood served in the United States Army during Vietnam and the Gulf War. He was a...

Aug 28, 2011

Alvin Myers, age 73 of Fordyce, died, Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Dallas County Medical Center. He was born September 12, 1937, in Rison, a son of the late Gilbert Smith Myers and Nora Ryals Myers. Mr. Myers served in the United States Navy. He retired from Central Moloney and was a Baptist.

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Aug 26, 2011

Leneard Lecoy Ray, age 88 of Grapevine, Arkansas died Friday August 26, 2011 in his home. He was born December 11, 1922 in Grapevine, Arkansas, to the late Floyd Ray and Onie (Seymore) Ray. Lecoy, as he was known, was a member of Bethany #1 Baptist Church, Grapevine, Arkansas; He was a loving father, brother, grandfather and...

Aug 16, 2011

Joe E. Richardson, age 79 of Rowell, died, Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Bradley County Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1932, in Cleveland County, a son of the late J. Q. Richardson and Dean Powers Richardson. Mr. Richardson served in the United States Army. He was a retired truck driver and construction worker and was...

Aug 14, 2011

Nell (Bryant) Thompson, 87 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nell was born March 13, 1924 in Kingsland, Arkansas to the late Robert Milton Bryant and Minnie (Nichols) Bryant. In addition to her parents, Nell was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon F. Thompson; four...

Aug 13, 2011

Shirley Ann Main, age 67 of Stuttgart, Arkansas formally of Sheridan, died Saturday August 13, 2011 at her home in Stuttgart. She was born October 19, 1943 in Brinkley, Arkansas the daughter of the late Samuel Adams and Stella (Vest) Main. She loved listening to music, doing arts and crafts and people. Shirley had a very giving...

Aug 12, 2011

Arminta Rose (Cantrell) Hope, age 80 of Prattsville, Arkansas died Friday August 12, 2011. She was born February 24, 1931 in Mansfield, Arkansas, to the late Omer R. and Nana Estella Cantrell. Arminta was a member of Harmony Baptist Church, Prattsville, Arkansas; she was a former Bible School Teacher and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary. She...

Jul 26, 2011

Robert A. Tolson Sr., age 89 of Cleveland County, died, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. He was born June 19, 1922, in Rison, a son of the late Roy Tolson and Mae Bridges Tolson. Mr. Tolson was a 1940 graduate of Rison High School. He received his Bachelors degree in 1948 from the University of Arkansas at Monticello...

Jul 25, 2011

Shon Zachary Smith, age 18 of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Monday, July 25, 2011. He was born March 16, 1993 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Charles Chuck Smith and Misty Alynn Schultz. Shon attended Glen Rose High School and also Little Creek Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and anything that involved the outdoors. Shon also enjoyed skateboarding...

Jul 22, 2011

James Eugene Smith, age 63 of Pine Bluff, died, Friday, July 22, 2011 at his home. He was born July 21, 1948 in Little Rock, a son of the late James Ivy Smith and Helen Marie Miller Smith. Mr. Smith retired from the United States Navy after thirty years of service. He loved singing, hunting and fishing...

Jul 21, 2011

Ruby Mitchell King, age 71 of Springdale, formally of Rison, died, Thursday, July 21, 2011 at her home. She was born June 11, 1940 in Kingsland, a daughter of the late T. O. Mitchell and Florence McMurtrey Mitchell. Mrs. King retired from Tyson Foods after thirty years of service and was a member of Rison Baptist Church....

Jul 18, 2011

Robert Ira (Pappaw) Roberts, age 68 of Pine Bluff died, Monday, July 18, 2011 at Gardner Nursing Home in Star City. He was born February 22, 1943 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Alexander Roberts and Irene Brown Roberts. Mr. Roberts was a graduate of Rison High School; and a fork lift driver for Hoover...

Jul 17, 2011

Ann Norton, age 82 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born October 4, 1928, a daughter of the late Clifford Elder and Jennie Day Elder. Mrs. Norton was a high school and Bible College graduate. She was a homemaker and a caregiver for the...

Jul 11, 2011

James Harold (Red) Power, age 59 of Rison, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at his home. He was born March 24, 1952 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late Martin Edward Power and Bea Hamilton Rembowski of Pine Bluff. Mr. Power was a 1972 graduate of Pine Bluff High School. He married Brenda Greenlee on June...

Jul 10, 2011

Helen Floyd Roberts, age 89 of Rowell, died Sunday, July 10, 2011 at her home. She was born November 18, 1921 in Palmyra, a daughter of the late Henry and Ora Henderson Floyd. Mrs. Roberts married Jessie Lee Roberts on October 6, 1939 in Rowell. She was a homemaker and member of Center Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs....

Jul 10, 2011

Herman Tap Hyatt Jr., age 77 of Rison, went to be with the Lord Sunday, July 10, 2011 at his home. He was born on April 8, 1934 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Herman Clifton Hyatt Sr., and Clarice Holderfield Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt retired from Potlatch in Arkansas City, where he was a Millwright...

Jun 29, 2011

Laura Brown, age 38 of the Macedonia Community near Rison, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at her home. She was born November 5, 1972, in Andrews, Texas, a daughter of the late Lawrence Dennis and Glenna Andrews Dennis. Mrs. Brown was a 1993 graduate of Rison High School. She was a homemaker and member of Macedonia Missionary...

Jun 24, 2011

Clifton William Slim Simmons, age 87 of Rison, passed away Friday, June 24, 2011 at the Green House Cottages of Southern Hills Nursing Home in Rison. He was born June 7, 1924 in New Edinburg, the eighth of ten children of the late Henry James Simmons and Mattie Lee Sims Simmons. Mr. Simmons was a farmer and...