Obituaries
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William Hershel Bratton
Aug 31, 2012
William Hershel Bratton, 92 of Sheridan, Arkansas died at home August 31, 2012. He was born September 28, 1919 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Jewel and Mae Reynolds Bratton. Mr. Bratton served in the United States Army for 5 and half years during World War II and the Korean War with 40 and a half months of that...
Walter D. Miles
Aug 28, 2012
Walter D. Miles, age 76 of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at his home. He was born October 20, 1935 in Kingsland, a son of the late Floyd E. Miles and Annie Mae Hedges Miles. Mr. Miles was a graduate of Kingsland High School. He married Kathy Griffin on May 20, 1962....
Julia Mitchell Bowman
Aug 22, 2012
Julia Mitchell Bowman, 84, of Tifton, Georgia, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012. She was born January 27, 1928, in Rison, a daughter of the late Charlie Mitchell and Lillian McLendon Mitchell. Mrs. Bowman had lived in Tifton since 1962. She was a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas and earned a master's degree from the University of Georgia....
Sidney Rex Threlkeld
Aug 21, 2012
Sidney Rex Threlkeld age 72 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Rex was born March 7, 1940 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Sydney Kate Threlkeld and Evelyn (Phillips) Threlkeld. Rex was a truck driver and also had previously worked for Brown and Root. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his...
James A. Brown
Aug 10, 2012
James A. Brown, age 85 of Calmer, died Friday, August 10, 2012 at his home. He was born June 20, 1927 in Rison, a son of the late James Elmond Brown and Eula Lain Brown. Mr. Brown graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1944. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Brown was a...
Logan Garrett Prescott
Aug 7, 2012
Logan Garrett Prescott, age 17 of Rison, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in a car accident. He was born March 11, 1995 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Jeff and Lisa Brown Prescott. Logan was a Senior at Rison High School where he was member of the football team and ran track. He loved playing video games; texting...
Robbie Minter
Aug 5, 2012
Robbie Cardin-Minter, age 70 of Bryant, Arkansas went to be with the Lord and her beloved daughter, Donna Hill, August 5, 2012 in Sheridan with her loving family by her side. She was born April 17, 1942 in Culpepper, Virginia to the late Clyde and Maggie Corbin. Mrs. Minter was a retired caregiver. Mrs. Minter was preceded in death...
Barry Sowrheaver
Aug 4, 2012
Barry Steven Sowrheaver, age 52 of Woodlawn, died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at his home. He was born November 19, 1959 in Rison, a son of Sara Stover Sowrheaver and the late William Frank Sowrheaver. Mr. Sowrheaver was a retired butcher and a Baptist. Mr. Sowrheaver is survived by his mother, Sara Sowrheaver of Woodlawn; four brothers, Joe Sowrheaver...
Phil H. Copeland
Aug 1, 2012
Obituary Philip "Phil" Heichert Copeland, age 48 of Hensley, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Phil was born July 9, 1964 in Portland Oregon. Phil worked in every phase of the construction industry and was well known for his talents in the installation tile. Phil was a jack of all trades and a man of few words. He...
Pam Lunsford Wilder
Jul 20, 2012
Pam Lunsford Wilder, age 65, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, July 20, 2012. She was born December 4, 1946 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Roy Jewell Lunsford and Mary Melinda Roberts Lunsford. Mrs. Wilder was a retired factory worker and a faithful member of New Beginnings Baptist in Pine Bluff. She loved the outdoors and fishing....
Pierce Armstrong Reeder
Jul 15, 2012
Pierce A. Reeder passed away on Sunday July 15, 2012 at the age of 95. He grew up in Western Ohio where he was orphaned at an early age. He spent his early childhood years in an orphanage and then spent his teenage years in a foster home with a farm family of German descent. Pierce made his way...
Leo Morris Jr
Jul 14, 2012
Brother Leo "Count-Cool-Out" Morris Jr. was born November 27, 1956 to the late Leo Morris, Sr. and Mary Frances Morris. He attended Fordyce High School. He departed this life Saturday, July 14, 2012 in the comfort of his home with family and love ones. Brother Leo and his wife Sister Marcia gave their lives to the Lord under the...
Trever Spakes
Jul 13, 2012
Trever Venoy Spakes, age 65, of Rowell, died, Friday, July 13, 2012. He was born September 16, 1946 in Warren, a son of the late Truman Lamar Spakes and Gladys Ruth Holderfield Spakes of Rowell. Mr. Spakes was a machinist for Central Maloney. He loved hunting, fishing with his brother at Kelly Lake in Garland City, four wheeler riding,...
Mark (Happy) Glover
Jul 6, 2012
Mark Sherrod "Happy" Glover, 95, of Little Rock, passed away on July 6, 2012. He was born in Rison, Arkansas, to Twillie Homer and Marcia Reed Glover on January 11, 1917. After attending Woodlawn School and graduating from Rison High School, he attended Ouachita Baptist University and later served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He then...
Nancy L. Bass
Jul 1, 2012
Nancy L. Bass, age 72, of Pine Bluff, died, Sunday, July 1, 2012. She was born January 7, 1940 in Knoxville, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Omar Clyde Clark and Autie Barness Clapp Clark. Mrs. Bass was a homemaker and a Baptist. She enjoyed sewing, hunting, fishing and being a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Bass is...
Alan Shane Fiser
Jun 27, 2012
Alan Shane Fiser, age 46 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Shane was born July 10, 1965 to the late Ronald Lee Fiser and Rita (Teppenpaw) Fiser. Shane was an automotive mechanic and enjoyed mud racing, hunting and fishing. He was Baptist by faith and attended Palestine Missionary Baptist...
Robert Edward Parker
Jun 21, 2012
Robert Edward Parker, age 44, of the Macedonia Community near Rison, died, Thursday, June 21, 2012. He was born May 22, 1968, in Fordyce, a son of Ruth Boehn Parker Phillips and the late Bobby Dean Parker. Mr. Parker loved hunting and fishing. He loved his family and spending time with them. He was a 1986 graduate of Rison...
Ila (Jean) Eugena Grounds
Jun 12, 2012
Jean Grounds of West Palm Beach, Florida, formerly of Prattsville, Arkansas was born January 12, 1917 in Jasper, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Geo Hudson and Lillie Carney. She was a housewife and mother. She lived in many states in the US during her life, but Prattsville was always her home. Her most enjoyable time in life was...
David (Eddie) Edward Crutchfield, Sr
Jun 7, 2012
David "Eddie" Edward Crutchfield, Sr., age 44 of Hensley, Arkansas passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012. Eddie was born July 25, 1967 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eddie worked in the construction industry building log homes and enjoyed singing. He was preceded in death by his mother, Clara Crutchfield. Eddie is survived by his father, Freddie Crutchfield of Hensley; his...
Erma Lee Mclarrin
Jun 3, 2012
Erma Lee McLarrin, age 68, of the Randall community, died, Sunday, June 3, 2012. She was born September 21, 1943 in Kingsland, a daughter of the late Lincolin Sipes and Helen Roberts Sipes. Mrs. McLarrin was an LPN, cosmetologist and beautician. She was a loving wife and homemaker and was a Baptist. Mrs. McLarrin was also preceded in death...
