In our Care

Mar 28, 2011

Willie Maude Sadler Mays, age 95 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home. She was born July 14, 1915 in Rison, a daughter of the late John L. Sadler and Emma Sinclair Sadler. Mrs. Mays was the owner and operator of Raymond Mays Insurance until her retirement and was...

Mar 23, 2011

Sheriff Joe Paul King, age 66 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at his home. He was born October 10, 1944 in Rison, a son of the late M. E. King and Ilda Nolan King. Mr. King was a graduate of Rison High School. He married Judy Walker on December 21,...

Mar 20, 2011

Marvin Padgett Jr., age 79 of Grapevine, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born June 20, 1931 in Evergreen, Alabama. Mr. Padgett was a Heavy Equipment Mechanic, a Baptist, and served his country in the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Mar 13, 2011

Carolyn Louise Smith, 64, of Sheridan passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 after fighting her second round of cancer. She was the daughter of Euna Roach and the late Merle Roach. Carolyn was born September 25, 1946 in Dalhart, Texas. She married Billy Jay Smith Sr. on July 25, 1964. Carolyn was a wonderful mother, grandmother and...

Mar 13, 2011

Clarence W. Harris, age 87 of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehab. He was born February 12, 1924 in Prattsville, Arkansas, a son of the late Harvey L. Harris and Vida E. Hope. Mr. Harris was a logger for twenty-one years for an Oregon logging company. He enjoyed bee keeping and...

Mar 10, 2011

James Jim Cash, age 62 of Rison, died, Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his home. He was born November 27, 1948 in Rison a son of Dewey Cash and the late Billie Jean Terry Cash. Mr. Cash was a graduate of Rison High School. He was a car inspector for the Union Pacific Railroad and a member...

Mar 7, 2011

Roy Eugene Puckett, Sr., 67, of Pine Bluff, went to heaven, March 7, 2011 due to congestive heart failure. He was born in Cleveland County, on November 28, 1943, a son of the late Russell Puckett and Anna Puckett House of Pine Bluff. Roy attended Watson Chapel High School. He was married to Lynn Henson on January...

Mar 5, 2011

Vera Payne McClellan, age 80 of New Edinburg, died, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born October 8, 1930 in New Edinburg, a daughter of the late William Lee Payne and Myrtle Dyer Payne McClellan. Mrs. McClellan was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church. She...

Mar 5, 2011

Curtis Marks Sr., age 69 of Rison, died, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born October 28, 1941 in Rison, a son of the late Harvey Marks and Margaret Flannagan Marks. Mr. Marks was a member of Greater Faith Church of God in Christ. He was also preceded in...

Mar 1, 2011

Charles Raymond Wiggins, age 76 of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Hot Springs County Medical Center in Malvern. He was born on February 12, 1935 at Grapevine to the late Tom Wiggins and Doris Ross Wiggins. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1953. Mr. Wiggins was a member of North Main Baptist Church...

Mar 1, 2011

William Billy Ray Lane, age 71 of Rison, died, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at his home. He was born November 1, 1939 in Mabscot, West Virginia, a son of the late William Earnest Lane and Helen Bishop Lane. Mr. Lane retired from Commercial Insulation Incorporated where he was a contractor, and was a member of Macedonia Missionary...

Mar 1, 2011

Jacqueline Susan Stokes Jones, 52, of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Januray 21, 1959 in Sheridan to the late Charles S. Stokes and Ruth Stokes. Ms. Jones was a Baptist and loved her Lord and Savior. She enjoyed painting and witnessing to her family and...

Feb 28, 2011

John W. Pitts, age 84 of White Hall, Arkansas, died Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home. He was born May 29, 1926 in Glendale, Arkansas, a son of the late T.I. Pitts and Lula Mae Sederry. Mr. Pitts was a retired street department manager with the city of Pine Bluff. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and watching...

Feb 22, 2011

Reverend Marion C. Ballard, 89, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord Tuesday February 22 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinsons disease. Born November 4, 1921, he was an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and served as a pastor and builder of churches throughout Arkansas for 58 years. He was an...

Feb 17, 2011

James (J. C.) Gray, age 91, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011 in St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock from a concussion due to a serious fall. He was born on December 28, 1919 in Bruno, Arkansas, to the late Oscar Franklin Gray and Edna Chloe Burns Gray. He is preceded in death...

Feb 13, 2011

Robert Rodgers, age 87 of the Randall community near Rison, died, Sunday, February 13, 2011 at his home. He was born February 17, 1923 in the Randall Community, a son of the late Charlie Rodgers and Lillian Orton Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a retired logger and...

Feb 12, 2011

Mack "Bub" Riggins, age 86 of Rison, died, Saturday, February 12, 2011 at his home. He was born November 16, 1924 in Cleveland County, a son of the late William Calvin Bill Riggins and Jessie McLaughlin Riggins. Mr. Riggins served in the United States Army during World War II and was a retired truck driver. He was...

Feb 11, 2011

James Ringer, age 74 of Rison formerly of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, died, Friday, February 11, 2011 at his home. He was born September 1, 1936 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, a son of the late Fredrick Ringer and Anna Worlund Ringer. Mr. Ringer retired from Consolidated Papers in 1998, after thirty nine years of service. He was also...

Feb 5, 2011

Bill Willis, age 91 of the Randall Community, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, February 5, 2011. He was born January 10, 1920, in the Woodlawn Community near Rison, a son of the late Andy Willis and Maudie Rodgers Willis. Mr. Willis was a graduate of Woodlawn High School. He served four and a half years...

Jan 25, 2011

James R. Hopson, age 74, of Rison, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1936 in New Edinburg, a son of the late Raymond and Frances Attwood Hopson. In 1954, Mr. Hopson graduated from University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.A. in Business. On June 21, 1959 he...