In our Care

Feb 16, 2010

Birdie L. King age 81 of Rison, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born August 25, 1928 in Cornerville, a daughter of the late Ambers Green and Icey Glover Green. Mrs. King was a retired cafeteria worker for Rison High School and a member of Zion Missionary Baptist...

Jan 31, 2010

Tracey J. Valentine age 87 of the Herbine Community near Rison, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at his home. He was born December 24, 1922, in Cleveland County, a son of the late Charles Vodie Valentine and Della Mae Spakes Valentine. Mr. Valentine was a disabled World War II Army Veteran. He was a member of Overcoming...

Jan 30, 2010

Velma Jones age 64 of Rison, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born October 5, 1945 in Rison, a daughter of the late John Frank Jones and Nettie Eithel Roberts Jones. Miss. Jones retired from the Cleveland County Nursing Home and was a private sitter. She was also preceded in death...

Jan 30, 2010

James A. Buddy Reed age 79 of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Center in Pine Bluff. He was born August 29, 1930 in Cleveland County a son of the late Tommie and Eunice Roberts Reed. Mr. Reed married Barbara Wilson on October 12, 1954 in Greenville, Mississippi....

Jan 25, 2010

Otto Thomas Hollingshead, of Mayflower, Arkansas died Monday, January 25, 2010 in Little Rock. He was born June 5, 1919 in Siding Arkansas to the late Mack and Ethel Smith Hollingshead. Mr. Hollingshead was a World War II Army veteran, a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, and retired after many years of self employment with...

Jan 24, 2010

Zella Mae Adams, age 95, of Sheridan passed away Sunday, January 24, 2010 at her home. She was born March 12, 1914, in DeKalb, Texas to the late Russell and Della Jones Atchley. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Methodist Church. She loved gardening and canning. Mrs. Adams was preceded in death...

Jan 23, 2010

Jimmy C. Harris age 72 of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born September 24, 1937 in Quitman, Arkansas, a son of the late James W. Buck Harris and Athie Juliebelle Ward Harris. Mr. Harris married JoAnn Jones on March 3, 1978. He was a retired machinist with Phillips...

Jan 22, 2010

Thomas (T. A.) Maroney age 91 of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 22, 2010. He was born October 3, 1918 in Morrilton, a son of the late Thomas Arthur Maroney and Mary Smith Rorie. Mr. Maroney was a mechanic and electrician, having worked for Fox Brothers Lumber Company and retiring from T...

Jan 21, 2010

Gracie Viola Williams, age 85 of Sheridan, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 in Little Rock. She was born April 18, 1924 in Corinth, Arkansas to the late Joseph Luther and Lessie Louisa Glover Wells. On August 18, 1945 she married John D. Williams Sr. in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Williams was a longtime member of Sheridan Pentecostal...

Jan 21, 2010

Reverend James Stone age 63, of Rison and of Rector, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born in Pine Bluff on March 9, 1946, Jim was the younger son of J.W. (Jake) and Merle (Ferguson) Stone. He was married to Carol Anne Gaultney in Jonesboro on...

Jan 18, 2010

Betty Rhodes Morris McNutt, age 79 of Van Alstyne, Texas, formerly of Rison, died Monday, January 18, 2010. She was born August 3, 1930 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Oscar Eugene Rhodes and Mary Stover Moore. Mrs. McNutt retired from Western Sizzlin Steak House, after seventeen and a half years as a cashier. She...

Jan 16, 2010

Amanda Durrett Christian (Jackie) McGriff age 95 of Rison, formerly of Star City died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at her home. She was born May 25, 1914 in Hattisburg, Mississippi, a daughter of the late William Langdon Christian and Jessie Miles Cox. Mrs. McGriff retired from the Lincoln County Health Department where she was the office manager,...

Jan 11, 2010

John Damon Ashcraft age 70 of Rison, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born April 5, 1939, in the Herbine Community, a son of the late Willie H. Jack Ashcraft and Hester Holderfield Ashcraft. Mr. Ashcraft attended Woodlawn School and was a 1958 graduate of Rison High School....

Jan 9, 2010

Hugh Gene Kirk 83 of Rison, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska died Saturday, January 09, 2010. He was born May 3, 1926 in Dardanelle, Arkansas a son of the late Samuel S. and Missouri Smith Kirk. Mr. Kirk was a retired construction worker, and preceded in death by wives Alice Merie Kirk, Mildred Kirk; his brothers and sisters....

Jan 6, 2010

Oralyn Lutrell Cash age 86 of Rison, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born September 2, 1923 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Claud E. and Thelma Taylor Lutrell. Mrs. Cash was a homemaker and a member of the 28th Street Church...

Dec 29, 2009

William T. Dub Bell age 87 of Rison, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. He was born November 11, 1922 in Rison, a son of the late Alvin and Cora McCullough Bell. Mr. Bell retired in 1982 as a ceramic tile and plaster contractor. He and his family owned and operated Jennies...

Dec 28, 2009

Owen Key Williams Sr., age 85, of Sheridan died Monday, December 28, 2009 at his home. He was born September 20, 1924 in Holly Springs, Arkansas, a son of the late Rufus Wallace and Eva Mae Owen Williams Sr. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1943, and was an active life member of Sheridan PTA and...

Dec 27, 2009

Kathleen Louise Patterson Turner Dawson, 78, of Rison, died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 06, 1931, at Shaver, Boone County, Arkansas, a daughter of the late William Van Dyke and Martha Minnie Harry Patterson. A graduate of Alpena High School, Arkansas Polytechnic College and the University of Arkansas, she...

Dec 23, 2009

Blaine Thomas Stover age 35 of Woodlawn, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, December 23, 2009. He was born February 21, 1974 in Pine Bluff, a son of Jimmy Stover and Marsha Bell Stover, both of Woodlawn. Mr. Stover was a 1992 graduate of Woodlawn High School and worked for the past nine years as manager...

Dec 16, 2009

Walter C. May, age 100 of Rison, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. He was born September 25, 1909 at the family farm in the Toledo community to Robert J. May and Eudora Varnell May.

Mr. May graduated from Rison High School in 1927. He was married to Earline Sims May for 54 years until...