Obituaries
In our Care
James Ringer
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...
Bill Willis
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...
Ella Norton Harvill
Jan 25, 2011
Ella Norton Harvill, age 83, of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her home. She was born February 3, 1927 in Waldron, a daughter of the late Fred Norton and Parally Barnard Norton. Mrs. Harvill was an active volunteer for local food banks through her church; supported the Childrens Christian Network, and delivered the Pine...
James R. Hopson
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...
Marilyn K. James
Jan 20, 2011
Marilyn K. James, 55, of Hensley, Arkansas, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at UAMS in Little Rock. She was born on January 1, 1956 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Raymond Kinkaid and Beulah Kinkaid. Ms. James was of the Roman Catholic faith and enjoyed spending time watching television and feeding her animals. She was preceded...
Annleen Crain
Jan 18, 2011
Annleen Crain age 81 of Kingsland, died, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was born June 5, 1929 in Toledo, a daughter of the late Robert A. Hall and Audrey Browning Hall. Mrs. Crain was a homemaker and a member of Dialion Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by...
John Wilson Morgan
Jan 18, 2011
John Wilson Morgan, age 94, of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born October 22, 1916 in Herbine, a son of the late William Robert Morgan and Annie Mae McKinney Morgan. Mr. Morgan married Mildred Patrick on March 6, 1938. He loved gardening, hunting and fishing and just being...
Althea Georgie Gray
Jan 13, 2011
Althea Georgie Gauldin Blakely Gray age 97 of Rison, formerly of Fordyce, passed from this world on January 13, 2011 at the Green House Cottages of Southern Hills Nursing Home in Rison. She was born December 28, 1913, in Baskin, Louisiana, a daughter of the late George and Althea Chandler Gauldin. During her childhood, her family moved...
Jeff David Burt Sr
Jan 11, 2011
Jeff David Burt Sr. Junk Jack age 78 of Kingsland, died, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the Wagon Place Nursing Home in Warren. He was born April 12, 1932 in Winona, Mississippi, a son of the late Edward E. Burt Sr., and Mary Dovie Phillips Burt. Mr. Burt retired for the glass industry where he was a...
Catherine Terry Owens
Jan 7, 2011
Catherine Terry Owens age 77 of Rison, died, Friday, January 7, 2011 at her home. She was born February 13, 1933, in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Edd Riggins and Mary Anderson Riggins. Mrs. Owens enjoyed her family, friends, and church. She also enjoyed quilting and dancing. Mrs. Owens retired from the healthcare industry, the...
Sue Wilson Brown
Jan 6, 2011
Sue Wilson Brown went to be with our Savior on January 6, 2011 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her children. She was born February 27, 1939 in Rison, to the late Eugene and Willie Bearden Wilson. Mrs. Brown was a 1957 graduate of Rison High School. On her 18th birthday in 1957, she married...
Mary Lamb Rhodes
Jan 5, 2011
Mary Anna Alice Lamb Rhodes, 88, of Bryant, Arkansas, died Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at Fox Ridge Estates in Bryant. She was born on September 26, 1922 in Leola to the late Lenne Lee Lamb and Alice Reid Lamb. Mrs. Rhodes was a homemaker and a member of Leola Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...
James "Bill" Kilpatrick
Jan 3, 2011
James Bill Kilpatrick age 69 of Cleverson Community in Cleveland County, died, Monday, January 3, 2011 in Camden. He was born December 9, 1941in Chidester, a son of the late G. W. Kilpatrick and Ruby Hawley Kilpatrick. Mr. Kilpatrick loved hunting and fishing. He served in the United States Navy; worked at the Pine Bluff Arsenal as...
R. L. Jacks
Jan 3, 2011
R.L Jacks age 86, lifetime resident of the Rowell Community, went to be with his Lord on Monday, January 3, 2011. He was born April 12, 1924 in Rowell, a son of the late Jim Jacks and Radie Starks Jacks. Mr. Jacks retired from the United States Army, where he served during World War II. While serving...
Martin G. Lloyd
Jan 1, 2011
Martin G. Lloyd age 90 of Rison, died Saturday, January 1, 2011 at the Green House Cottages of Southern Hills Nursing Home. He was born September 17, 1920 in Rison, a son of the late Walter Lloyd and Cora Lee Parsons Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was...
Bobbie J. Briney
Dec 30, 2010
Bobbie J. Briney age 76 of Rison, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the Green House Cottages of Southern Hills Nursing Home in Rison. She was born January 30, 1934 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Robert L. Ellison and Alma Rodgers Ellison. Mrs. Briney was a homemaker and a member of Shannon Road Baptist...
Eloise Kellebrew
Dec 22, 2010
Eloise Kellebrew, age 83, of Sheridan, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born March 3, 1927 to the late Bealie Thomas Parker. and Eula Mae Sikes. Mrs. Kellebrew was a member of First Baptist Church of Sheridan where she was a part of the sunshine class. Mrs. Kellebrew was...
Mabel Roberts
Dec 21, 2010
Mabel Roberts age 88, longtime Pine Bluff resident, departed from her earthly life, peacefully on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at White Hall Nursing Home and Rehab in White Hall, where she lived her final couple of years. She is now at home with her Lord and Savior. Mrs. Roberts was born May 17, 1922, and was one...
Ralph E. Brown
Dec 16, 2010
Ralph E. Brown, age 64 of the Hardin Community, died Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born September 12, 1946 in Spokane, Washington, a son of Benson K. Brown and the late Gloria M. Sullivant Brown. Mr. Brown was a welder for over 35 years, having retired from Strong manufacturing. He loved...
Murlene E. Golden
Dec 15, 2010
Murlene Golden age 76 of Rison died Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born October 22, 1934 in Point Cedar, Arkansas, a daughter of the Charles Wesley Skates and Essie Lillie Span Skates. Mrs. Golden graduated from Central High School in Hot Springs in 1955. She married James Golden...
