In our Care

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 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...

Dec 16, 2009

Bobby Vinson age 76 of Pine Bluff, died, Wednesday, December 16, 2009. He was born September 18, 1933, in Cleveland County, a son of the late Sid and Florence Vinson. Mr. Vinson served in the United States Army, was a retired Pine Bluff Fire Fighter and a member of Prosperity United Methodist Church. He was a loving...

Dec 16, 2009

Hazel Mae Williams, 94, of Clarksville went to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Johnson Regional Medical Center. She was born August 19, 1915 in the Rowell Community, the daughter of the late Idell and Addie Bell Roberts Reeves. Mrs. Williams attended Rowell and Kelso public schools. She made her home in Dermott, McGehee...

Dec 14, 2009

Margaret Arlene McMurray, age 73, of Durham, North Carolina died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Duke Hospital in Durham. She was born December 19, 1935 in Sheridan, Arkansas, a daughter of the late William Sterling and Carrie Ophelia Boast Spray. Mrs. McMurray was an active member of Parma Baptist Church in Ohio serving as organist for 17...

Dec 14, 2009

Pauline Lunsford age 68 of White Hall, Arkansas, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Sheridan Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Grant County on November 18, 1941, a daughter of the late Henry B Lunsford and Mattie Lula Mae Winston Lunsford of Rison. Miss. Lunsford worked for the White Hall School district for fifteen...

Dec 13, 2009

Louise Henderson Phillips age 93 of Rison, formerly of Calmer, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born January 17, 1916 in Calmer, a daughter of the late R. F. and Florence Berry Henderson. Mrs. Phillips married Oren Phillips on February 8, 1941. She was a member of Oak Grove Missionary...

Dec 11, 2009

Harold E. Williams age 63 of Houston, Texas, died Thursday, December 10, 2009. He was born January 15, 1946 in Mansfield, Ohio, a son of Margaret Ann Scheetz Williams of Hot Springs and the late Samuel Howard Williams Sr. Mr. Williams served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era, was a retired Electrician and a...

Dec 10, 2009

Susan Baggett Golden age 87 of Pine Bluff, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born November 18, 1922 in Rison, a daughter of the late Morris Silas and Willie Marie Sanders Baggett. Mrs. Golden worked in the food service industry for thirty years and was of the Baptist faith. She...

Dec 10, 2009

Oma Mae Brown, age 90 of Woodlawn formerly of Kingsland, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born April 10, 1919, a daughter of the late George and Linnie Nutt West. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bud Brown; two brothers, Glenn...

Dec 3, 2009

Mary Frances Winberry, age 70, of Sheridan died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born January 31, 1939 in Clarendon, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Robert and Vestal Day Phillips. Mrs. Winberry graduated from Clarendon High School. In 1956, she married Billy Winberry in Greenville, Mississippi. They moved to...