Obituaries
In our Care
Marcell M. Franklin
Feb 28, 2010
Mary Marcell Franklin age 78 of Kingsland, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born February 4, 1932 in New Edinburg, a daughter of the late Amos and Flossie Mitchell. Mrs. Franklin was a homemaker and a member of Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church. She...
Elizabeth Mae Threlkeld
Feb 18, 2010
Elizabeth Mae Threlkeld age 87 of North Little Rock, died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Saline Memorial Hospital. She was born February 20, 1922 in Liberty, Mississippi, a daughter of the late George H. Higgins and Emma Ann Welch Higgins. Mrs. Threlkeld was a homemaker and a retired sales clerk, having worked for Gipsons. She was of...
Mary M. Wilson Douglas
Feb 17, 2010
Mary Wilson Douglas, age 94, of Sheridan went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Aunt Mutt as she was known by her family, was born October 23, 1915 near Sheridan, in Grant County to the late J.W. and Lou McClung Wilson. Mrs. Douglas lived most of her adult life in Little Rock where...
Birdie Lee King
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...
Tracy J. Valentine
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...
James A. Reed
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....
Velma D. Jones
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...
Otto Thomas Hollingshead
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...
Zella Mae Adams
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...
Jimmy Charles Harris
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...
Thomas (T. A.) Maroney
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...
James R. Stone
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...
Gracie Williams
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...
Betty Mcnutt
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...
Durrett C. Mcgriff
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,...
John Damon Ashcraft
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....
Hugh Gene Kirk
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....
Oralyn Lutrell Cash
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...
William T. Bell
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...
Owen Key Williams Sr
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...
