In our Care

Aug 21, 2009

June Lynn, age 61 of Rison, died Friday, August 21, 2009 at her home. She was born April 4, 1948 in Kingstree, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Roy Jack Brandon and Lorraine Brandon. Mrs Lynn was a homemaker, a member of Good Faith Methodist Church, and a beloved wife and daughter. She was also preceded...

Aug 21, 2009

Mary Alto Lemons, age 100, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Sheridan, went to be with our Lord on Friday, August 21, 2009. She was born April 30, 1909 in Normangee, Texas, a daughter of the late I.N and Connie Cannon Lovett. Ms. Lemons resided most of her life in Little Rock with her husband, Virgle. After many...

Aug 19, 2009

Morris Grice, 90, of Pine Bluff went to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born January 21, 1919, to the late O. V. and Anna Grice of near Kingsland. After graduating from Kingsland High School, Mr. Grice attended Arkansas A & M College in Monticello, where he was...

Aug 7, 2009

Judy Glover, age 59 of Jefferson, died Friday, August 7, 2009 at her home. She was born August 21, 1949 in Warren, a daughter of the late Hughie and Mae Dene Thornton Ashcraft. Mrs. Glover was a homemaker and a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. She was also preceded in death by one...

Aug 3, 2009

Virgil E. Rhoads, age 93 of White Hall, went to the Lord on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the White Hall Nursing Home. He was born December 15, 1915 in Kingsland, a son of the late Charlie Clinton Rhoads and Nannie Bell Rhoads. Mr. Rhoads was raised in Kingsland, Arkansas and toiled on a two mule farm....

Aug 3, 2009

Odis Olen Yancey, age 88, of South Houston, Texas, formerly of Sheridan passed away Monday, August 3, 2009 at Bayshore Hospital in Pasadena, Texas. He was born May 5, 1921 in Patmus, Arkansas, a son of the late Willie and Minnie Hicks Yancey. Mr. Yancey was a veteran who served in World War II and the Korean...

Jul 27, 2009

Gene Collins, age 75 of Rison, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at UAMS in Little Rock. He was born April 1, 1934 in Springfield, Illinois, a son of the late Albert Collins and Capitola Whipple Collins. Mr. Collins was self employed. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Collins; two brothers, Melvin Collins, Brownie...

Jul 17, 2009

Eula Elizabeth Bowlin, age 94 of Conway, formerly of Rison, died Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Bradley County Hospital in Warren. She was born March 17, 1915 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late James and Henrietta Puckett Lunsford. Mrs. Bowlin was a homemaker and member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. She was also...

Jul 16, 2009

Herman H. Word, age 97 of Rison, died, Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home in Rison. He was born September 2, 1911 in Kingsland, a son of the late Edwin Sebastian Word and Nora Caroline May Word. Mr. Word was in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was a former...

Jul 14, 2009

Josephine Theresa Prass, age 85 of Sheridan passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Hot Springs County Medical Center in Malvern. She was born April 8, 1924 in White Plains, New York, a daughter of the late Nicholas Cardillo and Caroline Cardillo SanMarco of Sicily, Italy. Mrs. Prass worked as a telephone operator and was of the...

Jul 12, 2009

Ronald H. Ron Broach, age 58 of Nolensville, Tennessee, died Sunday, July 12, 2009. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Mr. Broach was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Margarette Broach.

Mr. Broach is survived by his wife, Joy Broach of Nolensville; children, Carliza, Chelsea and Kyle Broach of Nolensville; sisters,...

Jul 10, 2009

Lewis David Taylor, age 84, of Searcy, formerly of Prattsville passed away Friday, July 10, 2009 at White County Medical Center. He was born May 19, 1925 in Prattsville, a son of the late Odis B. and Beulah Smith Taylor. Mr. Taylor lived in Prattsville most of his life. He moved to Searcy in 2005 where he...

Jul 7, 2009

Troy Lee Luellen Jr., age 49, of Sheridan passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born March 16, 1960 in Dallas Texas, a son of the late Troy and Billie Sims Luellen. Mr. Luellen was a self employed brick layer.

He is survived by one brother, Troy...

Jul 6, 2009

Jerry Lynn Insley, age 58, of Pine Bluff went to meet his Lord on Monday, July 6, 2009. He was born on December 30, 1950 in Pine Bluff to James Edward Insley and Hester Ann Shandy Insley. Mr. Insley was raised in Pine Bluff and graduated from Dollarway High School in 1969 and Henderson State College in...

Jul 5, 2009

Brother Joe F. Lunsford, age 78, of the Calmer Community near Rison, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at the Gardner Nursing Home in Star City. He was born March 14, 1931, in Cleveland County, a son of the late Marcus Louis Lunsford and Alma Bertha White Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford served in the Army during the Korean War,...

Jul 2, 2009

Betty Jean Thompson Ashcraft, age 69, of Sheridan, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born June 17, 1940 in Elizabeth, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Worley and Hazel Johnson Thompson. Ms. Ashcraft was a retired realtor with Century 21 Realty Company, and of the Baptist faith. She was...

Jun 30, 2009

Mabel Alene Hall Stover age 89 of Rison, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Wagnon Place Nursing Home in Warren. She was born August 25, 1919, in the Bethel Community near Rison, a daughter of the late Henry Hall and Martha DeArmond Hall. Mrs. Stover retired from the Cleveland County Nursing Home where she was a Nurses...

Jun 20, 2009

J. H. Bud Blackstock age 87, of Rison, died Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born February 1, 1922, in Georgia, a son of the late Golden and Bonnie Blackstock. Mr. Blackstock graduated from Watson Chapel High School and was a World War II Army veteran. He was a...

Jun 17, 2009

Fredrick Fred VanBrunt Jr., of Sheridan, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his home. He was born September 2, 1930 in Mulberry, Arkansas, a son of the late Fredrick and Lexie Keck VanBrunt. Mr. VanBrunt was a veteran of the United States Navy and served in Korea. He was also preceded in death by two sisters....

Jun 14, 2009

Amanda Ruth Fitzgerald, age 97, of Sheridan passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock. She was born December 17, 1911 in Sheridan, a daughter of the late Earl and Virginia Crutchfield Edwards. She married Elmer Raymond Fitzgerald in Malvern, Arkansas. Mrs. Fitzgerald was employed several years with the Sheridan Public School...