In our Care

Aug 5, 2008

Martha Price Downey, age 55 of Bessemer City, North Carolina, formerly of Rison, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina. She was born January 29, 1953 at Rison, a daughter of the late Artis and Martha Jean Brown Price. Mrs. Downey was a graduate of Rison High School. She married Robert...

Jul 19, 2008

Anna B. Harrison age 76, of Malvern, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born November 10, 1931 in Anderson, Indiana, a daughter of the late Jacob Harris and Thelma Harlan Harris. Ms. Harrison was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dolphus Harrison; two brothers,...

Jul 14, 2008

Hilda E. Ashley, 85, of Sheridan died Monday, July 14, 2008, at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born November 12, 1922 in Prattsville, a daughter of the late Arthur Stuckey and Bennie Reynolds Stuckey. Mrs. Ashley was Valedictorian of Prattsville High School, class of 1939. On August 23, 1943 she married Olton Ashley in Sheridan....

Jul 12, 2008

Mozelle Kimbrell Weiner, age 85 of the Woodlawn Community, died Saturday, July 12, 2008 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born October 7, 1922 at Woodlawn, a daughter of the late Frank Kimbrell and Emma Roberts Kimbrell. Ms. Weiner graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1940 and married Vernon Weiner on January 22, 1941. Together...

Jul 9, 2008

John R. Ellis, 78, of Sheridan, passed away at his home Wednesday, July 9, 2008. He was born November 11, 1929 in Woodruff County, a son of the late Thurman Albert and Mittie Duvall Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a retired naval Petty Officer, and a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by...

Jul 3, 2008

Lonnis L. Wilson age 83 of the Y Community near Rison, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born June 27, 1925 in the Staves Community near Rison, a son of the late William Pitts and Perla Melinda Rhodes Wilson. Mr. Wilson served in the Navy during World War...

Jul 2, 2008

Lottie Bell Clark age 97 of Rison, died, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born September 3, 1910 in Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Willis and Maude Rodenbush Johnson. Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and a Christian. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Ed Clark; one...

Jun 27, 2008

Alfred L. Spires Jr. 47, of Tampa Florida, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at Baptist Health Center in North Little Rock. He was born February 15, 1961 in Rhode Island, a son of the late Alfred L Sr. and Laura E. Whitefield Spires. Mr. Spires Jr. was self employed in the construction business and was of Nazerene...

Jun 24, 2008

Joe Harper age 71 of Rison, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008. He was born October 10, 1936 in Bastrop, Louisiana, a son of the late Jessie E. and Hazel Mae Eubanks Harper. Mr. Harper was a retired Security Guard for International Paper Company. He was a member of Trinity Faith Assembly of God Church. Mr. Harper was...

Jun 23, 2008

Laura Bell Valentine Brown age 66 of the Macedonia Community near Rison, died Monday, June 23, 2008. She was born December 11, 1941 in Rison, a daughter of the late Lowery Reed and Ruth Gertrude Puckett Valentine. Mrs. Brown was a graduate of Rison High School, employed as a seamstress by School Apparel in Star City and...

Jun 20, 2008

Gladys White Hearnsberger Adair, 91, of Pine Bluff, beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 20, 2008. She was born September 16, 1916, a daughter of the late James D. and Ida Belle Sanders White. Mrs. Adair was a member of Dollarway Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Jun 17, 2008

William Bill Smith Jr. age 46 of Woodlawn, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008. He was born March 7, 1962 in Rison, a son of William Howard Smith Sr. and Dorothy Reeves Whitaker. Mr. Smith was a self employed contractor. He was preceded in death by one brother, David Lee Smith.

Mr. Smith is survived by...

Jun 16, 2008

Harriett Kathleen Grubb age 77 of Rison, died Monday, June 16, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born November 9, 1930 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, a daughter of the late E. H. and Lela Black Lawrence. Mrs. Grubb was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. She was also...

Jun 10, 2008

Lillian Elizabeth Owen Rushing, age 95, of Calmer, went to be with her Lord on June 10, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. She was born on August 18, 1912 at Palmyra, a daughter of the late Ed Owen and Julia Crawford McBryde Owen Johnson. Mrs. Rushing was a homemaker, who enjoyed gardening and piecing quilts. She was a...

Jun 6, 2008

Nellie Jo Hall Maroney, age 86 of Rison, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Friday, June 6, 2008. She was born December 28, 1921 in Cleveland County, Arkansas, a daughter of the late John Henry and Mattie DeArmond Hall. Ms. Maroney retired from Ben Pearson and was a member of Bethel Number One Missionary Baptist...

Jun 2, 2008

Donna Joyce Tucker age 78 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 2, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born March 2, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a daughter of the late Leopold Norman and Violet Price Hanson. Mrs. Tucker was the co owner of Joes General Store before her retirement, loving...

May 28, 2008

Mary Francis Connett age 63 of Rison, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born December 24, 1944 in Jefferson County, Alabama, a daughter of the late Francis A and Mammie Love Melvin. Mrs. Connett was a homemaker and of the Church of God Faith. She was also preceded...

May 21, 2008

Mary L. Rocca age 61 of Rison, went to be with her Lord on May 21, 2008. She was born May 2, 1947 in Riverside, California. Preceding her in death were her parents, Ninuel B. and Helen L Lay: a brother, Earnest Lay; a sister, Loy M. Kelly Dechand Walsh; and her husband Pasqual Rocca.

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May 18, 2008

Floyd Carroll Oliger age 69 of the Woodlawn Community died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at his home. He was born February 23, 1939 in Ferda, Arkansas, a son of the late E. F. Buck and Wilma Bryant Oliger. Mr. Oliger was a bus driver for the Woodlawn School District. He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist...

May 16, 2008

Annie Cox age 78 of Rison, died Friday, May 16, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born December 21, 1929 in the Kedron Community, a daughter of the late Murry and Josie Edwards Ratliff. Mrs. Cox was a homemaker. She was a member of Rison Baptist Church, the T. E. L. Sunday...