In our Care

Mar 11, 2008

Leonard E. Hopper age 84 of the Rowell Community near Rison, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born November 13, 1923 in Lexington, Tennessee, a son of the late Lilburn and Thelma Young Hopper. Mr. Hopper retired from the Pine Bluff Arsenal was a World War II Army...

Mar 8, 2008

Clarence McCullough age 78 of Kingsland, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at his home. He was born December 4, 1929 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Thomas and Cora Hall McCullough. Mr. McCullough worked as an engineer for Monsanto Westinghouse. He was a U S Navy veteran and a member of Smith Chapel Church of...

Mar 8, 2008

Mr. Dupree Townsend was born on February 12, 1931 to the late Grady Townsend, Sr. and Inez (Ridgeway) Townsend of Rison, Arkansas. He suddenly transitioned on March 8, 2008.

As a young man, he left Rison, AR and moved to Chicago, IL. He later joined the United States Marine Corps, serving two years from 1952...

Mar 4, 2008

Ethan James Welden, of Redfield, infant son of James and Crystal Welden, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Ethan was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jerry Welden; great-grandfathers, George Muller, Virgil Welden; great-grandparents, Billy and Betty Lunsford.

He is survived by his parents, James and Crystal Welden of Redfield; sister,...

Mar 3, 2008

Cora L. Rodgers, 86, of Sheridan died Monday, March 3, 2008 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born January 24, 1922 in Hot Springs, a daughter of the late Ethro and Bertha Spears Ault. On November 5, 1938 she married Earnest Rodgers in Kelso, Arkansas. Mrs. Rodgers was a member of Little Creek...

Feb 29, 2008

J. W. Dub Green age 84 of Rison, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born December 15, 1923 in Star City, a son of the late Ambers and Icie Glover Green. Mr. Green owned and operated Green and Whittington Logging before his retirement and later worked for Rison...

Feb 27, 2008

Claire Looney age 81 of Kingsland died, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born May 15, 1926 in Roscoe, California, a daughter of the late Joe and Anna Pellicotti Romeo. Mrs. Looney was a Lab Technician before her retirement. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Cassville, Missouri....

Feb 26, 2008

Frances Lindley age 70 of Pine Bluff died, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born October 2, 1937 in Rison, a daughter of the late Jim and Cora Lunsford McKinzie. Mrs. Lindley worked for Ben Pearson for several years before becoming a Nursing Assistant for Jefferson Regional Medical Center...

Feb 14, 2008

SFC, Sarge Dean E. Neel age 74 of Rison, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his home. He was born August 12, 1933 at Norfork, Arkansas, a son of the late Roe S. Neel Sr. and Annie Stewart Neel. Mr. Neel served in the Army for twenty one years, serving in the Vietnam War, Korean War and...

Feb 12, 2008

Willie Irvin Sonny McGhee died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born on May 5, 1941 in Rison, the fifteenth of sixteen children born to the union of Nolan McGhee and Susie Iverson-McGhee. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sixteen siblings, Katherine, Earnestine, Josephine, Evelene, Nolan Buddy...

Feb 6, 2008

Janice Dean Ashcraft Wilson age 77 of the Calmer Community, passed peacefully from this earth on February 6, to her heavenly Father. She was born January 18, 1931 in Pine Bluff, to Louis Burton Ashcraft and Bessie Maule Ashcraft. On February 1, 1947 she married Martin L. Wilson. She was a devoted wife and mother and considered...

Feb 5, 2008

John J.C Faver Jr. age 88 of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born January 19, 1920 in Cleveland County, a son of the late John Cleve and Bertie Black Faver. Mr. Faver served in the Navy during World War II. He was a retired Longshoreman...

Feb 5, 2008

Roy Edward White age 71 of Rison, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born December 25, 1936 in Rison, a son of the late Jack and Novella Harris White. Mr. White married Edna Crofford on December 29, 1953 in Greenville, Mississippi. He earned a degree in Business from...

Feb 5, 2008

Bill Herrington age 74 of Rison, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at his home. He was born July 21, 1933 in Rison, a son of the late Hoody and Ola Mae Puckett Herrington. Mr. Herrington graduated from Rison High School in 1953 and served in the Army. He retired from the Arkansas Department of Highway Transportation after...

Feb 2, 2008

Travis Lee Collins age 65 of Kingsland, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at his home. He was born May 20, 1942 in Kingsland, a son of Ollie Belle Golden Smith of Kingsland and the late Tillman Collins. Mr. Collins attended Kingsland High School and retired as a self employed building contractor. He was Worshipful Master of Kingsland...

Jan 30, 2008

Lucille Willie Wilson, 96, of Prattsville died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheridan. She was born January 14, 1912 in Prattsville, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Dee and Emma Ashley Bennings. Mrs. Wilson attended Sweet Home School in Prattsville and was a lifelong member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist...

Jan 28, 2008

Elmer Maurice Green, 84, of Leola, died January 28, 2008 at his home. He was born May 20, 1923 in Fordyce, Arkansas, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Butler Green. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and two sisters.

He is survived by his wife, Patsy Ruth Green of...

Jan 26, 2008

Shirley Kimbrell, 68, of the Herbine Community near Rison died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born November 30, 1939, in Warren, a daughter of the late Walter Ezell and Dora Glover Ezell. Ms. Kimbrell was a Baptist, homemaker, and poultry farmer for Tyson Foods. She was also preceded...

Jan 24, 2008

Yvonne Veazey, age 69, of White Hall, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born May 20, 1938 in Grapevine, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Ulyss and Mary Walters Pierce. Mrs. Veazey was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Veazey; half-brother, Louis Stewart. She was...

Jan 24, 2008

Howard Cotton, age 81, of Sheridan, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. Mr. Cotton was born June 25, 1926 in Texas, a son of the late Jordan and Jessie Berry Cotton. He was an Army veteran and was a retired sawyer for Foxes Saw Mill in Sheridan. Mr. Cotton was a...