In our Care

Apr 7, 2008

William Art Arthur Davis, 65, of Trail, British Columbia peacefully went home to be with the great King, our Lord Jesus Christ on April 7, 2008. He was born May 29, 1942 in Sheridan, a son of the late Jim and Lyndell Harris Davis. Mr. Davis was a graduate of Sheridan High School and served in the...

Apr 7, 2008

Brownie Collins age 73 of Thornton, formerly of Rison, died Monday, April 7, 2008 at his home. He was born December 16, 1934 in Lebanon, Illinois, a son of the late Albert and Capitola Whipple Collins. Mr. Collins was a self employed contractor. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Melvin Collins; one sister, Shirley...

Apr 6, 2008

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Rosie Lybrand, 80 of Rison went to meet her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 6, 2008. Born May 20, 1927, in Rison she was the daughter of the late John Benjamin Roberts and Ida Maude Akines Roberts. Mrs. Lybrand was retired from the Cleveland County Nursing Home and was a member...

Mar 22, 2008

Lee G. Wilkins, 81 of Sheridan passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born April 27, 1926 in Blue Ball, Arkansas to Oscar and Willie Garner Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins spent his life working as a farmer. He was a member of Orion Missionary Baptist Church.

He...

Mar 22, 2008

Ricky Leroy Lunsford age 55 of Rison, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at his home. He was born June 23, 1952, in Rison, a son of Leroy Tommy and Mary Frances Kimbrell Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford graduated from Rison High School in 1970. He married Pam Neal on November 13, 1970. Mr. Lunsford formerly worked for Georgia Pacific...

Mar 19, 2008

Elda Annie Neal age 86, formerly of Rison, AR., died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in Texarkana, Texas. She was born August 7, 1921 in Warren, a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Elizabeth Tubbs Boldebook. Mrs. Neal was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Neal, one...

Mar 19, 2008

Billy Jay Smith Sr., 61, of Sheridan passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at his home. He was born May 31, 1946 in Dogwood Community in Prattsville, a son of the late Stergin Red and Dora Belle Smith. Billy was a wonderful father and grandfather that loved hunting, fishing, and gardening. He was a disabled Navy veteran...

Mar 18, 2008

Lyda B. Hatcher, 93, of Little Rock, formerly of Hensley died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock. Mrs. Hatcher was born September 18, 1914 in the Landmark Community in Pulaski County, a daughter of the late Thomas Ross and Addie Lee Crawford Palmer. She was a retired inspector with the Coca Cola...

Mar 13, 2008

Jean Aud age 79 of Sheridan, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at White Hall Nursing Center. She was born August 29, 1928 in Kingsland, a daughter of the late Edward Parnell and Neomi McCoy Parnell. She was a retired mail carrier and member of First Assembly of God of White Hall. Mrs. Aud was also preceded in...

Mar 12, 2008

Bruce Nicks age 75 of the Y Community near Rison, died, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born December 10, 1932 in Swan Lake, Arkansas, a son of the late Quinton Doke Nicks and Sarah Ester Bethel Nicks. Mr. Nicks served in the United States Navy and was the...

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...