In our Care

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...

Jan 19, 2008

Walter A. Lloyd age 64 of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at his home. He was born September 22, 1943 in Rison, a son of the late Geraldine Green Lloyd and Martin Lloyd of Rison. Mr. Lloyd attended Rison High School and retired from the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department after twenty seven years of service....

Jan 18, 2008

Autry Lee Brandon age 69 of Fordyce, died, Friday, January 18, 2008 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. He was born August 18, 1938 in Rison, a son of the late Charlie Brandon and Millie Miller Jones. Mr. Brandon was the owner and operator of Autrys Barbeque and a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church in Fordyce....

Jan 17, 2008

Edna Lorine Ethridge age 85 of Rison, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at her home. She was born May 8, 1922 in Rison, a daughter of the late John Cramler and Lula Anderson Lunsford. Mrs. Ethridge was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband...

Jan 12, 2008

Dorothy V. Cooper, 73, of the Herbine Community near Rison, died Saturday January 12, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born August 8, 1934 in Dale County, Alabama, a daughter of the late Lonnie W. Miller and Mattie Davis Hall. Ms. Cooper was a homemaker and member of Tabernacle of Faith Church...

Jan 9, 2008

C. B. Grice age 86 of New Edinburg, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at his home. He was born June 30, 1921 in Bradley County, a son of the late Hudie and Beulah Parnell Grice. Mr. Grice served in the Army during World War II. He was a self employed farmer and a timber man and was...

Jan 8, 2008

Reba Aud 68 of Woodlawn, died Tuesday. She was born February 25, 1939, a daughter of the late Johnny and Alice Clemons. Mrs. Aud was a homemaker and member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Johnny Ross Clemons.

Mrs. Aud is survived by her husband, Curtis Aud...

Jan 6, 2008

Noah Franklin Reed age 89 of the Y Community near Rison, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born July 19, 1918 in Rison, a son of the late Isaac Noah and Armendia Harris Reed. Mr. Reed was an Army Veteran, serving an Airborne Engineer during World War II....

Dec 31, 2007

Alma Edwards Norks age 93 of Rison, died Monday, December 31, 2007 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born March 11, 1914 in Heflin, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Robert and Dorcia Sullivan Davis. Mrs. Norks was a homemaker and a member of Cornerstone Church of God. She was also preceded in...

Dec 20, 2007

Aletha Maureen Grant age 79 of Grapevine, died Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home in Rison. She was born May 20, 1928 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Elon G. and Margaret Wilson West. Mrs. Gant was a homemaker. She was a member of Pine Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she...

Dec 17, 2007

Nana Kay Davis age 54 of the Toledo Community near Rison, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born May 30, 1953 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of Sam and Rose Kathyrn Martin Harris of Toledo. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church....