In our Care

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....

Dec 15, 2007

Mora Lee Null, 82 of Sheridan passed away, Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sheridan. She was born June 3, 1925 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Frank and Mildred Mae Corbin Johnson. On September 15, 1945 she married Rufus Null in Benton, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus on...

Dec 14, 2007

Janice Ruth Turner Hobbs age 53, of Altheimer, died Friday, December 14, 2007 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. She was born June 29, 1954 in Rison a daughter of the late John Edward and Myrtis Sipes Turner. Mrs. Hobbs was a graduate of Rison High School, a homemaker and was of the Assembly of...

Dec 13, 2007

Edna Lorene Holladay Owens, 79, of Sheridan, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at her home. Ms. Owens was born August 20, 1928 in Houston Arkansas, a daughter of the late William R. and Tessie Lee Lively. She was a homemaker and a member of North Main Baptist Church. Ms. Owens was preceded in death by her parents;...

Dec 12, 2007

Ella Frances Cook age 74 of Gould, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas. She was born February 12, 1933 in Lincoln County a daughter of the late Jessie Henry Cook and Abigail Moore McEntire. Miss. Cook was a homemaker and a very faithful member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Gould. She...

Dec 9, 2007

Imogene Fabry, 78, of Hot Springs, formerly of Sheridan, died Sunday, December 9, 2007 at St. Josephs Mercy Heath Center in Hot Springs. She was born July 13, 1929 in Grant County, Arkansas a daughter of the late Henry and Ethel McGarity Atchley. On October 15, 1945 she married Paul Fabry in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She retired...

Dec 7, 2007

Frances M. Wilson age 83 of Rison, died Friday, December 7, 2007 at Cleveland County Nursing Home in Rison. She was born December 1, 1924 in Brunswick, Maine, a daughter of the late John and Alberta Loewe. On October 1, 1944 she married Marlin Wilson in Brunswick, Maine. Mrs. Wilson was a Dental Assistant and a homemaker....

Nov 30, 2007

Helen Virginia Skorcz, 66, of Warren, formerly of Sheridan, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born December 21, 1940 in Conway, a daughter of the late William and Lena Simon Thines. Ms. Skorcz was a homemaker and a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church. She was preceded in...

Nov 28, 2007

Gordon Howard PeeWee Williams Jr., age 58 of St. Petersburg, Florida, died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at St. Anthonys Hospital. He was born July 7, 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio, a son of the late Gordon Monk Williams of Rison and Virginia Rinehart Brumm of Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Williams attended Rison High School and served in the U....

Nov 26, 2007

Mildred Ester Kirk age 83 of Rison, went home to meet her Lord and Savior Monday, November 26, 2007 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home in Rison. She was born July 27, 1924 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Ben and Edna Harris Whitehead. Mrs. Kirk was a retired Beauty Operator and a Baptist. She...

Nov 24, 2007

Billy Gene Lunsford Sr, age 77 of White Hall, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born June 7, 1930 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Henry B. and Mattie Lula Mae Winston Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford was employed by Coke Cola Bottling Company for over 35 years...

Nov 20, 2007

Reverend Michael Ray Gordon age 50 of the Pansy Community went to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 20, 2007. He was born November 4, 1957 in Fort Smith, a son of Dale and Wanda Gilbreath Gordon. Reverend Gordon was in the Ministry for 27 years. He was currently in charge of the Rowell Circuit with the...

Nov 18, 2007

Faye Spakes, 86, went to be with the Lord on Sunday morning November 18, 2007. She was born on July 4, 1921, at Herbine, Arkansas, to the late Garland and Monnie Holderfield.

As the last surviving member of the Holderfield Family, she was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings. She was also...

Nov 12, 2007

Helen M Walker Wood Brady, 88, of Sheridan, died Monday, November 12, 2007 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock from complications of a stroke. She was born August 8, 1919, the daughter of the late Johnny and Maggie Hendricks Walker. Mrs. Brady was a member of First Landmark Baptist Church in Sheridan, Grace Sunday School...

Nov 12, 2007

Rex E. Morrison age 85 of the Calmer Community near Rison, died Monday, November 12, 2007 at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. He was born September 12, 1922 in the Pansy Community, a son of the late Matt Alvah and Ruby Strait Morrison. Mr. Morrison graduated from Woodlawn High School in May 1941. He and his...

Nov 11, 2007

Mary Ellen Rawls age 85 of Rison, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2007. She was born January 17, 1922 in Rison, a daughter of the late Walter and Cora Parsons Lloyd. Her father, Walter immigrated to America from Wolverhampton, England through Ellis Island. Mrs. Rawls was a long time employee of Rison Public School and a...