Obituaries
In our Care
Mary L. Rocca
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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Floyd Carroll Oliger
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...
Annie Cox
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...
Alean Verdue
May 13, 2008
Alean Verdue age 89 of Rison, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born December 30, 1918 in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late Virgil B. and Mae Ellen Grumbles Owen. Mrs. Verdue was a homemaker and a member of Bethelem Missionary Baptist Church at Palmyra. She was also preceded...
Geanie Hestline Barker
May 12, 2008
Geanie Mathews Menottie Barker, 95 of Sheridan passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 in Little Rock. She was born December 8, 1912 in Grapevine, Arkansas to the late Calvin and Lether Anna Taylor Cotton. She was a longtime member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan. Mrs. Barker was preceded in death by her husband, Roy...
Christopher Brian Daugherty
May 10, 2008
Christopher Brian Daugherty, age 30, of Sheridan passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was born December 6, 1977 in Little Rock, a son of Mrs. Dora Ann Stump and Alex Sanchez. Mr. Daugherty was a construction worker and a member of White Hall United Pentecostal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Daugherty...
Jeff Allison
May 4, 2008
Jeff Allison age 46 of Rison, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. He was born July 9, 1961 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a son of C.B. Buddy Allison and Shirley Reid Allison. Jeff graduated from Rison High School in 1980 and from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1986. He was a member of...
Wilburn Walker
May 3, 2008
Wilburn Walker, 91, of Sheridan died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 10, 1917 in Grant County, a son of the late Charlie and Lillie Cotton Walker. Mr. Walker was raised in Grapevine, Arkansas and was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sheridan. He was...
Garry Lee Jacks
May 2, 2008
Garry Lee Jacks age 48 of Jonesboro, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at his home. He was born September 22, 1959 in Salinas, Kansas, a son of Ralph E. Jacks and the late Laura Mosley Elkins. Mr. Jacks was employed by Delta Consolidated Industries and was of the Baptist faith. He was also preceded in death by...
Dewey Lee Brown
Apr 26, 2008
Dewey Lee Brown age 68 of Rison, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born September 19, 1939 in Sheridan, a son of late Milton and Ruby Cash Brown. Mr. Brown was a heavy equipment operator for the Jefferson County Road Department. He attended school in Sheridan and was...
Mary Frances Moring
Apr 14, 2008
Frances Moring, 83, of Sheridan died Monday, April 14, 2008 at the Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 11, 1924 in Grant County, a daughter of the late Clifton B. and Docia Benson Stuckey. Mrs. Moring was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Grady May
Apr 10, 2008
Reverend Grady L. May age 69 of the Woodlawn Community, went to be with the Lord Thursday, April 10, 2008. He was born July 8, 1938 in Blytheville, a son of the late Sam and Iva Mae Pipkins May. Reverend May graduated from Glendale High School. He had worked for Ben Pearson, Central Maloney, Wonder Bread and...
Patsy Ruth Green
Apr 8, 2008
Patsy Ruth Green, 78, of Leola, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 6, 1930 in Houston Texas, a daughter of the late B.T and Ruth Tucker Trammel. Mrs. Green was a retired owner of Greens Model Market for 17 years and Green...
William Arthur Davis
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...
Brownie Collins
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...
Rosie Lybrand
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...
Lee Garman Wilkins
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...
Ricky Leroy Lunsford
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...
Elda Annie Neal
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...
Billy Jay Smith Sr
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...
