In our Care

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...

Nov 3, 2007

Vernon Ratcliff, 62 of Sheridan died Saturday, November 3, 2007 at his home. He was born February 18, 1945 in Kelso, Arkansas, a son of Nettie Lee Drewery Ratcliff and the late Harvey Henderson Ratcliff. Mr. Ratcliff was a retired construction worker. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Autumn Greenwade; sister, Lucille Ratcliff;

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Oct 30, 2007

Donald Ross Roberts, 71, of Sheridan, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Hot Spring County Medical Center in Malvern. He was born August 26, 1936, in Sheridan a son of the late Marion Ross and Alice Elizabeth Whitaker Roberts. Mr. Roberts was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church since 1953. He married Judy Kelly on...

Oct 25, 2007

Nathan L. Barlow age 57 of Rison, died at his home, Thursday, October 25, 2007, following a courageous, three year battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was born November 21, 1949 in Hastings, Michigan, the son of the late Louis Otis Barlow of Hastings, Michigan and Gusta Nell Banks Barlow of Jasper, Alabama. Nathan grew up in Jasper...

Oct 17, 2007

George L.B. Wilkins, 79, of Sheridan passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at his home. He was born September 27, 1928 in Blue Ball, Arkansas in Yell County to the late Oscar and Willie Garner Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins was a member of Freewill Baptist Church. On April 14, 1947 he married Dorothy Bailey in Rison, Arkansas. He...

Oct 15, 2007

Peyton Jones Morrison, age 88, of the Pansy Community, passed away Monday, October 15, 2007 at John L. McClellan Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. He was born September 23, 1919, at Pansy, a son of the late C.R. and Lucille Jones Morrison. Mr. Morrison was also preceded in death by one son, Matt Alva Morrison, three brothers,...

Oct 13, 2007

Ruth Hazel Weaver, age 76 of Warren died, Saturday October 13, 2007 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born October 17, 1930 in the Macedonia Community near New Edinburg, a daughter of the late Duncan and Iva Thompson McClellan. Mrs. Weaver graduated from New Edinburg High School in 1947. She was a receptionist for...

Oct 12, 2007

Alice Geneva Roberts, age 90 of Rison, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born April 1, 1917 in the Macedonia Community near Rison, a daughter of the late Mason and Susie Trammell Hartley. Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...

Oct 12, 2007

Turner Joseph Nowlin Jr., 70, of Sheridan passed away Friday, October 12, 2007 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born in Hampton, Arkansas on September 22, 1937 to the late Turner Wesley and Ruby Lee Johnson Nowlin. Mr. Nowlin was employed by International Paper Company working in finishing and shipping and was a...

Oct 7, 2007

NORENE PAGE LAMB, 89, of Leola, went to join her departed loved ones October 7, 2007. Her family is comforted knowing that she is now reunited with her husband of 73 years, Austin Franklin Lamb; her first son, Austin Franklin Frankie Lamb Jr.; her parents, William Carl and Nancy Jane Page of Leola; brother Jesse Page of...

Oct 5, 2007

Martha Winnie Atchley Reaves, 101, passed away on Friday, October 5, 2007 at the Robinson Nursing Home in North Little Rock. She was born May 13, 1906 in Sheridan, a daughter of the late Russell and Della Jones Atchley. Mrs. Reaves was a lifetime resident of Grant County and lived in the New Hope Community until she...

Sep 29, 2007

William T. Sonny Masters age 61 of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born October 21, 1945 in Banks, Arkansas, a son of Ethel Carson Masters of Sheridan and the late Buell Herschell Masters. Mr. Masters graduated from Prattsville High School in 1965. He married Julia...

Sep 25, 2007

Georgia Bill Shelton Walker age 92 of the Y Community near Rison, died, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born May 5, 1915 in Rison, a daughter of the late A. D. and Cora White Shelton. On April 9, 1931, she married Mack Walker in Rison. Mrs. Walker was a homemaker...