Obituaries
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Gary Lynn Ball
Feb 12, 2013
Gary Lynn Ball. Age 57, of Hensley, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, February 12. 2013, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock with his loving family by his side. He was born May 9, 1955 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late William Thomas and Hilmer (Mashburn) Ball. In his younger years, Gary attended Springlake Church of the...
Patsy Miller Rawls
Feb 11, 2013
Patsy Miller Rawls, age 80, of Rison, died Monday, February 11, 2013. She was born October 13, 1932, in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Jasper Miller and Vera Roberts Miller. Mrs. Rawls was a homemaker and a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing and spending time with her family. Mrs. Rawls was...
Rosa Mary Brown
Jan 30, 2013
Rosa Mary Brown, age 74, of the Macedonia Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, January 30, 2013. She was born November 20, 1938 in Rison, a daughter of the late Kendall and Bessie Gailey Lockhart. Mrs. Brown retired from the Cleveland County Sheriff's office, where she was a radio dispatcher and jailer for many years....
Scott Lunsford
Jan 28, 2013
Scott Lunsford age 48, of Rison, died, Monday, January 28, 2013. He was born April 20, 1964 in Pine Bluff, a son of Leroy and Mary Frances Kimbrell Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford was a 1982 graduate of Rison High School. He was employed by Lunsford Family Farms where he was a chicken grower for Tyson. Mr. Lunsford loved being outdoors,...
Roger Cash
Jan 26, 2013
Mr. Roger Cash age 65, of the Macedonia Community near Rison, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his home. He was born July 19, 1947 in Rison, a son of Dewey Cash and the late Billie Jean Terry Cash. Mr. Cash retired from the Cleveland County Oil Company as a Truck Driver and was...
Billy Ray Goodman
Jan 23, 2013
Billy Ray Goodman Sr., age 67, of Grapevine, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born June 13, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of the late E.K. Goodman and Bernice (Sharp) Goodman Laminack. Billy was a retired Detective with the Pine Bluff Police Department, having...
David B. Langrell
Jan 23, 2013
David Bruce Langrell, age 63 of White Hall, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 16, 1949 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Oliver Ray Langrell and Minnie (Holland) Langrell. David was a member of Double L Saddle Club; he also loved going hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family...
Joshua Womack
Jan 11, 2013
Joshua Lavelle Womack, age 25 of the Woodlawn Community died Friday, January 11, 2013. He was born April 18, 1987 in West Monroe, Louisiana, a son of Randy Womack and Lisa Dawn Haley. Mr. Womack was a 2005 graduate of Woodlawn High School. He was employed by Berenfield Containers. Mr. Womack was of the Baptist faith. He was a...
Luther Fred Dorsey, Jr
Jan 9, 2013
Luther Fred Dorsey Jr., age 67 of Rison, died, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 He was born October 28, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a son of the late Luther Fred Dorsey Sr. and Geneva Earle Hairston Dorsey. Mr. Dorsey graduated from Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California, where he graduated with the Beach Boys. He was the fourth generation...
Billie Lee Bennings
Jan 6, 2013
Billie Lee Bennings age 85, of Poyen, Arkansas formerly of Prattsville passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born July 3, 1927 to the late Leland Bennings and Ethel (Stuckey) Bennings in Prattsville, Arkansas. Billie was a member of Buie Baptist Church for many years, where he served as the...
Curtis L. Sims
Jan 3, 2013
Curtis Sims, age 88 of Fordyce, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at his home. He was born October 6, 1924 in Shreveport, Louisiana, a son of the late Joe and Beulah Linzy Sims. Mr. Sims was an Army Air Force veteran having served his country during World War II. He was a retired truck...
Helen White
Jan 3, 2013
Helen Louise White, age 81 of Rison, died, Thursday, January 3, 2013. She was born October 20, 1931 in Rison, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Wallace and Alice Sandine Wallace. Mrs. White retired from the Rison Garment Factory where she was a supervisor, and a member of Rison Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family...
Gloria Jean Martin
Jan 1, 2013
Gloria Jean Martin age 68, of Little Rock, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan went to be with the lord Tuesday morning, January 1, 2013. She was born August 6, 1944 to the late Paul Parke and Bettie Viola (Barker) Thompson. She was a retired LPTN and caregiver to many throughout her years of service. Gloria was of Methodist faith. She...
Roberta Blanchard
Dec 31, 2012
Roberta Blanchard, age 90 of Rison, died, Monday, December 31, 2012. She was born December 11, 1922 at Delight, Arkansas, the oldest child of the late William Otis Simpson and Grace Lee Simpson. She was preceded in death by both of her parents, a baby sister, Veda Simpson and an infant brother. Mrs. Blanchard was reared and educated in...
Dawaine "Sonny" L. Kirtley
Dec 24, 2012
Dawaine "Sonny" Kirtley, age 69 of Woodlawn, died, Monday, December 24, 2012. He was born March 22, 1943 in Dumas, a son of the late Freelon Alex Kirtley and Bonnie Boyd Kirtley Chavis. Mr. Kirtley was a Tow Boat Captain for thirty eight years serving a total of forty two years, having worked his last ten years and retiring...
Dewell "Nick" Lewis
Dec 21, 2012
Dewell D. "Nick" Lewis, age 90 of Lake City, Florida, died, Friday, December 21, 2012, in the Haven Hospice of the Suwannee Valley Care Center. He was born June 22, 1922 in Rowell, a son of the late Lucius and Frances Faye "Jimmie" Smith Lewis. Mr. Lewis lived the majority of his life in Montpelier, Louisiana, where he was...
Elizabeth "Lesa" Shores Johnson
Dec 20, 2012
Elizabeth "Lesa" Shores Johnson, age 43 of Rison, died, Thursday, December 20, 2012. She was born June 21, 1969 in Leesville, Louisiana, a daughter of Don Brent Johnson and Taylor McAdams McGowan. Ms. Johnson was a nurse for Davita Dialysis and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by one brother, Brent Johnson; grandparents,...
Billy Joe Poss
Dec 15, 2012
Billy J. Poss, Sr., age 78, of Richmond, Missouri, formerly of Rison, died Saturday, December 15, 2012. He was born February 16, 1934 in Grant County, a son of the late Joe Tom and Versie James Poss. Mr. Poss served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He married Mary Maxine Crawford of Kingsland in February 1955....
George Kip Reep
Dec 14, 2012
Kip Reep, age 55, of the Rye Community near Rison, died, Friday, December 14, 2012. He was born September 21, 1957 in Warren, a son of Rita Kimbrell Reep and the late Oscar Junior Reep. Mr. Reep was a retired welder and a Baptist. He was also preceded in death by a great nephew, Cy Reep; great niece, Gabby...
Freddie Crutchfield
Dec 5, 2012
Freddie Edward Crutchfield, age 83, of Hensley, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital with his loving family by his side. He was born June 15, 1929 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late J.H. Crutchfield and Mary Ruth (Freeman) Crutchfield. Freddie was a retired carpenter and a member of East End Baptist Church. He...
