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Robert Don Mulherin

Robert Don Mulherin

Jun 29, 2024

Robert ‘Don’ Mulherin was born on January 16th, 1943 in Jasmine, AR to Robert Lee and Lillie Mae (Brimer) Mulherin. Don passed peacefully at his home in Kensett, AR on June 29th, 2024.

Don graduated from Griffithville High School in 1961 and proudly served his country during a tour in Vietnam. He considered this his patriotic duty...

Nita Joyce (Galyon) Mayo

Nita Joyce (Galyon) Mayo

Jun 29, 2024

Nita Joyce Mayo of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away June 29, 2024 at the age of 91. She was born on September 12,1932 in Denison, Texas to Claude Edward Galyon and Jewell  Vesta (Stroud) Galyon .  About a year after graduating from Borger Public Schools in Texas, she met and soon married John Francis Mayo on Christmas day,...

Carl Dean Blackman

Carl Dean Blackman

Jun 28, 2024

Carl Dean Blackman, age 88, of Searcy went to be with his Lord on Friday, June 28, 2024. He was born September 14, 1935 in Shady Point, Oklahoma to the late Carl Richard Blackman and Olivee Goforth Blackman. Mr. Blackman was a United States Marine Corps. Veteran and retired salesman. He enjoyed riding Gold Wing Motorcycles and spending time...

Charles Lynn Allen

Charles Lynn Allen

Jun 28, 2024

Charles Lynn Allen passed away surrounded by family on June 28, 2024. He was born to Charles Allen and Elise Boyce Allen on August 10, 1947 in Gilroy, California.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by one son, Michael Allen of Ward, Arkansas and extended family and friends.

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Lesley Autumn (Tucker)  Bush

Lesley Autumn (Tucker) Bush

Jun 28, 2024

Lesley Autumn Bush, age 44, of Sheridan, went to be with her Lord on Friday, June 28, 2024. She was born January 21, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama to Leslie and Donna Tucker. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan and enjoyed knitting, genealogy, arts, crafts and working puzzles. She was preceded in death by her...

Robin Kay Finley

Robin Kay Finley

Jun 26, 2024

Robin K. Finley, age 61, passed away June 26, 2024 at her home in North Little Rock, AR. After many years of illness. She was born December 1 1962 in San Antonio, Texas and spent her early years in Germany with her Air Force family. Robin is preceded in death by her mother Dorothy Neal Finley, her father E.C....

Marvin Graves

Marvin Graves

Jun 26, 2024

Marvin Roy Graves, age 78 of Rison, passed away June 26, 2024.  He was born June 28, 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Birdie and Adeline Taylor Graves.  He loved the outdoors, and watching sunrises and sunsets, and always enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was a very outgoing man who never...

Mark Anthony Wayne Curtis II

Mark Anthony Wayne Curtis II

Jun 26, 2024

Mark Anthony Wayne Curtis II, age 35 of Vilonia Arkansas. went to be with his Lord June 26, 2024. He was born September 3,1988 in Little Rock Arkansas to Mark Anthony Wayne Curtis I and Evelyn Yvonne Dover Curtis. Mark wholeheartedly loved the Lord and was an active member of Vilonia First Assembly of God, where he enjoyed worshipping the...

Beverly Benica

Beverly Benica

Jun 24, 2024

Arrangements are pending at this time.

Cremation arrangements provided by Sullivan Funeral Care in Kensett, Arkansas. Please sign the online guestbook at www.sullivanfuneralcare.com

Ellen Jane Shrum

Ellen Jane Shrum

Jun 22, 2024

Ellen Jane “Janie” Shrum, age 81, of Fordyce, went to be with her Lord on June 22, 2024. She was born September 28, 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucy Ann Boiter, Joseph Boiter and Herman Bailey, and her brother Kenny Bailey.  She is survived by her loving husband of...

Mike Ward

Mike Ward

Jun 22, 2024

Mike Ward, age 56, of Bryant, AR passed away June 23, 2024. He was born July 2,1968 in Norman, Oklahoma to Larry and Janice Ward. Mike worked at Johnstone Supply with his family. He was a member of Indian Spring Baptist Church. Mike had a love for hunting and fishing, and enjoyed spending time with his nieces, nephews, great...

Deborah C. Bradley

Deborah C. Bradley

Jun 22, 2024

Deborah “Debbie” Bradley, age 69 of Rison, passed away June 22, 2024.  She was born October 26, 1954 in Pine Bluff, AR to the late Van and Ida Nadine Jones, of the “Y” Community. Debbie attended Whispering Pines Cowboy Church. As a young adult, Debbie worked at JRMC in Central Supply and this is where she met her husband,...

William Mike King

William Mike King

Jun 20, 2024

William Mike King, age 76, of Franklin, TN went to be with his Lord on June 20, 2024. He was born April 1, 1948 in New Edinburg, Arkansas to the late Hilton and Cora King. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Robert, John, Cecil and Ray King. Mr. King was...

Billy Ray Cash Jr.

Billy Ray Cash Jr.

Jun 20, 2024

Billy Ray Cash Jr., age 61, of Little Rock passed away on June 20, 2024. He was born August 13, 1962 to the late Billy Ray Cash Sr. and Rosie Nell Ball. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Denny Cash. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding four wheelers, and camping on the river....

Johnie Lea Sublett

Johnie Lea Sublett

Jun 15, 2024

Johnie Lea Sublett, 83 of Mount Vernon, went to be with the Lord on June 15, 2024 at her home in Mount Vernon.

Johnie was born December 10, 1940, in Wilburn, Arkansas to Albert and Alma (Shearer) Chandler. She was a loving wife, mother, and granny. She retired from Mt. Vernon School District Cafeteria.

Johnie loved spending time with her grandchildren, and...

Johnny Riley

Johnny Riley

Jun 15, 2024

Johnny Riley of Searcy, Arkansas passed away on June 15, 2024. He was born to John Riley and Wilma Kampf Riley on February 1, 1947 in Ashtabula, Ohio. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with family.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Jackie Shannon.

He is survived by his wife,...

Elizabeth Ann Royse

Elizabeth Ann Royse

Jun 14, 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our cherished grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Royse, who left us on June 14, 2024 at the age of 76. She was a loving wife, mother, devoted grandmother, and treasured friend whose memory will be held dear by all who knew her.

Elizabeth Ann Royse (maiden name Brown)...

Frances Howard

Frances Howard

Jun 13, 2024

Frances Lee Howard, age 74, of Judsonia, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, June 13, 2024. She was born August 18, 1949, in Black Rock, Arkansas to the late Charles and Irene Ward. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Allen Merriman, two brothers, Phill and Parker Ward, and her nephew...

John Joseph Williams

John Joseph Williams

Jun 11, 2024

John Joseph Williams passed away at the age of 72 in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 11, 2024. John was born on January 1, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents Roland H Williams, and Mary M Hayes Sparrow; also, his stepfather Albert William Sparrow, who he loved and admired, and his sister,...

Kenneth Wesley Hart, Jr

Kenneth Wesley Hart, Jr

Jun 11, 2024

Kenneth Wesley Hart Jr. (Kenny Jr.) was a native of Montrose, Michigan. He was born to Kenneth Sr. and Helen Seawood, on January 31, 1976, in Saginaw, Michigan. Kenny Jr. was a 1995 graduate of Chesaning High School where he was a student-athlete who ran track and played football. After high school, Kenny Jr. attended Delta College where he...

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