Obituaries
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Eddie Lee Coats
Apr 27, 2012
Eddie Lee Coats age 78, of Harrison, formally of Pine Bluff and Rison, died, Friday, April 27, 2012. He was born August 25, 1933 in New Edinburg, a son of the late Alvie and Ruthie Simmons Coats. Mr. Coats served in the United States Navy. He retired from the Dollarway School District where he was a School Bus Mechanic....
May Delle Mcmurtrey
Apr 24, 2012
May Delle McMurtrey (Nee Hancock), age 84, of Rison, left this world on, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. She was born November 11, 1927 in Gary, Texas. An avid gardener, May Delle enjoyed all kinds of flowers and served with the Rison Garden Club 14 years. She volunteered with Greenwood Cemetery Association over 10 years and served as Committeeman for...
Billie J. Langford
Apr 23, 2012
Billie J. Langford, age 81, of Kingsland, currently residing at Crown Point Assisted Living in Sheridan, went to be with the Lord, Monday, April 23, 2012. She was born June 14, 1930 in Kingsland, a daughter of the late Walter and Maude Hall Mitchell. Mrs. Langford was a 1948 graduate of Kingsland High School. She was a homemaker, genealogist...
Fannie Crutchfield
Apr 22, 2012
Fannie J. Crutchfield, age 88, of the Herbine Community, died, Sunday, April 22, 2012. She was born March 25, 1924 in New Edinburg, a daughter of the late James (Jim) McClellan and Lillian Hartley McClellan. Mrs. Crutchfield was a graduate of Rison High School. She enjoyed farming and quilting. Mrs. Crutchfield was a homemaker and a member of Free...
Steve Michael Lisenbey
Apr 21, 2012
Steve Michael Lisenbey, age 34, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on September 3, 1977 to the late Arlin Aubrey Lisenbey, Jr. and to Cheryl (Norton) Hubbard. Steve was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the Lisenbey Deer Camp. Steve was preceded in death by his...
Michael Nelson
Apr 15, 2012
Michael Nelson, age 37, of Rye, died, Sunday, April 15, 2012. He was born October 4, 1974 in Alhambra, California, a son of Lee Nelson and Debbie Lyons Reed. Mr. Nelson was the owner and operator of KMN Cabinet Shop. He loved to work, fish, camp and spend time with his family. Mr. Nelson was of the Baptist faith....
Don Jewell Miller
Apr 11, 2012
Don Jewell Miller, age, 79 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. He was born July 28, 1932 in Rison, a son of the late Jewell Henderson Miller and Dora Irene Glover Miller. Mr. Miller was a 1950 graduate of Rison High School. He was a salesman and truck driver before his retirement. Mr....
Donald Edward Hunter
Apr 11, 2012
Donald E. Hunter, age 73 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at St Vincent Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born November 21, 1938, to the late Cole Davis Sr. and Mollie (Joyner) Davis. Donald was married to his loving wife Linda for 32 years. He was in Insurance Sales for many years, and was...
J. L. Sandine
Apr 8, 2012
J. L. Sandine, age, 77 of the Herbine Community, died Sunday, April 8, 2012. He was born April 3, 1935 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Johnnie Carl and Flora Mabel Rauls Sandine. Mr. Sandine retired from the Arkansas Forestry Commission where he was a Forest Ranger and was a Baptist. He was a member of the...
Dale Crutchfield
Apr 6, 2012
Dale Crutchfield, age 70, of the Herbine Community near Rison, died, Friday, April 6, 2012 at her home. She was born March 5, 1942 in Monticello, a daughter of the late A. P. Barnett and Annie Robinson Barnett. Mrs. Crutchfield was a homemaker and a member of Free Hill Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending...
Almus Leopard
Apr 2, 2012
Almus Leopard, age 81, of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Monday, April 2, 2012. He was born May 29, 1930 in Hill House, Mississippi, a son of the late Julius J. Leopard and Lucy M. Lunsford Leopard. Mr. Leopard was a retired maintenance worker for Tyson Foods and was a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He...
Cecil King
Mar 31, 2012
Cecil King, age 72 of New Edinburg, died, Saturday, March 31, 2012 at his home. He was born March 19, 1940 in Cleveland County, a son of the late Hilton and Cora Huddleston King. Mr. King was a maintenance supervisor for Maxwell Hardwood Flooring and was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church in Warren. He was also...
Larry Lee Puthoff
Mar 30, 2012
Larry Lee Puthoff, age, 57 of Rison, Arkansas passed away March 30, 2012 at his home. Larry was born February 2, 1955 in New Albany, Indiana the son of the late Larry Henry Puthoff and Barbara Ann Burelle Puthoff. He was proud to serve our nation serving in the United States Army. He was self employed as a roofer...
James A. Morgan
Mar 25, 2012
James A. Morgan, age 72, of New Edinburg, died, Sunday, March 25, 2012 at his home. He was born December 23, 1939 in New Edinburg, a son of the late William A. and Ester Smith Morgan. Mr. Morgan graduated from Bay High School. He served in the Army National Guard and was a retired carpenter. Mr. Morgan was a...
Kathryn Francille Young
Mar 23, 2012
Kathryn Francille Wilson Young, age 72, of Calmer, went to be with the Lord, Friday, March 23, 2012 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Hospice Care. She was born October 14, 1939 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late William and Kathryn Frisby Wilson. Mrs. Young was a retired beautician and co-owner of K & K Café. She...
Patsy Lucille Cole
Mar 20, 2012
Patsy "Pat" Lucille Croy Cole age 69, of Pencil Bluff, Arkansas formally of Redfield, passed away Tuesday March 20, 2012. She was born January 26, 1943 in Redfield Arkansas the daughter of the late Luther Croy and Hazel Murdock Croy. Patsy was an Interior Designer and retired from Ethen Allen Furniture Store. She was a member of Orion Missionary...
Joe Brewer
Mar 18, 2012
Joe Brewer age, 71 of Rison, Arkansas passed away March 18, 2012 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born August 4, 1940 in Rison (Cleveland County), Arkansas the son of the late Joe Oliver Brewer and Alcy Malinda (Jones) Brewer. Joe retired from the United States Air Force in 1980 after having over...
Ethel "Pokey" Melinda Masters
Mar 15, 2012
Ethel Melinda Carson Masters age 86, of Sheridan, Arkansas known to her family and friends as (Pokey), left this earth to join her lost loved ones on March 15, 2012. Pokey was born September 20, 1925 in Sheridan, the middle daughter of the late William Carson and Florence Elizabeth Ward Carson. She was a homemaker and lived in Grant...
Dorothy Sue Turney
Mar 13, 2012
Dorothy Sue Turney age 77 of Prattsville, Arkansas died on Tuesday March 13, 2012 in Prattsville, Arkansas. She was born December 19, 1934 to the late John E & Ollie Mae Burrow Cordell. She loved and looked forward to her weekly trips to Oaklawn and spending time with her partner in crime her grandson John. Another thing she loved...
