In our Care

Nov 8, 2011

Lee Roy Cook, age 74, of Great Falls, Montana, died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at the VA Montana Healthcare Center in Fort Harrison, Montana. He was born January 2, 1937 in Rolling Forks, Mississippi, a son of the late Jess C. Cook and Gracie M. Bellow Cook. Mr. Cook served in the United States Army, retiring in 1976. He...

Nov 1, 2011

Mrs. Martha "ma-ru" Kilpatrick Thomasson, age 88, a resident of Pennybyrn at Maryfield, High Point, North Carolina, formerly of Rison, passed over the River at 10:05 a.m. on November 1, 2011. She was born November 20, 1922 in Fordyce, Arkansas, the third daughter of Marvin Kilpatrick and Ruth Hearnsberger Kilpatrick. Her childhood years were spent in Dallas County, Arkansas....

Oct 27, 2011

Anza "Lori" Lauree Evans age 55 of Sheridan went to be with her heavenly father October 27, 2011. Lori was born on January 9, 1956 at Belfast, Arkansas the daughter of the late Robert Evans and Lizzie Jane Pierce Evans. She loved to cook for her friends and family. She is survived by two daughters, Lisa Marie Nutt and...

Oct 23, 2011

Margie Louise Raley age 73, of Sheridan, Arkansas died Sunday, October 23, 2011. She was born February22, 1938 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Thomas Winkle and Margaret (Crutchfield) Winkle.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband Troy Lydell Raley; one daughter, Patty Ann and one granddaughter, Felicia Bailey; two brothers...

Oct 22, 2011

William Zach Zachery Godwin , age 15, of Sheridan, died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born March 12, 1996 in Pine Bluff, a son of William L. Godwin and April L. Nickolson Hudson. Zach was a tenth grade student at Sheridan High School and attended Tree of Life...

Oct 21, 2011

Betty Jean Yarbrough West age 82 of Pueblo, Colorado, went to be with the Lord, Friday, October 21, 2011. She was born into a home where the love of learning and civic duty was a strong and positive force. Both of her parents were school teachers and her father, B. Theo Yarbrough, was County Superintendent of Schools...

Oct 20, 2011

Sherion Kay Reid Smith, age 58, of Redfield, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born July 10, 1953 in Westfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Thomas W. Reid and Belvia Mae (Reed) Reid. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Rison High School. She was a homemaker and...

Oct 19, 2011

Virginia Lorene Chidester age 66, of Malvern, Arkansas, formerly of Poyen, Arkansas, died October 19, 2011 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 1, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri to Wilburn Benjamin Evans and Margarette Virginia Richardson. Virginia was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and friend. She was preceded in death by...

Oct 17, 2011

Warren Edward Ferguson, age 63 of Carthage, Arkansas died Monday October 17, 2011 at St Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. He was born October 10, 1948 in Long Beach, California, to the late Berness Clue and Annabelle Warren Ferguson. Warren was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Joyce Benson; 2 brothers, Infant brother Max Ferguson,...

Oct 14, 2011

Dorothy Helen Langford Merritt McCallister age 87, of Pine Bluff, went home to her heavenly father on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born June 4, 1924 in Bradley County, a daughter of the late James Hiram Langford and Pearlie Towery Langford. Mrs. McCallister was a homemaker, a gifted...

Oct 5, 2011

Margaret Armstrong Ballard, 86, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord and with her beloved husband on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Born Oct. 11, 1925, she met the love of her life, Marion C. Ballard, in her hometown of Rison, Arkansas on July 26, 1941. It was love at first sight and they married only...

Sep 24, 2011

John Johnny Thomas Kimmer, Sr. age 65 of Sheridan, Arkansas died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home with his loving wife at his side. He was born September 1, 1946 in Sheridan, Arkansas, to the late Thomas Henry Kimmer and Willie Mae (Bryant) Kimmer. Johnny, as he was known, was a graduate of Sheridan High School....

Sep 18, 2011

Edith Gill Brown, age 99 of Rison, died, Sunday, September 18, 2011at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born April 27, 1912 in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Sam Gill and China Wilson Gill. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...

Sep 9, 2011

Terry R. Johnson, age 59 of Rison, died, Friday, September 9, 2011 at his home. He was born January 8, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Florida, a son of the late Ralph Dietz and Velma Dietz. Mr. Johnson served in the United States Army during Vietnam. He was a truck driver for Welsco Welding Supply Company and a...

Sep 2, 2011

Wilburn E. Patrick, age 90 of the Calmer Community near Rison, died, Friday, September 2, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born September 18, 1920 in the Rowell Community, a son of the late William Joseph Patrick and Gillian Hall Patrick. Mr. Patrick married Mildred Vinson on February 9, 1943 in Rowell. He served in...

Sep 1, 2011

Larry D. Greenwood Sr., age 69 of Pine Bluff, died, Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1942 in Pine Bluff, a son of the late A. L. Greenwood and Cathryn Hale Greenwood. Mr. Greenwood served in the United States Army during Vietnam and the Gulf War. He was a...

Aug 28, 2011

Alvin Myers, age 73 of Fordyce, died, Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Dallas County Medical Center. He was born September 12, 1937, in Rison, a son of the late Gilbert Smith Myers and Nora Ryals Myers. Mr. Myers served in the United States Navy. He retired from Central Moloney and was a Baptist.

Mr. Myers...

Aug 26, 2011

Leneard Lecoy Ray, age 88 of Grapevine, Arkansas died Friday August 26, 2011 in his home. He was born December 11, 1922 in Grapevine, Arkansas, to the late Floyd Ray and Onie (Seymore) Ray. Lecoy, as he was known, was a member of Bethany #1 Baptist Church, Grapevine, Arkansas; He was a loving father, brother, grandfather and...

Aug 16, 2011

Joe E. Richardson, age 79 of Rowell, died, Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Bradley County Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1932, in Cleveland County, a son of the late J. Q. Richardson and Dean Powers Richardson. Mr. Richardson served in the United States Army. He was a retired truck driver and construction worker and was...

Aug 14, 2011

Nell (Bryant) Thompson, 87 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nell was born March 13, 1924 in Kingsland, Arkansas to the late Robert Milton Bryant and Minnie (Nichols) Bryant. In addition to her parents, Nell was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon F. Thompson; four...