In our Care

Apr 29, 2011

Gladys Mae Hopper, age 79 of Rison, died, Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Green House Cottages of Southern Hills Nursing Home. She was born August 5, 1931 in Glendale, a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow and Minnie Mae Veazey Stringfellow. Mrs. Hopper loved her family, the outdoors, riding and pets. She was a homemaker...

Apr 27, 2011

Virgie H. Badon, 91, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in her residence. She was born in Prattsville, AK, lived in Little Rock and moved to Elton, Louisiana 5 years ago. She was a member of the 2nd Baptist Church of Little Rock. During the war, she worked at the Defense Plant. She also worked for...

Apr 25, 2011

Carolyn Sue Swilling, 60, of Conway died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Conway Regional Medical Center. She was born July 4, 1950 in Camden, Arkansas, the daughter of Willie Mae Wilson Swilling and the late George Swilling. Ms. Swilling was preceded in death by her father and one brother, George Ronald Swilling. She is survived by her...

Apr 24, 2011

Charles E. Cheek, age 70 of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born on June 2, 1940 in Pensacola, Florida to the late Clifton Cheek and Beulah Heird. Mr. Cheek enjoyed fishing, hunting, and loved to garden. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Apr 19, 2011

Russ McCurry, age 40 of Rison, died, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. He was born April 4, 1971 in Pine Bluff, a son of Mary Russ McCurry and the late Charles Douglas McCurry. Russ was a 1989 graduate of Rison High School. He was set to graduate from SEARK College on May 13, 2011 with a degree in...

Apr 10, 2011

Pet Clark, age 82, of Sheridan died Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born May 3, 1928 in Rison, a daughter of the late Lonnie Harris and Mattie Reed Harris. Mrs. Clark was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan and was an avid Bridge Player and a very...

Apr 5, 2011

Gertie Powers Taylor, age 88 of the Herbine Community near Rison, died, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Wagnon Place Nursing Home in Warren. She was born March 15, 1923 in the Herbine Community, a daughter of the late Emitt Powers and Bertha Brown Powers. Mrs. Taylor retired from Central Maloney after thirty three years of service,...

Mar 28, 2011

Willie Maude Sadler Mays, age 95 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home. She was born July 14, 1915 in Rison, a daughter of the late John L. Sadler and Emma Sinclair Sadler. Mrs. Mays was the owner and operator of Raymond Mays Insurance until her retirement and was...

Mar 23, 2011

Sheriff Joe Paul King, age 66 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at his home. He was born October 10, 1944 in Rison, a son of the late M. E. King and Ilda Nolan King. Mr. King was a graduate of Rison High School. He married Judy Walker on December 21,...

Mar 20, 2011

Marvin Padgett Jr., age 79 of Grapevine, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born June 20, 1931 in Evergreen, Alabama. Mr. Padgett was a Heavy Equipment Mechanic, a Baptist, and served his country in the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Mar 13, 2011

Carolyn Louise Smith, 64, of Sheridan passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 after fighting her second round of cancer. She was the daughter of Euna Roach and the late Merle Roach. Carolyn was born September 25, 1946 in Dalhart, Texas. She married Billy Jay Smith Sr. on July 25, 1964. Carolyn was a wonderful mother, grandmother and...

Mar 13, 2011

Clarence W. Harris, age 87 of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehab. He was born February 12, 1924 in Prattsville, Arkansas, a son of the late Harvey L. Harris and Vida E. Hope. Mr. Harris was a logger for twenty-one years for an Oregon logging company. He enjoyed bee keeping and...

Mar 10, 2011

James Jim Cash, age 62 of Rison, died, Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his home. He was born November 27, 1948 in Rison a son of Dewey Cash and the late Billie Jean Terry Cash. Mr. Cash was a graduate of Rison High School. He was a car inspector for the Union Pacific Railroad and a member...

Mar 7, 2011

Roy Eugene Puckett, Sr., 67, of Pine Bluff, went to heaven, March 7, 2011 due to congestive heart failure. He was born in Cleveland County, on November 28, 1943, a son of the late Russell Puckett and Anna Puckett House of Pine Bluff. Roy attended Watson Chapel High School. He was married to Lynn Henson on January...

Mar 5, 2011

Vera Payne McClellan, age 80 of New Edinburg, died, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born October 8, 1930 in New Edinburg, a daughter of the late William Lee Payne and Myrtle Dyer Payne McClellan. Mrs. McClellan was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church. She...

Mar 5, 2011

Curtis Marks Sr., age 69 of Rison, died, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born October 28, 1941 in Rison, a son of the late Harvey Marks and Margaret Flannagan Marks. Mr. Marks was a member of Greater Faith Church of God in Christ. He was also preceded in...

Mar 1, 2011

William Billy Ray Lane, age 71 of Rison, died, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at his home. He was born November 1, 1939 in Mabscot, West Virginia, a son of the late William Earnest Lane and Helen Bishop Lane. Mr. Lane retired from Commercial Insulation Incorporated where he was a contractor, and was a member of Macedonia Missionary...

Mar 1, 2011

Charles Raymond Wiggins, age 76 of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Hot Springs County Medical Center in Malvern. He was born on February 12, 1935 at Grapevine to the late Tom Wiggins and Doris Ross Wiggins. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1953. Mr. Wiggins was a member of North Main Baptist Church...

Mar 1, 2011

Jacqueline Susan Stokes Jones, 52, of Sheridan, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Januray 21, 1959 in Sheridan to the late Charles S. Stokes and Ruth Stokes. Ms. Jones was a Baptist and loved her Lord and Savior. She enjoyed painting and witnessing to her family and...

Feb 28, 2011

John W. Pitts, age 84 of White Hall, Arkansas, died Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home. He was born May 29, 1926 in Glendale, Arkansas, a son of the late T.I. Pitts and Lula Mae Sederry. Mr. Pitts was a retired street department manager with the city of Pine Bluff. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and watching...