Obituaries
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Betty Jean Hopper Lloyd
Jan 12, 2012
Betty Jean Hopper Lloyd, age 55 of Fordyce, died, Thursday, January 12, 2012 at her home. She was born June 6, 1956 in Rison, a daughter of Curtis Hopper and the late Hattie May Jones Hopper. Mrs. Lloyd was a homemaker and attended the Church of Christ. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Mrs. Lloyd was...
Havis Hyatt
Jan 11, 2012
Havis H. Hyatt, age 73 of Rison, died, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital. He was born February 16, 1938 in the Herbine Community, a son of the late Herman Clifton Hyatt Sr., and Clarice Holderfield Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, and worked for Mid America Packing...
Lucy Donzia Butler
Jan 7, 2012
Lucy Donzia (Stiles) Butler of Leola, Arkansas died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehab Center in Sheridan, Arkansas. She was born February 23rd in Malvern, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Dem Stiles and Eula Mae (Phillips) Stiles. Lucy was a homemaker and a very faithful member of Leola United Methodist Church. She was preceded in...
Hugh D. Arnold
Jan 4, 2012
Hugh D. Arnold, age 83 of the Harmony Community near Pine Bluff, died, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital. He was born December 31, 1928 in Leola, a son of the late John and Augusta Gilzow Arnold. Mr. Arnold retired from Union Camp in Savannah, Georgia, and was the owner of Hugh Arnold Grocery. He was...
Judy Fletcher
Jan 3, 2012
Judy Gail Hodges Fletcher, age 69 of White Hall, died, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. She was born June 18, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas, a daughter of the late Tap Hodges and Dorothy DeGray Hodges. Mrs. Fletcher was a homemaker and attended New Harvest Church of God. She was also preceded in death by husband, Billy Tom Fletcher; daughter, Pattie...
Novella Brown Cheek
Jan 1, 2012
Novella (Brown) Cheek, 78 of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012. Novella was born November 29, 1933 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Fred Irvin Brown and Charity Marie (Wiggs) Brown. Novella was a member of Cedar Branch Baptist Church and had been attending New Life Fellowship Church. She loved her family cherished spending time with her...
James Roy Turner
Jan 1, 2012
James Roy Turner, age 66 of Kingsland died, Sunday, January 1, 2012. He was born November 18, 1945 in Kingsland, a son of the late Jesse W. Turner and Bertha Virginia Clark Turner. James Roy attended Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church. He loved riding his tractor daily and visiting his friends along the way, his hobby was picking up cans....
Patricia (Pat) Jo Quarles
Dec 30, 2011
Patricia "Pat" Jo Quarles, 67 of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away Friday, December 30, 2011. Pat was born March 16, 1944 in Indio, California to Joe Walter Bond and Lois Mae (Hodges) Bond. At three weeks of age, Pat's family moved to Pine Bluff where she lived and called home. Pat was of the baptist faith and cherished spending...
Mary Marie Stevens
Dec 25, 2011
Mary Marie Stevens, age 64, of Pine Bluff, died, Sunday, December 25, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born January 24, 1947 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Gilbert Smith Myers and Nora Ryals Myers. Mrs. Stevens was a homemaker. She is also preceded in death by three brothers, Gilbert Myers, Larry...
Charlie M. Hankins
Dec 22, 2011
Charlie M. Hankins, age 84, of Glendale, died, Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born September 24, 1927 in Lincoln County, a son of the late Charlie and Iva Anderson Hankins. Mr. Hankins served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He retired from the Pine Bluff Arsenal...
Edward John "Johnny" Linneman Jr
Dec 21, 2011
Edward John "Johnny" Linneman Jr., age 72, of the Macedonia Community, died, Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at his home. He was born January 9, 1939 in Jefferson County, a son of the late Ed Linneman Sr., and Emma Rose Zimmerman Linneman. Mr. Linneman served in the United States Army. He retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department, and was...
Rona Sinclair Dougan
Dec 18, 2011
Rona Sinclair Dougan, age 74 of Austin, Arkansas formally of Sheridan, died Sunday, December 18, 2011. Rona was born August 20, 1937 in New Castle, England the daughter of the late James and Jesse (Donaldson) Sinclair. She served in the British Royal Navy in England. Rona married the love of her life, Donald Irwin Dougan in 1970. Rona had...
Clyde E. Tooke
Dec 16, 2011
Clyde E. Tooke age 74, of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Friday, December 16, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 21, 1936 in Cleveland County, a son of Buck G. Tooke and the late Geraldine Favor Tooke. Mr. Tooke served in the United States Army, serving in Germany. He retired from Central...
Ralph E. Jacks
Dec 13, 2011
Ralph E. Jacks age 79, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at his home. He was born January 29, 1932 in Rowell, a son of the late Jim and Radie Starks Jacks. Mr. Jacks served in the United States Army, serving in the Korean War. He retired from Lucent Technologies where he was a telephone installer and a...
Bobbie Hazel Lou Dial
Dec 5, 2011
Bobbie Hazel Lou Dial, age 73, of Leola, Arkansas went to be with the Lord December 5, 2011. Mrs. Dial was born July 20, 1938 in Sheridan to the late Roy Lee Flory and Gracie (Sanders) Flory. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Billy Ray Dial and one son, Roy Dial....
Louise Rogers
Dec 4, 2011
Louise Griggs Rogers age 89, of Hot Springs Village, formerly of Rison, passed from this earth on December 4, 2011. She was born June 8, 1922 in Leslie, Arkansas to loving parents, Jewell Bradford and Orville Carroll Griggs. The family, including a younger brother, Orville Carroll Griggs Jr., resided in Des Arc and North Little Rock before relocating to...
Billie "Bill" Jerril Atchley
Dec 4, 2011
Billie "Bill" Jerril Atchley, age 69, of Sheridan, went to be with the Lord December 2, 2011 after an honorable battle with Alzheimer's. He was born July 10, 1942 in the Ephesus Community located south of Sheridan in Grant County, the ninth child of the late Henry Amos and Ethyl McClung Atchley. Bill graduated from Sheridan High School, retired...
Gary Shelby
Nov 28, 2011
Gary Shelby, 49 of the Woodlawn Community in Cleveland County, died November 28, 2011. He was born March 22, 1962 in Pine Bluff, a son of Verle Wayne Shelby and Helen Roberta Crutchfield Shelby. Mr. Shelby served in the Army and was a Baptist. He was an electrician and worked for Maple Leaf Awning Company. Mr. Shelby enjoyed being...
Dorothy Lorene Atchley
Nov 25, 2011
Dorothy Lorene Atchley, age 86 of Bryant, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan, died Friday, November 25, 2011. She was born December 8, 1924 in Prattsville, Arkansas the daughter of the late James Alison Crutchfield and Lady May (Kennedy) Crutchfield. She was employed by Westinghouse for over thirty-three years. Mrs. Dorothy was recently named the 2011 Southern Trace Health Care beauty...
Eleanor Crook
Nov 19, 2011
Eleanor Stewart Crook age 90, of Rison, died Saturday, November 19, 2011. She was born March 19, 1921, in New Edinburg, a daughter of the late Robert Leslie Stewart and Mayonia Wylie Stewart. Mrs. Crook graduated from New Edinburg High School and Arkansas A & M, currently, University of Arkansas at Monticello. She was a homemaker and retired school...
