In our Care

Aug 17, 2010

Beatrice Bea Cheshier Rhodes age 93 of the Y Community near Rison, died Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Green House Cottages in Rison. She was born January 9, 1917 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Leli Cheshier and Lonnie Word Cheshier. Mrs. Rhodes was a graduate of New Edinburg High School, and loved fishing...

Aug 14, 2010

Jesse James Jensen, infant son of Tim and Brandy Jensen died, Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

He is survived by his parents, Tim and Brandy Jensen of Rison; sister, Abbey Wallace of Rison; maternal grandparents, Robert Wallace of Pine Bluff, Cheryl and Robert Fite of North Little Rock, paternal grandmother, Carolyn...

Aug 14, 2010

Roy James Walton age 79 of Leola, died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at his residence. He was born December 3, 1930 in Dalark, a son of the late Lewis Walton and Irene Langley Walton. Mr. Walton was a retired sawmill worker and was of the Assembly of God faith. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time outdoors....

Aug 11, 2010

Charles Coleman age 65 of Jefferson City, Missouri, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Abilene Texas. He was born April 12, 1945 in Junction, Texas, a son of the late Richard Coleman and Mary Jane Robertson Coleman. Mr. Coleman was a retired conductor with Union Pacific Railroad. Charles enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death...

Aug 7, 2010

DeWayne Pierce age 73 of Malvern, died Saturday, August 7, 2010 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was born February 8, 1937 in Poyen a son of the late Luther P. Pierce and Alice Gray Pierce. Mr. Pierce was a retired carpenter and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Larry...

Aug 1, 2010

Myrtice B. Richardson Wright age 94 of Rison, died Sunday, August 1, 2010 at the Green House Cottages in Rison. She was born June 12, 1916 in Cleveland County, Arkansas, a daughter of the late George R. and Laura Bell Patrick Richardson. She was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded...

Jul 31, 2010

Alan Steve Mull, age 60 of Rison, died Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas. He was born September 6, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama, a son of the late John Francis Mull and Grace Mae Bellew Mull. Mr. Mull served in the United States Army, retired from Surepull, where he was a welder. He...

Jul 24, 2010

Bertha H. Dulaff, age 55 of Rison, passed away peacefully, Saturday, July 24, 2010 at her home, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 6, 1955 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Adam Bradley Howard and Marie Turner Howard. Mrs. Dulaff was a bookkeeper for Pine Bluff Cable, a homemaker, and a...

Jul 23, 2010

Billy R. Henderson age 77 of the Woodlawn community, died, Friday, July 23, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 25, 1932 in the Calmer Community near Rison, a son of the late Guy Henderson and Lillie Cope Henderson. Mr. Henderson was employed by Southern Bag Company for forty one years before his retirement....

Jul 13, 2010

Leon Griffith age 74 of Hensley, died, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born January 19, 1936 in Almyra, a son of the late Henry T. Griffith and Lennie Opal Golden Davis. Mr. Griffith served in the United States Army, having been stationed in Korea. He was a self...

Jul 11, 2010

Genette Smith Hale age 88, of the Calmer Community, near Rison, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Center in Pine Bluff. She was born September 18, 1921 at Glendale, a daughter of the late Robert Nick Smith and Linnie Bernetis Johnson Smith. Mrs. Hale was a homemaker and a member of Shady Grove Missionary Baptist...

Jul 9, 2010

Jane R. Stiles, age 77, of Leola, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 9, 2010 at the Hot Spring County Medical Center in Malvern. She was born November 3, 1932 in Ashley County, a daughter of the late Robert Allen and Iva Hines Ready. Jane married George Stiles on October 14, 1967. Mrs. Stiles...

Jul 2, 2010

Maxine Poss age 72 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Friday, July 2, 2010. Mrs. Poss was born July 11, 1937 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late James V. Crawford and Bonnie Mae Harris Crawford. She graduated from Kingsland High School. Mrs. Poss retired from the Cleveland County Sheriffs office where she was...

Jun 26, 2010

Annie Lou Puckett age 92 of the Macedonia Community near Rison, died, Saturday, June 26, 2010 at the Southern Hills Green House Cottages Nursing Home in Rison. She was born September 9, 1917 in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late Charlie Dixon and Vida Owens Dixon. Mrs. Puckett was a homemaker, a longtime member of the...

Jun 23, 2010

Linda Sue Kerr, age 66, of Sheridan passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born January 29, 1944 in Redfield, Arkansas, a daughter of Jesse and Delvia Green. On July 2, 1982 she married Patrick C. Kerr in Reno, Nevada. Mrs. Kerr was an apartment manager and a member of...

Jun 14, 2010

A. Vieola Heird Neal, age 65, of Alexander passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. She was born September 11, 1944 in Sheridan, a daughter of the late William Voda and Mary Mae Cotton Heird. Mrs. Neal was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the South...

Jun 13, 2010

Tommy Sandine age 72 of the Herbine Community near Rison, died, Sunday, June 13, 2010. He was born January 21, 1938 in Rison, a son of the late John Carl Sandine and Flora Mabel Rauls Sandine. Mr. Sandine served in the United States Army, was a retired carpenter and formerly worked at Gene Kimbrells Body Shop. He...

Jun 11, 2010

Jacqueline Rhodes, age 83, of Sheridan, died, Friday, June 11, 2010 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born October 31, 1926 to the late Walter and Rhoda Holt Jones. Jacqueline married the late Robert Claud Rhodes Sr. on September 19, 1942. She was a member of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Sheridan....

Jun 7, 2010

Marie Whitehead, age 87 of North Little Rock, formerly of Rison, passed away Monday, June 7, 2010 in Little Rock. She was born April 18, 1923 in Rison, Arkansas to the late John Martin and Lula Bell Reed Ashcraft. In 1941, Mrs. Whitehead graduated from Rison High School. In 1970, she became an LPN and worked the...

Jun 6, 2010

Paul L. Wright, 67, of Rison died Sunday, June 6, 2010. He was born April 16, 1943, in Warren to Myrtice Richardson Wright and the late Glen Wright. Mr. Wright was a 1961 graduate of Woodlawn High School and a member of the Rison Volunteer Fire Department for many years. He was also a member of the...