Obituaries
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Hugh Gene Kirk
Jan 9, 2010
Hugh Gene Kirk 83 of Rison, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska died Saturday, January 09, 2010. He was born May 3, 1926 in Dardanelle, Arkansas a son of the late Samuel S. and Missouri Smith Kirk. Mr. Kirk was a retired construction worker, and preceded in death by wives Alice Merie Kirk, Mildred Kirk; his brothers and sisters....
Oralyn Lutrell Cash
Jan 6, 2010
Oralyn Lutrell Cash age 86 of Rison, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born September 2, 1923 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Claud E. and Thelma Taylor Lutrell. Mrs. Cash was a homemaker and a member of the 28th Street Church...
William T. Bell
Dec 29, 2009
William T. Dub Bell age 87 of Rison, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. He was born November 11, 1922 in Rison, a son of the late Alvin and Cora McCullough Bell. Mr. Bell retired in 1982 as a ceramic tile and plaster contractor. He and his family owned and operated Jennies...
Owen Key Williams Sr
Dec 28, 2009
Owen Key Williams Sr., age 85, of Sheridan died Monday, December 28, 2009 at his home. He was born September 20, 1924 in Holly Springs, Arkansas, a son of the late Rufus Wallace and Eva Mae Owen Williams Sr. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1943, and was an active life member of Sheridan PTA and...
Kathleen Louise Dawson
Dec 27, 2009
Kathleen Louise Patterson Turner Dawson, 78, of Rison, died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 06, 1931, at Shaver, Boone County, Arkansas, a daughter of the late William Van Dyke and Martha Minnie Harry Patterson. A graduate of Alpena High School, Arkansas Polytechnic College and the University of Arkansas, she...
Blaine Thomas Stover
Dec 23, 2009
Blaine Thomas Stover age 35 of Woodlawn, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, December 23, 2009. He was born February 21, 1974 in Pine Bluff, a son of Jimmy Stover and Marsha Bell Stover, both of Woodlawn. Mr. Stover was a 1992 graduate of Woodlawn High School and worked for the past nine years as manager...
Walter C. May
Dec 16, 2009
Walter C. May, age 100 of Rison, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. He was born September 25, 1909 at the family farm in the Toledo community to Robert J. May and Eudora Varnell May.
Mr. May graduated from Rison High School in 1927. He was married to Earline Sims May for 54 years until...
Bobby Vinson
Dec 16, 2009
Bobby Vinson age 76 of Pine Bluff, died, Wednesday, December 16, 2009. He was born September 18, 1933, in Cleveland County, a son of the late Sid and Florence Vinson. Mr. Vinson served in the United States Army, was a retired Pine Bluff Fire Fighter and a member of Prosperity United Methodist Church. He was a loving...
Hazel Williams
Dec 16, 2009
Hazel Mae Williams, 94, of Clarksville went to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Johnson Regional Medical Center. She was born August 19, 1915 in the Rowell Community, the daughter of the late Idell and Addie Bell Roberts Reeves. Mrs. Williams attended Rowell and Kelso public schools. She made her home in Dermott, McGehee...
Margaret Arlene Mcmurray
Dec 14, 2009
Margaret Arlene McMurray, age 73, of Durham, North Carolina died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Duke Hospital in Durham. She was born December 19, 1935 in Sheridan, Arkansas, a daughter of the late William Sterling and Carrie Ophelia Boast Spray. Mrs. McMurray was an active member of Parma Baptist Church in Ohio serving as organist for 17...
Pauline Lunsford
Dec 14, 2009
Pauline Lunsford age 68 of White Hall, Arkansas, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Sheridan Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Grant County on November 18, 1941, a daughter of the late Henry B Lunsford and Mattie Lula Mae Winston Lunsford of Rison. Miss. Lunsford worked for the White Hall School district for fifteen...
Louise Phillips
Dec 13, 2009
Louise Henderson Phillips age 93 of Rison, formerly of Calmer, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born January 17, 1916 in Calmer, a daughter of the late R. F. and Florence Berry Henderson. Mrs. Phillips married Oren Phillips on February 8, 1941. She was a member of Oak Grove Missionary...
Harold E. Williams
Dec 11, 2009
Harold E. Williams age 63 of Houston, Texas, died Thursday, December 10, 2009. He was born January 15, 1946 in Mansfield, Ohio, a son of Margaret Ann Scheetz Williams of Hot Springs and the late Samuel Howard Williams Sr. Mr. Williams served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era, was a retired Electrician and a...
Susan Golden
Dec 10, 2009
Susan Baggett Golden age 87 of Pine Bluff, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born November 18, 1922 in Rison, a daughter of the late Morris Silas and Willie Marie Sanders Baggett. Mrs. Golden worked in the food service industry for thirty years and was of the Baptist faith. She...
Oma Mae Brown
Dec 10, 2009
Oma Mae Brown, age 90 of Woodlawn formerly of Kingsland, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Bradley County Medical Center in Warren. She was born April 10, 1919, a daughter of the late George and Linnie Nutt West. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bud Brown; two brothers, Glenn...
Mary Frances Winberry
Dec 3, 2009
Mary Frances Winberry, age 70, of Sheridan died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born January 31, 1939 in Clarendon, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Robert and Vestal Day Phillips. Mrs. Winberry graduated from Clarendon High School. In 1956, she married Billy Winberry in Greenville, Mississippi. They moved to...
Betty Lou Knighten
Nov 14, 2009
Betty Lou Knighten, age 52, of Fremont, Indiana, formerly of Sheridan died Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Parker View Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born October 15, 1957 in Sheridan, Arkansas to Clarence and Eva Crutchfield Knighten. She graduated from Sheridan High School in 1976. Miss Knighten was a member of Living Water Worship Center...
Eugene Dixon
Nov 13, 2009
Eugene Red Dixon, age 75, of Sheridan died Friday, November 13, 2009 at his home. He was born November 28, 1933 in Grant County to Josephus Dixon and Flocy Jones Cotton. Mr. Dixon was retired after working many years in several different industries. His occupations were from working in construction to working as a heavy equipment operator...
Ethel M. Hulse Braden
Nov 4, 2009
Ethel H. Braden, age 96, of Sheridan departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at North Metro Hospital in Jacksonville. She was born March 23, 1913 in Grapevine, Arkansas, a daughter of the late George and Ella White Hulse. Mrs. Braden graduated from Sheridan High School in 1933 where she...
Ruthie Elva Taylor
Oct 31, 2009
Ruthie Elva Taylor, age 87 of Grapevine, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009 at her home. She was born January 24, 1922 in Grapevine, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Vin and Ruthie Johnson Blackerby. Mrs. Taylor attended five of the Grapevine Schools and was a faithful member of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church. She had worked for...
