Obituaries
In our Care
Thomas (T. A.) Maroney
Jan 22, 2010
Thomas (T. A.) Maroney age 91 of Pine Bluff, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 22, 2010. He was born October 3, 1918 in Morrilton, a son of the late Thomas Arthur Maroney and Mary Smith Rorie. Mr. Maroney was a mechanic and electrician, having worked for Fox Brothers Lumber Company and retiring from T...
James R. Stone
Jan 21, 2010
Reverend James Stone age 63, of Rison and of Rector, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born in Pine Bluff on March 9, 1946, Jim was the younger son of J.W. (Jake) and Merle (Ferguson) Stone. He was married to Carol Anne Gaultney in Jonesboro on...
Gracie Williams
Jan 21, 2010
Gracie Viola Williams, age 85 of Sheridan, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 in Little Rock. She was born April 18, 1924 in Corinth, Arkansas to the late Joseph Luther and Lessie Louisa Glover Wells. On August 18, 1945 she married John D. Williams Sr. in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Williams was a longtime member of Sheridan Pentecostal...
Betty Mcnutt
Jan 18, 2010
Betty Rhodes Morris McNutt, age 79 of Van Alstyne, Texas, formerly of Rison, died Monday, January 18, 2010. She was born August 3, 1930 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Oscar Eugene Rhodes and Mary Stover Moore. Mrs. McNutt retired from Western Sizzlin Steak House, after seventeen and a half years as a cashier. She...
Durrett C. Mcgriff
Jan 16, 2010
Amanda Durrett Christian (Jackie) McGriff age 95 of Rison, formerly of Star City died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at her home. She was born May 25, 1914 in Hattisburg, Mississippi, a daughter of the late William Langdon Christian and Jessie Miles Cox. Mrs. McGriff retired from the Lincoln County Health Department where she was the office manager,...
John Damon Ashcraft
Jan 11, 2010
John Damon Ashcraft age 70 of Rison, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born April 5, 1939, in the Herbine Community, a son of the late Willie H. Jack Ashcraft and Hester Holderfield Ashcraft. Mr. Ashcraft attended Woodlawn School and was a 1958 graduate of Rison High School....
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...
