In our Care

Aug 27, 2008

Alfred DeWayne White age 49 of Rison, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born September 3, 1958 in Pine Bluff, a son of Marie White Hatchett of Plainview and the late James Alfred White. Mr. White married Debra Pickering on March 26, 1977. He was a maintenance foreman...

Aug 22, 2008

Joseph (Joe) Harrison Taylor, 84 of Rison, died Friday, August 22, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. He was born March 11, 1924 in Cleveland County, a son of the late William Harp Taylor and Arie Ella Harvey Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a retired ceramic tile contractor. He was a faithful member of Bethel Number One...

Aug 21, 2008

Ophie Davis Lancaster, 93, of Sheridan, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 21, 1914 in Rison, a daughter of the late Milton Montgomery and Mary Johnnie Holderfield Davis. Mrs. Lancaster owned and operated Ophies Bait Shop in Sheridan for twelve years until 1978. She then worked for Grant...

Aug 20, 2008

Wanda J. Deakins, age 66 of Mayflower, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at Conway Regional Hospital. She was born October 2, 1941, in the Herbine Community near Rison, a daughter of the late Daniel Fitzhugh and Mabel Sandine Herring. Mrs. Deakins was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded...

Aug 16, 2008

Frances Camille age 80 of Conway died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at her home. She was born December 12, 1927 at Wilmer, Texas a daughter of the late George William Combs and Cora Mae Wiles Combs. Mrs. Camille was a homemaker and a member of St. Rita Catholic Church in Catahoula, Louisiana. She was preceded in death...

Aug 11, 2008

Vivian Kaye Rogers age 58 of Rison, died, Monday August 11, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born August 18, 1949 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of the late Murry and Josie Edwards Ratliff. Mrs. Rogers was a homemaker and member of Corner Stone Church of God. She was also preceded in...

Aug 5, 2008

Milford Thurman Tucker, age 70, of Angleton, Texas, died, Monday, August 4, 2008 at his residence. He was born October 8, 1937 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Joseph & Eva Lee Ratliff Tucker. A Vietnam Veteran, he was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church & Knights of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his...

Aug 5, 2008

Martha Price Downey, age 55 of Bessemer City, North Carolina, formerly of Rison, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina. She was born January 29, 1953 at Rison, a daughter of the late Artis and Martha Jean Brown Price. Mrs. Downey was a graduate of Rison High School. She married Robert...

Jul 19, 2008

Anna B. Harrison age 76, of Malvern, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs. She was born November 10, 1931 in Anderson, Indiana, a daughter of the late Jacob Harris and Thelma Harlan Harris. Ms. Harrison was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dolphus Harrison; two brothers,...

Jul 14, 2008

Hilda E. Ashley, 85, of Sheridan died Monday, July 14, 2008, at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born November 12, 1922 in Prattsville, a daughter of the late Arthur Stuckey and Bennie Reynolds Stuckey. Mrs. Ashley was Valedictorian of Prattsville High School, class of 1939. On August 23, 1943 she married Olton Ashley in Sheridan....

Jul 12, 2008

Mozelle Kimbrell Weiner, age 85 of the Woodlawn Community, died Saturday, July 12, 2008 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born October 7, 1922 at Woodlawn, a daughter of the late Frank Kimbrell and Emma Roberts Kimbrell. Ms. Weiner graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1940 and married Vernon Weiner on January 22, 1941. Together...

Jul 9, 2008

John R. Ellis, 78, of Sheridan, passed away at his home Wednesday, July 9, 2008. He was born November 11, 1929 in Woodruff County, a son of the late Thurman Albert and Mittie Duvall Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a retired naval Petty Officer, and a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by...

Jul 3, 2008

Lonnis L. Wilson age 83 of the Y Community near Rison, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born June 27, 1925 in the Staves Community near Rison, a son of the late William Pitts and Perla Melinda Rhodes Wilson. Mr. Wilson served in the Navy during World War...

Jul 2, 2008

Lottie Bell Clark age 97 of Rison, died, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born September 3, 1910 in Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Willis and Maude Rodenbush Johnson. Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and a Christian. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Ed Clark; one...

Jun 27, 2008

Alfred L. Spires Jr. 47, of Tampa Florida, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at Baptist Health Center in North Little Rock. He was born February 15, 1961 in Rhode Island, a son of the late Alfred L Sr. and Laura E. Whitefield Spires. Mr. Spires Jr. was self employed in the construction business and was of Nazerene...

Jun 24, 2008

Joe Harper age 71 of Rison, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008. He was born October 10, 1936 in Bastrop, Louisiana, a son of the late Jessie E. and Hazel Mae Eubanks Harper. Mr. Harper was a retired Security Guard for International Paper Company. He was a member of Trinity Faith Assembly of God Church. Mr. Harper was...

Jun 23, 2008

Laura Bell Valentine Brown age 66 of the Macedonia Community near Rison, died Monday, June 23, 2008. She was born December 11, 1941 in Rison, a daughter of the late Lowery Reed and Ruth Gertrude Puckett Valentine. Mrs. Brown was a graduate of Rison High School, employed as a seamstress by School Apparel in Star City and...

Jun 20, 2008

Gladys White Hearnsberger Adair, 91, of Pine Bluff, beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 20, 2008. She was born September 16, 1916, a daughter of the late James D. and Ida Belle Sanders White. Mrs. Adair was a member of Dollarway Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

Jun 17, 2008

William Bill Smith Jr. age 46 of Woodlawn, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008. He was born March 7, 1962 in Rison, a son of William Howard Smith Sr. and Dorothy Reeves Whitaker. Mr. Smith was a self employed contractor. He was preceded in death by one brother, David Lee Smith.

Mr. Smith is survived by...

Jun 16, 2008

Harriett Kathleen Grubb age 77 of Rison, died Monday, June 16, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born November 9, 1930 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, a daughter of the late E. H. and Lela Black Lawrence. Mrs. Grubb was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. She was also...