Obituaries
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Alfred L. Spires Jr
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...
Joseph Norwood Harper
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...
Laura Valentine Brown
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...
Gladys White Hearnsberber Adair
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...
William Smith Jr
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...
Harriett Grubb
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...
Lillian Elizabeth Rushing
Jun 10, 2008
Lillian Elizabeth Owen Rushing, age 95, of Calmer, went to be with her Lord on June 10, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. She was born on August 18, 1912 at Palmyra, a daughter of the late Ed Owen and Julia Crawford McBryde Owen Johnson. Mrs. Rushing was a homemaker, who enjoyed gardening and piecing quilts. She was a...
Nellie Jo Maroney
Jun 6, 2008
Nellie Jo Hall Maroney, age 86 of Rison, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Friday, June 6, 2008. She was born December 28, 1921 in Cleveland County, Arkansas, a daughter of the late John Henry and Mattie DeArmond Hall. Ms. Maroney retired from Ben Pearson and was a member of Bethel Number One Missionary Baptist...
Donna Joyce Tucker
Jun 2, 2008
Donna Joyce Tucker age 78 of Rison, went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 2, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born March 2, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a daughter of the late Leopold Norman and Violet Price Hanson. Mrs. Tucker was the co owner of Joes General Store before her retirement, loving...
Mary Francis Connett
May 28, 2008
Mary Francis Connett age 63 of Rison, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born December 24, 1944 in Jefferson County, Alabama, a daughter of the late Francis A and Mammie Love Melvin. Mrs. Connett was a homemaker and of the Church of God Faith. She was also preceded...
Mary L. Rocca
May 21, 2008
Mary L. Rocca age 61 of Rison, went to be with her Lord on May 21, 2008. She was born May 2, 1947 in Riverside, California. Preceding her in death were her parents, Ninuel B. and Helen L Lay: a brother, Earnest Lay; a sister, Loy M. Kelly Dechand Walsh; and her husband Pasqual Rocca.
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Floyd Carroll Oliger
May 18, 2008
Floyd Carroll Oliger age 69 of the Woodlawn Community died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at his home. He was born February 23, 1939 in Ferda, Arkansas, a son of the late E. F. Buck and Wilma Bryant Oliger. Mr. Oliger was a bus driver for the Woodlawn School District. He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist...
Annie Cox
May 16, 2008
Annie Cox age 78 of Rison, died Friday, May 16, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born December 21, 1929 in the Kedron Community, a daughter of the late Murry and Josie Edwards Ratliff. Mrs. Cox was a homemaker. She was a member of Rison Baptist Church, the T. E. L. Sunday...
Alean Verdue
May 13, 2008
Alean Verdue age 89 of Rison, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home. She was born December 30, 1918 in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late Virgil B. and Mae Ellen Grumbles Owen. Mrs. Verdue was a homemaker and a member of Bethelem Missionary Baptist Church at Palmyra. She was also preceded...
Geanie Hestline Barker
May 12, 2008
Geanie Mathews Menottie Barker, 95 of Sheridan passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 in Little Rock. She was born December 8, 1912 in Grapevine, Arkansas to the late Calvin and Lether Anna Taylor Cotton. She was a longtime member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan. Mrs. Barker was preceded in death by her husband, Roy...
Christopher Brian Daugherty
May 10, 2008
Christopher Brian Daugherty, age 30, of Sheridan passed away Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was born December 6, 1977 in Little Rock, a son of Mrs. Dora Ann Stump and Alex Sanchez. Mr. Daugherty was a construction worker and a member of White Hall United Pentecostal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Daugherty...
Jeff Allison
May 4, 2008
Jeff Allison age 46 of Rison, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. He was born July 9, 1961 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a son of C.B. Buddy Allison and Shirley Reid Allison. Jeff graduated from Rison High School in 1980 and from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1986. He was a member of...
Wilburn Walker
May 3, 2008
Wilburn Walker, 91, of Sheridan died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 10, 1917 in Grant County, a son of the late Charlie and Lillie Cotton Walker. Mr. Walker was raised in Grapevine, Arkansas and was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sheridan. He was...
Garry Lee Jacks
May 2, 2008
Garry Lee Jacks age 48 of Jonesboro, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at his home. He was born September 22, 1959 in Salinas, Kansas, a son of Ralph E. Jacks and the late Laura Mosley Elkins. Mr. Jacks was employed by Delta Consolidated Industries and was of the Baptist faith. He was also preceded in death by...
Dewey Lee Brown
Apr 26, 2008
Dewey Lee Brown age 68 of Rison, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born September 19, 1939 in Sheridan, a son of late Milton and Ruby Cash Brown. Mr. Brown was a heavy equipment operator for the Jefferson County Road Department. He attended school in Sheridan and was...
