Obituaries
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Roy Edward White
Feb 5, 2008
Roy Edward White age 71 of Rison, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born December 25, 1936 in Rison, a son of the late Jack and Novella Harris White. Mr. White married Edna Crofford on December 29, 1953 in Greenville, Mississippi. He earned a degree in Business from...
Travis Collins
Feb 2, 2008
Travis Lee Collins age 65 of Kingsland, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at his home. He was born May 20, 1942 in Kingsland, a son of Ollie Belle Golden Smith of Kingsland and the late Tillman Collins. Mr. Collins attended Kingsland High School and retired as a self employed building contractor. He was Worshipful Master of Kingsland...
Lucille Willie Wilson
Jan 30, 2008
Lucille Willie Wilson, 96, of Prattsville died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheridan. She was born January 14, 1912 in Prattsville, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Dee and Emma Ashley Bennings. Mrs. Wilson attended Sweet Home School in Prattsville and was a lifelong member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist...
Elmer Maurice Green
Jan 28, 2008
Elmer Maurice Green, 84, of Leola, died January 28, 2008 at his home. He was born May 20, 1923 in Fordyce, Arkansas, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Butler Green. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Patsy Ruth Green of...
Shirley Kimbrell
Jan 26, 2008
Shirley Kimbrell, 68, of the Herbine Community near Rison died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born November 30, 1939, in Warren, a daughter of the late Walter Ezell and Dora Glover Ezell. Ms. Kimbrell was a Baptist, homemaker, and poultry farmer for Tyson Foods. She was also preceded...
Ollie Yvonne Veazey
Jan 24, 2008
Yvonne Veazey, age 69, of White Hall, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born May 20, 1938 in Grapevine, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Ulyss and Mary Walters Pierce. Mrs. Veazey was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Veazey; half-brother, Louis Stewart. She was...
Howard Cotton
Jan 24, 2008
Howard Cotton, age 81, of Sheridan, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. Mr. Cotton was born June 25, 1926 in Texas, a son of the late Jordan and Jessie Berry Cotton. He was an Army veteran and was a retired sawyer for Foxes Saw Mill in Sheridan. Mr. Cotton was a...
Walter A. Lloyd
Jan 19, 2008
Walter A. Lloyd age 64 of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at his home. He was born September 22, 1943 in Rison, a son of the late Geraldine Green Lloyd and Martin Lloyd of Rison. Mr. Lloyd attended Rison High School and retired from the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department after twenty seven years of service....
Autry Lee Brandon
Jan 18, 2008
Autry Lee Brandon age 69 of Fordyce, died, Friday, January 18, 2008 at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. He was born August 18, 1938 in Rison, a son of the late Charlie Brandon and Millie Miller Jones. Mr. Brandon was the owner and operator of Autrys Barbeque and a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church in Fordyce....
Edna Lorine Ethridge
Jan 17, 2008
Edna Lorine Ethridge age 85 of Rison, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at her home. She was born May 8, 1922 in Rison, a daughter of the late John Cramler and Lula Anderson Lunsford. Mrs. Ethridge was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband...
Dorothy V. Cooper
Jan 12, 2008
Dorothy V. Cooper, 73, of the Herbine Community near Rison, died Saturday January 12, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born August 8, 1934 in Dale County, Alabama, a daughter of the late Lonnie W. Miller and Mattie Davis Hall. Ms. Cooper was a homemaker and member of Tabernacle of Faith Church...
C B. Grice
Jan 9, 2008
C. B. Grice age 86 of New Edinburg, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at his home. He was born June 30, 1921 in Bradley County, a son of the late Hudie and Beulah Parnell Grice. Mr. Grice served in the Army during World War II. He was a self employed farmer and a timber man and was...
Reba Faye Aud
Jan 8, 2008
Reba Aud 68 of Woodlawn, died Tuesday. She was born February 25, 1939, a daughter of the late Johnny and Alice Clemons. Mrs. Aud was a homemaker and member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Johnny Ross Clemons.
Mrs. Aud is survived by her husband, Curtis Aud...
Noah Franklin Reed
Jan 6, 2008
Noah Franklin Reed age 89 of the Y Community near Rison, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born July 19, 1918 in Rison, a son of the late Isaac Noah and Armendia Harris Reed. Mr. Reed was an Army Veteran, serving an Airborne Engineer during World War II....
Alma F. Norks
Dec 31, 2007
Alma Edwards Norks age 93 of Rison, died Monday, December 31, 2007 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born March 11, 1914 in Heflin, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Robert and Dorcia Sullivan Davis. Mrs. Norks was a homemaker and a member of Cornerstone Church of God. She was also preceded in...
Aletha Maureen Grant
Dec 20, 2007
Aletha Maureen Grant age 79 of Grapevine, died Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the Cleveland County Nursing Home in Rison. She was born May 20, 1928 in Cleveland County, a daughter of the late Elon G. and Margaret Wilson West. Mrs. Gant was a homemaker. She was a member of Pine Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she...
Nana Kay Davis
Dec 17, 2007
Nana Kay Davis age 54 of the Toledo Community near Rison, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born May 30, 1953 in Pine Bluff, a daughter of Sam and Rose Kathyrn Martin Harris of Toledo. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church....
Mora Lee Null
Dec 15, 2007
Mora Lee Null, 82 of Sheridan passed away, Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sheridan. She was born June 3, 1925 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Frank and Mildred Mae Corbin Johnson. On September 15, 1945 she married Rufus Null in Benton, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus on...
Janice Ruth Hobbs
Dec 14, 2007
Janice Ruth Turner Hobbs age 53, of Altheimer, died Friday, December 14, 2007 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. She was born June 29, 1954 in Rison a daughter of the late John Edward and Myrtis Sipes Turner. Mrs. Hobbs was a graduate of Rison High School, a homemaker and was of the Assembly of...
Edna Lorene Holladay Owens
Dec 13, 2007
Edna Lorene Holladay Owens, 79, of Sheridan, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at her home. Ms. Owens was born August 20, 1928 in Houston Arkansas, a daughter of the late William R. and Tessie Lee Lively. She was a homemaker and a member of North Main Baptist Church. Ms. Owens was preceded in death by her parents;...
