Obituaries
In our Care
Frances G. Lindley
Feb 26, 2008
Frances Lindley age 70 of Pine Bluff died, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born October 2, 1937 in Rison, a daughter of the late Jim and Cora Lunsford McKinzie. Mrs. Lindley worked for Ben Pearson for several years before becoming a Nursing Assistant for Jefferson Regional Medical Center...
Dean E. Neel
Feb 14, 2008
SFC, Sarge Dean E. Neel age 74 of Rison, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his home. He was born August 12, 1933 at Norfork, Arkansas, a son of the late Roe S. Neel Sr. and Annie Stewart Neel. Mr. Neel served in the Army for twenty one years, serving in the Vietnam War, Korean War and...
Willie I. "Sonny" Mcghee
Feb 12, 2008
Willie Irvin Sonny McGhee died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. He was born on May 5, 1941 in Rison, the fifteenth of sixteen children born to the union of Nolan McGhee and Susie Iverson-McGhee. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sixteen siblings, Katherine, Earnestine, Josephine, Evelene, Nolan Buddy...
Janice Dean Wilson
Feb 6, 2008
Janice Dean Ashcraft Wilson age 77 of the Calmer Community, passed peacefully from this earth on February 6, to her heavenly Father. She was born January 18, 1931 in Pine Bluff, to Louis Burton Ashcraft and Bessie Maule Ashcraft. On February 1, 1947 she married Martin L. Wilson. She was a devoted wife and mother and considered...
John Cleveland Faver
Feb 5, 2008
John J.C Faver Jr. age 88 of Pine Bluff, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born January 19, 1920 in Cleveland County, a son of the late John Cleve and Bertie Black Faver. Mr. Faver served in the Navy during World War II. He was a retired Longshoreman...
Bill Herrington
Feb 5, 2008
Bill Herrington age 74 of Rison, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at his home. He was born July 21, 1933 in Rison, a son of the late Hoody and Ola Mae Puckett Herrington. Mr. Herrington graduated from Rison High School in 1953 and served in the Army. He retired from the Arkansas Department of Highway Transportation after...
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....
