Dewey "D.T." Jones
Jan 6, 2013
Dewey T. "D.T." Jones, 91, of Prattsville, Arkansas was born September 19, 1921 in Emerson, Arkansas, the son of the late Thomas Foster Jones, Jr. and Alma Lee Tomlin Jones. He was a member of the Sheridan Church of Christ. D.T. had only an 8th grade education but went on to serve in the United States Army during WWII. After...
Shirley Sinclair Nethken
Jan 2, 2013
Shirley Marie Sinclair Nethken of Prattsville, Arkansas was born July 13, 1942 in Morgantown, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Pete and Maude Bennett Sinclair. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Sheridan, and had worked for 46 years at Kohler. She was a very kind and caring person who enjoyed her garden and her...
Oma Brewer Reed
Dec 31, 2012
Oma Brewer Reed of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 16, 1929, the daughter of the late Elsie Brewer Carr. Mrs. Reed graduated from Sheridan High School in 1947. She later moved to Dallas, Texas in 1950, where she lived until she returned to Sheridan in 1992. She attended First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, formerly worked as a draftsman for...
Mark Wayne Manning
Dec 28, 2012
Mark Wayne Manning of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 23, 1943 at Malvern, Arkansas, the son of the late Ernest Teen and Elree Edwards Manning. He attended Full Gospel Church, had worked for Fox Lumber Company and later Centria. Wayne enjoyed fishing, music, playing computer games and watching cartoons. His greatest joy was spending time with his family. Mr. Manning...
Bobbie Walker Lemons
Dec 26, 2012
Bobbie Jean Walker Lemons of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 22, 1929 in Prattsville, Arkansas the daughter of the late Ewell and Vera Paxton Walker. She was a member of First Landmark Baptist Church and had retired from the Grant County Museum. She enjoyed hunting, gardening, and working in her yard.. She never met a stranger. She was a charming...
Cora Shoptaw Millirons
Dec 24, 2012
Cora Louisiana Shoptaw Millirons of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 20, 1918 in Redfield, Arkansas the daughter of the late William and Ruby Lee King Shoptaw. She was a member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church and she and her husband were former owners of Whitmire Grocery Store. She loved to crochet, hunt, travel and spend time with her family. Mrs....
David Joseph Pruden, Iii
Dec 18, 2012
David Joseph Pruden, III of Grapevine, Arkansas was born June 6, 1965 at Little Rock, the son of David Joseph Pruden, Jr. and Patricia Hodkin Pruden. He was a Missionary Baptist, was a gunsmith, was owner of D.J.'s Gun Shop, had formerly worked for his father at Broadway Arms and enjoyed fishing. The greatest joy of David's life was his...
Vivian Shaw Ring
Dec 16, 2012
Vivian Gertrude Shaw Ring of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 18, 1928 in Mountainair, New Mexico, the daughter of the late Jefferson Davis Shaw and Grace Elizabeth King Shaw. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan. Mrs. Ring died December 16, 2012 in New Mexico at the age of 84. In addition to her parents, she was...
Karen Laster Whitaker
Dec 14, 2012
Karen Jean Laster Whitaker of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 18, 1959 at Little Rock, the daughter of Imogene Bunch Laster and the late Carl Lester Laster. She was a member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in the Landmark Community, and was employed by Arkansas Development Finance Authority. She enjoyed cooking for, and making memories with, her family. Karen died...
Earnestine Camp
Dec 6, 2012
Earnestine Camp of Little Rock, Arkansas was born July 26, 1920 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Louise T. and Daisy Stringer Camp. Ms. Camp went to her heavenly home on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 92. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Hazel Martin Wilson
Dec 4, 2012
Hazel Martin Wilson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 8, 1921 in Ivy, Arkansas the daughter of the late Ben and Myrtle May Riggan Martin. She was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, flowers, listening to music, watching the birds and visiting with her family and friends. Mrs. Wilson died Tuesday, December...
Ann Wood Buchanan
Nov 28, 2012
Ann Wood Buchanan of Redfield, Arkansas was born July 23, 1955 in Camden, Arkansas the daughter of Maxine House Wood Poe and the late David Dale Wood. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, a member of the Sheridan High School Class of 1973 and was a devoted teacher for many years. She was a...
Dorman O. Young
Nov 24, 2012
Dorman Orval Young of Sherwood, Arkansas was born September 13, 1935 in Sheridan, Arkansas the son of the late B.W. and Doyle Edna Stevens Young. He was a member of Moose Lodge #942 in Sherwood and had served over 20 years in the United States Air Force. Mr. Young died at his home on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at the...
Dr. Jim Stimson
Nov 22, 2012
Dr. Jim Stimson of Redfield, Arkansas was born June 19, 1935 near Paragould, Arkansas, the son of the late Clarence Melvin and Carrie Avis Fields Stimson. Dr. Stimson was a retired Dentist, having had practices in both Newport and later Redfield. He had served in the United States Air Force, was a member of the Lion's Club, was a Methodist,...
Tom Athel Ashcraft
Nov 20, 2012
Tom Athel Ashcraft of Grapevine, Arkansas passed from this life to his blessed eternal Heavenly home, November 20, 2012, at the age of ninety two. He was born in Grapevine, Arkansas on November 10, 1920, to parents Hermie and Jamie Lee Ross Ashcraft. He was a logger and farmer and was known as "The hardest working man in Grant County!"...
Betty Gilbert Ward
Nov 16, 2012
Betty Jean Gilbert Ward of Prattsville, Arkansas was born November 12, 1943 in Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Melvin Dennis Gilbert, Sr. And Arkie Pearl Vaughan Gilbert. She was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. She enjoyed camping, fishing, sewing, gardening, growing flowers and spending time with her family. Mrs. Ward died Friday, November 16,...
Loretta Williams Smith
Nov 13, 2012
Loretta Williams Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born on September 21, 1929 in Bearden, Arkansas the daughter of the late R.S. and Bettie Nutt Williams. She was an active member of Hope Pentecostal Church in Sheridan and years ago, she taught Sunday School at United Pentecostal Church in Pine Bluff. She cooked for over 53 years for Smith and Vailes...
Patricia Ann Magnini
Nov 9, 2012
Patricia Ann Woodrome Magnini of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 28, 1941 at Pine Bluff, the daughter of the late Orville "Doc" and Ruby Staley Woodrome. She was a member of Sheridan Penetecostal Church of God and enjoyed going to yard sales. What brought her the greatest joy and blessing in life was spending time with her family, as well...
Hollis F. Harrington
Nov 6, 2012
Hollis Frederick Harrington, 89, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born May 18, 1923 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the older son of Fred and Ethel Mayfield Harrington. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Robert Harrington. Hollis was a member of First Baptist Church of Hot Springs and the Jordan Sunday...
J.R. Hester
Nov 2, 2012
Johnie Raymond "J.R." Hester of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 11, 1931 in Bigelow, Arkansas the son of the late John Little and Ruby A. Kisner Hester. He was a member of First United Methodist in Sheridan, had retired from Farmers Insurance Group, had served in the United States Navy and for many years had owned and operated a grocery...
