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Paula Jean Wylie

Paula Jean Wylie

Nov 21, 2024

Paula Jean Wylie, age 86 of Leola, Arkansas departed this life at St. Vincent hospital on Thursday, November 21, 2024.  She was born on November 17, 1938 to Paul (Pete) and Maxine Smoot in Okanogan, WA.

She is survived by her son Paul Wylie (Cindy), daughters Donna Rettstatt (Danny), Susan Wylie, Marsha Wylie, granddaughters Megan Wylie, Amber...

Joe Wise

Joe Wise

Nov 21, 2024

Joe C Wise Jr. known as Joe to many, and to a few, he was affectionately called "Peanut" since early childhood went to sleep peacefully and woke in the arms of Jesus and other loved ones passing before him that included family his parents Joe Sr and Callie "Betty", Willis D Howard, siblings including Julia, Bill, Don, and...

James Henry Brown

James Henry Brown

Nov 18, 2024

James Henry Brown of East End, Arkansas was born December 10, 1945 in Benton the son of the late Cecil and Polly Ables Brown. He was a member of Sheridan Pentecostal Church of God, where he was a true servant to his Lord. He enjoyed singing and listening to gospel music, serving his Lord faithfully, and being a...

Andy Goins

Andy Goins

Nov 17, 2024

William Andrew "Andy" Goins died peacefully at Arbor Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Malvern, Arkansas on November 17, 2024, following a decade battle with early onset Alzheimer's.  May he be granted eternal rest in God's heavenly kingdom.  May his soul and all souls of the faithfully departed, through God's mercy, rest in peace.

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Charlie Winborne

Charlie Winborne

Nov 17, 2024

Charlie Lee Winborne of Prattsville, Arkansas was born December 12, 1962 at Gretna, Louisiana, the son of the late Denheart Winborne, Sr. and Anna Lee D'Angelo Winborne.  If nothing else was said about Charlie, the one thing he would want everyone to know is that he was a blood-bought, born again, Child of God! He knew Jesus as...

Mavis Fielding

Mavis Fielding

Nov 16, 2024

Mavis Kathryn Adams Fielding, age 85, passed away on November 16, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. Born on January 13, 1939, in Snow, Arkansas. Mavis was a cherished presence in the lives of her family and friends.

Mavis is survived by her devoted husband of 68 years, John Clifford Fielding, and their three children, Valerie...

Emma Jean Smith

Emma Jean Smith

Nov 9, 2024

Emma Jean Hammons Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 20, 1940 in Dubach, Louisiana, the daughter of the late William Victor and Alice LaDelle Horton Hammons.

Ms. Smith died Saturday, November 9, 2024 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 84.

She was a...

Norris Culpepper, Jr.

Norris Culpepper, Jr.

Nov 7, 2024

Oscar Norris Culpepper Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, at the age of 81. Born on March 15, 1943, in California, Norris was the beloved son of the late Oscar Culpepper Sr. and Alice (Graves) Culpepper Lovelace Skipworth. He carried forward the legacy of...

Cynthia Lovetia Criglow

Cynthia Lovetia Criglow

Nov 2, 2024

Cynthia Lovetia (Pool) Criglow was born July 11, 1948, in Malvern, AR to the late James Monroe and Gladys Evelyn Pool. She passed away November 2, 2024, at her home in Prattsville. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by an infant grandson and her brother-in-law Freddy Sullivant. She was a faithful member of Philadelphia...

Bert “Buddy” Gibbs Iii

Bert “Buddy” Gibbs Iii

Nov 1, 2024

Bert "Buddy" Gibbs III, was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend.  He left this world suddenly at home on November 1st, 2024 at the experienced age of 81. But what a great life he was blessed with!

He was born to Theda & Bert Gibbs II, on January 8th, 1943. (During...

Jade Dillon Heird

Jade Dillon Heird

Oct 31, 2024

Jade Dillon Heird, born November 20, 2000 ,left this earthly world on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at the age of 23 years old.

Jade was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to James and Angela Heird. He went to Sheridan High School in Sheridan, AR where he spent the majority of his life. After high school, he pursued...

Madie Lucille Herrington

Madie Lucille Herrington

Oct 31, 2024

Madie Lucille (Lisenbey) Herrington, born on March 23, 1941, in Sheridan, Arkansas, entered into eternal rest on October 31, 2024. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and faithful member of the First Assembly of God Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Her life was a testament to love, creativity,...

Virgil Swilling

Virgil Swilling

Oct 27, 2024

Virgil Conrad Swilling, 83, of Sheridan, Arkansas, passed away October 27, 2024.  He was born in Grapevine, Arkansas, on December 19, 1940, to the late Rudy and Edis Swilling.

Virgil and his family relocated to Sheridan in 1952, because they needed a home telephone for his father's business.  While we are sure that he...

Mickie Leighann May

Mickie Leighann May

Oct 21, 2024

Mickie LeighAnn  May of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 24, 1967 in Benton, Arkansas, the daughter of Josephine Elaine Mears Carter and the late Freddie Lee May. She was a graduate of Sheridan High School Class of 1985, and a member of First Landmark Baptist Church. She was a registered nurse and she enjoyed watching football, softball, going...

Claude William "Big Bill" Cruthis, Jr.

Claude William "Big Bill" Cruthis, Jr.

Oct 15, 2024

Claude William Cruthis Jr., affectionately known to most as "Big Bill" was born December 3, 1956, in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to Claude Senior and Katherine Haller Cruthis. Bill's life was defined by service and hard work. He married the love of his life, Sindy, in 1982. Bill and Sindy weren't just husband and wife for the past 42 years,...

Helen French

Helen French

Oct 14, 2024

Helen French of Leola, Arkansas was born April 19, 1939, in Centerville, Ohio, the daughter of the late E.O. and Mayana Cormeney. She was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Leola, and she enjoyed sewing, crafting, ceramics, flowers, watching hummingbirds and above all, she loved her family. Helen never met a stranger, she was a...

Howard Easterling

Howard Easterling

Oct 14, 2024

Howard Alton Easterling, Jr. of Leola, Arkansas was born May 5, 1942 in Fayetteville, the son of the late Howard A. Easterling, Sr. and Pearl Almeda Johnson Easterling. He was a minister for the Leola Church of Christ and was a retired science teacher and coach for Leola and Laneburg schools. He also retired from International Paper Mill...

Charles Inman

Charles Inman

Oct 13, 2024

Sylvester Charles Inman of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 21, 1963 at DeWitt, Arkansas, the son of the late Joe and Corienne Cook Inman.  So much of his life involved his service and commitment to Law Enforcement.  His decades long career serving the people of Arkansas began at the Altheimer Police Department. After that, he worked for a...

Jean Webb Reed

Jean Webb Reed

Oct 8, 2024

Velma Jean Webb Reed of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 2, 1932 in Corning, the daughter of the late Acie Rile Webb and Tinnie Victoria Smith Webb. She was a member of New Life Fellowship Church in Sheridan. She enjoyed decorative painting, fishing with her husband Gerry, writing poetry, cooking and her family. Her family was very important...

Barbara Calaway

Barbara Calaway

Oct 4, 2024

Barbara Ann Calaway was born on October 23, 1946, in Brickeys, AR to Barney and Myrtle Alldredge of Brickeys, AR. She was the seventh of eight children, born in a place that some would consider rural, but to her, it was heaven. She was from a large family and had many wonderful childhood memories there. A few years after...

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