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Amanda Fielding
Dec 24, 2011
Amanda Kristine Fielding, age 27, was born April 2, 1984 in Valdosta, Georgia, the daughter of Polly and Kenneth Fielding. She was a 2003 graduate of Rogers, Arkansas High School, and employed in the restaurant industry in both Arkansas and Florida. Amanda died December 24, 2011, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, following a lengthy illness. Amanda...
Eloise Hope Ray
Dec 20, 2011
Eloise Hope Ray of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 29, 1926, in Prattsville, Arkansas, daughter of the late Clifton and Sadie Smith Hope. She was an English and Social Studies teacher in the Sheridan School District for many years. During her life, she touched the lives of so many people, but her greatest joy in life was the relationship that...
Alice Faye Hamilton Darnell
Dec 19, 2011
Alice Faye Hamilton Darnell of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 31, 1940 in Sheridan, Arkansas the daughter of the late Loss Edgar and Oddie Swilling Hamilton. She was a member of Social Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Darnell died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Stoneybrook Nursing Home in Benton at the age of 71. In addition to her parents, she...
Billy Dan Duke, Sr.
Dec 18, 2011
Billy Dan Duke, Sr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 6, 1953 at Lufkin, Texas, the son of the late Billy George and Verna Lee Miller Duke. He was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, was a United States Navy Vietnam Veteran, was retired from International Paper Company as an instrument electrician, was a member of the Electrical...
Jackie Bowden Wilson
Dec 18, 2011
Jackie Bowden Wilson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 23, 1955 in Dermott, Arkansas the daughter of Carolyn Ann Magness Bowden and the late James Elmer Bowden. She was a Human Resources Manager at Arcclor Mittal at Pine Bluff, and had previously worked for 18 years at Centria in Sheridan. She was very active in the community, serving on the...
Robert Franklin Wilkerson
Dec 8, 2011
Robert Franklin Wilkerson of Mabelvale, Arkansas was born June 13, 1958 at Ozark, Alabama, the son of Frank Wilkerson and Mary Herring Wilkerson Strickland. He was a union welder. Mr. Wilkerson died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the age of 53. Survivors include his wife, Melinda Wilkerson of Mabelvale; son, Damon Wilkerson; daughters, Amanda Wilkerson and Daphne Cain, allof Maryland;...
Karen Cantrell Reed
Dec 7, 2011
Karen Melissa Cantrell Reed of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 6, 1960 at Magnolia, the daughter of the late James and Mavis Sneed Cantrell. She was a member of North Main Baptist Church in Sheridan, was formerly employed with Southwest Airlines reservations in Little Rock, and was a member, and enjoyed spending time at, Tan Camp Hunting Club. Karen's greatest...
Carl French
Dec 6, 2011
Carl French, "Mighty Mo", of East End, Arkansas was born May 20, 1936 in Forest, Louisiana, to Joe and Juanita French. Carl died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his family. Carl had a great heart and always made everyone feel liked. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend. Carl lived a full...
Louise Herring Cook
Dec 4, 2011
Louise Herring Cook of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 11, 1929 in Kelso, Arkansas he daughter of the late Jesse Douglas and Mary Willie Isom Herring. She accepted Christ when a young teenager at Kelso Baptist Church. She was a part of the Family Church in White Hall and attended Home Group under James and Laura Pierce until her illness....
Don Shoptaw
Dec 3, 2011
Walter Don Shoptaw of Prattsville, Arkansas was born October 12, 1924 in the Belfast Community, the son of the late Walter Roy and Elby Buie Shoptaw. He was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, had retired as a Supervisor from Alcoa and had proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II....
Rocele Hubbard Shero
Dec 1, 2011
Rocele Hubbard Shero, longtime Sheridan resident, died December 1 in a West Plains, Missouri, hospital at the age of 97. She had made her home in Gatewood, Missouri the past few years with her daughter and son-in-law, Imogene and Allan Ninness. Mrs. Shero was born on August 16, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Nathan and Ora Craig Hubbard, who...
Alvis Dickinson
Nov 30, 2011
Rev. Alvis Dickinson of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born March 13, 1931 in Prescott, Arkansas the son of the late Johnnie Reese and Katherine Hardison Dickinson. He was a graduate of Truman High School and the Bible College having ministered at several churches including, Leola Assembly of God, Helena Assembly of God, Hampton Assembly of God and Paris Assembly of...
Ronnie Joe Weith
Nov 27, 2011
Ronnie Joe Weith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 26, 1957 in Athens, Alabama, the son of Elmer Joe Weith and Frances Jewell Lovell Weith. He loved to cook, hunt, fish and play with his grandchildren. Ronnie died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at his home at the age of 54. Survivors: Wife, Charlotte Hartwick Weith of Sheridan; Sons, Brooks and...
Kelly Mcfarland
Nov 27, 2011
Paul Kelly McFarland of Little Rock, Arkansas was born December 10, 1960 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of the late James Cleveland and Betty Sue Webb McFarland. He loved to hunt, fish and ride Harley Davidson. Kelly was a 1979 graduate of Sheridan High School and he was the General Sales Manager for Arkansas Electric. Kelly died Sunday, November 27,...
James B. Atchley
Nov 27, 2011
James B. Atchley of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 3, 1937 in Coy, Arkansas the son of the late Henry Amos and Ethyl Core McClung Atchley. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan, the Pine Bluff Masonic Lodge #69, and had retired from the U.S. Navy. He loved to hunt, fish, and work, especially in the woods....
James Leonard Green
Nov 23, 2011
James Leonard Green, 82, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 5, 1929 in Sheridan, the son of Minor Jewell Green and Edna Maybell Crook Green. He retired after 30 years as a clerk for Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked tirelessly to ensure that any Korean Veteran he came in contact with...
Ted E. Hollinger
Nov 23, 2011
Ted E. Hollinger of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 3, 1916 at Taylor, Mississippi, the son of the late Sam W. and Oma Hill Hollinger. He was a United States Air Force veteran, was a retired commercial towboat captain, and was a Mason. Mr. Hollinger died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at his home, at the age of 95. In addition...
Donzel Goodner
Nov 23, 2011
Donzel J. Goodner of East End, Arkansas was born November 3, 1935 at Buckner, Arkansas, the son of the late Roy and Mary Doris Miller Goodner. He was a member of Bingham Road Baptist Church in Little Rock, was a United States Army Korean war veteran, and was a 33degree Mason and member of Iron Springs Lodge 342. Mr. Goodner...
Rev. Franklin Nelson
Nov 22, 2011
Rev. Franklin Nelson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 21, 1930, near Sheridan, the son of the late Jessie R. and Priscilla May Thompson Nelson. He was a United States Army Korean War veteran, and enjoyed tending to his cows on his farm. Bro. Franklin loved preaching the word. He pastored Providence Missionary Baptist church near Sheridan, Providence M.B.C. at...
Jessica Magan Robertson
Nov 21, 2011
Jessica Magan Robertson of Liberal, Missouri, formerly of Sheridan, was born June 8, 1998 at West Memphis, Arkansas, the daughter of Roger Dale Robertson, Jr. and Mandy Elizabeth Parker Robertson. She had attended Sheridan Pentecostal Church of God, was a student in Liberal Schools, and had formerly attended Sheridan Schools. Jessica was an avid reader; loved drawing, singing, basketball and...
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