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Mary Tolson Bailey

Mary Tolson Bailey

Dec 30, 2011

Mary Tolson Bailey of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 11, 1929, in Candor, New York, the daughter of the late John M. and Mary Onulack. She was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, the VFW Auxiliary, and was retired from Sterling Faucet. Mrs. Bailey died Friday, December 30, 2011 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age...

Ronny Ray Boling

Ronny Ray Boling

Dec 30, 2011

Ronny Ray Boling of England, Arkansas was born April 20, 1949 in Dumas, Arkansas the son of Virginia Gross Boling and the late James Ray Boling. He was a self employed plumber. Mr. Boling died Friday, December 30, 2011 at his home at the age of 62. Survivors: Wife, Margaret Adamson Boling of England; Son, Danny Boling of White Hall;...

Dewayne Smith

Dewayne Smith

Dec 29, 2011

Basil Dewayne Smith of Jacksonville, Arkansas was born December 4, 1952 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas the son of the late Basil L.C. and Dorothy Williams Smith. He was a faithful member at Lonoke Apostolic Church in Lonoke where he loved to sing and Praise his Lord. He was an accountant for the Department of Finance and Administration as well as...

Richard Williams

Richard Williams

Dec 29, 2011

Johnny Richard Williams of Prattsville, Arkansas was born March 15, 1947 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of John Benjamin and Elaine Morhmann Williams. He was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. He had served in the Army and had retired from Benning Heat and Air. Richard passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the VA...

Mason Allen Walters

Mason Allen Walters

Dec 27, 2011

Mason Allen Walters of Sheridan, Arkansas was born and went to be with the Lord on December 27, 2011 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. He was the infant son of Logan Nicole Thompson and Devin Woodrow Walters both of Sheridan. He was preceded in death by a great grandmother, Marie Bellinger and a maternal great grandfather, Conrad...

Joe W. Harris

Joe W. Harris

Dec 27, 2011

Joe W. Harris, age 73, died December 27, 2011, at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Born January 25, 1938 at El Dorado, Arkansas, Joe was the only child of the late Felix Harris and Miriam Sanders Harris. Joe was a graduate of El Dorado High School. He received a B.S.E. degree from Henderson State Teachers College (now H.S.U.) and...

John D. Parish, Jr.

John D. Parish, Jr.

Dec 27, 2011

John D. Parish, Jr. Of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 1, 1939 in Greenwood, Mississippi, the son of the late John D. Parish, Sr. And Emma Dennis Moore Parish. John was a graduate of Mississippi State University and a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. A lifelong Presbyterian, John was serving as an Elder at the Central Presbyterian Church in Pine...

Connie Allen Wilson

Connie Allen Wilson

Dec 25, 2011

Connie Allen Wilson was born February 23, 1921, in Southern Grant County's Shiloh Community, the daughter of Richard and Alice May "Lizzie" Bratton Allen. She passed away Christmas Morning at the age of 90 in a Little Rock hospital. Connie joined Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church while a young lady. She once worked as a nursing assistant to Dr. Cole in...

Amanda Fielding

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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