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James C. Williams
Jan 21, 2012
James C. Williams of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 21, 1925 in LeLand, Mississippi. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan, had served in the US Navy during World War II and had retired from the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Mr. Williams died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center at the age of 86....
Carolyn Spoonamore Smith
Jan 20, 2012
Carolyn Ann Spoonamore Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 17, 1945 at Little Rock, the daughter of the late O.O. and Flora Spoonamore. She was a very active member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, where she was an AWANA leader, choir member, ladies auxillary member, and helped with upward basketball, just to name a few. Carolyn...
Richard Gerald Husted
Jan 20, 2012
Richard Gerald Husted of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 1, 1941 in Norman, Oklahoma the son of the late Glen E. And Eleanor Grill Husted. He was a self employed carpenter and he loved to be outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. Mr. Husted died Friday, January 20, 2012 at his home at the age of 70. In addition to his...
Ronald J. Theiss, Sr.
Jan 19, 2012
Ronald J. Theiss, Sr. passed away January 19, 2012, in the year of our Lord, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born in the Bronx, NY, on April 19th, 1938. He is survived by Lorraine (Wilbur), his wife of 49 years, 6 children, Scott Theiss & wife Janel of New York; Ron Jr. & wife Joanne Theiss...
Lois Jackson Chamberlain
Jan 14, 2012
Lois Helen Jackson Chamberlain of Fordyce, Arkansas, formerly of El Dorado, was born July 17, 1939 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Lonnie and Bessie Walters Jackson. She was of the Church of Christ faith and enjoyed planting and tending her flowers. Ms. Chamberlain died Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado...
Mary Jo Morris Worley
Jan 11, 2012
Mary Jo Morris Worley,69, of Grapevine, Arkansas went to be with the Lord from her home on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. She was born December 22, 1942 in Grapevine, Arkansas to the late Earl Houston Morris and Dicie C. Garner Morris. She was a member of Bethany #1 Missionary Baptist Church in Grapevine. She was also a very proud member...
Raymond "Shorty" Doherty
Jan 7, 2012
Paul Raymond "Shorty" Doherty of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 27, 1928 at Bearden, the son of the late Dee and Ella Doherty. He was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and was retired from the floor mill. Mr. Doherty died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff at the age of 83....
Marthey A. West
Jan 3, 2012
Marthey Ann Reed West of Leola, Arkansas was born August 3, 1950, in Warren, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Sydney and Vernie Sparks Reed. She was employed at Kohler. Besides her children, her greatest joy in life was her grandbabies. Ms. West died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the age of 61....
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
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