Doug Simpson
Sep 10, 2011
Douglas Allen Simpson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 26, 1968 at Little Rock, the son of Duel Simpson and the late Sarah Wilkerson Simpson. He was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church, was a carpenter and enjoyed playing music. Doug died Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Baptist Memorial Medical Center in North Little Rock, at the age...
Charlotte Crowder
Sep 10, 2011
Charlotte Ann "Cookie" Crowder, of Leola, Arkansas was born April 25, 1942 at Leola, the daughter of the late J.P. and Grace Pickering Crowder. She was of the Assembly of God faith and was formerly a nurse's aid. She enjoyed traveling, especially just getting in the car and going for a drive, and she had a great love for animals....
Raymond Wesley Leblanc, Sr.
Sep 9, 2011
Raymond Wesley Le Blanc Sr. died on September 9, 2011, born in Bronx, New York on July 14, 1930. Known as Mr. Ray or the Yankee at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Sheridan, loved his family and enjoyed working. Mr. Ray possessed a strong work ethic and was beloved by his customers. He would insist on carrying out the...
Zora Dortch Walters
Sep 7, 2011
Zora Jane Dortch Walters of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born October 23, 1923 in the Dogwood Community, near Sheridan, the daughter of the late Joe H. and Georgia Mae Posey Dortch. She was a lifelong member of Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church, where, over the years, she served on numerous committees and also taught Sunday School. She was a 1943 graduate...
Trula Ashley Mcgarity
Sep 6, 2011
Trula Ashley McGarity of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 19, 1918 in Belfast, Arkansas the daughter of the late Drew Edward and Versie Jane Appling Ashley. She was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church and the Grant County Senior Citizens. Mrs. McGarity died Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at Saline Memorial Hospice at the age of 93. In addition...
Kathyleen Harrison Brown
Sep 6, 2011
Kathyleen Harrison Brown of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 20, 1925 in Dallas County, Arkansas, near Princeton, the daughter of the late John L. and Bessie Garrison Harrison. She was a homemaker and member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. In years past, Mrs. Brown enjoyed gardening and canning what she grew. She was well known for her fried apple pies....
Ruby Head Riley
Sep 1, 2011
Ruby Head Riley of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 4, 1924 in Monticello, Kentucky the daughter of the late Ripley Ray and Eva Buster Head. She was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Sheridan and attended the Grant County Senior Citizens Center. Mrs. Riley died Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock at...
Jimmy Wimberly
Sep 1, 2011
Jimmy Wimberly of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 3, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Emma Lee Cooper Wimberly and the late Earl Von Wimberly. He was an active member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and had worked for over 29 years for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers where he had received the Employee of the...
John N. Murray
Aug 29, 2011
John N. Murray of Prattsville, Arkansas was born February 14, 1938 in Lonoke County, Arkansas, the son of the late Gordon Thomas and Willie Etta Lamb Murray. He was of the Assembly of God Faith and was self-employed. Mr. Murray died Monday, August 29, 2011 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton at the age of 73. He was preceded in...
Larry Fred Wormington
Aug 27, 2011
Larry Fred Wormington of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 18, 1955 in Star City, Arkansas the son of Lillie Jean Kilburn Rivera and the late Fred F. Wormington. Mr. Wormington died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at his home at the age of 56. Survivors: Mother and step-father, Lille Jean and Frank Rivera of Benton; Brothers, Terry Wormington of Kimberly, BC;...
Floyd Carrol O'Brien
Aug 26, 2011
Floyd Carrol O'Brien of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away August 26, 2011 at home at the age of 81. Carrol was born August 14, 1930 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late John C. And Annie O'Brien. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Donald and Dennis O'Brien. Carrol is survived by his wife, Mavis, two...
June Squires Brewer
Aug 20, 2011
June Anita Squires Brewer, 86, of Ft. Smith passed away Saturday, August 20th at St. Edwards Mercy Hospital following a brief illness. She was a resident of Covington Court Nursing Home. She was born in Jennings, Louisiana on June 26th 1925 to George and Aurelia Blanche Squires. Her family moved to Sheridan, Arkansas when she was six years old. After...
Wayne Owens
Aug 17, 2011
Anthony Wayne Owens of Grapevine, Arkansas was born December 31, 1960 in Fordyce, Arkansas, the son of Donnie Owens and the late Frances Lou House. He was a self-employed logger, enjoyed hunting and catfishing, as well as softball, boxing and riding his motorcycle. He was a lifetime member of the North American Hunting Club and was a member of the...
Dorothy Pitts Young
Aug 15, 2011
Dorothy Pitts Young of Sheridan, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 15, 2011 at her home. She was born February 2, 1925 in Yell County to the late Homer C. And Annis Farrer Pitts and was raised in Sherrill and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was a member of Little Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
W.E. "Pete" Beck
Aug 13, 2011
W.E. "Pete" Beck of Prattsville, Arkansas was born April 25, 1934 at Sheridan, the son of the late Willie Franklin and Gladys Dougan Beck. He was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church, was a veteran of Korean War, having served in the United States Army and was retired manager of a pulp mill. Mr. Beck died Saturday, August 13,...
Aaron B. Pruett, Jr.
Aug 12, 2011
Aaron B. Pruett, Jr., of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 15, 1934 at Colony Town, Mississippi, the son of the late Aaron Pruett, Sr. and Ola B. Lishman Pruett. He was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, was a veteran of the United States Army, and was retired owner of the Farmer's Insurance Agency in Sheridan for...
Betty Davis Finley
Aug 9, 2011
Betty Jane Davis Finley of Leola, Arkansas was born September 20, 1928 in Leola to the late Howard Glen and Savannah Cates Davis. She departed this world on August 9, 2011 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock at the age of 82. She was a member of Moore's Chapel Methodist Church. She was a homemaker and had many jobs in...
Mary Horton Cotton
Aug 7, 2011
Mary Horton Cotton of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 12, 1934 in the Ain Community (Grant County), the daughter of the late James Chester and Rellie Strain Horton. She was a member of North Main Baptist Church in Sheridan, was a homemaker and loved watching the birds in her yard. Mrs. Cotton died Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Saline Memorial...
Ethel Louise Lockhart Hale
Aug 7, 2011
Ethel Louise Lockhart Hale of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 4, 1929 in the Cane Creek Community, (Grant County) the daughter of the late James Thomas and Ethel Wade Lockhart. In her earlier years, she enjoyed painting and arts and crafts. Mrs. Hale died Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff at the age of...
Jerry D. Phillips
Aug 6, 2011
Jerry Dean Phillips of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 19, 1966, the son of Shirley Emberton and the late Taylor Phillips, Jr. He was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, served in the United States Air Force and was a hydraulic mechanic for Entergy. Jerry lived by the motto, "It's not the breaths you take, but the moments...
