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Patrick L. Reed
Nov 3, 2009
Patrick Leon "Pat" Reed of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 17, 1943 the son of the late Dan F. Reed Jr., and Lucille Allinson Reed. He was a Charter member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and was instrumental in founding and supporting the Food Bank Ministry of the church, which has steadily grown and helps provide food for...
Rita Hardin Robinson
Oct 29, 2009
Rita Frances Hardin Robinson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 10, 1951 at Batesville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Samuel J. and Benona Brown Hardin. She had formerly worked at the Grant County Collector's office and enjoyed decorating cakes. Rita's greatest love was for her family. Mrs. Robinson died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at U.A.M.S. Medical Center in Little...
Annie Baker Purtle
Oct 28, 2009
Annie Mae Baker Brown Purtle of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 21, 1932 at Haskell, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Roy and Leta Lewis Baker. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sheridan. Mrs. Purtle died Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at her home in Sheridan at the age of 77. In addition to her parents, she...
Jean Pointer Mathews
Oct 27, 2009
Jean Marie Pointer Mathews of Little Rock, Arkansas was born April 14, 1932 at Indianaplois, Indiana, the daughter of the late George and Opal Okie Pointer. She was a member of Barnett Memorial Baptist Church, and was retired from the Arkansas Gazette, Creative Art Department. Jean enjoyed painting, sewing, crocheting and playing her keyboard. Mrs. Mathews died Tuesday, October 27,...
Frances Larue Howard
Oct 24, 2009
Frances LaRue "Rudy" Harper Howard of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born June 4, 1945 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Coy Harper and Leona Christine Brooks Harper Reid. Mrs. Howard enjoyed working, she loved her family and was very proud of her Indian heritage. Mrs. Howard died Saturday, October 24, 2009, at the age of 64, at Arkansas Children's...
J.T. Davis
Oct 23, 2009
J. T. Davis of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 11, 1989 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of Jerry and Larenda Beckwith Davis. He was a member of Bethany #1 Missionary Baptist Church in Grapevine and a junior at U.A.L.R., studying construction management. He was employed with his family's business, Sheridan Excavating. J.T. enjoyed being outdoors. Among his many interests...
A. Bennie Lisenbey
Oct 18, 2009
A. Bennie Lisenbey of Grapevine, Arkansas was born January 12, 1939 near Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of the late Robert Alton and Thelma Fite Lisenbey. He served in the United States Army and was a retired truck driver and heavy equipment operator. Bennie was an honorary member of Grapevine Hunting Club and loved the outdoors. Mr. Lisenbey died Sunday, October...
Mary Nelson Reid
Oct 11, 2009
Mary Gwendolyn Nelson Reid, 89, of Sheridan, Arkansas died October 11, 2009. She was born in Sheridan on November 13, 1919, the daughter of the late Robert and Hattie Kelley Nelson. Life-long residents of Sheridan, Mrs. Reid and her husband the late Van Reid were owners and operators of the Western Auto Store in Sheridan for many years. She was...
Bobby Moore
Oct 11, 2009
Robert James "Bobby" Moore of Hot Springs, Arkansas was born Sept. 28, 1931 in Prattsville, Arkansas the son of the late Fred F. and Zelma Duncan Moore. He was retired from International Paper Company as a Chip Quality Controller, a member of Springhill Missionary Baptist Church in Springhill, Louisiana and he was an avid camper. Mr. Moore died Sunday, October...
Bennie Jean Winston Smith
Oct 7, 2009
Bennie Jean "B.J" Winston Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 20, 1954 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas the daughter of the late Bennie and Doris Reynolds Winston. She was a member of New Life Fellowship Church and a CNA at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center. Bennie Jean died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock...
Henry Wayne Hooten
Oct 6, 2009
Henry Wayne Hooten,66, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 18, 1943 in Clarksville, the son of the late Delbert Henry and Claudia Pauline Cline Hooten. He was a member of First Baptist Church at Delaware. Mr. Hooten died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in New Blaine, Arkansas. Survivors; Brothers, Jerry Hooten of Shell Knob, Missouri; Dane Hooten of Victor, New York;...
Guy Everett Webb
Oct 5, 2009
Guy Everett Webb of Prattsville, Arkansas was born November 28, 1939 in Los Angeles, California the son of the late Joseph Descalzo and Lorraine M. Webb Descalzo. He was retired from U.S. Airways and he had served in the United States Air Force during Vietnam. He enjoyed woodworking and watching old movies. Mr. Webb died Monday, October 5, 2009 at...
Allie Cotton Dortch
Oct 2, 2009
Allie Cotton Dortch of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Grapevine, Arkansas on September 13, 1921, the daughter of the late Calvin Charles and Lether Anne Taylor Cotton. She died on October 2, 2009 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas at the age of 88 years. She was a retired Church Custodian, housekeeper, member of First United Methodist Church and...
Robert Roland Gash
Oct 2, 2009
Robert "Bob" Roland Gash of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 12, 1925 at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, the son of the late Earnest and Verna Whitehouse Gash. He was a World War II Army Air Corp. Veteran, and continued on in his military service to retire as a Major in the Air Force. He was a member of Parkhill Baptist Church in...
Sandra Rector Goodman
Sep 29, 2009
Sandra Ruth Rector Goodman of Leola, Arkansas was born September 1, 1946 at Birlington, Washington. She was a member of Faith Assembly of God Church in Leola, had formerly worked for the Arkansas Department of Health and for the Arkansas State Library. She enjoyed crocheting, singing, playing her accordion and cooking. Mrs. Goodman died, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at her...
Meb Myers
Sep 25, 2009
Meb Myers of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 7, 1927 in Jefferson, Arkansas the son of the late Ike and Myra Gage Myers. He was of the Baptist Faith and had served in the Navy. He was a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen's Association and was a retired self employed cattle farmer, truck driver and was a prior board member...
Zulla Mae Sites
Sep 23, 2009
Zulla Mae Sites of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 22, 1919 in Enid, Oklahoma the daughter of the late Paul V. and Beulah Gertrude Curtis Pearce. She was a member of First Christian Church at Sheridan where she had been a member of the Christian Women Fellowhip and had taught Sunday School for many years. She had also been a...
Wilene Owens Rollon
Sep 22, 2009
Wilene "Billie" Owens Rollon of Malvern, Arkansas was born April 13, 1933 at Prattsville, Arkansas, the daughter of William and Ocie Woods Owens. Her walk with God began when she was Saved at 12 years old in a cornfield and was later baptized in Brush Creek. She lived in the Brush Creek Community and was a member of Brush Creek...
Chaplain Jearl Carlton Smith
Sep 21, 2009
Chaplain Jearl Carlton Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 13, 1934 in Sheridan, the son of the late Griffin and Ethel Virginia Carlton Smith. Chaplain Smith died Monday, September 21, 2009 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock at the age of 75. Chaplain Smith was a member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. He had served...
Lorene Haynes
Sep 16, 2009
Lorene Haynes of East End, Arkansas went to her maker on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. She was born Opal Lorene Reed Haynes, daughter of the late Coy E. Reed and Winnie Lowry Reed and she was married to W.R. (Peck) Haynes who predeceased her. Lorene has two sons, Dickie Haynes of East End and Gene Haynes of Houston, Texas. She...
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