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Wayne Childers
Feb 8, 2009
Wayne Everett "Bud" Childers of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 28, 1932 at Sheridan, the son of the late Thurman Shaw and Myrtice Vanlandingham Childers. He was a graduate of Sheridan schools where he was named to all-state football in 1950; graduate of Henderson State Teachers College, now Henderson State University, in 1954 with a BME in instrumental music; received...
Roger Dale Turner
Feb 2, 2009
Roger Dale Turner of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 25, 1950 in Rison, Arkansas, the son of the late John Edward and Myrtis Marie Sipes Turner. He had retired from the Arkansas Highway Department after 20 plus years of service. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and loved to hunt and fish. Roger was also a square dance...
Conrad Nathan Davis
Jan 28, 2009
Conrad Nathan Davis of Grapevine, Arkansas was born January 14, 1941, in Sheridan, the son of the late Hughie Lee and Ora Ellen Falls Davis. He had been a self employed ASA Master Plumber since 1964 and attended Hedden Chapel Assembly of God Church in Grapevine. Conrad enjoyed riding motorcycles with his wife and family as well as fishing and...
John Wayne Cook
Jan 22, 2009
John W. Cook of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born May 30, 1939, in Perryville, Arkansas, the son of the late Ed and Mamie Black Cook. He was a sergeant on the Benton Police Department and had retired from Greyhound Bus Lines after 19 years of service. He had also served in the U.S. Navy for five years. Mr. Cook was a...
Conrad Dee Davis
Jan 21, 2009
Conrad Dee Davis of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 5, 1945 in Sheridan, the son of the late Freddie W. and Bessie Bryant Davis. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan, a Licensed Baptist Minister, a member of Sheridan Masonic Lodge #260, and a Security Guard at NCTR in Pine Bluff. Conrad enjoyed fishing and hunting and...
Jewell Crutchfield Paxton
Jan 18, 2009
Jewell Crutchfield Paxton, born 9 August 1925 in Prattsville, Arkansas, died Sunday, 18 January 2009, in San Antonio after a short but fierce battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma. She was the daughter of the late James Walter and Elizabeth Williams Crutchfield. She grew up in the Paxton community and lived there until moving to Little Rock after graduation from high school...
Lewis Clifton Crowder
Jan 17, 2009
Lewis Clifton Crowder of Pine Bluff, Arkansas went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 17, 2009 at the age of 91. He was born January 7, 1918 in Leola, Arkansas the son of the late Ira Price and Della Smoot Crowder. He was a member of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church at White Hall. He also served in...
Juanita Taylor
Jan 15, 2009
Nedgie Juanita Taylor of Birmingham, Alabama passed away on January 15, 2009 following a brief illness. She was born in Grapevine, Arkansas on April 6, 1920 to the late Tom and Dovie Ross Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband Morris Taylor who passed away on May 30, 1975, and Lloyd Hedden who died in May 1992. She...
Jean Baker Hopkins
Jan 11, 2009
Frances Jean Baker Hopkins, of Sheridan, went to be with the Lord on January 11, 2009 at the age of 57 years. She was born January 10, 1952 in Pine Bluff, the daughter of Johnnie Mae Taylor Baker Bradley and the late Roy Hix Baker, Jr. She was an Administrative Assistant for the Sheridan School District for 17 years, a...
Timothy Sterling Mcdorman, Jr.
Jan 7, 2009
Timothy Sterling McDorman, Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 14,1956 in Crisfield, Maryland the son of Timothy Sterling McDorman, Sr. and Diane Evans Hinman. He died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 as a result of an automobile accident at the age of 52. He was preceded in death by his step father, William H. "Slugger" Hinman. Survivors; Spouse, Edna Lynn...
Bonnie Hamner Poe
Jan 5, 2009
Bonnie Hamner Poe of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 27, 1929 in Sheridan, the daughter of the late Henry Olin and Gladys Marie Epnett Hamner. She was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Poe died Monday, January 5, 2009 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff at the age of 79. In addition to her parents,...
Lucille Saunders Mason
Jan 1, 2009
Carolyn Lucille Saunders Mason of Little Rock, Arkansas was born September 11, 1929 at Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Jimmy and Effie Allen Saunders. She formerly attended Archview Baptist Church and loved horse racing and bingo. Mrs. Mason died, Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 79. In addition to her...
Carl Wayne Cave
Dec 31, 2008
Carl Wayne Cave of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 26, 1949 in Anderson, Indiana the son of the late Paul Sebastian Cave Sr. and Mildred Louise Harrison Cave. He was a self employed welder and had served in the United States Marines. Mr. Cave died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock at the age of...
Troy Spann
Dec 25, 2008
Troy Spann of Hensley, Arkansas was born October 5, 1930 at Hensley, the son of the late Jesse E. and Birdie Ball Spann. He was a member of East End Baptist Church, a Mason and member of Iron Springs Lodge #342 and was an avid hunter. Troy retired from Reynolds Metals. Mr. Spann died Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Baptist...
Don Mitchell
Dec 21, 2008
Forrest Donald "Don" Mitchell of Poyen, Arkansas was born July 11, 1938 at Malvern, the son of the late Jesse Homer and Viola Mitchell. He was a truck driver. Mr. Mitchell died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Hot Spring County Medical Center at Malvern at the age of 70. Survivors include his sons, Robert Eugene Mitchell of Benton, James Kenneth...
Clyde Quinton Ray
Dec 20, 2008
Clyde Quinton Ray of Sheridan, Arkansas and Ennis, Texas, passed away December 20, 2008. He was born December 13, 1937 at Prattsville, the son of the late Thurman and Sarah Ray. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Reisel, Texas. Survivors include his wife, Tommie Jean Ray of Ennis, Texas; sons, Travis Ray of Hot Springs, Randy Ray...
Mildred "Bill" Ashley Whitaker
Dec 19, 2008
Mildred "Bill" Ashley Whitaker of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 2, 1920 at Belfast, the daughter of the late Drew Edward and Versie Jane Appling Ashley. She was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and had retired as an investigator for the Employment Security Division. Ms. Whitaker died Friday, December 19, 2008 at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center at...
Evan Michael Watson
Dec 13, 2008
Evan Michael Watson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 4, 2008 at Arkansas Childrens Hospital, son of Michael and Shannon Starks Watson. He died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Arkansas Childrens Hospital in Little Rock at the age of 1 month, 9 days. Survivors: Parents, Michael and Shannon Starks Watson; Twin Brother, Eli Watson; Paternal grandparents, Mike and Nancy Watson;...
J K Goins, Sr.
Dec 10, 2008
J K (Jake) Goins, Sr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 16, 1918 in Star City, Arkansas the son of the late William Alexander and Martha Susanne Keahey Goins. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, a member of JJ Deer Camp, had retired from J.A. Riggs as a diesel mechanic and had served in the...
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