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Opal Shaddock Key
Feb 2, 2006
Opal Shaddock Key of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 24, 1917 in Holly Spring, Arkansas the daughter of the late John and Inis Shirron Shaddock. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Sheridan and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mrs. Key died Thursday, February 2, 2006 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center at the age of...
Justin Franklin Welch
Jan 31, 2006
Justin Franklin Welch of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 28, 1957 at Denton, Texas the son of the late James Ray and Mary Francis Wright Welch. He was a member of Harmony Primitive Baptist Church at Donaldson. "Coach" Welch taught in Newark and Perryville before moving to Sheridan in 1986. He was currently the Senior High boys track and cross...
Vernon Cecil Strom
Jan 29, 2006
Vernon Cecil "Doc" Strom, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 7, 1933, the son of the late Ervin Cecil and Mattie Green Strom. He died on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas at the age of 72 years. Mr. Strom was a self-employed home builder and a member...
Bobby Gray Riggan
Jan 24, 2006
Bobby Gray Riggan of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 18, 1939 in Ivy, Arkansas the son of the late Alva Gray and Amy Evelyn Crowder Riggan. He was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, President of Hopewell Cemetery Association and owner of Riggan & Sons Slaughter and Smokehouse. Mr. Riggan died Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at Jefferson Regional Medical...
Jacob (Tim) Timothy Davis
Jan 21, 2006
Jacob Timothy Davis, 66, of Sheridan, took his last breath with us and his first breath with the Lord on Saturday, January 21, 2006. He died at St. Vincent Hospital with his loved ones and friends , surrounded by love, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 19, 1939 in Malvern, Arkansas. He graduated from Grapevine...
Steven Wayne Brown
Jan 19, 2006
Steven Wayne Brown, age 57, of Sheridan, Arkansas died on January 19, 2006, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Steve was born November 18, 1948, to the late George and Francis Brown. Steve gave his work life to public education. He loved children, and he loved to teach. He was a gifted teacher and administrator. His public school career...
Araminta Sue Smith Sanchez
Jan 18, 2006
Araminta Sue Smith Sanchez of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 26, 1936 in New Edinburg, the daughter of the late Howard and Mildred Phillips Smith. She went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2006 at the age of 69. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Esmiel Sonny Sanchez, a daughter, Angela...
Stacy Lynne Hudson Farnsworth
Jan 16, 2006
Stacy Lynne Hudson Farnsworth of East End, Arkansas was born in Little Rock on July 15, 1974, the daughter of Howard Wayne and Mary Kay Sevier Hudson. She died Monday, January 16, 2006 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 31. Stacy graduated from Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado. She was a wonderful wife,...
Col(Ret) James Patrick Ewing
Jan 10, 2006
COL(Ret) James Patrick Ewing of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 11, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of James Walton "Dub" and Dorothy Virginia Welch Ewing. He died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at his home at the age of 53. COL(Ret) Ewing was the State Mobilization officer for the Arkansas National Guard having served for 33 years. Highlights of...
Ted Eugene Dent, Sr.
Jan 7, 2006
Ted Eugene Dent, Sr. Of Redfield, Arkansas was born June 19, 1932 at Jonesboro the son of the late Jack and Mary Lena Hogan Dent. Mr. Dent died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at his home in Redfield, at the age of 73. He graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1950. In 1952 he married Bettie Sue Livingston of whom five...
Elise Hedden Shultz
Jan 6, 2006
Elise Hedden Shultz of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born June 11, 1915 at Grapevine, the daughter of the late Samuel and Rose Finley Hedden. She was one of the Charter Members of Hedden Chapel Assembly of God Church at Grapevine. Mrs. Shultz also was a shipyard welder in Vancouver, Washington during World War II. Following the War, she welded for...
Velma Lee Reese Brown Taylor
Jan 5, 2006
Velma Lee Reese Brown Taylor of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Howard County, Arkansas on January 14, 1911 the daughter of the late Alfred Kimrick and Mary Francis Ball Reese. She died at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock on January 5, 2006 at the age of 94 years. She was a member of Sheridan Church of Christ and was...
Henrietta Prather Bowman
Jan 1, 2006
Henrietta Prather Bowman of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 1, 1940 at Henryetta, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Warren D. and Lydia Elizabeth McCain Prather. She loved fishing, reading, cooking and craft work. Her greatest love was for her family. Mrs. Bowman died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at Hot Spring County Medical Center at Malvern at the age of...
Ferrel Dean Swint Suttle
Dec 21, 2005
Ferrel Dean Swint Suttle of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 2, 1917at Mixon Valley, Arkansas in Logan County, the daughter of the late Emmett Monroe and Lillian Porter Swint. She died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at her home at the age of 88. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan where she was a member of the...
Suda M. Harrington
Dec 17, 2005
Suda Mae Pumphrey Harrington of Prattsville, Arkansas was born on June 16, 1937 in Conway, Arkansas, the daughter of the late L. E. (Genie) and Marie Reynolds Pumphrey. She died at her home on December 17, 2005 at the age of 68 years. She was a member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, and was preceded in death by...
Richard (Rick) Dee Allen
Dec 17, 2005
Richard (Rick) Dee Allen, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Brewster, Washington on March 25, 1959, the son of Richard Alvin and Twila Mae Davis Allen. He died in Denver, Colorado on December 17, 2005 at the age of 46 years. He was a self-employed artist. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Kevin Ray Allen...
Maurice Wilton Shoptaw
Dec 9, 2005
Maurice Wilton Shoptaw of Sheridan, Arkansas died Friday, December 9, 2005 at the age of 80. He was born June 5, 1925 in Prattsville, Arkansas the son of the late Flobert W. and Bonnie Harvey Shoptaw. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Ray Shoptaw and sisters, Harvey Rita Halbert and Joan Cathey. Maurice...
Andrew Pickens Stewart
Dec 3, 2005
Andrew Pickens Stewart, 27, of Sheridan, was born October 14, 1978 in Dumas, Arkansas. He died December 3, 2005 at Sheridan from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a welder for Umphers Construction Company; a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Oklahoma and a member of United Kennel Club. Survivors are his wife, Stacia Cheshier Stewart and a...
Newman C. Williams
Nov 27, 2005
Newman C. Williams of Sheridan, Arkansas was born at Bearden, Arkansas on September 18, 1922, the son of the late R.S. and Bettie Nutt Williams. He died on Sunday, November 27, 2005 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at the age of 83 years. He was a life-long member of Hope Pentecostal Church in Sheridan, and presently attended New Life Fellowship Pentecostal...
Howard L. Clement
Nov 22, 2005
Howard L. Clement of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Booneville, Mississippi on January 5, 1915,the son of the late William Arthur and Anna Frances Barnes Clement. He died on November 22, 2005 at Hot Spring County Hospital in Malvern, Arkansas at the age of 90 years. He was a retired Security Guard from Kohler Company in Sheridan; a veteran of...
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