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Wilburn Q. Benton

Wilburn Q. Benton

Sep 8, 2005

Wilburn Q. Benton of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 16, 1918 at Tinsman, the son of the late Luther Q. And Betty Elizabeth O'Mary Benton. He was a member of the Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church, a World War II Army Veteran, a retired engineer with Cotton Belt Railroad, a member of the American Legion, VFW, and AF&E #953. Mr....

James Bishop Orr

James Bishop Orr

Sep 6, 2005

James Bishop Orr of Carthage, Arkansas was born on November 15, 1937, the son of Irma Frances Stiles Orr and the late James Willie Orr. He died at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock on September 6, 2005 at the age of 67 years. He was the owner of Carrier Services Company; a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church and...

Patricia Anita Dunbar Reed

Patricia Anita Dunbar Reed

Sep 5, 2005

Patricia Anita Dunbar Reed, of Sheridan, was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on June 16, 1943, the daughter of the late Charlie and Lavada Moore Dunbar. She died at her home in Sheridan on September 5, 2005 at the age of 62 years. She was Co-founder of Action Realty Company in Sheridan in 1979, and was a member of Immanuel...

Irene Miley Belford

Irene Miley Belford

Sep 2, 2005

Irene Cora Miley Belford, daughter of J. W. & Lucy Miley died at Crestpark Nursing Home in Stuttgart on September 2, 2005. Born on August 14, 1909 in Monroe County, she was the last of the Pioneers of the Allendale Community near Brinkley, Ark. She moved to Stuttgart in 1929, she was a beautician. She met and married James N....

Lee Ann Courtney Sebree

Lee Ann Courtney Sebree

Sep 1, 2005

Lee Ann Courtney Sebree of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 12, 1955 at Mobile, Alabama the daughter of the late James and Kathryn Booker Courtney. She was former manager of Video Superstore in Sheridan. Lee Ann's greatest accomplishment was her family to whom she dedicated her life. She died Thursday, September 1, 2005 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine...

Stella Hankins Cearley

Stella Hankins Cearley

Aug 21, 2005

Ruth Estella (Stella) Hankins Cearley,100, died Sunday, August 21, 2005 in Sheridan, Arkansas. She was born October 5, 1904 in Cleveland County, the daughter of the late Carter and Katie Reed Hankins. She was a member of Sheridan First Baptist Church, Fidelis Sunday School Class, and Primetimers. Stella deeply loved and was devoted to her family and church. She was...

Roy Wendell Atkinson

Roy Wendell Atkinson

Aug 19, 2005

Roy Wendell Atkinson of Sheridan , Arkansas was born February 11, 1932 in Eldorado, the son of the late Vernon and Josephine Roland Atkinson. He was retired owner of Atkinson Sanitation. Roy died Friday, August 19, 2005 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock at the age of 74. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Ginger Hollis House

Ginger Hollis House

Aug 15, 2005

Ginger Hollis House of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 18, 1955 at Biloxi, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Jimmie Rae Haddock Hollis and Charles Hollis. She was a member of Hope Pentecostal Church and was a legal secretary for Mitchell-Williams Law Firm. Ginger died Monday, August 15, 2005 at Hot Spring County Medical Center at the age of 50....

Leon Beatty

Leon Beatty

Aug 13, 2005

Leon Beatty of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born April 15, 1945 at Dumas, the son of the late Albert Henson and Margie Bernice Pennington Beatty. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in Vietnam, was a member of First Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church and was retired from the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Mr. Beatty died Saturday at his home at...

Carroll David Bratton

Carroll David Bratton

Aug 9, 2005

Carroll David Bratton, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born on January 9, 1922, in the Crossroads Community in Grant County. He was the son of the late Van Bratton, Sr. and Alice Reynolds Bratton. He died at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 9, 2005 at the age of 83 years. Mr. Bratton was a committed public...

Phillip John Mooney

Phillip John Mooney

Aug 4, 2005

Phillip John Mooney of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 21, 1985 at Little Rock, the son of John and Cheryl Anderson Mooney. He was a member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church at Sheridan,was a 2003 graduate of Hallsville high in Hallsville, Texas, was a student at U.A.L.R, and was employed by MAYCOM Construction. Phillip had a particular love of...

Christine Woodrome Shafer

Christine Woodrome Shafer

Jul 29, 2005

Christine Woodrome Shafer of Little Rock, formerly of Pine Bluff, was born July 2, 1940 at Altheimer, the daughter of the late H.O. "Doc" and Ruby Lee Staley Woodrome. She was a retired waitress at Denny's restaurant in Little Rock. Ms. Shafer died Friday, July 29, 2005 at the Arkansas Hospice Center at Pine Bluff at the age of 65....

Martha Hudson Pearson

Martha Hudson Pearson

Jul 29, 2005

Martha Hudson Worrell Pearson of Prattsville, Arkansas was born March 15, 1926 in Steve, Arkansas the daughter of the late Horace and Blanch Hood Hudson. She died Friday, July 29, 2005 at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton at the age of 79. She was a member of the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville and a member of the Sweet...

Herbert W. Brewer

Herbert W. Brewer

Jul 25, 2005

Herbert W. Brewer of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 2, 1926 in Sheridan the son of the late Joe and Carrie Mae Camp Brewer. Mr. Brewer died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock at the age of 78. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a daughter, Malcadene Brewer. He...

Lyda Mcclellan

Lyda Mcclellan

Jul 13, 2005

Lyda M. McClellan of Pine Bluff, died Wednesday at Byrd Regional Hospital in Leesville, Louisiana at the age of 94. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow H. "Pete" McClellan: Sister, Hazel Reed; Brothers, W.T. Hankins and Wilbur Hankins. Survivors: Daughter, Martha Koury of Leesville, Louisiana: Sisters, Bernice Oakley of Pine Bluff; Nellie Raley of Star City: 2...

Vivian Rubow Finley

Vivian Rubow Finley

Jul 4, 2005

Vivian August "Nanny" Rubow Finley of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 9, 1920 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late A.H. "Lucky" and Ruby May Rubow. She was a member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church, a member of the Willing Workers Sunday School class, and was retired from West Bend. She loved spoiling her family and was "Nanny" to everyone...

Joyce Koon Mayberry

Joyce Koon Mayberry

Jul 3, 2005

Joyce Koon Mayberry of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 4, 1938 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Henry Boyce and Lillie Brewer Koon. She was of the Trinity Pentecostal faith, was valedictorian of the Sheridan High School Class of 1956, and was a homemaker and loving mother. Mrs. Mayberry died Sunday, July 3, 2005 at her home in Sheridan...

Dorthey Shepherd Baker

Dorthey Shepherd Baker

Jul 1, 2005

Dorthey Shepherd Baker, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born at Sheridan on June 4, 1922, the daughter of the late Fletcher and Eva Higdon Shepherd. She died on Friday, July 1, 2005 at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 83 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan and was a retired...

Roberta Charlene Mccool

Roberta Charlene Mccool

Jun 30, 2005

Roberta Charlene Klinger McCool of Sheridan was born August 10, 1924 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Robert and Mamie Gray Klinger. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Sheridan and the Methodist Women Society. Mrs. McCool died June 30, 2005 in Carlisle at the age of 80. She was preceded in death...

Ophie Morris Teer

Ophie Morris Teer

Jun 28, 2005

Ophie Marie Morris Teer of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 22, 1912 at Redfield, the daughter of the late Joe Marion and Emma Adeline Roberts Morris. She was a member of the Walnut Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, a homemaker and a loving mother. Mrs. Teer died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs at the...

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