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Erma I Rogers
Nov 8, 2004
Erma I. Rogers, wife of Chester H. Rogers of Sheridan, Arkansas died Monday, November 8, 2004 in Downers Grove, Illinois. She was the daughter of the late Oscar and Olga Eisewig. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Plainfield, Illinois and was a retired retail office manager. She was loved by all and will be deeply...
Miles Johnson
Nov 5, 2004
Myles Cantley Johnson of Sheridan, Arkansas, formerly of Vacaville, California, passed from this earth on November 5, 2004 at the Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 85 years. He was born the second of 6 children, on December 16, 1918 in Alamagordo, New Mexico to Fredrick W. and Etta Mae Hinkle Johnson. He was married to Helen...
Mollie Tolbert Morris
Nov 1, 2004
Mollie Lee Tolbert Morris, 95 of Sheridan, Arkansas died at 2:15 AM on Monday, November 1, 2004 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, her home since 1995. She was born on April 17, 1909 in the Providence Community of Grant County, the seventh of eight children born to Elijah and Sarah Jackson Tolbert, all of whom preceded her in death....
Ron Ware
Oct 28, 2004
Ronald Erwin Ware of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 20, 1929 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of the late Homer and Hazel Boynton Ware. He was a U.S. Army Korean War Veteran, a retired research assistant for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and was a retired commercial charter pilot for Skyways Air Service. Ron also loved country...
Bill Allen
Oct 25, 2004
Bill Allen of Prattsville, Arkansas was born in Prattsville on August 13, 1939 the son of the late John and Carrie Abana Hope Allen. He was an active member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church. Bill was an a cattle farmer, a partner in Allen Brothers Farms and an avid attender of farm equipment auctions. Bill died Monday, October 25, 2004...
Aubrey Allen
Oct 24, 2004
Aubrey Allen of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Sheridan on July 23, 1912, the son of the late Thomas Havis and Leona Gartman Allen. He died on Sunday, October 24, 2004 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas at the age of 92 years. He was a retired timber contractor and a charter member of Landmark Missionary Baptist...
David L. Mooney
Oct 23, 2004
David L. Mooney of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 7, 1946 in the Little Creek Community near Sheridan, the son of the late George Edward and Charlene Steele Mooney. He was a member of the Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, was formerly in the National Guard, and was the owner of David Mooney Trucking where he was a logging contractor....
Dorothy Jean Pumphrey Harper
Oct 23, 2004
Dorothy Jean Pumphrey Harper of Sheridan, Arkansas was born on April 22, 1926 at Malvern, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Levin Eugene and Bertha Marie Reynolds Pumphrey. She died on October 23, 2004 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 78 years. She was a member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, Arkansas, was...
Effie Mae Smith Jordan Page
Oct 21, 2004
Effie Mae Smith Jordan Page of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 1, 1911 in Union Mississippi, the daughter of the late James Edward and Eunice Ibra Miller Smith. She was a member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and had been a past member of Belfast Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Page was also a retired nurses aid for Baptist...
Jack Manche
Oct 17, 2004
Jack Manche of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born May 7, 1915 at Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of the late William John and Ida Mae Fisher Manche. He was a retired paint contractor for the Pine Bluff Arsenal. He was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church ,a member and first President of Jefferson County Hunting Club and also a...
Meliana Carol Drake Gibbs-Talbert
Oct 16, 2004
Meliana Carol Drake Gibbs-Talbert of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 10, 1969 in Pine Bluff, the daughter of the Linda Sue Holloway Drake Brewer and the late Jesse Vaughn Drake. She was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and was a 1988 graduate of Sheridan High School. Meliana enjoyed her life as a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter,...
William Bert Mitchell
Oct 14, 2004
William Bert Mitchell of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 27, 1920 at Kingsland, Arkansas the son of the late William Wallace "Willie" and Hollie Sturgis Mitchell. He was a retired businessman and was a Methodist. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, James E. "Jim" Mitchell. Survivors include: Wife: Mary Sue Reeves Mitchell of...
Ruby Inez Riggan
Oct 12, 2004
Ruby Inez McCartney Riggan, age 89, of Leola, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2004 following a brief illness. She was born September 27, 1915, in Washburn Valley, Arkansas. She was predeceased by her husband, James Arlin Riggan, her parents, Bert and Minnie McCartney, a grandson Gregory Scott McCurdy, and a sister, Reata Scharbor. She is survived by her daughter,...
J. L. Harper
Oct 2, 2004
J. L. Harper of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 20, 1934 in Rison, the son of Mildred Luttrell and the late Lester Harper. He was a member of the Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church, a former U.S. Marine, and was a retired truck driver for Sheridan White Rock. J.L. was also an accomplished knifemaker and woodcarver and he never met...
Janie Lee Puckett Derrick
Sep 25, 2004
Janie Lee Puckett Derrick of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 18, 1918 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Joseph Harve and Janie Stuckey Puckett. She was a member of the New Life Fellowship Pentecostal Church, a homemaker, and loved yard sales. Most importantly, her life reflected what was most important to her, her Lord and her family. Mrs. Derrick...
Margaret Alice Koon Donaldson
Sep 20, 2004
Margaret Alice Koon Donaldson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 29, 1915 in Grant County, the daughter of the late Henry Hillary and Sophronia Rebecca Puckett Koon. She was a Charter member of Hope Pentecostal Church for which she selected the name. Her dedication to her Lord and His Church was shown over and over through the years by her...
Thelma Kelley Worthen
Sep 20, 2004
Thelma Frances Kelley Worthen of Sheridan, Arkansas, formerly of Pine Bluff, was born March 20, 1920 in Pine Bluff, the daughter of the late Euklin Lafayette and Lela Pearl Phillips Kelley. She attended Sulphur Springs School in Jefferson County. She was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Watson Chapel and was retired from Simmons Bank. Thelma was always...
Pauline Williams Griffin
Sep 10, 2004
Pauline Williams Griffin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 10, 1915 in Holly Springs, Arkansas the daughter of the late John Alvin and Leatha Mary House Williams. She was a housewife and a talented seamstress. Mrs. Griffin died Friday, September 10, 2004 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her...
Myrttie Davis Loftis
Aug 28, 2004
Myrttie G. Davis Loftis of Prattsville, Arkansas was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on May 27, 1908, the daughter of the late William Asa and Lucy C. Matthews Davis. She died at her home in Prattsville on August 28, 2004 at the age of 96 years. She was the widow of Everett A. Loftis,was a homemaker and attended The Church of...
Gerald Bryan Plemmons
Aug 22, 2004
Gerald Bryan Plemmons, of Leola, Arkansas, was born on December 8, 1926 in Luck, North Carolina, the son of the late Bryan and Nelda Kay Lusk Plemmons. He died at his home in Leola on August 22, 2004 at the age of 77 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church at Sheridan, a veteran of the Army having...
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