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Razza James Poe

Razza James Poe

Aug 19, 2004

Razza James Poe of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 12, 1925 at Belfast, Arkansas the son of the late Stephen Wyatt (Bud) and Margaret Carpenter Poe. Mr. Poe served in the 2nd Infantry Division in WWII where he received numerous medals including a Purple Heart. He later retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 30 years of service. He was...

Matthew B. Porter

Matthew B. Porter

Aug 19, 2004

Matthew B. Porter of East End, Arkansas was born June 5, 1934 in Alexandria, Louisiana, the son of the late Tolbert Edgar and Palestine Hill Porter. He was retired from the maintenance department at St. Vincent's Infirmary Medical Center, was a Baptist, an avid golfer, a fan of car racing, and an accomplished artist. Mr. Porter also served in the...

Thomas Edward Haney

Thomas Edward Haney

Aug 18, 2004

Thomas Edward Haney of North Little Rock, Arkansas was born November 7, 1937 at Little Rock, the son of Annie Draper Haney and the late Leon Burt Haney. He was a retired employee for the Pulaski County School District, a Baptist and had also served in the Army. Mr. Haney died Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation...

Kathryn Ross Walters

Kathryn Ross Walters

Aug 18, 2004

Kathryn Sophia Ross Walters of the Palestine Community near Sheridan was born March 14, 1925 at Mabelvale the daughter of the late John C. and Katherine Kling Ross. She was a member of the Palestine Missionary Baptist Church and the Palestine Extension Homemakers Club and was retired from Wal-Mart in Sheridan where she worked in the fabric department for many...

Joe Donald Kervin

Joe Donald Kervin

Aug 14, 2004

Joe Donald Kervin, of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born February 8, 1938 at Prattsville, Arkansas, the son of the late Jessie C., Sr., and Ruby Benning Kervin. He died at Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital in Malvern, Arkansas on Saturday, August 14, 2004 at the age of 66 years. He was a member of Poyen Missionary Baptist Church and was a...

Sheppard Mooney

Sheppard Mooney

Aug 8, 2004

Bro. Sheppard Mooney of Prattsville, Arkansas was born April 21, 1925, at Prattsville the son of the late Arlie E. And Elma Nancy Sheppard Mooney. He died Sunday, August 8, 2004 at Towbin VA Medical Center in North Little Rock at the age of 79, was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, and was a 1943...

Melba Strahan Huntley

Melba Strahan Huntley

Aug 3, 2004

Melba Lee Strahan Huntley of Hot Springs, Arkansas was born June 15, 1919 in Nashville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late George Lester and Beulah Addis Maroney Strahan. She died Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas at age 85. She was a member and Elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Pine...

Faye Johnson Brewer

Faye Johnson Brewer

Jul 23, 2004

Faye Johnson Brewer of Sheridan, Arkansas was born on March 19, 1915 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late John M. And Henrietta Atchley Johnson. She died at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock on Friday, July 23, 2004 at the age of 89 years. She was of the Baptist faith; a retired factory worker for the Bemis Bag...

James Joseph Witherow

James Joseph Witherow

Jul 22, 2004

James Joseph Witherow of Sheridan, was born in Irving, Texas on October 26, 1930, the son of the late Robert Allison Witherow and Mildred Sanders Witherow. He died at his home in Sheridan on July 22, 2004 at the age of 73 years. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock; a baptist; a member...

Helen Davis Plunkett

Helen Davis Plunkett

Jul 19, 2004

Helen Ruby Davis Plunkett of Grapevine, Arkansas was born July 2, 1921 in Anderson, Arkansas the daughter of the late Eugene Roy and Alta Jane Fitzsimmons Davis. She was a charter member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan, member of Willing Workers Sunday School Class, a graduate of Grapevine High School, Class of 1939, a homemaker and had managed Kenney...

Billy Wayne Moore

Billy Wayne Moore

Jul 18, 2004

Billy Wayne Moore of Little Rock, Arkansas was born December 24, 1936 in Prattsville, Arkansas the son of the late Fred and Zelma Duncan Moore. He joined Mabelvale United Methodist Church in 1959 and had served there as church treasurer, treasurer of the Child Care Board, Administrative Council, and Finance Board. Mr. Moore was an insurance agent for MFA and...

Hannelore Stone

Hannelore Stone

Jul 15, 2004

Hannelore "Lore" Stone of Prattsville, Arkansas was born May 8, 1953 at Bad Kreuznach, Germany the daughter of Gertrud Seyler and the late Wilhelm Seyler. She was a Baptist and had worked at Allen Farms in Prattsville. Mrs. Stone died Thursday, July 15, 2004 at her home in Prattsville at the age of 51. Survivors include: Husband: William Earnest Stone,...

Iva Poynter Croy

Iva Poynter Croy

Jul 14, 2004

Iva Jewell Poynter Croy of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 18, 1917 in Dublin, Arkansas the daughter of the late George Alfred and Emily Angeline Bolton Poynter. She was a housewife, a member of Orion Missionary Baptist Church, and a member of Faith Chapter #223 Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Croy died Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at Saline Memorial Hospital...

Earl Dean Mathis

Earl Dean Mathis

Jul 6, 2004

Earl D. Mathis of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 18, 1928 at Sheridan, the son of the late Fred and Hattie Kimmer Mathis. He was a member of the Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, retired United States Air Force Master Sergeant and was retired as maintenance supervisor for the Slattery Building in Shreveport, Louisiana. Most recently, Mr. Mathis...

Donald Ray Gray, Sr.

Donald Ray Gray, Sr.

Jul 5, 2004

Donald Ray Gray, Sr. Of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 30, 1939 in Forrester, Arkansas the son of the late Cecil Franklin and Pauline Orr Strange Gray. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Plant Baptist Church in Clinton, Arkansas. Mr. Gray died Monday, July 5, 2004 at Hot Spring County Medical Center in Malvern at the...

Willie B. Reid

Willie B. Reid

Jun 25, 2004

Willie B. Reid, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan was born June 6, 1917 in Leola, Arkansas, the son of the late James K. and Clara Nix Reid. He died Friday, June 25, 2004 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oaks, Michigan at the age of 87. He was a retired tire builder for Uniroyal. In addition to his parents, he was...

Ardell Burrow Pumphrey

Ardell Burrow Pumphrey

Jun 22, 2004

Ardell Burrow Pumphrey of Prattsville, Arkansas was born August 18, 1909 at Tull, the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Elizabeth Smirl Burrow. She was a homemaker and a member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church at Prattsville. Mrs. Pumphrey died Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 94. Survivors: Son; Franklin...

Wanda Burnett Wilkerson

Wanda Burnett Wilkerson

Jun 20, 2004

Wanda Mae Burnett Wilkerson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 6, 1934 in London, Kentucky, the daughter of the late E. C. And Ethel Owens Burnett. She was an active member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church; a member of the Ladies Auxiliary; a member of AARP; Grant County Senior Citizens and was a Wal-Mart Greeter and a homemaker. Mrs....

Joseph Christopher Hill

Joseph Christopher Hill

Jun 19, 2004

Joseph Christopher Hill of Sheridan, Arkansas was born on March 15, 1980, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Danny Hill and Sharon Dorsey Skorcz. He died at his home in Sheridan on June 19, 2004 at the age of 24 years. He was a Catholic, and a graduate of J.A. Fair High School, Class of 1999. Survivors are his...

Robert Hames Walters

Robert Hames Walters

Jun 18, 2004

Robert "Bob" Hames Walters, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was born in Sheridan, Arkansas on November 29, 1924,the son of the late Lace Right and Dora Edith Hames Walters. He died at his home on June 18, 2004 at the age of 79 years. He was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department and the Grant County Highway Department, and was an...

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