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Bryan Burks
Aug 28, 2023
John Bryan Burks (51) of Bryant, Arkansas, passed away on August 28, 2023, surrounded by the people he loved most his family. Â Cancer may have taken his body, but it never altered his spirit for life and the love of his family and friends.
Bryan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Gerald and...
Jill Reed Kelley
Aug 26, 2023
Jill Coleen Reed Kelley of Mabelvale, Arkansas was born September 26, 1961 in Little Rock, the daughter of Ernestine Damron Reed and the late JD Reed. She was a member of East End Baptist Church and a graduate of Sheridan High School Class of 1979. She enjoyed cooking, shopping, reading and being with her family.
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Pamela Kay Gartman
Aug 25, 2023
Pamela Kay Collie Gartman of Redfield, Arkansas was born July 29, 1949 in Little Rock, the daughter of the late James (Jim) and Vera Celeste Moring Collie. She loved playing the piano, singing gospel songs, and making sure everyone was happy and fed. She never met a stranger and would always tell you any story you wanted to...
Georgia Stroup Skodzenski
Aug 23, 2023
Georgia Faye Stroup Skodzenski of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 5, 1943, in Bauxite, the daughter of the late John and Leora Bumgardner Stroup. She was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired custodian. She enjoyed shopping and eating out.
Georgia died Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at her home...
Doris Roberts Smith
Aug 22, 2023
Doris Roberts Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 4, 1951 in Malvern, the daughter of the late Luther Elvis "Hot" and Dorothy Ponnee Roberts. She attended New Life Fellowship Church in Sheridan. She loved her family dearly. Even after she got ill, she was a spitfire.
Doris entered her heavenly home on August...
Willie James Gilbert
Aug 22, 2023
Willie James Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 83 on August 22, 2023.
Willie was born in Kemper County, MS on November 2, 1939, to parents Pearl and Melvin Gilbert. He was one of 9 children, 8 boys, and 1 girl, or as Willie would say "eight brothers and...
Mark David Ballard
Aug 19, 2023
I t is with great sadness that the family of Mark David Ballard announces his sudden passing into the arms of his heavenly Father on August 19, 2023 at the age of 56.
Mark was raised in Fenter, AR, the youngest of five siblings and preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Emogene...
Stoner Moore
Aug 17, 2023
Jeryl Stoner Moore of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born November 11, 1991 at Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Troy Moore and Shelly Ray Bamburg. Â He was a member of Grace Church at East End. Â Stoner loved anything to do with the outdoors. From hunting and fishing to hiking and camping, being outside made...
Bj Goodwin
Aug 16, 2023
BJ Goodwin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 12, 1936, in Charleston, MS, the son of the late Josh Wesley and Garthenia Whitehurst Goodwin. He attended Word Covenant Church, was co-founder of Multi States Electric and had worked for Arkansas Electric Coop as a truck driver. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a member of H&L Hunting Club...
Raymond J Crouse
Aug 14, 2023
Raymond J. Crouse of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 19, 1942 in Sheridan, the son of the late Raymond Guy and Opal Puckett Crouse. He was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, retired from the Army National Guard and President of Crouse Hunting Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and going to church.
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Darla Cave Copeland
Aug 14, 2023
Darla Cave Copeland of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 12, 1976 in Little Rock, the daughter of the late Carl and Stella Bullock Cave. She enjoyed collecting Coke and Tinker Bell Items and crafting.
Mrs. Copeland died Monday, August 14, 2023 at St Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock at the age of 47. ...
Faye Walker Easter
Aug 11, 2023
Lillian Faye Easter was born on December 22, 1937 in Cash, Arkansas to the late Thomas E. "Bud" Walker and Johnnie Claudine Walker. She was one of 5 children and the eldest daughter. Growing up she was an avid reader and worked as a carhop as a teenager. Lillian, known to her friends and family as Faye, married...
Betty Wilson Shultz
Aug 11, 2023
Betty Wilson Shultz of Grapevine, Arkansas was born June 22, 1932 in Sheridan, the daughter of the late Luther and Murle Gwin Wilson. She attended Hedden Chapel Assembly of God Church in Grapevine and enjoyed being with her family and cooking.
Ms. Shultz died Friday, August 11, 2023 at her home in Grapevine at...
Robert Wayne Foster
Aug 11, 2023
Robert Wayne Foster of Sheridan, Arkansas was born in Little Rock, the son of the late Robert and Edna Hall Foster. He had served in the United States Marines during the Vietnam Era, was a Protestant, and had worked at the railroad, and retired from Carrier and AT&T. He enjoyed going fast, target shooting, drag racing, and motorcycles....
Martha Baxley Crouse
Aug 4, 2023
Martha Baxley Crouse of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 3, 1946 at Little Rock, Arkansas the daughter of the late Brian J. and Lois Parson Baxley. Â She was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Â Martha, also known as "Mott", alongside her family, owned and operated Mott's Restaurant for many years. Â They were well known for their food...
Larone "Ron" Slaughter
Aug 4, 2023
Howard Larone Slaughter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 14, 1940 in Dumas, Arkansas, the son of the late Lewis and Ruby Slaughter. Â Larone died on August 4, 2023 at Saline Memorial Hospital at the age of 83.
He was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Jeannie Schrader Slaughter, and a...
Wesley J Perkins
Aug 3, 2023
Wesley J. Perkins of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 25, 1961 in Little Rock, the son of John and the late Wilma Campbell Stafford. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan and enjoyed fishing, deer hunting and squirrel hunting.
Mr. Perkins died at home, surrounded by his family, on...
Myrtle Brown Walters
Aug 3, 2023
Myrtle Ellen Brown Walters of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 23,1950 in Wynn, Arkansas the daughter of the late Dalton and Aline Holland Brown. She was of the Baptist Faith and had previously worked at Rohr. She took care of her home, decorating it for every holiday, hanging pictures of the grandchildren and great grandchildren whom she loved...
Julian "Jt" Harrington
Aug 2, 2023
Julian Teddy "JT" Harrington of Prattsville, Arkansas was born February 17, 1942 in Prattsville, the son of the John William Harrington, Sr. and Naomi Gladys Williams Harrington. He attended New Life Fellowship Church in Sheridan and had retired from Alcoa as an electrician. He had served in the US Navy and Seabees during the Vietnam war.
...Sonya Lynn Ledbetter
Jul 17, 2023
Sonya Lynn Gill Ledbetter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 8,1963 in Fordyce, the daughter of the late Roy Gill and Dorothy Wilson Nolan.
Sonya passed away July 17, 2023 at the age of 60. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, Wesley Gill, step-father, Jerry Nolen...
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