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Mary Lee Smith Hall
Jul 8, 2023
Mary Lee Smith Hall of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 24, 1946 near Sheridan, the daughter of the late Henry Arlee Smith and Mary Clotyne Garrison Smith. She was a member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and was retired from Kohler. Â Mary Lee truly had a servant's heart. Â She was a kind, genuine, loving person. Â ...
Ld Umholtz
Jul 6, 2023
L.D. Umholtz was born June 18, 1963 in Little Rock, AR, the oldest child of Gale and Jo (Turner) Umholtz. As a young boy, he spent many happy days with his paternal grandmother and grandfather, Mama and Papa Macy, at their home in Landmark. An oft-told story of L.D. as a toddler involves him being told by Mama...
John William Mitchell
Jul 6, 2023
John William Mitchell of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 14, 1958 in Pine Bluff, the son of the late Charlie Mitchell, Jr. and Frances Riggs Mitchell. He was a 1976 of Sheridan High School, attended University of Arkansas for 2 years and was a member of First Baptist Church where he had recently been baptized. He had worked for...
Colten Shane West
Jul 6, 2023
Colten Shane West of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 9, 1996 in Little Rock, the son of Michael Shane West and Terri Slocum McNamara. He enjoyed hunting, playing golf, UFC, F1 Racing and being an auto mechanic. He was a jokester and he loved to make people laugh.
Colten passed away at his home...
Daniel Cole Walters
Jul 5, 2023
Daniel Cole Walters of Redfield, Arkansas was born November 30, 1952 in Sheridan, Arkansas to the late Bradford Cole and Katherine Walters. He passed away July 5, 2023 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas surrounded by his family. Dan graduated from Sheridan High School in 1971. He married the love of his life, Anita Jeffcoat Walters on...
Arthur W. Miller
Jun 30, 2023
Arthur W. Miller of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 6, 1939 in East Peperal, MA, the son of the late Willard and Lottie Hanner Miller. He attended First Apostolic Church in Sheridan and was a retired auto mechanic. He enjoyed race cars, going to car shows and tinkering with cars.
Art died June 30,...
Johnny Lee Cobb
Jun 28, 2023
Johnny Lee Cobb of Mountain View, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan was born November 21, 1951 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of the late Harold and Mary Sullins Cobb. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan. He enjoyed reading, traveling, studying his Bible, and spending time with his family,
Johnny...
Diane Palmer Watkins
Jun 25, 2023
Patricia Diane Palmer Watkins of the Ico Community, near Sheridan, was born October 2, 1961 at Magnolia, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Doyle and Jayne Lou Summitt Palmer. Â Diane was a Christian and loved her Lord. For many years she played piano and organ for Church services. Â She was also a gifted singer. Â She really enjoyed reading...
Jim Clayton Sketoe
Jun 24, 2023
Jim Clayton Sketoe of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 13, 1941 in Sheridan to the late John B. and Alice Kelley Sketoe. He died on June 24, 2023. He graduated from Sheridan High School and after adventures in California settled down and made Sheridan his home. He was owner of Jim Sketoe Truck Line, Inc. Jim's early passions...
Georgann Elizabeth Smith
Jun 24, 2023
Georgann Elizabeth Shorter Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 27, 1951 in Ardmore, OK, the daughter of the late Lee Paul and Gladys Cook Shorter. She was a special education teacher and supervisor of special education for over 26 years and a member of First United Church of Sheridan.
She enjoyed gardening, reading,...
Lawrence Hedrick Lagman
Jun 14, 2023
Lawrence Hedrick Lagman of Hensley, Arkansas was born August 5, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the late Bill and Duluth Hedrick Lagman. He was a member of Primrose United Methodist Church in Little Rock, a retired chemist with the FDA and a United States Air Force Veteran.
Lawrence died on June 14,...
Mary Lou Keysacker Crane
Jun 12, 2023
Mary Lou Keysacker Crane of East End, Arkansas was born July 28, 1948 at Wynne, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Hulen and Martha Holly Keysacker. Â She was retired from the V.A. Hospital. Â In her spare time enjoyed working crossword puzzles but her favorite pastime was researching genealogy, in order to learn as much as she could about...
Billy Bob Bryant
Jun 11, 2023
Billy Bob Bryant, 52, of the East End community in Little Rock died Friday June 9, 2023. He was born in Little Rock on April 24, 1971 the son of Linda Kay Stotts Bryant and the late Billy Guy Bryant. He was a 1989 graduate of Sheridan High School, worked at B.R. McGinty and a member of the...
Jamie A. Lunsford
Jun 7, 2023
James Allen (Jamie) Lunsford, Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 5, 1975 in Pine Bluff, the son of the late James Allen Lunsford, Sr. and Sandra Ebbs Lunsford. He enjoyed playing the guitar, singing, and entertaining. He and his dad owned Lunsford Auto Body and Wrecker Service for many years. His greatest joy was spending time with...
Charles W. Lunsford
Jun 6, 2023
Charles W. Lunsford of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 6, 1944 in Pine Bluff, the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Lunsford and Alta Louise Worthen Lunsford. He was a member and deacon of Meadowview Baptist Church, a former deacon of Cedar Branch Missionary Baptist Church and Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church. He believed that you should always...
Carroll Clayton Reed
Jun 2, 2023
Carroll Clayton Reed of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 22, 1946 in Chester, California the son of the late Oris Clayton and Geneva Crook Reed. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Sheridan, a retired firefighter Captain having 32 years of service, 32nd Degree Mason, and had also served in the United States Navy as...
Everleigh Marie Moore
May 29, 2023
Everleigh Marie Moore of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 24, 2023, the infant daughter of Treiahn Moore and Brittany Harris.
She passed away at her home on Monday, May 29, 2023 at the age of 1 month.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Marian (Eric)...
Becky Rogers Walton
May 28, 2023
Becky Rogers Walton of the Hunter Community, (De Soto Parish Louisiana) was born on Halloween, and this explains a lot if you really knew her, October 31, 1947 in Logansport, Louisiana, to the late M.O. "Jack" Rogers and Gloria Brossette Rogers. Â Much to her dismay, she lived her entire life right there on "the hill". Well, actually, after her...
Roy L Rash
May 25, 2023
Roy Lee (RL) Rash of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away at home and was greeted into Heaven on May, 25, 2023. After several years of being ill he is at peace and in the presence of our Almighty God.
RL was born at home on April 19, 1935 to Ray and Gillie Rash. He was...
Cassie Mae Hatch
May 25, 2023
Cassie Mae Jordan Hatch was born in Elaine, Arkansas on December 26, 1934 to the late Audie Johnston Jordan. Â Preceded in death her husband George Robert Hatch, brother John H. Jordan, grandparents Mary Alice Ezell Johnston and James Arthur Johnston, and six special aunts and three uncles. Â She was a graduate of Elaine High School and Southern State...
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