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Shelley Purifoy Huff

Shelley Purifoy Huff

Sep 5, 2021

Shelley K. Purifoy Huff of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 9, 1973 in Camden, Arkansas the daughter of Vivian Clement Purifoy and the late Joseph Sterling Purifoy, Jr. She was a nurse and worked for the prison at the Ouachita Unit in Malvern. She was a member of Sheridan First Assembly of God Church and the founder...

Donald Dean Hawkins

Donald Dean Hawkins

Aug 30, 2021

Donald Dean Hawkins of Sheridan, AR was born May 21, 1936 in Sheridan, the son of the late Ruby and Minnie Rudkins Hawkins. He was a member of New Life Fellowship Church. He enjoyed flying his plane, hunting, fishing, and spending time at his house boat with family and friends. He was also the Commissioner of Sheridan Airport and...

Shane Green

Shane Green

Aug 29, 2021

Shane Green of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 16, 1971 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Shane lived and breathed law enforcement.  He started his career at the age of 18 as a Grant County dispatcher.  From there he went on to be a Deputy with the Grant County Sheriff's Department, a Patrolman with the Sheridan Police Department, and for the past...

Bobby Nelson Graves

Bobby Nelson Graves

Aug 26, 2021

Bobby Nelson Graves of Russellville, Arkansas (formerly of Sheridan) was born September 20, 1930 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Robert and Hattie Kelley Nelson. She was a member of Sheridan First United Methodist Church and was a retired math teacher of over 36 years. She was a member of PEO, Retired Teachers Association and the Outdoor...

Bobby Gene Jeffrey

Bobby Gene Jeffrey

Aug 26, 2021

Bobby Gene Jeffrey entered Heaven on August 26, 2021 following 87 years of a productive and faithful life on Earth. He was the wonderful husband to Helen and father to sons David, Robert Neal and Bill Jeffrey.

Born the sixth child of Stonie and Euna Jeffrey on May 16, 1934 in Locust Grove, Arkansas,...

Anthony Hunter

Anthony Hunter

Aug 25, 2021

Anthony Hunter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 11,1962 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of the late Elmer Dean and Mary Louise Esparza Hunter. He was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and had retired from Dassault Falcon. He enjoyed hunting, watching the deer in the back yard, mowing and watching horse and dog races.

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Deborah Frost Dyer

Deborah Frost Dyer

Aug 22, 2021

Deborah Ann Frost Dyer of Prattsville, Arkansas was born on May 29, 1952, in Camas, Washington the daughter of Jess Vern Frost and Anna Marie Krause Frost.

She graduated Columbia River High School, in Vancouver, Washington. She was a registered nurse for over twenty years....

Barney Dean Dial

Barney Dean Dial

Aug 16, 2021

Barney Dean Dial of Leola, Arkansas was born December 6, 1934 in Leola, the son of the late Williams Jennings Bryan Dial and Ruby Roberts Dial. He worked for 50 plus years as a machine operator for HG Toler's Mill in Leola. He enjoyed deer hunting, gardening, raising chickens and pigs. He was an avid fox hunter and he...

Chris "Griz" Edwards

Chris "Griz" Edwards

Aug 14, 2021

Chris Anthony "Griz" Edwards of Poyen, Arkansas was born December 23 , 1963 at Malvern, the son of the late  Robert Eugene and Shirley Jean Lawrence Edwards.  He had worked in every facet of the logging industry, enjoyed hunting, and was a member of RMR Hunting Club and Toler Hunting Club. He loved spending time with his kids and...

Virginia Baldwin

Virginia Baldwin

Aug 14, 2021

Virginia Roberts Baldwin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 1, 1939 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late J.T. and Sarah Margaret Holmes Roberts. She was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church and was one of the original volunteers and supporters of Spirit of Sharing (SOS) store in Sheridan years ago. If you were...

Carolyn Doherty Wortham

Carolyn Doherty Wortham

Aug 13, 2021

Carolyn Sue Doherty Wortham of Pangburn, Arkansas was born July 11, 1954 in Malvern, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Paul Doherty and Dora Sue Robison Doherty. She was a member of Letonia Missionary Baptist Church but also loved her 2nd Church Home, Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. She enjoyed fishing, Christmas, playing the piano, going to...

Albert Easter, Jr.

Albert Easter, Jr.

Aug 13, 2021

Albert Easter Jr. was born on July 28th, 1937 in Round Pond, Arkansas to the late Albert Easter Sr. & Ida Mae Wallace Easter. He was cared for from birth by his doting Grandmother Dollie Louise Lorton who also shared the family home. Albert was one of six children brought up on sharecropping lands of the delta. By the...

Joe Edward Greeson

Joe Edward Greeson

Aug 13, 2021

Joe Edward Greeson, 72, of Sheridan, AR transitioned into his new life on August 13, 2021. Although fully vaccinated he succumbed to the Delta variant of COVID 19. He was born December 5, 1948 in Hot Springs AR, only child to the late Raymond Edward and Gwendolyn Pippin Greeson.

He retired from an almost 30-year career at...

Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson

Aug 12, 2021

Billy Michael "Mike" Wilson of Grapevine, Arkansas was born December 11, 1951 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas the son of Marie Easley Wilson and the late Billy Wilson. Mike was a devoted member, and Trustee, at Hedden Chapel Assembly of God Church. He loved his Church, and did anything around there that needed doing, all without wanting credit or fanfare....

Nila Crumpler Clinton

Nila Crumpler Clinton

Aug 11, 2021

Nila Jo Crumpler Clinton of Sheridan, Arkansas, formerly of Lake Village, Arkansas was born April 29, 1941 at Dermott, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Alvis Overton Crumpler and Lillian Parrish Crumpler.  She was a member of First Baptist Church in Lake Village, and she recieved her Master's degree in Education from Delta State University.  She was a teacher and...

Jill Muse Horton

Jill Muse Horton

Aug 8, 2021

Jill Lynn Muse Duncan of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 17, 1950 in Waco, Texas to the late Wade and Marilyn Muse. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed knitting, word puzzles and shopping.

Jill died Sunday, August 8, 2021 at her home in Sheridan at the age 71.

In addition to her parents, she...

Martha Turner

Martha Turner

Aug 7, 2021

Martha Sue May Turner, 75, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 15, 1946 at Lake Village, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Homer L. May and Marie Pharr May Hopper. She was a Baptist and operated a daycare for several years. The absolute joy of Martha's life was her family. Every happy memory of her life was made with...

Carl Monroe Kelley

Carl Monroe Kelley

Aug 5, 2021

Carl M. Kelley died peacefully surrounded by family members on Thursday, August 5 th , 2021.

He was born April 2 nd , 1945 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Thurston and Mary-Frances Kelley, who preceded him in death. Carl is survived by three siblings: Chloe Petty, Rita Kelley, and Dean Kelley. He was also preceded in death...

Carl Bob Pifer

Carl Bob Pifer

Aug 5, 2021

Carl Adelbert Pifer, II of Sheridan, Arkansas also known as Carl Bob Pifer was born February 11, 1950 in Dubois, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Robert Wilson Pifer and Louise Weister Pifer. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan. He owned Choppers Salon in Sheridan and had been a hair dresser for 47 years. He...

Herman King

Herman King

Aug 2, 2021

Herman Eugene King of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 30, 1930 in Lake Village, Arkansas, the son of the late Lex L. and Nettie Susie Clingan King. He was a member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and was a retired heavy equipment operator for Custom Builders of Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing dominoes and drinking...

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