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Margaret Watts Perkins
Dec 31, 2020
Margaret Ann Watts Perkins of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 21, 1952 in Clarendon, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Harold Lowery and Helen Starkey Watts. She was a member of Sheridan First Assembly of God Church. She enjoyed arts and crafts, selling antiques, cooking, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Mrs. Perkins died Thursday, December 31,...
Beverly Miller Burdess
Dec 29, 2020
Beverly Miller Burdess of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 5, 1942 in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of the late Thomas Clifton and Charlotte Cleo Lake Miller. She enjoyed crocheting, watching John Wayne movies, and was the best cook in the state. She loved her Kohler family and also loved the Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab family as well.
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Linda Diann Davis
Dec 29, 2020
Linda Diann Davis of Bryant, Arkansas was born May 27, 1949 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Olive Berniece Kissinger Davis. She was an active member of Geyer Spring Baptist Church where she served her Lord faithfully. She loved to sing in the church choir and attend Sunday School. She enjoyed doing arts...
Mary Lee Allen Shepherd
Dec 28, 2020
Mary Lee Allen Shepherd, of Sheridan Arkansas was born October 5, 1936 near the Shiloh community in Sheridan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Otha and Estalee Lambdin Allen. She was a member of Grace Sunday School Class and First Landmark Baptist Church. She was a faithful ministers wife for over sixty years. During the ministry...
Janice Erwin
Dec 27, 2020
Janice Lee Williams Erwin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 16, 1950 in Bald Knob, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Earl Wayne Williams and Rosie Lou McCain Williams. She was of the Baptist faith and was a Master Gardener. She enjoyed antiquing, reading, playing on the computer, reading and gardening.
Mrs. Erwin died Sunday, December 27,...
Maxwell N Robinson, Jr.
Dec 27, 2020
Maxwell N. Robinson. Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 24, 1943in San Angelo, Texas, the son of the late Max Robinson, Sr. and Katherine Hadley Robinson. He was a meat cutter having worked for Affiliated Foods for over 17 years. He enjoyed deer hunting and spending time with his family.
Mr. Robinson died at his home...
Oby Smith
Dec 23, 2020
Lloyd Oby Smith, Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 16, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of the late Lloyd Oby Smith, Sr. and Elsie Morris Smith. He was a member of First Landmark Baptist Church in Sheridan where he had been active with the Awana Ministry, driving the van and Upward Basketball. He also enjoyed fishing,...
Jean Gilliam
Dec 21, 2020
Jean Ann Guillory Gilliam of Redfield, Arkansas was born July 16, 1946 in Pineville, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Norman Pierre Guillory and Hattie Mae Bordelon Guillory. She enjoyed cooking and fishing. She loved food, family and friends. She also never met a stranger.
Mrs. Gilliam died at her home on Monday, December 21, 2020 at...
Nancy Wade
Dec 21, 2020
Nancy Lee Sprankle Wade of Hensley, Arkansas was born August 5, 1947 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Walter and Blanche Hatchell Sprankle. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church and Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
Mrs. Wade died Monday, December 21, 2020...
James William Allen, Sr.
Dec 18, 2020
James William "Jim" Allen, Sr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 27, 1940 in Hope, Arkansas, the son of the late Ray Thomas Allen, Sr. and Janie Elizabeth Roberta Kidd Allen. He was a member of Sheridan First United Church, Williams Bend Hunting Club and Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, building model airplanes and golfing as...
Stanley Cotton
Dec 14, 2020
Stanley Allen Cotton of Maumelle, Arkansas was born November 19, 1953 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the son of J.W. Cotton and the late Mary Horton Cotton. He was a member of St. Michaels Episcopal Church in Little Rock and a retired educator. He enjoyed reading, watching sports, especially football, and talking politics.
Mr. Cotton died at his...
Fred Herrington
Dec 12, 2020
Fred Herrington of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 11, 1937 in Rison, Arkansas, the son of the late James Bernice "Hoody" and Olamae Puckett Herrington. He had served in the US Army for well over 2 years, and was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Church in Sheridan.
Fred died at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little...
Doug Harlan
Dec 10, 2020
Brian Douglas "Doug" Harlan also known as "Too Tall" of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 10, 1956, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late Fred Willard and Zonia Mildred (Rusty) Harlan. He was a 1975 graduate of Sheridan High School. He loved to play softball and basketball.
Doug died Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Baptist...
Nicholas John Wheeler
Dec 9, 2020
Nicholas John Wheeler of Grapevine, Arkansas was born December 6, 1978 in Lindsey, California, the son of Sherry Sweeden Wheeler and the late John D. Wheeler. He was an x-ray technician and enjoyed watching college football, and water skiing at the lake.
Nicholas died on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at his home at the age of 42....
Porter Pruitt
Dec 9, 2020
Porter Pruitt
1939-2020
Porter "Monster" Pruitt of Nashville, TN was born July 14,1939 in Grapevine, AR. He was a life-long resident and mechanic of Sheridan, AR before a recent move to Nashville. He was the son of the late Porter Pruitt, Sr, and Ola Virginia Pack Pruitt. He was awarded the name "Monster" by the...
Patricia Dale Withers
Dec 8, 2020
Patricia Dale Withers of Texarkana, Texas, was born July 28,1950, in Monticello, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Marion Merrell Withers, Sr. and Audrey Neal Wilson Withers. She was a member of Pauline Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello, where she was saved at the age of 15. She was a 1968 graduate of Monticello High School and had won...
Norma Hester Culpepper
Dec 4, 2020
Norma Jean Hester Culpepper of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 10, 1947 near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Henry and Ruby Jones Hester. She attended Meadowview Baptist Church, and had previously worked at West Bend, Sterling Faucet, and Walmart in Sheridan. Norma enjoyed going to yard sales, and fishing. Her greatest joy was making memories...
Ryan Thomas
Dec 4, 2020
Jacob Ryan Thomas of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 19, 1986 in Searcy, Arkansas, the son of Ryan and Sherri Higginbotham Taylor. He was a graduate of Sheridan High School, Class of 2005 and a 2008 graduate of the Police Academy. He was employed at J Hook Towing, was a volunteer firefighter, a comedian, enjoyed woodworking and tinkering. He...
Linda Berry Cox
Dec 2, 2020
Linda Diane Cox of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 24, 1947 at Omer, Michigan. She was a surgical nurse with McFarland Eye Care for a number of years, and had also worked at Jefferson Regional Medical Center . She had a great sense of adventure, and she and her husband James, had traveled all over the nation more than...
Wanda Thomas
Nov 30, 2020
Wanda Sue Cardin Thomas of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 19, 1946 in Manning, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Cecil William and Willie Lois Moltz Smith Cardin. She was an active member of Meadowview Baptist Church in Sheridan where she served her Lord faithfully. She had retired from Shippers and was currently employed with the Sheridan School District...
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