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Arley M. Wheetley, Sr.
Feb 1, 2020
Arley Monroe Wheetley, Sr., age 79, of Hensley, Arkansas passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arley was born on July 13, 1940 at home in Higginson, Arkansas to Ralph and Earlene Wheetley. Arley attended Little Rock Tech High School. As a young man, he married the love...
Diana Webb Barnes
Jan 29, 2020
Diana Lee Webb Barnes of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 29, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Lee and Nita Mae Lancaster Webb. She was a member of First Christian Church in Sheridan. In her earlier years, she owned Sheridan Ambulance Company. She had also served on the Sheridan Police Department. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and...
Charles Ray Baxley
Jan 22, 2020
Charles Ray Baxley , 81, of the East End Community passed away January 22, 2020 at Southern Trace Care Center in Bryant. He was born May 31, 1938 in East End, son of the late Bernadine Lawhon Baxley Buckmaster and Willie Ray Baxley.
Charles graduated from Sheridan High School and attended Arkansas State University. He was a...
Charles Christian Thirion Iii
Jan 21, 2020
Charles Christian Thirion III of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 17, 1939 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late Charles Christian Thirion, Jr. and Minnie Mae Blenden Thirion. He had served in the United States Navy and was a retired wallpaper hanger. He enjoyed working on computers, quilting, working with leather, fishing, hunting and most of all,...
David Carroll Reap
Jan 14, 2020
David Carroll Reap, 50, of Grapevine, Arkansas was born on February 25, 1969 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, passed away January 14, 2020 at his home.
He was a retired electrician, and he enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandkids and family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Marie Ann Smith Maple...
Walter Lee Morris
Jan 13, 2020
Walter Lee Morris of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 4, 1929 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of the late Benjamin Henry Morris and Julia Ann Tolbert Morris. He was a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church, where he was baptized at the age of 15. He was a mechanic and enjoyed working on cars, hunting and fishing.
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Zelma Crutchfield Pumphrey Highsmith
Jan 11, 2020
Zelma Irene Crutchfield Pumphrey Highsmith of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born December 17, 1922 at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Allison Crutchfield and May Kennedy Crutchfield. She was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, and was a homemaker. Her great granddaughter Erin described her well: "I hope Heaven is full of leaves that need raking,...
Shelly Wilson Duffer
Jan 9, 2020
Shelly Wilson Duffer of Morgantown, West Virginia, formerly of Grapevine, Arkansas was born February 12, 1962 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of Mary Marie Ramick Wilson and the late James Irvin Wilson. She enjoyed decorating, shopping and visiting scenic places. Coopers Rock State Forest in West Virginia was her favorite. She loved to walk trails and enjoy fall...
Meredith Webb
Jan 7, 2020
Meredith Ann "Merf" Duke Webb of Prattsville, Arkansas was born January 17, 1941 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of the late George Graham Duke and Vivian Mae Frank Duke. She was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist in Prattsville and a homemaker. She enjoyed camping, traveling and spending time with her family.
Ms. Webb died Tuesday,...
Ed W. Carey
Jan 4, 2020
Edward William "Ed" Carey of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 2, 1941 at Larksville, Pennsylvania, the son of the late John James Carey and Anna Catherine Hardiman Carey. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan, where he faithfully occupied the back row, end seat. He proudly served in the United States Air Force and was...
Jeree Bellomy Harrington
Jan 4, 2020
Bobbie Jeree Harrington, 85, of Sheridan, Arkansas went to meet her Heavenly Father on January 4th, 2020. She joins her husband of 68 years, Henry Conrad Harrington.
Jeree was the third child born to the late Luther and Irene Bellomy on April 4th, 1934 in Golden, Texas. She moved to Arkansas from Vidon, Texas in...
Harold "Doodle Bug" Pearson
Jan 2, 2020
Harold "Doodle Bug" Pearson of Prattsville, Arkansas was born July 16, 1946 in Clarksville, Arkansas, the son of the late Grattis and Martha Hudson Pearson. He died at his home on January 2, 2020.
He was a member of Poyen Missionary Baptist Church and a graduate of Prattsville High School.
He was affectionately known all...
Claud Lamar Stratton
Dec 30, 2019
Claud Lamar Stratton, 82, of Sheridan, Arkansas, entered into rest on December 30, 2019, at Woodland Heights Senior Living Memory Care in Little Rock. Arkansas. Claud was the son of the late James W. Stratton and Cora M. Ford Stratton, of Sheridan. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Sheridan. Claud is predeceased by first wife...
Beverly Lynne Edmond Mahan
Dec 21, 2019
Beverly Lynne Edmond Mahan of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 22, 1959 at Hammond, Indiana, the daughter of Nina Bilyeu Edmond, and the late Loyd Edmond. She was a member of Palestine Missionary Baptist Church, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. If you knew Beverly, you also knew she adored her Cat "Lulu".
Beverly died...
Elizabeth Ann Lancaster
Dec 20, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Holmes Lancaster, 96, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away peacefully December 20 at home surrounded by the love of her family. She was born to the late Bessie Fuller and Sidney Reese Holmes Dec. 28, 1922, in Eagle Mills, Ark. Elizabeth Ann graduated from Princeton High School and received a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from Arkansas State...
Mary Corley Ware
Dec 17, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Corley Ware was born on February 5, 1936 to the late William Hart Corley and Winnie Alice Rudkins Corley and raised in the Slab Town community. Mary passed from this world December 17, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock Arkansas.
Mary was saved and baptized at Twelfth Street Baptist...
Sandy Galloway
Dec 16, 2019
Sandra Ashcraft Galloway of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 29, 1947 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Derward C. and Frances Mitchell Ashcraft. She was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and a 1965 graduate of Mabelvale High School. She had retired from Arkla Gas in 1998 and was presently employed at...
Betty Baugh Puckett
Dec 16, 2019
Betty Jean Baugh Puckett of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 18, 1931 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Raymond Eugene and Willie Baugh. She was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, Puckett Hunting Club and was a graduate of Sheridan High School. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, sewing, quilting, and crocheting.
Betty had...
Dennis Ray Pearson
Dec 14, 2019
Dennis Ray Pearson was born October 5, 1939 in Norman, Arkansas. He died December 14, 2019 at the Saline Memorial Hospice House in Bryant Arkansas and lived most of his adult life in Prattsville Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Velma "Bidy" Pearson of Prattsville and two sons, Steven Pearson of Gloucester, Virginia...
Bobby Rhodes
Dec 13, 2019
John Robert "Bobby" Rhodes of Leola, Arkansas was born October 21, 1941 in Leola, Arkansas, the son of the late Clinton and Lois Byrd Rhodes. He was a member of Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the Coony Hunting Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, fixing stuff and listening to old time music on cassettes.
Bobby died Friday,...
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