Verla Ruth Austin Lain
Mar 8, 2019
Verla Ruth Austin Lain of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 18, 1935 at Chicot County, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Manso Wilfred And Charlene Gladden Austin. She was a homemaker, and  attended Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan.  She enjoyed fishing, reading, and taking care of her family.
Mrs. Lain died Friday, March 8, 2019,...
Beauford "Biff" Ray Smith
Mar 5, 2019
Beauford Ray "Biff" Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 31, 1951 in Fairfield, California, the son of the late Shelton Truitt and Hazel Geraldine Gimlin Smith. He was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and had served in the US Army as a military police, having been stationed in Germany. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,...
Mary Elizabeth Freeman Dickinson
Mar 5, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Freeman Dickinson of Ada, Oklahoma, was born April 22, 1929 in Sheridan, Ark., the daughter of R.E. and Georgia Scott Freeman. She was a long time member of 1 st Assembly of God in Pine Bluff, Ar.
Mrs. Dickinson died Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in Featherstone Assisted Living in Ada, Ok. at the age of...
John Herbert Ashcraft
Mar 4, 2019
John Herbert Ashcraft of Prattsville, Arkansas was born December 8, 1933 in Prattsville, the son of the late James M. and Cozy Anna Pumphrey Ashcraft. He was an active member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, and was a retired Supervisor for International Paper Company. He was devoted to his wife of 45 years, Carolyn, who died January...
Kathryn Grubbs Robertson
Mar 3, 2019
Kathryn Jeanette Grubbs Robertson of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 17, 1990 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the daughter of Scott and Treva Skaggs Grubbs. She enjoyed doing manicures and reading.
Kathryn died Sunday, March 3, 2019 in Sheridan at the age of 29.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Sammy and Joyce James and...
Dorothy Ewing
Mar 1, 2019
Dorothy Virginia Welch Ewing of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 14, 1928 the daughter of the late Wylie Talmadge and Wera Francis Salley Welch. She was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church at Sheridan where she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary. She was also a member of the Extension Homemakers Club for over 50...
Evangeline Rowland David
Feb 28, 2019
Evangeline Rowland David of Little Rock, Arkansas was born February 19, 1924 in Scottsville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas Fearl Rowland and Zetta Gross Rowland. She was a founding member of East End Assembly of God Church and was a devoted Christian who was requested to ask the blessing on all the meals at the Four Season...
Marilyn Gonser Easter
Feb 27, 2019
Marilyn Joyce Gonser Easter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 7, 1952 in Marmaduke, Arkansas, the daughter of Melba Joyce Jackson Gonser and the late Ervie Eugene Gonser. She was a member of North Main Baptist Church in Sheridan. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cross-stitching, playing video games and gardening. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren....
Gerald James Frisby
Feb 25, 2019
Gerald James Frisby of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 26, 1934, in Hermitage, Arkansas, the son of the late Robert James Frisby and Mary McClain Frisby. He had served in the United States Air Force and was a proud veteran. He enjoyed talking politics and visiting with family and friends.
Mr. Frisby died Monday, February 25, 2019...
Meredith J Benning
Feb 20, 2019
Meredith J. Benning of Prattsville, Arkansas was born April 16, 1948 in Malvern, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Betty Jean Crawford Benning. She was a member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville and a 1969 graduate of Prattsville High School, where she was a star basketball player. She enjoyed fishing, camping, playing games, doing...
Grover Dean Palmer
Feb 16, 2019
Grover Dean Palmer of Hot Springs, Arkansas was born December 25, 1956 in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of the late Clarence Otis and Edith Lorene Wilder Palmer.
He died Saturday, February 16, 2019 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs at the age of 62.
Survivors: brother, C.O. Palmer of Hot Springs; sisters, Jean...
Ronnie Lumsden
Feb 15, 2019
Ronald Larry "Ronnie" Lumsden of Malvern, Arkansas, formerly of Sheridan, was born January 20, 1948 at Sheridan, the son of the late Robert "Doc" and Marie Gartman Lumsden. He was United States Army Veteran, and a professional truck driver. Ronnie was truly an outdoorsman through and through. He was either hunting and fishing, or wishing he was hunting and...
Louis Clifford Wilson
Feb 15, 2019
Louis "Poppy" Clifford Wilson of Poyen, Arkansas was born April 26, 1927 in Armstead, Alabama, the son of the late Roy and Ethel Howkins Wilson. He was a charter member of First Congregational Church of Anchorage, Alaska and had served in the United States Air Force having been a 3 War Veteran, having fought in World War II, Korea,...
J.L. Wilson
Feb 13, 2019
Joe Lloyd "J.L." Wilson of Sheridan passed away on February 13, 2019 at the age of 83, at the Saline Memorial Hospice Center from complications of Alzheimer's. He was the eldest child of the late Joe T. and Mary Wilson. J.L. was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Lou; son, Mike; granddaughter, Kristy; brothers, Tony Bob and Billy...
Billy R. Smith
Feb 12, 2019
Billy Roy Smith of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 26, 1949 in Prattsville, Arkansas, the son of the late Theodore E. and Ruby Lee Kelley Smith. He was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville and had retired after 20 years from the United States Air Force having served during Vietnam. He was an avid collector of...
Lucille Sims Stacks
Feb 10, 2019
Dorothy Lucille Sims Stacks of East End, Arkansas, was born January 11, 1939 at Warren, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Clayton Holland Sims and Martha Louis McGhee Sims. She was a member of Marlow Missionary Baptist Church, and was a professional seamstress for many years. From cooking, to traveling, to singing, or fishing, she enjoyed staying active, and...
Judy Lee Clark
Feb 10, 2019
Judith "Judy" Ann Lee Clark of Redfield, Arkansas was born October 27, 1942 in Morrilton, Arkansas, the daughter of William A. and Edna Allen Lee. She was a member of Redfield Missionary Baptist Church where she served her Lord by playing the organ, working in VBS and other church activities. She was a retired Pharmacy Tech at Redfield Pharmacy....
Rev. Robert A Simpson
Feb 9, 2019
Reverend Robert A. Simpson, 93, of Sheridan departed this life on February 9, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, the Reverend R. E. Simpson and Helen Bower Simpson, and his first wife, Jane Rushing Simpson. He was born in 1925 in Blytheville, Arkansas and graduated from Hot Springs High School. He entered the U. S. Army...
John Harris Brownlee, Jr.
Feb 7, 2019
John Harris Brownlee, Jr. of Hensley, Arkansas was born February 11, 1939 in Indianola, Mississippi, the son of the late John Harris Brownlee, Sr. and Gertrude Brownlee Murphy. He was a member of Orion Missionary Baptist Church in Redfield, and had served in the Arkansas National Guard.
Coach Brownlee died Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Baptist Health...
Reba Pumphrey Cooper
Feb 5, 2019
Reba Faye Pumphrey Cooper of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 28, 1932 in Prattsville, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Buel F. and Alice Ashcraft Pumphrey. She was a member of Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. She was a dedicated and devoted preacher's wife who was involved in the churches he pastored.
She enjoyed vegetable and...
