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Nita Lancaster Webb
Jul 12, 2017
Nita Mae Lancaster Webb, age 87, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 26, 1929 and died July 12, 2017 in her home. She was the daughter of Joe and Pauline Lancaster and the wife of Lee Webb who preceded her in death in 1986. Nita graduated at age sixteen from Sheridan High School in 1946 and worked as a teenager...
Sam Stoops
Jul 11, 2017
Samuel Jackson Stoops of Redfield, Arkansas went home to be the Lord on July 11, 2017. Sam was born June 4th, 1946, to Jess and Opal Pifer Stoops. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Alonzo Stoops. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Janet Collie Stoops; two children, Greg (Lisa) Stoops, and Tasha (Geoffrey)...
Bill Corley
Jul 9, 2017
William Hart "Bill" Corley, of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born December 3, 1937, the son of the late Hart Stephen and Winnie Alice Rudkins Corley. He was a United States Army Vietnam War Veteran, having served in the Airborne Division. He was a retired truck driver, and charter member, and past president of #1 Hunting Club. Whether it was gardening, coon...
Robert Thomas Gilley
Jul 7, 2017
Robert Thomas Gilley of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 26, 1994 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of George Gilley and Lisa Sawdy Gilley. He passed away on July 7, 2017 at the age of 22. His biggest joy in life was spending time with family and friends. He also loved dirt bikes, crotch rockets, racing and any and all...
Misty Lynne Skorcz
Jul 7, 2017
Misty Lynne Skorcz, MD., of Belleair Beach, FL passed away on July 7, 2017 after a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 53. She is survived by her daughter, Summer (Helder) Donis, granddaughter, Adelyn Donis; parents, Carolyn (Alan) Capps and Harvey (Sharon ) Skorcz; sisters, Sherry (Rodney) Lercher and Carrie (Steve) Andrews. Misty was born September 30, 1963...
Roger Dale Hobson
Jul 6, 2017
Roger Dale Hobson of Redfield, Arkansas was born October 1, 1952 in Star City, Arkansas, the son of the late Ralph and LaWanda Arline Cook Hobson. He had served in the United State Marine Corp for 9 years and had retired from the Corp of Engineers. He was a member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. He enjoyed fishing,...
Thomas Roland Barker
Jul 4, 2017
Thomas Roland Barker, 52, of Leola, Arkansas passed away at his home on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. "Barker" was born in Spokane, WA on January 13, 1965, the son of the late Roy and Lucy Reid Barker. He loved to hunt, fish, garden, cook, and drink cold beer. He worked in the local logging community for many years. He is...
Danny Scott Barnes
Jun 30, 2017
Danny Barnes of Sherwood, Arkansas was born January 20, 1962 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late Billy Charles and Elouise Miller Barnes. He was a 1980 graduate of Sheridan High School. He joined the US Army in September 1979 and retired out September 2001, achieving the rank of Staff Sargeant. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, grilling and...
Regina Matthews Scarbrough
Jun 21, 2017
Regina Marcell Matthews Scarbrough of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 31, 1949 in Eaton, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas and Doris Nunnally Matthews. She enjoyed community theatre, traveling, and going to Tunica. The greatest joy in her life was spending time with her precious grandchildren. Ms. Scarbrough passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 22, 2017 at...
Joe Aquilino
Jun 18, 2017
Anthony Joseph (Joe) Aquilino, age 20, of Higden, Arkansas passed on June 18, 2017. Joe was born October 1, 1996 in Little Rock. Joe is survived by his father, John Anthony Aquilino, his wife, Leslie (Mom) Aquilino of Higden; his mother, Angela Chisum of Missouri; a sister, Curry Caggiano of Florida; nephew, Michael Caggiano of Florida and brothers, Matt and...
Jack H. Denis, Jr.
Jun 18, 2017
Jack H. Denis, Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 18, 1954 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Mary Catherine Haines Denis and the late Jack H. Denis, Sr. He went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 18, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack H....
Rita Courtner
Jun 16, 2017
Roswitha "Rita" Stutz Courter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 26, 1961 in Schwabach, Germany, the daughter of Gisela Anna Stutz Whitaker and the late Robert Waic. She enjoyed country line dancing, art, and NASCAR, especially Jeff Gordon. Rita died Friday, June 16, 2017 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock at the age of 55. She was preceded in...
Alicia Rodriguez Pollitt
Jun 15, 2017
Alicia Rodriguez Pollitt of Little Rock, Arkansas, was born April 1, 1957 at Kingsville, Texas, the daughter of the late Theodore and Sanjuana Garza Rodriguez. She was a homemaker and member of Orion Missionary Baptist Church. The greatest joy of her life was spending time with her family. Mrs. Pollitt died Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center in...
Jane Reed
Jun 12, 2017
Alice Jane Leach Reed (9/30/1937-6/11/2017) Born in Pine Bluff, AR to James Scott Leach and Alma Keck Leach, Jane lived almost all of her life in central Arkansas. Jane and her husband Bobby Gene Reed moved to Sheridan in 2011 where they lived until Bobby passed away in December 2014. Jane passed on from this life peacefully at home while...
Patsy Harris Werneck
Jun 10, 2017
Patsy Harris Werneck of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 4, 1944 in Redfield, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Ivy and Vida Tackett Harris. She was a member of New Life Fellowship Church in Sheridan. She enjoyed going to the Senior Citizens Center, spending time with her family and worshipping the Lord. Mrs. Werneck died at her home on Saturday,...
Sandra Bethea Brown
Jun 9, 2017
Sandra Kay Fletcher Bethea Brown of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 22, 1946, in Sherman, Texas, the daughter of the late Eugene Fletcher and Ruth O. Holcomb Fletcher Mahnick. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Jacksonville but attended church at Crown Point Assisted Living in Sheridan. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, working crossword puzzles, and caring for her...
Ronnie Alvin Yarberry
Jun 9, 2017
Ronnie Alvin Yarberry, 66, of Leola, Arkansas died at his home on June 9, 2017. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 15, 1950 to Clarence and Marian Yarberry. Ronnie was a retired mechanic and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and building hotrods in his spare time. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Linda and...
Pender Mccool
Jun 9, 2017
William Eldon "Pender" McCool of Prattsville, Arkansas was born November 20, 1938 in Prattsville, the son of the late Franklin Alfred and Verdie Mae Stuckey McCool. He was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, a retired air traffic controller and had served in the US Air Force. Pender died at his home on Friday, June 9,...
Walda "Pinky" Sprankle Harrington
Jun 7, 2017
Walda Sue "Pinky" Sprankle Harrington of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 10, 1940 in Hartshorn, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Walter and Blanche Hatchel Sprankle. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in the Ico Community and was retired from Custom Trophies. She and her husband were very active in several antique tractor clubs, Central Arkansas Antique...
Camilla Cranford Ramsey
Jun 7, 2017
Camilla Ramsey of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 23, 1936 and passed away June 7, 2017 at the same home in the Belfast/Palestine Community in Sheridan, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Eula Cranford. She was a member of Palestine Missionary Baptist Church. Camilla retired after 38 years of service with McElhaney Scales later known as...
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