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Anthony Ray Jackson
Aug 10, 2015
Anthony "Tony" Ray Jackson of Hernando, MS was born January 16, 1962 and passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. He was a former director for WREG TV in Memphis and a member of First Baptist Church in Hernando. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Jackson. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Edwards...
James Harold Allison
Aug 9, 2015
James Harold Allison of Little Rock, Arkansas was born August 19, 1935 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of the late James Author and Mildred McClennon Allison. He was of the Baptist faith and he enjoyed gardening. Mr. Allison died Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Highlands of Little Rock at the age of 79. In addition to his parents, he was...
James Lawrence Gage
Aug 6, 2015
James Lawrence Gage of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born July 12, 1927 at Des Arc, Arkansas, the son of the late Everette Amyel and Callie Ann Green Gage. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan, and enjoyed fishing, and raising rabbits and chickens. Mr. Gage died Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Sheridan Nursing and Rehabilitation at...
Danny Dale Shepherd
Aug 4, 2015
Danny Dale Shepherd of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born May 15, 1952 at Little Rock, the son of the late Vernon Clyde and Versa Hanning Shepherd. He was a truck driver and he loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed reading and watching movies. He was also of the Christian faith. Danny died Tuesday August 4, 2015 in California at...
Rickey Wayne Sanchez
Jul 31, 2015
Rickey Wayne Sanchez of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 21, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of the late Esmiel Sonny Sanchez and Araminta Sue Smith Sanchez. Rickey died Friday, July 31, 2015 at Heritage of Hot Springs Health and Rehab at the age of 57. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister,...
Danny E. Ray
Jul 27, 2015
Danny E. Ray of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 27, 1956 in Loyalton, California, the son of the late Lenard Lecoy and Pauline Taylor Ray. He was of the Baptist faith having been saved at a young age. He was a 1974 graduate of Grapevine High School and had worked for 29 years for Hood Packaging and had also worked...
George L. Luzader
Jul 27, 2015
George L. Luzader of Leola, Arkansas was born October 30, 1940 in Hot Springs, Arkansas the son of the late Dewey and Anna Pearl Paul Luzader. He was a member of the Leola Missionary Baptist Church, a Mason, and enjoyed playing tennis and riding horses. He had worked at Nabisco for many years and had served in the Army National...
Margaret Marie Walters
Jul 26, 2015
Margaret Marie Walters of Sheridan, Arkansas was taken to Heaven on July 26, 2015 at the age of 80. She was the daughter of Vermon Walters and Barbra Robinson Walters of Sheridan. Margaret was a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Sheridan. Ms. Claudine "Billie" Fuqua was her friend and transported her to church for many years and kept...
Bette Stubbs Trotter
Jul 25, 2015
Bette Sue Stubbs Trotter of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 30, 1933 in Sheridan, the daughter of the late Garland and Eva Southerland Stubbs. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan and a graduate of Sheridan High School. She was a Godly servant who worked alongside her husband for over 50 years as he pastored...
Howard Wayne Lybrand
Jul 23, 2015
Howard Wayne Lybrand, 71, of Gamaliel, Arkansas was born January 13, 1944 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of the late Howard and Emily Lybrand of Sheridan. He died Thursday at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his sisters, Neva Sutton and Nelda Butler. Mr. Lybrand was a member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in...
Mary Lee Johnson Debono
Jul 18, 2015
Mary Lee Johnson Buie DeBono of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 20, 1941 in Sheridan, the daughter of the late Paul H. and Mary Lessie Ault Johnson. She was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville. She was Vice President for Member Service Federal Credit Union for 25 years. She enjoyed traveling the world, sewing, gardening, and...
Marie Roberts Holmes
Jul 18, 2015
Marie Roberts Holmes,of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born November 21, 1919 near Sheridan, the daughter of the late Luther Albert and Pearl Marie Campbell Roberts. She was the oldest living member of Little Creek Missionary Baptist Church, and has been a member there for most of her life. She enjoyed cooking, quilting, and watching her "stories" on television. For many years,...
Rita Hamilton Hicks
Jul 18, 2015
Rita Frances Hamilton Hicks, born December 5, 1939, entered Heaven's gates on July 18, 2015. Rita Frances was a beloved anchor to her family and faithful friends. She loved family dinners, working in her garden, playing piano, and spoiling her grandchildren with heartfelt advice and homemade chocolate milk. As a teacher and counselor, Rita Frances spent many years making differences...
Ian Russell Stewart
Jul 17, 2015
Ian Russell Stewart, infant son of Jonathan and Amanda Foster Stewart, was born, and died, Friday, July 17, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by his big sisters, Alyssa and Autumn Stewart of the home; maternal grandparents, Amy Wells of Little Rock and Terry Foster of North Little Rock;...
Zach Eastwood
Jul 11, 2015
Zachary Joseph Eastwood of Grapevine, Arkansas was born May 26, 1993 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of William Raymond Eastwood and Lisa Carol Greenwalt Eastwood. He was a graduate of Bigelow High School and enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, listening to music and playing the guitar. Zach died Saturday, July 11, 2015 at his home at the age of 22....
Johnny Theo Shepherd
Jul 5, 2015
Johnny Theo Shepherd of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 9, 1940 in Sheridan, the son of the late Ersel and Pauline Hamner Shepherd. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Sheridan, and was a retired sales manager. Johnny graduated from Sheridan High School in 1959, and later attended Arkansas State Teacher's College (UCA today), where he was a...
Bonnie Mcclung Herron
Jun 23, 2015
Bonnie McClung Herron, 80, of Sheridan, AR passed away on June 23, 2015. She was born on August 19, 1934 in Grant Co. to the late Ocie J. and Alma Atchley McClung. She was preceded in death by her brother R.A. McClung, sisters Louise Gilbert and Wanda Hicks and nieces: Jodell Gartman Pitts, Martha Gartman Bailey, Paula Gartman and Kara...
Carl Pool
Jun 22, 2015
Carl James Pool, of Sheridan, Arkansas, was born in Holcomb, Missouri, on February 5th, 1939 to Elsie and George Pool. He spent the later part of his life in Sheridan, where he died on June 22nd, 2015 at the age of 76. He is preceded in death by his mother and father Elsie and George Pool, brother Edmund Pool. He...
Alton Oakes, Jr.
Jun 22, 2015
Alton Matthew Oakes, Jr. of Hensley, Arkansas was born July 22, 1933 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of the late Alton Matthew Oakes, Sr. and Nancy Heath Oakes. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan had served in the United State Army, and was a retired truck driver for Great Lakes Chemical in El Dorado, Arkansas....
Robert D. Mccurry
Jun 18, 2015
Robert Danial McCurry, a longtime member of the Rison community, departed this world on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at his home in Poyen. He was born, the second oldest of six children to Gilham and Mildred Kendall McCurry, on July 6, 1942 in Le Panto, Arkansas. He was a simple man of few wants and needs that dedicated his life...
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