Obituaries

Apr 20, 2014

Cynthia Diane "Cindy" Welch of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 5, 1957 in Wayneville, North Carolina the daughter of Evelyn Beck Welch and the late William Troy Welch. In her earlier years, she had attended Moore's Chapel Methodist Church. Cindy was a Cerebral Palsy survivor…not a victim. She loved her family and was a joy to be with. She...

Apr 19, 2014

Jarrod Paul Wylie of Leola, Arkansas  is the son of Paul and Cindy Wylie, younger brother to Megan and Lathan Wylie. His paternal grandparents are D.C. and Paula Wylie of Leola, and maternal grandparents are Sandra Bates of Sheridan, Hollie Gilbert of Mississippi, and great-grandmother, Jean McGhee of Sheridan. He is also survived by many very special aunts, uncles,...

Apr 17, 2014

Everett Taylor "Buddy" Grace of Sheridan, Arkansas was born May 8, 1937 in Pasttorie Community near Pine Bluff, Arkansas to the late Edwin and Elsie Taylor Grace. He was of the Baptist faith, had retired from International Paper Co. as a foreman, and had served in the National Guard at Grider Field in Pine Bluff for many years. Since...

Apr 12, 2014

Jack Cameron of the Ico Community, near Sheridan, was born April 12, 1939 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of the late Don and Mary Galloway Cameron. He was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church in the Ico Community, and was a retired abstractor, having previously owned and operated Pulaski County Title Company. Jack was a huge...

Apr 11, 2014

Donna Ruth Buie Hughes of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 12, 1951 in Roseburg, Oregon, the daughter of Marjorie House Buie and the late John Thomas Buie. She was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, and was employed with the Sheridan School District, having served as a bus driver for years, and most recently, cafeteria...

Apr 9, 2014

Brooke Ashley May of Sheridan, Arkansas was born December 6, 1986 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas the daughter of Donald and Cynthia Webb Burton and the late David Roland May. She was a 2005 graduate of Sheridan High School and had attended SEARK in Pine Bluff.

Ashley died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in...

Apr 8, 2014

Peggy Riggan French of Hot Springs, Arkansas formerly of Sheridan, Arkansas was born November 3, 1930 in Leola, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Coie Blanche Dial Riggan. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, and was a teacher at Leola, East End and Sheridan Schools for over 25 years. She...

Apr 6, 2014

Imogene Brittain Moore of Sheridan, Arkansas, lovingly known as "Granny" passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014. She was born September 20, 1922 in Charlotte, Arkansas to P. Colon and Lucy Bullington Brittain.

Imogene was the widow of Jeryl Troy Moore. They were married March 20, 1942 and would have...

Mar 30, 2014

Helen Omagee Rogers McLillie of Prattsville, Arkansas was born February 9, 1935 in Burlison, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Onnie Harrison and Ruby Juanita Finley Rogers. She was strong in her Church of Christ faith and was a retired CNA. She enjoyed feeding the birds, reading and writing to pen pals, working in her flower gardens, going to...

Mar 29, 2014

Forrest B Arnold of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 7, 1938 at Sheridan, the son of the late Forrest Ballard Arnold and Valerie Helen Carver Arnold McKinley. He proudly served his country in the United States Army for over 20 years. He was a veteran of both Korea and Vietnam. He was a lifetime member of the National Rifle...

Mar 25, 2014

Scott Allen Watson of Grapevine, Arkansas was born September 3, 1963 in Rison, Arkansas the son of Ella Faye West Watson James and the late Tommy Delton Watson. He was a logger with BMH Logging, was a member of Rudolph Hunting Club, enjoyed woodworking, and loved spending time with his grandkids.

Mr. Watson died, Tuesday, March 25,...

Mar 22, 2014

The longing for her eternal home became a reality on Saturday, March 22, 2014, when Frances Hester Hayden gladly traded her life on earth to meet her Lord and Savior and many loved ones. She was born in Trafalgar, Arkansas, to Clara Bates Alldread and James S. Sparks on March 25, 1921. Frances and Roland Hester married in...

Mar 15, 2014

Mary Wretha  Elswick  Gwin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 11, 1921 at Kennedy, Texas, the daughter of the late Rev. R.M. Elswick and Virginia Grant Elswick.  She was a proud, charter member of First Assembly of God Church in Sheridan , and had worked as an interior decorator/painter/wallpaper hanger for over 50 years. She loved being with family,...

Mar 15, 2014

Mada B. Newton of Leola, Arkansas was born, September 9, 1936 in Pine Bluff, the daughter of the late Clyde and Pearl Murdock Clemons. She was a member of Leola Missionary Baptist Church, where she belonged to the Ladies Sunday School Class. Mrs. Newton was a retired supervisor at Kohler Company and also was a retired secretary from the...

Mar 12, 2014

Jeanette Marie Boling of Prattsville, Arkansas was born February 7, 1942 at Atoka, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Leonard Scott and Hazel Adelle Rushing Boling. She was an active member of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville where she was a member of the Ruth Sunday School Class, the church choir and was an AWANA worker. She loved...

Mar 8, 2014

Rev. Clinton Monroe Carey was born August 7, 1921 in Union County, Arkansas, the son of the late James Arzo and Sarah Self Carey. He was a retired Assembly of God minister, having served 57 years as a church pastor. He began his work as a minister in El Dorado in 1944, and also pastored in Lake Village, Hamburg, Hampton,...

Mar 7, 2014

Mary Maxine Middleton Ashcraft, of Kensett, Arkansas, formerly of Grapevine, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 7, 2014. She passed away at White County Hospital Searcy, Arkansas surrounded by her family. Born on September 9, 1921, she lived most all of her 92 years Grapevine, with her late husband, Athel Ashcraft, who passed...

Feb 21, 2014

Martha Ann Wood George of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 21, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas the daughter of the late William Tarpley and Nona A. Riffle Wood. She was a member of Riverstreet Church of Christ in Benton and had been bookkeeper for R. E. George and Sons Logging for many years. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, cooking, gardening and ceramics....

Feb 20, 2014

Tena Michelle Bailey Cullins of Prattsville, Arkansas was born January 4, 1972 in Eudora , Arkansas, the daughter of the late Troy and Effie May Bowden Bailey. She was a member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church, enjoyed cooking and was full of life. Tena loved children, and had a smile and personality that touched countless numbers of lives. Her...

Feb 20, 2014

Margery Lee Cotton Irvin of Sheridan, Arkansas was born July 27, 1921 in Kinta, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Henry Frank and Edith Coker Cotton. She was a 1939 graduate of Harrison High School, a 1942 graduate of Burge School of Nursing in Springfield, Missouri and a registered nurse. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sheridan...