Obituaries

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...

Feb 17, 2014

Donald Ray Mooney of Mabelvale, Arkansas was born May 23, 1952 at Malvern, Arkansas, the son of the late George Edward Mooney and Charlene Steele Mooney. He was a retired sheet metal fabricator, who enjoyed fishing, pitching horseshoes and could play several instruments by ear. Ray died Monday, February 17, 2014 at his home, at the age of 61. In...

Feb 16, 2014

Nicholas Ashton Ard of Leola, Arkansas was born December 15, 1991 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas the son of Tim and Brenda Cissell Yarbrough. He enjoyed playing the guitar, collecting knives, sewing, building things and listening to music of all kinds. Nicholas died on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at his home at the age of 22. He was preceded in death...

Feb 15, 2014

John Thomas "J.T." Smith, Jr. of Sheridan, Arkansas was born April 28, 1925 near Sheridan, the son of the late John Thomas Smith, Sr. and Nettie Dupriest Smith. He was a member of New Life Fellowship Church in Sheridan, was a Veteran of both the United States Navy and Army. He had worked for Fox Mill in Sheridan for years...

Feb 12, 2014

Gayle Kenneth Springer of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 23, 1939 in Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of the late Vernon Oliver and Esma Lucille Hamilton Springer. He was a member of the Sheridan Church of the Nazarene. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and spending time with his family.

Mr. Springer died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at St....

Feb 11, 2014

Mary Stone of Sheridan, Arkansas was born March 25, 1942 near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Vance and Lucy Brantley Black. She was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan and she enjoyed sewing and fishing. Mrs. Stone died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Baptist Heath Medical Center in Little Rock at the age...

Feb 8, 2014

Louise Williams Bryant of Sheridan, Arkansas was born June 23, 1932 in Bearden, Arkansas, the daughter of the late R.S. and Beatrice Nutt Williams. Mrs. Bryant died Saturday, February 8, 2014 at her home at the age of 81. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild, Rebecca Clement, her brothers, Newt Williams, Newman Williams,...

Feb 6, 2014

Michael Dan Forte, 69, of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away from this life into his eternal life to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 6, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family, that he deary loved so much. Mike was born July 20, 1944 to the late D.B. and Edythe Garber Forte. Besides his parents, Mike...

Feb 2, 2014

Arlo N. Beck of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away at Baptist Health Medical Center on Feb. 2, 2014. He was born in Sheridan to Pearl Heath Beck and Homer Jeff Beck on November 8th, 1944. He was a heavy equipment operator at ALCOA for 35 years, and served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years during the Vietnam war. He...

Feb 2, 2014

James Edwin (Jim) Allen of Sheridan, Arkansas, passed away at his home on February 2, 2014. James was born September 14, 1941, in Sheridan, Arkansas, to the late Aubrey Allen and Mildred Edwards. He spent most of his life in Sheridan and Grant County, with a short move to Rolla, Missouri, where he worked for the Geological Survey. He was...

Jan 27, 2014

Jim Henry Evans of Sheridan, Arkansas was born January 11, 1946 in Forrest City, the son of the late Lawrence and Dorothy Lyons Evans. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan, where he served as Chairman of Deacons. Jim was a retired plant supervisor for Entergy, had formerly served in the United States Air Force, enjoyed spending...

Jan 21, 2014

Mary Sue Plunkett Clement of the Ain Community, near Grapevine, was born March 15, 1933 in the Ain Community, the daughter of the late Martin Luther and Claudie Smithey Plunkett. She was a member of Ain Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired telephone operator. Her greatest joy in life was her family, and she made many wonderful memories with...

Jan 20, 2014

Charles Hughland "Nick" Nichols of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 26, 1933 in Buckner, Arkansas, the son of the late Charles Henry and Ethel McMatt Nichols. He had served in the US Army, and had been a mechanic for Arkla Gas for many years. He enjoying working on cars, remodeling houses and fishing. Nick died Monday, January 20, 2014 at...