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Sarah Sue Crews

Sarah Sue Crews

Feb 5, 2026

Sarah Sue Dunlap Crews of Sheridan was born December 14, 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Harmon Holiday and Eula Florene Berg Dunlap.

She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan where she served as Sunday School teacher for youth and college kids for many years. She was a retired insurance underwriter and served as President...

Jimmy Ray Cotton

Jimmy Ray Cotton

Feb 3, 2026

Jimmy Ray Cotton of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 30, 1944 in Sheridan, the son of the late of Frank Everett and Norma Jean Carver Cotton. He was a retired mechanic who enjoyed building race cars, racing cars and racing dirt track.

Jimmy was a member of Mid South Car Club and was the founder of Arkansas Dwarf Association as well...

Craig Steven Riggs

Craig Steven Riggs

Feb 2, 2026

Craig Steven Riggs of Leola, Arkansas was born September 3, 1959 in Blytheville, the son of the late Bob and Laverna Riggs. He was a talented welder/fabricator by trade. He enjoyed playing bass, listening to music, playing video games and watched movies with his family and grandchildren and he had just retired West Frazier Mill at Leola.

Craig died at his...

Clifford Eugene Terry

Clifford Eugene Terry

Feb 2, 2026

Clifford Eugene Terry of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 10, 1949 in Mena, the son of the late Ernest E. and Ruth Maude Wilson Terry. He had a Masters in Criminal Justice, was a faithful member of Sardis Methodist Church. Terry had retired from the prison, was a proud Iraqi Freedom veteran, serving in the United States Army and was...

Barbara Ann Fleming

Barbara Ann Fleming

Feb 1, 2026

Born Barbara Ann Springer on the night the B17 bomber crashed In Grant County, the world should have known then she would be a force to be reckoned with. As the youngest child of V. O. and Esma Springer, she grew up the favored baby of the family She graduated from Sheridan in 1961 with many lifelong friends.

She married Rusty...

Renae McClure

Renae McClure

Jan 29, 2026

Renae McClure, a beloved homemaker, passed away on January 29, 2026, at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas. Born on February 7, 1967, in Benton, Renae's life was characterized by her unwavering love for her family and her deep commitment to her faith.

A graduate of the Sheridan High School Class of 1985, Renae embraced her role as a loving homemaker...

Patricia Rogers

Patricia Rogers

Jan 29, 2026

Patricia “Pat” Eloise Watkins Rogers was born August 2nd, 1942 in DeWitt, Arkansas, to the late Earnest and Pauline Thigpen Watkins. She passed away January 29th, 2026 at Saline Memorial Hospital.

Besides her parents, she was proceeded in death by her sister, Donna Bennett, brother Mickey Watkins, daughters Kay Fulmer and Cindy Oswalt, a very special nephew Harlan Bennett, and a...

Larry Dale Weatherly

Larry Dale Weatherly

Jan 28, 2026

Larry D. Weatherly, 76, of Sheridan, Arkansas went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

Born July 10, 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Herman "H.E." Weatherly and Laverne Ferguson Weatherly.

Larry graduated from Watson Chapel High School in 1967 and later attended the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

He wasted no time at all marrying the love of his...

Gloria Gail Owens

Gloria Gail Owens

Jan 12, 2026

Gloria Gail Stevens Owens of Sheridan, was born September 13, 1954 in Sparkman, the daughter of the late Charles and Evelyn Tuberville Stevens. She was a retired Certified Nursing Assistant and a member of Restoration Church. She enjoyed being a caregiver to her patients and her children, grandchildren and her family.

Ms Owens died January 12, 2026 at Saline Memorial Hospice...

Bobby Lee Nelson

Bobby Lee Nelson

Jan 9, 2026

Bobby Lee Nelson of Benton, Arkansas, formerly of Sheridan, was born January 30, 1933 at Grant County, Arkansas, the son of the late Jesse and Priscilla Thompson Nelson. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church at Sheridan. He operated a chicken farm as well as a black angus cattle farm and raised Jack Russell squirrel dogs. Bobby loved turkey...

Trella Valentine Burnett

Trella Valentine Burnett

Jan 7, 2026

Trella Valentine Burnett, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born September 18, 1940, at Palmyra, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Troy and Lottie McBride Valentine.

She was a member of Ephesus Missionary Baptist Church at Sheridan. The one job that Trella was not very good at, was sitting still. She was always busy, and that usually involved doing something for someone else....

Leslie Williams

Leslie Williams

Jan 6, 2026

Funeral service will be Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the funeral home with visitation starting at 1:00 until service time. Full obituary will be posted soon.

James Edward Smith

James Edward Smith

Jan 6, 2026

James Edward Smith, age 86, of Sheridan, Arkansas, went home to be with the Lord on January 6, 2026. He was born February 16, 1939, to the late Van Henry Smith and Vallie Harvill Smith.

James worked faithfully for Central Maloney Transformer for 38 years. In addition, he owned and operated his own welding company and worked in construction for eight...

Olene Jordan Wright

Olene Jordan Wright

Dec 31, 2025

Mildred Olene Jordan Wright of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 18, 1934 in Belfast, the daughter of the late Selton and Effie Smith Jordan. She was a member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church and a member of Corinth Cemetery Association.

Ms Wright died at her home on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at the age...

Betty Jean Harrison

Betty Jean Harrison

Dec 29, 2025

Betty Jean Harrison, age 97, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, December 29, 2025. Born on December 10, 1928, to Clem and Lillian Caldwell, she was the sixth of eight children and entered the world without a given name. Her parents simply called her "Pete," a nickname given by a neighbor boy. When the 1930 census workers...

Linda Lee Powell

Linda Lee Powell

Dec 29, 2025

Linda Lee Braselton Powell of Benton, Arkansas was born April 29, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of the late Fred and Alberta Retler Brazelton. She lived and worked in Clearwater Florida and moved here to Arkansas after she had retired. She was a member of Ephesus Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan, AR and enjoyed shopping and watching tv...

Sandra L Fraley

Sandra L Fraley

Dec 29, 2025

Sandra Louise Joiner Fraley of Sheridan, Arkansas was born Sunday October 20, 1946 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Sandy passed away on Monday December 29, 2025 at the age of 79 at St Vincent Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents Sam and Annie Joiner, her brother Alan Joiner, her sister Patricia Joiner...

LaDonne Young Brewster

LaDonne Young Brewster

Dec 28, 2025

Ruth LaDonne Young Brewster, 80, of Sheridan was born July 10, 1945, at Davis Hospital in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Norman and Dorothy Pitts Young. She died peacefully on Sunday, December 28, 2025, surrounded by family. She left this earth for her eternal home as her husband prayed. On May 31, 1963, she married the love...

Charles Max Reed

Charles Max Reed

Dec 26, 2025

Charles Reed of the Hardin Community was born June 22, 1951 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas at Davis Hospital, the son of the late James Alfred and Mary Works Reed. He was a master electrician by trade working for Charlie Griffith for many years eventually retiring from the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Charles loved riding motorcycles and being outdoors. He...

Dwight Rayburn Anderton

Dwight Rayburn Anderton

Dec 24, 2025

Dwight Rayburn Anderton of Sheridan was born July 29, 1945 in Sheridan, the son of the late Louis (Bill) and Josie Whiteaker Anderton. He was a 1963 graduate of Sheridan High School and played football and basketball for the Yellowjackets. He spent most of his career employed at the International Paper Company.

He spent...

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