DEATHS
Rachel Maybell Davis Maples
Rachel Maybell Davis Maples, 97, of Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Pine Bluff, Ark., passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016. She was born Feb. 26, 1919, near the Lazy Bend Community in Grant County. Rachel is preceded in death by her parents: Gill and Genie Davis; husband: Johnnie W. …
Helen Marie Horne Myers
Helen Marie Horne Myers of Sheridan, Ark., was born Feb. 13, 1934, in New Blaine, Ark. the daughter of the late Clyde C. and Gladys Marie Smith Horne. She was of the Assembly of God faith. She enjoyed shopping, watching TV, and sewing. She made the best enchiladas around. Her …
Nona Mae Mathis Taylor
Nona Mae Mathis Taylor of Grapevine, Ark., was born Sept. 14, 1936, in Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of the late Noble Dewey and Myrtle Mae Hill Mathis. She was a member of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church in Grapevine. Her life revolved around her church, husband, children and grandchildren. For …
Charles Wesley Gill
Charles Wesley Gill of Hampton, Ark., formerly of Sheridan, Ark., was born July 19, 1960, in Fordyce, Ark., the son of Dorothy Cleo Gill Nolan and the late Roy Gill. He was a member of First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. Wesley died May 16, 2016, at Ouachita County …
Dorla Louise (Kenzel) Crawford
Dorla Louise (Kenzel) Crawford, 85, of Hensley, Ark., passed away on April 4, 2016. She was born Sept. 15, 1930, in Hensley (East End). The youngest of 10 children born to Robert E. and Effie M. Kenzel, she married Porter Udell Crawford on Nov. 28, 1947, at her parents’ home …
Betty Ray Spann Shoptaw
Betty Ray Spann Shoptaw, of Sheridan, Ark., was born Jan. 21, 1945, in Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of the late Charlie W. and Georgia Lee Ward Spann. She was an active member of Hope Pentecostal Church at Sheridan for over 41 years. She served her Lord faithfully through Hopes …
Mary Louise Arcement
Mary Louise Arcement, 85, of Pine Bluff, Ark., died April 1, 2016, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born June 23, 1930, in England, Ark., to the late Luther and Myrter Davis Brewer. She was a 1945 graduate of White Hall High School, where she was …
Mildred Herring
Mildred Ann Ricketts Herring, 80, of White Hall, Ark., died April 20, 2016. Born May 27, 1935, in the Hardin community. She was a lifelong resident of the White Hall area. Her parents were the late Sam Albert Ricketts and Carrie Robertson Ricketts Clinton. For 34 years, she worked as …
Elizabeth Mae Lisenbey Benning
Elizabeth Mae Lisenbey Benning of Leola, Ark., was born Sept. 11, 1937, at Sheridan, Ark., the daughter of the late Robert Alton and Thelma Elizabeth Fite Lisenbey. She was a member of Faith Assembly of God Church and loved spending time with her large family. Everyone she met, whether a …
Anna Barbara Burris Varnell
Anna Barbara Burris Varnell of Hensley, Ark., was born Oct. 7, 1965, at Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of Mary Sue Carr Burris and the late Homer “H.E.” Burris. She was a member of Lone Pine Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as pianist. Anna truly had a servant’s heart, …
Mary Nell Harrison Stuckey
Mary Nell Harrison Stuckey, 88, of North Little Rock, Ark., passed away April 18, 2016. Mrs. Stuckey was born in Bearden, Ark., on April 5, 1928, the daughter of the late Jewel B. Harrison and Corrine Williams Harrison. She was preceded in death by her husband: Wayne E. Stuckey, who …
Hilda Allen
Hilda Allen of Sheridan, Ark., passed away on April 18 at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab at the age of 85. She was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Bakersfield, Calif., to her parents, Brian and Ruby Saleen. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 30 years: L.D. …
Kenney Lee Sweaney Mayer
Ms. Kenney Lee Sweaney Mayer of Sheridan, Ark., was born March 11, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of the late John Daniel and Marie Gunter Sweaney. She was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. She enjoyed watching TV, painting with her sister, singing and writing …
Judy Carol Honeysuckle Higginbotham
Judy Carol Honeysuckle Higginbotham of Sheridan, Ark., was born May 16, 1951, in Mesa, Ariz. She died on March 27, 2016, at Arkansas Hospice Center in Little Rock at the age of 64. Ms. Higginbotham enjoyed sewing and spending time with her children, grandchildren and her great-grandchildren.
