DEATHS

Oza May Stewart Herring

Oza May Stewart Herring of North Little Rock, Ark., 89, went home to be with her Lord on Oct. 29, 2016. She was born Dec. 31, 1926, in the Duckett Community near Wickes, Ark., to Ira and Laura Stewart. She was a retired teacher of 35 years, teaching in Sheridan …

Jessie Geneva Knight

Jessie Geneva Knight of Fayetteville, Ark., was born Aug. 25, 1938, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of the late Paul Current and Zelma Current Duncan Scott. Ms. Knight died Oct. 21, 2016, in Springdale, Ark., at the age of 78. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death …

Ruth Louise Ward

Ruth Louise Ward Shoptaw of Sheridan, Ark., was born Feb. 17, 1944, in Newport, Ark., the daughter of the late William Calvin and Martha Louise Risner Ward.

Arlene Harrington Valentine

Arlene Harrington Valentine of Sheridan, Ark., was born Oct. 4, 1922, at Sheridan, Ark., the only child of Elbert and Ella Crutchfield Harrington.

Della Josephine Page Oxendine Plackard

Della Josephine Page Oxendine Plackard, 59, of Sheridan, Ark., passed away peacefully in her home on Nov. 25, 2016. She was born Aug. 2, 1957, to the late Jewell Elisha and Oleta Mae Galloway Page. Della worked for Jefferson Regional Homecare for over 20 years and touched many lives as …

Gary Don Sauls

Gary Don Sauls, 66, of Mabelvale, Ark., passed from this life on Dec. 21, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer. Gary was born on April 25, 1950, in Arkansas, to Clarence and Katherine Sauls.

Vera "Dee" Sketoe Lybrand Givins

Vera “Dee” Sketoe Lybrand Givins of Sheridan, Ark., was born July 5, 1939, in Sheridan the daughter of the late Enoch and Othel Hale Sketoe

Peggy Lamont Lisenbey

Peggy Lamont Lisenbey of Bryant, Ark., was born Dec. 28, 1955, at Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of the late Frank and Myrtle Wilson Lamont.

Dorothy Jean VanLandingham

Dorothy Jean VanLandingham, 95, of Lebanan, Ill., formerly of Sheridan and Salem, Ill., died Dec. 21, 2016, at Cedar Ridge Health & Rehabilitation Center in Lebanan, Ill

Maxine Hawkins Miller

Maxine Hawkins Miller of Sheridan, Ark., was born Oct. 18, 1938, in Sheridan, Ark., the daughter of the late Ruby and Minnie Rudkins Hawkins.

Phyliss Lynn Stevens Anderton

Phyliss Lynn Stevens Anderton of Sheridan, Ark., was born Aug. 23, 1957, in Sheridan, Ark., the daughter of the late Charles Marion and Evelyn Tuberville Stevens.

Ben Elbert Lites

Ben Elbert Lites, 68, of Grapevine, Ark., and Pine Bluff, Ark., died Sept. 30, 2016. He was born Oct. 18, 1947, to J.B. and Virginia Reynolds Lites.

Bonnie Atchley Henderson

Bonnie Atchley Henderson of Sheridan, Ark., was born Aug. 8, 1933, in the Crossroads Community of Grant County, Ark. She was the daughter of the late Robert Dee and Verda Plunkett Atchley. Mrs. Henderson died Sept. 21, 2016, at Sheridan Healthcare and Rehab Center at the age of 83. She …

LeeRoy Clegg "Hot Dicket"

LeeRoy Clegg "Hot Dicket" was the first born to the late Mary Etta Lee McCollum and the late John Ethen Ab Clegg. LeeRoy was born April 11, 1939, and made his transition on Sept. 8, 2016.

Euell Laurens Lowman

Euell Laurens Lowman, 93, of Pine Bluff, Ark., died Sept. 19, 2016, in Little Rock, Ark. He was born Oct. 16, 1922, in Pine Bluff, Ark., son of Jacob Oma Lowman and Lena Herrington Lowman.