DEATHS

Kelly Jo Mowry

Kelly Jo Mowry, 49, of Tull, Ark., went to be with the lord April 4, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 24, 1964, in Jackson, Calif., to Jess Rucker and Carol (Uselton) Rucker.

Bettye Lee (Rogers) Gill

Bettye Lee (Rogers) Gill, 84, of Tulip, Ark., passed away April 5, 2014. She was born May 17, 1929, in Carthage, Ark., the daughter of the late Alver Claude Rogers and Mary Lee (Williams) Rogers.

Robbie Lee Harrison Krack

Mrs. Robbie Lee Harrison Krack, 73, of Texarkana, Ark., formerly of Sheridan, Ark., died March 18, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Krack was born May 19, 1940, in Pine Bluff, Ark. She was retired from Weyerhaeuser, and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Curtis (Bob) Krack. She was …

Joyce Wanda Beck

Joyce Wanda Beck, 81, of Sheridan, Ark., went to be with the lord March 17, 2014. She was born Oct. 30, 1932, to the late Sidney and Harriett (Phillips) Threlkeld.

Scott Allen Watson

Scott Allen Watson of Grapevine, Ark., was born Sept. 3, 1963, in Rison, Ark., the son of Ella Faye West Watson James and the late Tommy Delton Watson. Mr. Watson died March 25, 2014, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, at the age of 50.

Forrest B. Arnold

Forrest B. Arnold of Sheridan, Ark., was born Jan. 7, 1938, at Sheridan, the son of the late Forrest Ballard Arnold and Valerie Helen Carver Arnold McKinley. Mr. Arnold died March 29, 2014, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 76.

Grady Kimbrell

Grady Kimbrell, 81, of Pine Bluff, Ark., passed away March 25, 2014, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 18, 1932, in Chicot County to the late Sylvester N. Kimbrell and Virgie E. Payne Kimbrell, one of 12 children. Grady was reared and received his early education from …

Gayle Kenneth Springer

Gayle Kenneth Springer of Sheridan, Ark., was born March 23, 1939, in Sheridan, Ark., the son of the late Vernon Oliver and Esma Lucille Hamilton Springer. Mr. Springer died Feb. 12, 2014, at St. Vincent’s North at the age of 74.

Mary Stone

Mary Stone of Sheridan, Ark., was born March 25, 1942, near Pine Bluff, Ark., the daughter of the late Vance and Lucy Brantley Black. Mrs. Stone died Feb. 11, 2014, at Baptist Heath Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 71.

Dennis Channell

Dennis Channell, 55, of Poyen, Ark., passed away Feb. 10, 2014. Dennis served on the Poyen Fire Department since 1993, was a member of Moose Lodge #2365, one of the founders of the Oak Tree Club, and was the firework technician for Poyen's July 4th celebration.

Hazel O. 'Nanny' Sims

Hazel O. ‘Nanny’ Sims, 87, peacefully passed away on Feb. 7, 2014, in Benton, Ark. She was born on June 18, 1926, in El Dorado, Ark., to James Oliver Sterrett and Henrietta Ross Sterrett.

John Thomas "J.T." Smith, Jr.

John Thomas “J.T.” Smith, Jr. of Sheridan, Ark., was born April 28, 1925, near Sheridan, Ark., the son of the late John Thomas Smith, Sr. and Nettie Dupriest Smith. Mr. Smith died Feb. 15, 2014, at McClellan V.A. Hospital in Little Rock at the age of 88.

Margery Lee Cotton Irvin

Margery Lee Cotton Irvin of Sheridan, Ark., was born July 27, 1921, in Kinta, Okla., the daughter of the late Henry Frank and Edith Coker Cotton. Mrs. Irvin died Feb. 20, 2014, at her home at the age of 92.

Martha Ann Wood George

Martha Ann Wood George of Sheridan, Ark., was born Jan. 21, 1942, in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of the late William Tarpley and Nona A. Riffle Wood. Mrs. George died on Feb. 21, 2014, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 72.

John McJunkins

John McJunkins, 44, of Malvern, Ark., currently living in Sheridan, Ark., passed away Feb. 20, 2014, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born Nov. 11, 1969, in Malvern the son of Hueston and Twyla Lanphier McJunkins.