DEATHS

Karen Ann Semey

Karen Ann Semey, 59, of Sheridan, Ark., passed away Jan. 16, 2014, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. She was born April 2, 1954, in Oneida, N.Y., to the late Roland and Carolyn Davis Unruh.

Mattie Mae McGarrah

Mattie Mae McGarrah, 87, of Sheridan, Ark., went to be with the lord March 7, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Aug. 28, 1926, to the late Bryan Winston and Vera Ellen (Owen) Winston.

Ralph Edward Smith

Ralph Edward Smith, 68, of Leola, Ark., passed away Feb. 28, 2014, at Seven Springs Health and Rehabilitation in Heber Springs, Ark. He was born Feb. 27, 1946, in Camden, Ark., to Grady and Betty Smith.

Jack Haynes

Jack Haynes, 89, of New Braunfels, Texas, passed away on Oct. 31, 2013. He was born to Adam Haynes and Bertha (Langston) Haynes in Houston, La., on Jan. 16, 1924.

Betty S. Norton

Betty S. Norton, 82, of Sheridan, Ark., passed away Sept. 28, 2013, at White Hall Nursing and Rehab. Born May 7, 1931, in Ashdown, Ark., she was the only daughter of the late Jessie Marvin and Sara E. Hudgins Yarbrough. She was reared and received her early education in Ashdown, …

David Allen Johnson

David Allen Johnson of Sheridan, Ark., was born Nov. 10, 1937, at Sheridan, the son of the late Byron and Ruby Allen Johnson. Mr. Johnson died Aug. 23, 2013, at Texarkana, Texas, as the result of an accident at the age of 75.

Florence Green Gatling Maxwell

Born Dec. 29, 1939, in Cardwell, Mo., to Vernon and Estelle Green, Florence was the eldest of four daughters. Her loving spirit passed from this earth July 29, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She had resided in Paragould since 2007 when she moved there to care …

Alice M. Croy

Alice M. Croy, 80, of the Orion Community in Grant County, Ark., passed away July 30, 2013. She was a member of Marlow Missionary Baptist Church.

Stanley Dee Herring

Stanley Dee Herring, 60, of Grapevine, Ark., died Sept. 14, 2013. He was born March 22, 1953, in Pine Bluff, Ark., a son of Charles Thomas Herring and Margie Ann Croft Herring, both of Mena.

Westly "West" Scott McDonald

Westly “West” Scott McDonald, 23, of North Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Sheridan, Ark., passed away Sept. 9, 2013. He was born Aug. 22, 1990, in Brenham, Texas, the son of Jerome McDonald and Darla Thomas.

Martha Obernier Culpepper

Martha J. Culpepper was born April 12, 1930, at St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of Myron David and Ruth Evalyn (Perault) Obernier. She died Sept. 3, 2013, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Okla.



Ann Shirley Kitchens Tyler

Ann Shirley Kitchens Tyler, beloved wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Aug. 24, 2013, at Presbyterian Village in Little Rock, Ark. She was 83.

Gladys Faye Kyzer

Gladys Faye Kyzer, 84, of West Memphis, Ark., passed away Sept. 1, 2013. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church, and retired from Hershey.

James Irvin "Junior" Wilson

James Irvin “Junior” Wilson, 79, of Grapevine, Ark., passed away July 21, 2013, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born March 18, 1934, at the Staves Community in Cleveland County, the son of the late Irvin Wilson and Velma (West) Wilson. He was a …

Yvon Lawanda Page Costello

Yvon Lawanda Page Costello of Sheridan, Ark., was born Aug. 30, 1966, in Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of the late Prentice and Mary Dickerson Page. Mrs. Costello died July 22, 2013, at Baptist Heath Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 46.She was a member of New …