Obituaries

Diane Hebert

Diane Hebert

Diane Hebert

Diane Hebert, 70, of Rison, died Thursday, May 22, 2025. She was born on January 28, 1955 in Rison, she was a daughter of J.D. Lunsford and Helen Coats Lunsford. Mrs. Hebert attended Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist Church of Woodlawn.
Bill Rushing

Bill Rushing

Bill Rushing

William Ed “Bill” Rushing completed his earthly assignment Monday, May 12, 2025 one month shy of his 82nd birthday at JRMC after a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He was a plumber by trade, retiring from the State of Arkansas as a plumbing inspector after owning his own business for many years.
Barbara Boyd

Barbara Boyd

Barbara Boyd

Barbara Beasley Boyd, 78, of Rison, was a child at heart who loved owls and digging in the dirt, either for dinosaur bones or artifacts.She passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at home.
Mary Bradley

Mary Bradley

Mary Bradley

Mary Helen Bradley, 91, went to her eternal home on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Saline Hospital in Benton, AR.She was born April 17, 1934, having her 91st birthday a week ago. She was the daughter of the late Barney and Carrie Rauls.
Chad Hall

Chad Hall

Chad Hall

Chad Everett Hall of White Hall, Arkansas, passed away at the age of 53 on April 28, 2025. Mr. Hall was born May 14, 1971 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Jimmy Hall Sr and Barbara Howard Pennington. He was a graduate of Dollarway High School. He worked as a locksmith throughout Jefferson County.Mr.
Paula Van Winkle

Paula Van Winkle

Paula Van Winkle

Paula Hampton Van Winkle, 72, of El Reno, OK passed away Friday, May 2, 2025.  She was born October 18, 1952 in Shawnee, OK.  She was a homemaker and she attended an Assembly of God Church.
Gary Reed

Gary Reed

Gary Reed

Gary Wayne Reed passed peacefully April 26, 2025. He was born February 9, 1957 to Rolean Gertrude Laminack Reed and the late Billy Kenneth Reed of the Rowel Community.He was preceded in death by a sister Karen Reed Durkee and brother Ronald Joe Reed.
Mildred Miller

Mildred Miller

Mildred Miller

Mildred Ann Waldrop Burks Childress Miller passed away on April 19, 2025, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Conway. She was 89.Born on April 28, 1935, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter to Floyd and Rhua Mae Waldrop.
Lois Lawrence

Lois Lawrence

Lois Lawrence

Lois Dean Lawrence, 90, of Rison, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on April 19, 2025. Born on January 23, 1935, in Scranton, Arkansas, Lois was a vibrant individual who embodied faith and family throughout her life.
Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor

Charles Dean Taylor, 69, left this world to be reunited with his loving wife of 40 years on April 18, 2025.He was born on March 5, 1956 to Bobbie Chancellor Briant.Dean was a graduate of New Edinburg High School. He spent his career driving cross country seeing 49 of the 50 states.