DEATHS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008
Cardelia Hart
Cardelia Hart, 56, of Pine Bluff died Oct. 3 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
She was born Jan. 11, 1952, to Hannah Mitchell Davis and the late Osborn Davis in Proctor, Ark.
She was a member of First Trinity Church of God in Christ.
She was employed with Jefferson Regional Center for 29 years in the intensive care unit as a nurse.
She was preceded in death by her father, Osborn Thomas Davis Sr.; two brothers, Osborn Thomas Davis Jr. and Donnie Lee Davis.
She is survived by her daughter, Katrina (Vincent) Tate of Pine Bluff, Ark.; mother, Hannah Davis of Pine Bluff, Ark.; four sisters, Viola (Issac) Frazier of Gary, Ind., Samella (Curtis) Savage, Cynthia Hall and Debra (James) Deshazier, all of Pine Bluff, Ark., three grandchildren, Candice Taylor, Ashleigh Tate and Chandler Tate of Pine Bluff, Ark.; a host of family and friends.
Funeral service will be Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m. at First Trinity Church of God in Christ. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Christian Way Funeral Home.
The body will lie in state from 1:30 p.m. until time of service.
Visitation will be today, Oct. 10, with family hour from 5-6 p.m., public viewing from 6-7 p.m. at the church.
Anna Hodge
Anna Bell Hodge, 89, of Pine Bluff died Saturday at Davis Life Care Center.
She was born Dec. 25, 1918, at Tucker, a daughter of the late Mack Jefferson and June B. Wilson Buchanan.
There are no immediate survivors.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Hodge; one brother, Eugene Buchanan; and two sisters, Collentine Brown and Annie J. Woolfolk.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at United Baptist Church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Garden by Christian Way Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mary Jones
Mrs. Mary Jones, 83, of Pine Bluff, died, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.
She was born in Rison to the late Flex Wood and Emmie Taylor.
Her survivors include husband, William Jones Sr.; stepsons, William Jones Jr., Thomas Jones, Willie Jones, Charles Jones, all of Pine Bluff, and Donell Jones of Detroit; stepdaughters, Shirley Hampton, Mitzi Ruth, Ruth Jones, Gwendolyn Jones, Tiffany Jones, Belinda Jones, all of Pine Bluff, and Roslyn Jones of Little Rock; sisters, Icelean Washington, Delores Powell and Lea Hayes, all of Milwaukee, Wis.; 32 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Her services will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at St. Andrew AME Church by Rev. H.O. Gray at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Forrest Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation is today from 6-7:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
The family will be at 5819 W. Short Fourth St., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Erma Mayfield
Mrs. Erma Lee Mayfield, 82, of Pine Bluff, died, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008.
Born in Varner to the late Emmit and Isabella Thomas.
Her survivors include sons, Wardell Bland of Denver, Colo., Ladell Bland of Little Rock, Mark Mayfield of Wake Village, Texas, and Levell Bland; daughters, Hattie Gill, Dorothy Spraglin and Letha Washington, all of Pine Bluff, Ruby Swopes of N. Chicago, Ill., Shirley Hampton of Jacksonville, Fla., and Lisa Caselberry of Prairie View, Ill.; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Her services will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Indiana Street Baptist Church by Rev. Rodney Smith at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Visitation is today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
The family will be at 320 E. 27th St., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Luberta McMiller
Luberta McMiller, 62, of Pine Bluff died Oct. 2 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
She was born May 25, 1947, to Louis James Reed and the late Earnest McMiller in Dumas, Ark.
She was preceded in death by son and three brothers.
Survivors: six sons, Earnest McMiller, Louis McMiller, Anthony Coleman, Lawrence Coleman, Willie Coleman Jr. and Darren Coleman Sr.; three daughters, Josherese Coleman, Stephanie Redix and Sandra Stephens; four brothers, Maynard Darrough, Marshall Scales, Donald Ray Darrough and Isaac Darrough; six sisters, Geraldine Womack, Katie Flucker, Mary Lee Gold, Annette Allen, Jeannette Ventry and Getrude Evans; 20 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Oct. 11 at Breath of Life Church at 10:30 a.m. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Christian Way Funeral Home.
Visitation will be today, Oct. 10, at Trinity Annex building from 5-7 p.m.
James Scott
James D. “J.D.” Scott, 80, of Pine Bluff died Sept. 28 at Arkansas Convalescent Center.
He was born March 28, 1928, at Chatham, La., to the late Oliver and Winnie Stevenson Scott.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Scott-Hoskins of Conway and Yazmine Scott of Pine Bluff; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by 11 siblings.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Family Time Ministries Church. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery by Christian Way Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Lewis Yancy
The life of Lewis M. Yancy began on Aug. 5, 1918, in Moscow. He was the son of the late Lovie Hamilton and Thomas Yancy.
He attended school at the J.C. Corbin School in Pine Bluff. He did further study by taking a correspondence course at the Chicago Institute for Radio and Television Repair.
Lewis professed a hope in Christ at an early age at Centennial Missionary Baptist Church (Indiana Street).
He was the member of Sunday School Class No. 8. He served as a trustee, chairman of finance committee and a deacon. He was known for his fervent and passionate offertory appeals often quoting Malachi 3:8-10.
Brother Yancy was a long time stalwart member of the Indiana Street congregation. His name appears on the 1946 Cornerstone of the church building.
In 1926, it concerned him that the only black businesses in Pine Bluff were in alleys or near railroad tracks. “I couldn’t understand why the black folks didn’t have a business like the white folks,” Yancy said during an interview in 1988. He became the owner of Yancy’s Furniture and Appliances in 1946.
While Yancy was a happy and lighthearted man, there were times in his life that weren’t such laughing matters. It began in 1962, when he joined an organization that he said was risky to both his enterprise and his life. His involvement in that organization, the Pine Bluff Movement would forever change the face of local society.
Following the success of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s boycott of buses in Montgomery, similar forms of non-violent resistance quickly spread together parts of the country. Local residents and students from Arkansas AM&N College, now UAPB, joined forces to form the Pine Bluff Movement, which was designed to break down segregation.
Yancy said he joined the movement in order to provide better opportunities and open future doors for blacks.
In 1957, Lewis Yancy was united in holy matrimony to Queen Ester Thomas at the First Baptist Church in Lexa.
Deacon Yancy made his transition from this earthly life to eternal peace in Christ on Oct. 4, 2008.
He leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Queen E. Yancy; sons, Bobby (Iris) Yancy of St. Louis, Mo., David (Willard) Yancy of Henderson, Nev., Donald (Alicia) Yancy of Dallas, Lewis (Monetha) Yancy and Cedric Yancy of Pine Bluff; daughters, Cynthia (Nathan) Douglas of Houston, Texas, Crystal Yancy both of Houston, Texas and Linda Yancy of Pine Bluff; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.
His services will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Indiana Street Baptist Church by Rev. L.K. Solomon at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Forrest Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation is today from 4-7:30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
The body will lie in state at the church from 9:45 a.m. until time of service.
Crystalle Jones
HOT SPRINGS — Crystalle Danielle Jones was born July 29, 1981, to Brenda Jones and the late Curtis Franklin Jr.
She went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Oct. 4, 2008.
She was a member of Greater St. Paul Church in Hot Springs. She earned her high school diploma from Pine Bluff High School and a bachelor of science degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. While matriculating at UAPB, she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Alpha Rho chapter. She also served on the Lion’s Yearbook staff and was a member of the Human Development and Family Studies Club. After graduation she became a member of the graduate chapter Delta Omega Omega and was a dedicated member until her passing.
Crystalle was employed by the Garland County Department of Human Services as a caseworker. She was later promoted to program coordinator for the Garland County area.
Her sweet and kind spirit will always be remembered by family and friends alike.
Crystalle leaves to cherish her memories her parents, Brenda Jones and John McClinton; three sisters, Damiccah Darton (Marco), Kendra Boyd and Curtisha Franklin, all of Pine Bluff; four brothers, John McClinton Jr., Keon McClinton and Jeffrey McClinton, all of Sacramento, Calif., and Jonathan McClinton of Pine Bluff; her grandparents, Curtis and Sarah Franklin Sr. of Pine Bluff and Alice Thompson of Eudora; her great-grandmother, Dottie Franklin of Pine Bluff; her nieces and nephews, Elise, Alyssa and Taylor Darton; special friend, Kevin Banks; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and multitude of friends.
Her services will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Greater Fellowship Ministries Church by Rev. Ronald Laurent at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation is today from 5-8 with a family hour from 7-8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
The body will lie in state at the church from 9:15 a.m. until time of service.
The family will be at 2602 S. Georgia St., Pine Bluff, Ark.
M.S. McMahon
MONTICELLO — Marguerite Stewart McMahon, 82, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff.
She was born July 12, 1926, in Monticello, Ark.
Survivors include one son, Van McMahon Jr. of Eureka Springs, Ark.; two daughters, Sara Marter and husband, Charlie of Monticello and Diana Shoptaw of Malvern, Ark.; five grandsons, Charlie Marter Jr., Caleb and Tim McMahon, John and Stephen Vestal; three granddaughters, Jennifer Gavin, Crista Newkirk and Sarah Vestal; five great-grandchildren, Heath Loveless, Cassidy Gavin, Jeffrey Newkirk, Taylor and Trenton Marter; and many nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel. Burial in Oakland Cemetery.
Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Velma Dansby
Funeral services for Velma Ray Dansby, 71, of Pine Bluff, who died Sunday at her home will be held Saturday, 1 p.m. Kings Highway MBC, Rev. Curtis Allen officiating.
She was born March 8, 1937, in Pine Bluff, daughter of the late Dave and Minnie M. Dansby.
She graduated from Merrill High School in 1956. She was a member of Kings Highway MBC.
She was employed at Tyson Foods for 34 years.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Jimmie Dansby, Johnny Dansby, Willie Dansby; three sisters, Doris Dansby, Lois Looney, Francis Devall.
Survivors: one niece whom she raised, Jeanette Allen, Pine Bluff; one brother, Dave Dansby, Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Vernia Cooksey, Pine Bluff; two special nephews, Danny Lee, Beaumont, Texas, Larry Lee, Pine Bluff; one special great nephew, Anthony Shavers, Lancaster, Texas.
Visitation may be made today 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery by Perry Funeral Home.
Family will be at the home, 2610 Shady Grove.