Pulaski County

EILEEN BAXTER passed away on April 21, 2019. She was born in Parma, Ohio, on July 4, 1926. She was a longtime member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church where she was a Girl Scout Leader and was school secretary for a time, and was a member of the Catholic Business Women’s Club of Greater Little Rock.

She was preceded in death by her husband Russell Baxter; her parents Andrew and Martha Schigulinsky and her eight brothers and sisters. She is survived by her daughters Becky Porter and Kim Baxter; her granddaughter, Ashley Nguyen (Anthony); and her great-grandchildren, Isabella and Christian Nguyen; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2019 at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 1321 South Van Buren Street in Little Rock. Burial will follow at the Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander. Arrangements are by Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth, 5800 W. 12th Street, Little Rock (501) 661-9111. To sign the online guestbook, click “Add A Memory” at: www.griffinleggetthealeyroth.com.

–––––❖––––– TERRANCE RAY BRITT JR., 30, of North Little Rock passed April 17, 2019. Loving memories left to parents: Terrance Ray Britt

Sr. (Sheila) and

JoAnn Darton (Alfred); son:

Kylo Lovesea; grandparents:

Joe Hicks and

Patsy Britt; brothers: Joseph

R. Britt and Nicholas Graves; special friends: Dianne Scott and Michael Laster. Visitation: April 26, 2019, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Superior. Homegoing celebration April 27, 2019, 11 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church 510 Pettus Rd., Lonoke, Ark. Superior Funeral Services, 5017 E. Broadway, North Little Rock (501) 945-9922. Online guestbook www.superiorfuneralservices.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”

–––––❖––––– LINDA KAY CHANCE, 73, of North Little Rock, passed away on April 21,

2019. She was born May 8,

1945 in Wichita, Kan., to the late Charlton

A. and Mildred (Bennett) McCall. Linda was a classy, fearless lady who worked for highend luxury fragrance companies and traveled around the world. She never sat still. She lived her life to the fullest.

She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Hervie Wayne Chance Sr.; son, Wayne Chance, Jr. and wife Tammy Chance; grandchildren, Heather Chance, Peter Garate, Sean-Phillip Williams, Kirsten Chance; great-grandchildren, Zane Siller, Zeke Siller, Genesis Garate; brother, Charlton A. “Butch” McCall, Jr.; nieces and nephew, Stefanie Martin, Stacy McCall-Narramore, Shaun McCall, and a host of other relatives and friends, and her beloved cat, Niko. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepmother, Verda McCall.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Smith North Little Rock Funeral Home, 1921 Main St. Funeral Service will be at the funeral home on Friday, April 26, at 2 p.m., with burial following at Crestlawn Memorial Park in Conway, Ark. Guestbook at www.SmithFamilyCares.com

–––––❖––––– JACQUELINE CLARKS, 55, of Little Rock passed April 12, 2019. Loving memories left to children: Latorya Onubah, Francisca Onubah, and Makayla

Ridley; siblings: Mabeline

Quince, Sharon Nichols, Lisa Nichols, Larry Nichols, and

Tony Nichols; grandchildren: Javon Hammond, Jataeya Hammond, and Ada Dream. Visitation April 26, 2019 6-7 pm at Superior. Homegoing celebration April 27, 2019, 11 a.m. at Friendly Chapel Church, 116 S. Pine Street, North Little Rock. Superior Funeral Services, 5017 E. Broadway, North Little Rock (501) 945-9922. Online guestbook: www.superiorfuneralservices.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”

–––––❖––––– DOUGLAS DETRICK, 75, died Thursday, April 11, 2019 at St Vincent Hospital. He was born on November 1, 1943 in Troy, Ohio to Doris E. Sprinkel and Carl Detrick. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2019 at Pulaski Heights UMC. Cremation Services of Arkansas (501) 3135431. www.cremationservicesofarkansas.com.

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BERT GARCIA, 66, of Sherwood, Ark., passed away April 19, 2019. Bert was preceded in death by parents Vivian and O.J. Ray and Louis Garcia. Survivors include sisters, Shareta Peoples and Angela Garcia (Gary) and nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, April 24 at Smith Sherwood Funeral Home, 7700 Hwy. 107. Online guestbook at www.smithsherwoodfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– CHARLES HARRIS, 58, of North Little Rock passed April 21, 2019. Loving memories left to siblings: Franklin Harris Jr. (Nellie), Bobby Harris, Anthony Harris, Larry Harris Sr., Gregory Harris (Cheryl), Billy Ray Harris, Bonnie Johnson, Bernice Jackson (William), and Linda Washington; special nephew: Jerry Harris. Visitation: April 27, 2019, 10 a.m. with homegoing celebration immediately after at 11 a.m. Both held at Emanuel Baptist Church, 3800

W. 12th Street,

Little Rock. Superior Funeral Services, 5017

E. Broadway,

North Little

Rock (501) 9459922. Online guestbook: www.superiorfuneralservices.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”

–––––❖––––– DONALD HINES, 82, of Little Rock, passed away on April 23, 2019. He leaves behind three children Rick Hines (Rita), Larry Hines and Teresa Roberts. Arrangements have been entrusted to A Natural State Funeral Service, Jacksonville, Ark. His online guestbook is available at www.anaturalstatefuneralservice.com.

–––––❖––––– LINDA KAY MARINER, 79, of Little Rock, went to her heavenly reward on

Easter Sunday morning, April

21, 2019. She was born on

January 4, 1940, in Beebe to the late Harlan E.

Murray, Sr. and

Alice Moore Murray. Linda graduated from NLR Ole Main High School in 1957 and went on to receive her B.S in Music from Henderson State University. She was a church organist and taught piano for many years. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in North Little Rock. After serving as secretary for the Chief of Surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, she went back and received her B.S. in Nursing from UALR in 1985 and worked as a nurse. She cared for patients at the Veterans Hospital in NLR and CARTI. Along with her parents, Linda is preceded in death by her brother, Harlan E. Murray Jr.

She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Del Mariner; children, Lynda (Steve) Sherrill and Phillip (Judy) Mariner; grandchildren, Amanda (Trey) Skinner, Steven (Kassia) Sherrill, Angela Sherrill-Merriott and Chris Merriott, Stephanie (Carolyn) Murry and Amber (Mike) Pirnique; great-grandchildren, Hunter and Taylor Sherrill, Aidan and Baron Merriott, and Elizabeth and Olivia Carter; as well as her beloved pets.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26, at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home with Pastor Brian Dollar officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at Beebe Cemetery in Beebe, Ark. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/ chenal.

–––––❖––––– MARY ELLEN PENDLETON MURRAY was born November 27, 1924, daughter to the late

Bill and Gladys Pendleton of North Little

Rock, Ark. Mary

Ellen grew up in North Little

Rock attending local schools, graduating from

Old Main High

School and then attending John Brown University with her brother Edmund.

JBU offered the Pendletons a two for one deal so that Mary Ellen could attend college! After marrying her high school sweetheart, Alvin Curtis Murray Jr., Mary Ellen transferred to Hendrix College where Alvin was enrolled and attended with him until Alvin’s graduation. As Alvin began his ministry with the United Methodist Church, Alvin and Mary Ellen began building a family, first in Texas and then in Arkansas. As Mary Ellen tells it, they lived in so many wonderful small towns around Arkansas and were well loved by all their congregations. Mary Ellen had a beautiful singing voice (a Pendleton family trait) and always participated in the church choir as well as the women’s ministries of their many churches. The Pendleton clan were avid supporters of vaudeville and always had a song and dance for every occasion, which Mary Ellen continued until her last days. Even in the emergency room on her last hospital visit she was tap dancing and singing while sitting in a wheel chair - ever the entertainer to the end.

Mary Ellen is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Alvin C. Murray Jr.; her brother, Edmund Pendleton; her sister, Jean Pendleton Rice; and William (Bill) Rice. Survivors include her five children, Lt. Col. Alvin C. Murray III (Frances) of Hot Springs Village, Ark., Stephen M. Murray (Butch) of Hughes, Ark., Nanci E. Kellams (Kevin) of Fayetteville, Ark., Samuel W. Murray (Patty) of Chicago, Ill., and Rev. Raymond Alvin Kahng of Boston, Mass. Grandchildren include Christy Bray (Scott) of Little Rock, Leslie Rice (Ryan) of Phoenix, Dee Brister (Paul) of Collierville, Rupert Murray (Maren) of Chicago, and Grace Kellams of Fayetteville. Great-grandchildren include Jennifer and Elizabeth Bray, Sam, Riley and Maya Rice, and Hugh Brister. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Mary Lou Pendleton of Enid, Okla., and her niece, Carol Rice Reel of Colorado Springs, Colo.

The family wishes to thank her many friends and great staff at Brookdale Pleasant Hills Senior Living for the last 20 years of loving Mary Ellen as well as her friends at Asbury United Methodist for your love and support.

A graveside service will be held for family only at Edgewood Cemetery in North Little Rock followed by a celebration of life at 2 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church in Little Rock with a reception immediately following in the great hall. Reverend Mary Hilliard officiating, Ruebel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to: Asbury United Methodist Church, 1700 Napa Valley Dr., Little Rock, Ark. 72212 or Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, Ark. 72032, 501.450.1491. www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.

–––––❖––––– ERNESTINE B. REEVES, 91, of North Little Rock passed away Saturday, April

20, 2019. She was born June

7, 1927, in Little

Rock, Arkansas, to the late

Ernest and Eva

Brown. She was a proud longtime member of Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church, a 1945 graduate of North Little Rock High School, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by her children, Barbara Brock (Ed) of Bennett, Colorado, Lisa Smith (Randy) of North Little Rock, Beverly Rezadad (Abdi), Lewisville, Texas, and Albert B. Reeves of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; grandchildren, Kenny Brock (Angie), Jeffrey Brock, Roya Rezadad (Alec Parker), and Cameron Rezadad; great-grandchild, Natalie Brock; great-great-grandchild, Ivy Brock; and nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband of 58 years, Albert Reeves.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Rev. Candace Barron, the staff at St. Vincent CVICU and Cornerstone Specialty Hospital. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church, 1723 Schaer Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114.

A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2019, at Smith – North Little Rock Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Edgewood Memorial Park. Online guest register at www. SmithFamilyCares.com.

–––––❖––––– ERMA JEAN SETTLES, 69, of North Little Rock, Arkansas passed away peacefully and went home April

23, 2019.

Erma was born November

22, 1949 in North

Little Rock, Arkansas to Arbeck Williams

Sr. and Ruby Williams.

Erma was an amazing and exceptional wife, mother, daughter, friend and child of God. Erma was a devout Christian and an inspiration for her strength, courage and commitment to her family. She was with the Pulaski County School District for almost 40 years and was critical in helping hundreds of children at her time at Harris Elementary School. She was an active member of the New Zion Grove Baptist Church and member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Arbeck and Ruby Williams and her husband, James A. Settles. Erma leaves to cherish her memory; her children, Derek Settles of Wichita, Kan., Daron (Sandra) Settles of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Denise Settles of Jacksonville, Ark., Damon Settles of Jacksonville, Ark., and Dana Settles of Atlanta, Ga.; her siblings, Earl Williams of Los Angeles, Calif., Robert Williams of Los Angeles, Calif., Arbeck Williams Jr of Maumelle, Ark., Janis Strickland of Fort Worth, Texas, Carey Williams of Chicago, IL, Eugene Williams of Oakland, Calif., Theodis Williams of Little Rock, Ark., and Tommy Williams of Little Rock, Ark.; four grandchildren, Alex Geiger, Jordan Settles, Jailyn Settles and Ian Settles.

Visitation is April 29, 2019 from 6-8 p.m. at Superior Funeral Services. Homegoing celebration will be April 30, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the New Zion Grove Baptist Church, 404 Wallace Street, North Little Rock, with interment in Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. Superior Funeral Services, 5017 E. Broadway, North Little Rock (501) 945-9922. Online guestbook www.superiorfuneralservices.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”

–––––❖––––– RICKY TURNER, 60 of Little Rock passed April 18, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents: Nathaniel and

Helen Turner, and sisters: Debert Johnson and Kathleen

Reed. Loving memories left to wife of 37 years Robin

Turner, sons: Bryan (Shaun) Austin, Edward (Jackie) Austin, and Jarvis Turner, Goddaughter: Demita (Gerald) Hogan, brothers: Nathan (Wilma) Turner, Michael (Pamela) Turner, and Troy Smith. Nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation April 25, 2019, 6-7 p.m. at Superior. Homegoing celebration April 27, 2019, 11 a.m. at Southside Church Of Christ, 9300 Geyer Springs Rd.. Little Rock. Superior Funeral Services. 5017 E. Broadway, North Little Rock (501) 9459922. Online guestbook www. superiorfuneralservies.com. Trudean Long Brown “Providing Services Your Family Deserves.”

–––––❖––––– CHARLES R. UEKMAN, 81, of North Little Rock passed away Thursday, April

18, 2019. He was born August 31,

1937 in North

Little Rock, Arkansas to the late Theodore and Clara Uekman. Charles was a lifetime parishioner of

St. Anne’s Catholic Church.

Charles is survived by his children, Kathy (Darren) Dunn, Charles R. “June Bug” Uekman, Jr., Mark S. (Diane) Uekman; grandchildren, Kristy (Chris) Schrichfield, Matthew Fortenberry, and Tyler Uekman (Jessica Mitchell); great grandchildren, Willow, John-Mark, and Ash; brothers, Ed Uekman, Eugene Uekman, Robert (Kay) Uekman; and sister, Jo Ann (Jerome) Mushinski; several nieces and nephews and other extended family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Laverne Pauline Payne Uekman, parents, and brother, Herman Uekman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Uekman family pertaining to funeral expenses. A visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon followed by a Funeral Mass at noon Thursday, April 25, 2019 at St. Anne Catholic Church, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Online guest register at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.

–––––❖––––– AHMAD RASHAD VARDAMAN, 33, Jacksonville, passed April 18, 2019. Preceded by Angela “Poo” Vardaman. Survived by parents Louis and

Viola Vardaman; three brothers,

Louis Jr., Trevis, and Kavin; one niece, Kamryn and one nephew

Adrian. Family

Hour Friday, April 26, 2019, 6-7 p.m.; Service Saturday, April 27, 2019, 11 a.m., both at Gunn Funeral Home Chapel, Little Rock.

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LORI WILKA, 56, died March 13, 2019. She is survived by her mother, Kathryn, sister, Suzanne, brother,

Donald, long time friend Amber Tappan, and a host of other friends.

Lori taught in children’s choirs, played in the church orchestra and coached Upward basketball. Lori was an AVID Ohio State fan. She worked for the Military Order of the Purple Heart where she helped many veterans with their benefits applications. Her talent, sense of humor, and ability will be missed by many.

A celebration of her life will be held April 27th at 11 a.m. at Park Hill Baptist Church, 201 East C, North Little Rock, 72116. Visitation will start at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given to The Military Order of the Purple Heart, 5413 Backlick Road, Springfield, Va. 22151, or Park Hill Baptist Church.

–––––❖––––– GLADYS MAE WILLIS , 96, of Little Rock died Wednesday, April 17th. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 25th at Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home, 7724 Landers Rd., North Little Rock. Burial immediately following in Rest Hills Memorial Park. Online registry at www.griffinleggettresthills.com.

–––––❖––––– GREGORY KEITH WOLFE, 61, of Roland, passed from this life on Sunday, April 21, 2019 in Gurdon. Memorial service is private. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 2222, Little Rock, Ark. 72203. Final arrangements entrusted to The Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia. Guestbook at www. welchfh.net.