Obituaries
Reminder of services JESSIE M. BROWN
Funeral for Jessie Mae Brown of Chicago Heights, Illinois, formerly of El Dorado will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Zion Watch Baptist Church in El Dorado. Burial will follow in the Zion Watch Cemetery under the direction of Mitchell Memorial Service of Crossett.
LESTER R. GRIFFIN
Funeral for Lester Ray Griffin, 27, will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Woods Chapel Baptist Church in Ruston. Interment will follow at the Woods Chapel Church Cemetery. Service entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, Farmerville/Arcadia.
KENNETH R. MITCHELL
Funeral for Kenneth R. Mitchell “J Bird” will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at First Apostolic Church with the Rev. James Charles Levingston, eulogist. Interment will be at Arlington Memorial Gardens under the direction of Sims Mortuary. Sign the guestbook online at www.simsmortuary.com.
CHESTER D. PHILLIPS
A memorial service for Chester Donald Phillips, 84, of Little Rock will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Danny Schieffler and the Rev. Michael McCain officiating. Interment will follow in the columbarium garden. A reception will be held in the parish hall.
Memorials may be made to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, the Wolfe Street Center or a charity of choice. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.
ELDER CARL L. RAYBON
Funeral for Elder Carl Lewis Raybon, 70, of Haynesville, Louisiana will be held at 11 a.m. today at New Olive Branch MBC with Elder Murphy Joe Aaron, Sr. officiating. Interment will be held in Shady Grove Cemetery in El Dorado.
Reddick Funeral Home in Camden is in charge of arrangements.
ARNICEE LOGGIN STIGARS
Funeral for Arnicee Loggin Stigars will be held at noon today at Douglas Chapel Baptist Church with Dr. D. L. Hegler, officiant and Bishop Chester Thompson, eulogist. Interment will be at Bethlehem Cemetery under the direction of Sims Mortuary. Sign the guestbook at www.simsmortuary.com.
EVERETT A. THOMPSON
Everett A. Thompson, 92, of El Dorado passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Bossier City, Louisiana.
A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2018 in Young’s Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Meeks officiating. Burial will follow at Arlington Memorial Park under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at Young’s Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund, 701 Southwest Ave., El Dorado, AR 71730.
OBITUARIES LOU E. PHELPS
Lou Ella “Sissie” Phelps, of Strong, AR, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the John R Williamson Hospice House. She was born on September 5, 1932 to Lindsey Paul and Iva Lissie Sawyer in Fountain Hill, AR.
Sissie was a wonderful wife, mother, and role model. She loved everyone deeply, but especially her Lord, her family and church family. She was a longtime member of the New London Baptist
Church and her love for Jesus was obvious to all who knew her. Sissie loved the farm and was a broiler grower for 16 years. She was a hard worker and always put the needs of others ahead of her own. She really enjoyed both her family and class reunions each year and now she is at reunion that will never end.
Sissie was preceded in death by her husband, William Fred Phelps, her parents and a sister; Essie Pauline Freitag.
Those left to cherish her memories are her two sons, Lloyd Phelps (Judy) and Larry Phelps; five grandchildren, Michael Phelps, Jeannie Phelps Thompson (Todd), Jacob, Ansley, and Marlowe Phelps; two great-grandchildren, Abigail and Sarah Thompson; seven siblings, L.P. Sawyer (Delta) of Chilton, TX, B.P. Sawyer (Billy Marie) of Strong, AR, Lindsey Cloyce Sawyer (Jeanette) of Maricopa, CA, Thomas Sawyer (Shirley) of Hamburg, AR, Cynthia Farris (Robert) of Strong, AR, Delilah Johnson (Richard) of Texarkana, AR, Ronnie Sawyer (Barbara) of Strong, AR, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018 from 6:008:00 PM at New London Baptist Church.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, May 11, 2018 at New London Baptist Church with Brother Terry Smith and Brother Tommy Nash officiating.
Burial will follow at Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery under the direction of Perry’s Funeral Chapels.
Memorials can be made to the Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery Fund, 171 Camp Rd. Strong, Ar 71765
Online Condolences at www.perrysfuneralchapels.com.