Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Susan Miriam Pfeifer
Susan Miriam Pfeifer, artist and merchant of Little Rock, died 
December 3, 2004. She was born
in Little Rock, the youngest of three children of the late Harry William and Raida Cohn Pfeifer and grandchildren of Harry William and Heloise Kaufman Pfeifer and Albert Daniel and Marcuse Stifft Cohn, members of prominent mercantile families of early Little Rock. Susan was a graduate of Dana Hall in Massachusetts, attended the San Francisco Art Institute, Vassar College in New York and graduated from San Francisco State College. Susan was the owner operator of the Design Center and part owner of M.M. Cohn Company where she once was the gifts buyer, and manager of the Oklahoma City, and El Dorado stores. Her weavings and pottery have been exhibited and are in collections throughout the world. She was a member of the American and Contemporary Crafts Councils, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society and Congregation B'nai Israel and served on the boards of and did volunteer work for the Arkansas Arts Center, Central Arkansas Library System, UALR Friends of the Arts, Planned Parenthood, Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, Arkansas AIDS Foundation and Friends of the Zoo.
Susan is survived by her son William Bradford Sherman and wife Christina of Little Rock, and Christina's children, Harrison Burgess and Madeline Claire Baber, one brother Harry Donald Pfeifer of Little Rock, one sister Marcuse Lucille Pfeifer of Kingston, New York, an aunt Rosa Pfeifer Isacson of Nashville, Tennessee, nieces; Jennifer Maddox of Little Rock, Debbie Li of Kirkland, Washington, Pamela Pfeifer of Little Rock, Jessica Pfeifer of Baltimore, Maryland, and Gwen Pfeifer of Willimantic, Connecticut, nephew Paul Pfeifer of Little Rock, three great-nephews, four great-nieces and special friends Robert Deaton and John Leftwich. Along with her parents and grandparents, two aunts, Miriam Cohn Phillips and Lucille Pfeifer Rosenfield, also predecease her.
There will a visitation Tuesday from 5 to 7pm at Ruebel Funeral Home, followed by a memorial service Wednesday at 11am at the Ruebel Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home..
Memorials in lieu of flowers should be made to the Susan M. Pfeifer Horizons Fund, 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3801, Little Rock 72201.
Ruth Irene Perkins McFerrin
Ruth Irene Perkins McFerrin, age 89, of Little Rock, died October 31, 2003. She was born
on November 17, 1913 in Berryville, Arkansas, to the late Routh and Sarah Perkins. She was a member of the Pulaski Heights Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ford McFerrin and two daughters Patricia Craig and Jacquelyn Holt. She is survived by her grandson, Paul Craig and his wife Marianne of Seattle, WA; great-grandchildren, Danny and Aimee Craig; nephew, William F. Russell and his wife Sally; three nieces, Jane Harris and husband Jack, Carole Brooks, Marcia Stratton; step-daughter, Eleanor Cagle and husband Bud; step-grandchildren, Deborah Douthit and Clayton Cagle, and 5 step-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday at Pinecrest Memorial Park under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home.
Arthur Bruce Buck, Jr.
Arthur Bruce (A.B.) Buck, Jr., age 86, of Little Rock, died on Wednesday, July 30th. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Virginia Davidson Buck. Mr. Buck was born
in Memphis, TN, the son of Arthur Bruce Buck, Sr. and Lola Richardson Buck. He graduated from Little Rock High School, where he was drum major and played trombone with a popular dance band. He served with valor in the Navy in World War II, and participated in the invasions of Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Southern France and Sicily. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 43 years. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a long time member of First United Methodist Church in Forrest City.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by 2 sons, Bruce Buck (Fran) of Hope and Brantly Buck (Kate) of Little Rock, a sister, Cordelia Buck Stumberg, of St. Charles, MO, and 4 grandchildren, Philip, David, Jenny and James Buck.
Services will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Walter Smith and Rev. Louann Murphy, followed by a family graveside service at Roselawn Cemetery.
The family requests that memorials be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, Mississippi, and Evergreen, Little Rock, AR 72207, Central Arkansas Library System, 100 Rock St. Little Rock, AR 72201, or a favorite charity. The family extends its thanks to the staff of Pleasant Valley Living Center.
Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home.
Edna "Grancie" Turner
Edna "Grancie" Satterwhite Turner, 93, of Little Rock, died June 7, 2004, at her home. She was born
October 16, 1910 in Hope, Arkansas, to William D. and Fannie Copeland Satterwhite. She was a graduate of Little Rock High School, a homemaker and a member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sons and their wives, Mike and Glynda Turner, and Tom and Eileen Turner of Little Rock; grandchildren, Jay Turner and his wife Suzette of North Little Rock; Andy Turner and his wife Charity of Dallas, TX; Cathy Turner Theisen and her husband Greg of Highlands Ranch, CO; Gray Turner and Justin Turner of Little Rock; and Jody Turner of Fulton, MO; great-grandchildren, Drew, Mallory and Michael Turner of North Little Rock; Marian and Margaret Turner of Dallas, TX; and Allison, A. J., and Adam Theisen of Highlands Ranch, CO; a sister, Mildred Hinkson of Benton; and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Meyers and her husband Raymond of Benton; and many nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband Charles G. Turner; and her brothers, Copeland, Lawrence, Travis, and Robert Satterwhite.
The family will be at 29 Coachlight Dr. in Little Rock, on Thursday evening.
The service will be at 10:00 A. M., Friday, June 11, 2004, at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church with Dr. Randy Hyde officiating. The graveside service will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the Pulaski Heights Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home.
Gladys Merle Edington McCown
Gladys Merle Edington McCown, 93, of Little Rock, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2003. She was born
December 5, 1909 in Walnut Lake (now Pickens) to the late Grover Cleveland Edington and Kathrine Gertrude Roberson Edington. On December 22, 1929, she married
George Snell McCown, Sr. in Dumas.
She is survived by a sister, Hazel Edington Bethune of Heber Springs; her husband, George Snell McCown, Sr. of Little Rock; three children: Jeanne McCown Dellrie of Phoenix, AZ; George Snell McCown, Jr. of Ukiah, CA; and LTC John Edington McCown, Sr. (US Army, Ret.) of Newport News, VA; 14 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, a sister, Josephine Edington Montgomery of Memphis, TN, and a daughter, Janis McCown McCaw formerly of Heber Springs, AR
A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 25th, at 11:00 a. m. at Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs, with Rev. L. B. Jordan of Arkadelphia officiating. Grave side services will follow at Cleburne County Memorial Gardens in Heber Springs.
Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home of Little Rock.
George Snell McCown
George Snell McCown, Sr., 95, of Little Rock, died on Friday, November 14, 2003. Mr. McCown was born
March 6, 1908 in Quitman, LA, to the late George Malcolm and Myrtle June Snell McCown. On December 22, 1929, he took Gladys Merle Edington, of Dumas, AR as his life-long mate. Mr. McCown was a successful merchant and general store manager in the southeastern Arkansas farming communities of Dumas and Pickens until 1968. During that period, he was a pioneer in the agriculture industry and became a central figure in the large-scale procurement and distribution of seed, herbicides, and fertilizer. At the peak of this involvement, he was elected to and served as President of the Arkansas Seed Growers Association.
He also faithfully served his community and church when and where there was a need. He was a Desha County Justice of the Peace for 35 years; and, he served as a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Dumas for over 20 years. An avid fisherman, he loved the great outdoors; and, he assisted the late R. A. Pickens, in the mid 1940s, in surveying and planning what is known today as Walnut Lake Golf and Country Club at Pickens. In retirement, however, he and Gladys moved to the rolling mountains and blue waters of the Greer's Ferry Lake area in Heber Springs. He often said that it resembled the landscape of Scotland from which his ancestors had immigrated in the mid 1700s. There, he continued his active pace of community service. His most visible profile came when he was appointed to a commission that developed and successfully constructed a citywide sewer system for Heber Springs. He was a member of the community's Thunderbird Country Club and he assisted in the planning and development of their golf course. He also continued his support of the church. He was a deacon in the Heber Springs First Baptist Church; and, he devoted countless hours to the development and enhancement of the church's buildings and grounds. In 1994, he and Gladys left Heber Springs and moved to Woodland Heights, a retirement home in the western part of Little Rock. Upon his departure from the First Baptist Church of Heber Springs, he was named Deacon Emeritus. In Little Rock, they became members of Immanuel Baptist Church. In life, he was a Christian; a devoted husband; and a proud Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather.
In death, he is with our Lord and survived here on Earth by three children, Jeanne McCown Dellrie of Phoenix, AZ, George Snell McCown, Jr. of Ukiah, CA, and LTC John Edington McCown, Sr. (US Army, Ret.) of Newport News, VA; 14 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents; his wife, Gladys Merle Edington McCown; a daughter, Janis McCown McCaw formerly of Heber Springs, AR; and two younger brothers, Winston Bernard McCown of Wheelwright, KY and MG Hal D. McCown (US Army, Ret.) of North Little Rock, AR.
A family visitation period is planned for 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 West Markham Street, in Little Rock on Tuesday, November 18, 2003. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at Olmstead Funeral Home in Heber Springs with Rev. L. B. Jordan of Arkadelphia officiating. Grave side services will follow at Cleburne County Memorial Gardens, Heber Springs.
Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home of Little Rock.
Rosemary Arendt McCormick
Rosemary Arendt McCormick, 87, of Little Rock, died Thursday, March 13, 2003. She was born
in Little Rock, to John C. and Georgie Amer Arendt. She was predeceased by her husbands, Travis E. Cowart and James I. McCormick. After retiring as an Administrative Assistant from International Graphics she was employed by Trinity United Methodist Church in their nursery program. Mrs. McCormick was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and greatly enjoyed gardening. She is survived by her daughter, Georgiana Soderberg and her husband, Lee of Little Rock, a son, Trent Cowart and his wife Jan of Glen Rock, PA, a brother, David O. Arendt of Little Rock, and four granddaughters, Laura and Emily Soderberg of Little Rock and Tracy and Trisha Cowart of Washington, D.C. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Ruebel Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Roselawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi, Little Rock, 72207.
Thomas Powell
Thomas Powell of Little Rock, died Monday, December 29 at Parkview Rehabilitation Center. Survivors include his wife, Ann Powell, son Ron Powell, 3 daughters, Laurel Childress, Karen Wright, Kathy Lewis, 6 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, also two brothers, Jerry Powell and Gene Powell and two sisters, Martha Sayen and Peggy Seaquist.
There will be a graveside memorial service Tuesday, January 6 at 2:00 p.m. at Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery
in North Little Rock (directions are available). Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home.
"Even though you are gone.
Your loving memory will live on.
With you gone so far away,
It is hard for us to live from day to day.
You give us strength and you gave us love.
Can you still give us that from above?
You taught us how things in this world worked.
And fixed things when they were broke.
You gave us the guidance that we needed.
In this world-you are needed.
All we have now are memories, both good and bad.
When thinking about you, how can we not be sad?
We will work through this. We will move on.
Because deep in our hearts you will never be gone.
We are thankful for everything we had with you, no matter how short a time.
You leaving us so suddenly was your only crime.
But you are forgiven because you had your reasons.
And the LORD above said that it was your time.
We will see you again someday.
Although it may not be tomorrow.
When we see you again,
Only then will there be no more sorrow."
We Love You
Laurel & Ron & Karen & Kathy & Rayann
Benton, Arkansas
