Archive - Aug 29, 2011
Johnny (James) William Hunnicutt, 78, of Benton, passed away Sunday, August 28. He was born March 21, 1933 in Benton to the late Will Hunnicutt and Marie Garner. Mr. Hunnicutt worked in maintenance at the Arkansas Human Development Center. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers and five sisters.
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Willie Rubin Richmond,66, of Benton, passed away Saturday, August 27. He was born September 21, 1944 in Benton. Mr. Richmond was retired from Alcoa and a U.S. Army Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fait and Josephine Richmond; step-son, Don E. Leslie and two brothers, Curtis and Ray Richmond.
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John Wesley Prickett, 80, of Bryant, died Friday August 26.
He was born March 30, 1931 in Bryant.
John was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Wesley Prickett and Fay Rowland Prickett of Bryant; and his brother Max Prickett.
He graduated from Bryant High School in 1949 and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1956. John was an avid baseball player in his youth with The Bryant Rebels and contracted to play professional baseball in Greenville, Mississippi in the Cotton States League from 1950 to 1953. He was a U.S Army Veteran.
