Mr. Cecil Aldridge Sr., age 59, of Wynne, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at Three River Nursing Home in Marked Tree.
Mr. Aldridge was a former employee of Yale Hoist where he worked for over 30 years.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Aldridge of Forrest City; six daughters, Lisa Aldridge of Little Rock; Shawntina Turner of Hope, Charlotte Aldridge of Wynne, Phyllis Aldridge of Chicago, Ill., Angela Anderson of Forrest City and Patricia Millbrook of Ruston, La.; seven sons, Cecil Aldridge Jr., Randy Millbrook and David Millbrook, all of Forrest City, Malcolm Aldridge of Wynne, Keith Richardson of Dallas, Texas, Santana Smith of Searcy and Dewayne Millbrook of Jacksonville; four sisters, Patsy Aldridge of Chicago, Ill., Margaret Levesque, Sharon Aldridge and Jacqueline Brownlee, all of Toledo, Ohio; four brothers, Mangle Aldridge Jr., Charles Aldridge and Lee Walker, all of Wynne and Melvin Aldridge of Toledo, Ohio and 26 grandchildren.
Visitation for Mr. Aldridge will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Woodard Funeral Home in Wynne. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001, at 1 p.m., at Caldwell M.B. Church in Vanndale under the direction of Woodard Funeral Home.
Mrs. Myrtis Dotson, age 72, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Dotson, born July 30, 1929, was a retired nurses aid at Forrest Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her husband, James Dotson of the home; five daughters, Rose Mary Simmons, Debra Dotson, Vernice Dotson, Sharon Dotson and Gwendolyn Dotson, all of Pine Bluff; four sons, Larry Dotson of Little Rock, Leon Dotson of St. Louis, Mo., Harold Dotson of Jonesboro and Thomas Dotson of Forrest City; four sisters, Thelma Coleman of Los Angeles, Calif., Deloise Tyler of Memphis, Annie Brown, of Dallas, Texas and Tolise Bingham of St. Louis, Mo.; six brothers, Henry Brown Jr., Charlie Brown, Andrew Brown, Winston Brown, Silas Brown and Houston Brown, all of Forrest City and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dotson will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, at 12 p.m. at Days Temple Church of God in Christ with Elder John Henry Jennings officiating with burial to follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery in the Tuni Community under the direction of Clay Funeral Home. A wake will be held Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Chaple of Clay Funeral Home.