Sherman Leon Carraway

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Memorial Service
New Beginning Church
Highway 254
Dennard, AR  72629
Saturday, February 9, 2019
2:00 PM
Sherman Leon Carraway

of Marshall, AR

August 21, 1945 - January 27, 2019

Sherman Leon Carraway, age 73 of Marshall, Arkansas passed from this life on Sunday, January 27th, 2019 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born on August 21st, 1945 in Fordyce, Arkansas to William Carraway and Edna Lucille Sinclair Carraway.

Leon spent his working years as a laborer at the Coca Cola Plant and Georgia Pacific. He enjoyed tinkering with old lawnmowers and small engines and he enjoyed fishing. He loved dogs, especially his little red Chihuahua, Scooby. Leon was an icon in Marshall and could often be seen walking along the road from his home in Canaan to Marshall.

Survivors include two daughters, Susan Below of Sheridan and Tiffany Burris of Monticello; brother, Robert Carraway and wife Barbara of Marshall; sisters, Betty, Barney and Loretta, all of Fort Worth, Texas; niece, Brandi Walker of Marshall; and other family and acquaintances' who will mourn his passing.

Leon is preceded in death by his parents, William and Edna Carraway; one brother, Leroy Burks; and sister, Betty Dean Pennington and her husband Herbert.

Cremation services are by Roller-Coffman Funeral Home in Marshall, Arkansas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 9th, 2019 at New Beginnings Church in Dennard, Arkansas with Bro. Charles Barnett officiating.


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