Roosevelt Ingram, Jr., 63 Little Rock, AR passed peacefully June 15, 2015. Survivors: son, Jermaine Ingram; daughter, Charley Ingram; life companion, Sherry Brown and a host of other family and friends. Family hour: Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6-7, at Ruffin & Jarrett Funeral Home, 1200 S. Chester St., LR (501) 372-1305. Graveside service: Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 11am, at Roselawn Memorial Park, 2801 Asher Ave., LR, AR.Roosevelt Ingram, Jr.
Roosevelt Ingram, Jr., 63 Little Rock, AR passed peacefully June 15, 2015. Survivors: son, Jermaine Ingram; daughter, Charley Ingram; life companion, Sherry Brown and a host of other family and friends. Family hour: Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6-7, at Ruffin & Jarrett Funeral Home, 1200 S. Chester St., LR (501) 372-1305. Graveside service: Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 11am, at Roselawn Memorial Park, 2801 Asher Ave., LR, AR.
Barbara L (Greene) Whitfield 65, passed away peacefully on Monday June 13, 2016. She was born May 2, 1951 in Little Rock to the Robert H & Margaret L Greene, both who proceeded her in death. A graduate of Central High Class of 1969, she went on to attend the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and later graduated from the University of Phoenix. Later in her career she took a position with AEDD where she served disadvantaged disability patrons until her passing.
She was extremely proud of the work that she did with the Staff and clients that she served at AEDD. She loved to talk and brag on the clients, never really met a stranger, loved to smile. She loved to interact and stayed in close contact with her classmates.
Barbara is survived by one son, Carlson Greene (Tracy), Benton, AR; brother, Adrian Greene (Barbara), Maumelle, AR; sister, Shirley Greene of Little Rock, AR; nephews, Adrian II, Maumelle, AR. , Marcus (Brittany), & Christopher Greene, all of Little Rock; special aunt, Bertha Hicks, Riverside, CA; great nephew, Marcus; great niece, Libya Greene and numerous cousins, her extend family of friends.
Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, 11:00 AM at Canaan MB Church, 1700 State Street, Little Rock, AR 72206. Viewing will be from 10:00 – 11:00 AM prior to the service. Interment at Green Memorial Garden, Marche, AR. Rev. D. A. Witcher, officiating the service. Arrangements by: Ruffin & Jarrett Funeral Home, 1200 S. Chester St. Little Rock, AR (501) 372-1305.
Alfred Russ Jr. was born on March 30, 1939 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Alfred Russ Sr. and Mildred Mann Russ. He attended Bush Elementary School, Dunbar Jr./ Sr. High School, and was a member of the first graduating class of Horace Mann High School in 1956, at the age 17. Less than two and a half weeks after his graduation, he headed off to USAF basic training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. He became one of our nation’s youngest “Cold Warriors” when he was assigned to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and based at Kadena AB in Okinawa, Japan with the awesome responsibility of maintaining the Mark 6 Nuclear Freefall Weapon, all before his 18th birthday. He took pride in the fact that the United States “never had to drop the Mark 6 in anger,” claiming that peace was their profession.
After his USAF commitment, and for a short while, he lived in Los Angeles with his uncle Sterling Russ and cousin Harold Russ, Jr. He eventually moved back home to Little Rock and worked in varied local industry, including being a bouncer at the Flamingo Club, while continuing his studies at Philander Smith College and Arkansas Baptist College. He started his employment with the United States Postal Service and later became part owner/operator of his father’s store, Al’s Liquor in the East End of Little Rock.
He loved cars, airplanes, jazz and blues music, and tinkering with various projects in his workshop in the garage. He loved tinkering and piddling so much that after retiring from USPS he enrolled in Pulaski Technical College to tinker in their small engine repair laboratory. He dealt with massive, difficult projects by quoting one of his favorite sayings, “It’s hard by the yard, but it’s a cinch by the inch.”
He was a strict disciplinarian who was hard, but fair, on his three sons. He was in the business of raising “bulletproof” men. He compelled people that he cared for, to always take pride in their work and appearance.
He is survived by wife of 52 years, Faye Perry Russ; sons, Alfred III (Lucky) Fort Worth, TX; Roderic (Rod) LR; Bryan Germaine (BG) Bryant, AR; sister, Melrita Russ (Clenard “Sal”) Bonner; 7 grandchildren including Cameron, Breyana, Tristan, Truth, Christopher, Bryan, Jr., Cicely and a host of wonderful sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, close friends and neighbors. ~rar
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