Daryl Ross Ripley - Eastern Times Register

Obituaries

July 4, 2023

Daryl Ross Ripley

March 11, 1969 – June 27, 2023

Roland – Funeral services for Daryl Ross Ripley, 54, of Roland, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2023, at the Agent & Mallory-Martin Chapel in Sallisaw.

Burial will be at Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren, Ark., under the direction of Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.

Mr. Ripley was born on March 11, 1969, in Barstow, Calif., to Robert Ripley and Carol (Pogue) Ripley. He died on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark.

He was a truck driver and a U.S. Air Force veteran. He married Christina Dority on July 2, 2013, in Sallisaw.

Survivors include his wife, Christina Ripley of the home; five children, Taylor and Jesse Crosswhite of Dyer, Ark., Aston and Kennedy Cox of Arkoma, Dalton and Jurni Ripley of Russellville, Ark., Alexandria and Josiah Cheater of Roland, and Isaiah and Connor Cox of Roland; four grandchildren; and other family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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