Odis Odell Jones (08/07/08)
Odis Odell Jones of Myrtle, Miss., was born on Saturday, October 1, 1921, son on the late John and Mary Vanderhyden Jones. Jones died Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Golden Living Nursing Home in Ripley, Miss., at the age of 86 years 9 months and 26 days. ...

Talmage "Rickie" Hill (08/07/08)
Talmage "Rickie" Hill, age 59, of Wynne passed away Sunday. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eloise Hill and Radie Hill and granddaughter, Taylor Hill. Mr. Hill was the animal control officer for the city of Wynne. He was honored in 2005 and 2006 as employee of the year. He was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle of Trumann...

Earlene Vida (Lowtharp) Sims (08/07/08)
Earlene Vida (Lowtharp) Sims, 76, formerly of Hot Springs, died Tuesday night in Tulsa, Okla. She was born Feb. 19, 1932, in Bono, to Gordon and Louanna (Bowman) Lowtharp. A lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and a Protestant, she was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Imogean Owen and Geneva Pennington...

Burl Thomas Knight (08/07/08)
Burl Thomas Knight, of Trumann died Thursday morning at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 63. He was born on June 29, 1945 in Trumann, Ark., and had lived his lifetime there. A farmer, Knight was preceded in death by his parents, Burl Alexander and Wilma Mae Bradley Knight, two brothers, James Earl Knight and Douglas Knight, two sisters, Mary Lawson and Wilma Jean Bennett...

Loyd Franklin Reese (07/31/08)
Loyd Franklin Reese, 74, of Trumann died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center at Jonesboro. Born at Bay, he had lived in Trumann for four years. He was the former director for the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden, a veteran of the U.S. ...

Mary Hazel McCorkle (07/31/08)
Mary Hazel McCorkle, 89, of Tyronza died on July 25 at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband Press McCorkle; one son, Lester McCorkle; one daughter, Brenda McCorkle and one granddaughter, Suzy Yeakley...

Jimmy E. Mangrum (07/31/08)
Jimmy E. Mangrum 60, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Marked Tree, he had lived in the Bay and Jonesboro area since 1984. He owned an appliance repair business, was a former lab technician and diesel mechanic and was a veteran of the Army National Guard and of the Baptist faith...

Loretta Waleszonia German (07/31/08)
Loretta Waleszonia German, 81 of Jonesboro, died Sunday morning at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Roy, she had lived in Jonesboro for a short time moving there from Murfreesboro. She was a retired Lab Tech, a member of the Eastern Star, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro...

Dallas Collins (07/31/08)
Dallas Collins, 69, of Trumann, died on Monday, July 21 in Memphis. He was born October 29, 1938 in Black Rock, the son of Elmer Collins and Florence Nice Collins. He was a lifetime resident of Poinsett County and retired from Hytrol in 2001 after 25 years of service. He was a member of the New Vision Worship Center in Harrisburg and loved to fish and hunt...

Leslie Franklin Sliter (07/24/08)
Leslie Franklin Sliter, 86, of Trumann died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Arkansas, he had lived for the past 30 years in Trumann. He was a retired farmer and of the protestant faith. Sliter was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Thomas and Lilly Mae Warren Sliter...

Florence Loretta Ryan (07/24/08)
Florence Loretta Ryan, 83, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Jonesboro Healthcare Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Trumann/Jonesboro area most of her life. She was a housewife and member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Ryan was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and three sisters...

Smith Obit. (07/24/08)
Faye Ann Smith Faye Ann Smith, 95, of Marion died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Willowbend At Marion. She was born in Marked Tree and had lived in Marion for the past 5 years. She was formerly a resident of the Freer Community near A former sales clerk for Guy's Discount Center in Trumann, she was a member of the Avondale Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis...

E.C. Dunman (07/24/08)
E.C. Dunman, Jr., 75, of Flint, Mich. died Friday, July 11 at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Flint. Funeral services were Tuesday, July 15, at Riegel Funeral Home in Flushing, Mich. Pastor Jerry Stoner officiated at the service. Burial was at Meadow View Cemetery in Davison, Mich...

Alvin Eugene Davis (07/24/08)
Alvin Eugene Davis, 91, of East Prairie, Mo., formerly of Trumann, died at 5:55 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2008 in the Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Sept. 18, 1916 in Manila, to the late James Abner and Mamie Mary Elizabeth Smith Davis, he had lived in Mississippi County since 1966 moving from Trumann. ...

Ross Holt (07/16/08)
Ross Holt, 21, of Holland, Mich. died Friday, July 11 at his home. Born May 21, 1987 in Holland, he graduated from Holland Christian High School in 2005. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Harvey Beelen and Mace Holt, and an uncle, Warren Beelen...

Jimmy C. Turner (07/03/08)
Jimmy C. Turner, 83 of Trumann died Thursday June 26, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann, he was a farmer, and a U.S. Army veteran serving as technical sergeant at the Clark Air Force Base in the Manila, Philippines. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Willis and Jimmie Lee Glasgow Turner, and one brother, Richard A. Turner...

Ruby Hammons (06/25/08)
Ruby Hammons, 91, of Trumann died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Lunsford, she had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and member of the Trumann Revival Center...

Willis Virgil "Jake" Hayse (06/25/08)
Willis Virgil "Jake" Hayse died Thursday June 19, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital of Jonesboro. He was born the son of Clyde Homer Hayse and Grace Louise "Adams" Hayse June 15, 1932 in Lepanto. ...

Diane Kain Williams (06/25/08)
Diane Kain Williams, 54, of Trumann died Monday, June 16, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Duck Hill, Miss., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was of the Pentecostal faith...