Obituaries

William Crozier (05/07/03)
William Hollis Crozier,58, of Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii, formerly of Trumann, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Wilcox Hospital in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. Born in Jonesboro, he was a long-time resident and prominent businessman in Kapaa and Lihue, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. He was also a retired cellular telephone executive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Dorothy Crozier, of Trumann...

Larry Phillips (05/07/03)
Larry Dale Phillips, 54, died April 24, 2003, at his home in Shelton, Wash. He was born July 16, 1948, in Jonesboro to Larry and Mary (Turner) Phillips. He married Lynn (North) Phillips on Jan. 1, 1991. He was preceded in death by one brother, Dewey L. Phillips, in 1980...

Mae Shelton (05/07/03)
Mae Shelton, 86, of Trumann died Monday, May 5, 2003, at the Lakeside nursing home in Lake City. She was born in Missouri on Jan. 20, 1917. She was of the Pentecostal faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by one son, Floyd Cato and was the widow of Richard Shelton...

Loda Hollihan (05/16/03)
Loda Beatric Hollihan, 83, of Bay, died May 7, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Trumann and had lived most of her lifetime in the Bay and Truman area. She was a housewife and a member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond D. Hollihan in 1994, one great-grandson, one sister, two brothers and was the daughter of the late William T. and Ollie Watkins Fain...

Arlen Vaden (05/16/03)
Arlen Eugene Vaden, 73, of Trumann, died May 10, 2003, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis of natural causes. He was born and was a lifetime resident of Trumann and was formerly of St. Louis, Mo. He owned and operated Jan's Video, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by two sisters, three brothers and was the son of the late William Everett and Lena Eva Turrintine Vaden...

Billy Tippitt (05/16/03)
Billy Joe Tippitt, 62, died May 10, 2003, at the family residence in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in Trumann and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 12 years and was formerly of Texas. He was a retired truck driver for Action Manufacturing, a veteran of the U.S. Army and the Vietnam War and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by one brother and was the son of the late Alvin Dickie and Tisha Purnell Mitchell Tippitt...

Wanda Goodman (05/16/03)
Wanda Jean Davies Benson Goodman, 68, of Proctor, died May 11, 2003, at the Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis of natural causes. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Proctor for the past 20 years and was formerly of Memphis. She was a retired customer service representative for S.P. ...

Mary Pilcher (05/16/03)
Mary Elizabeth Gage Pilcher, 59, of Jonesboro, died May 9, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She had lived in the Jonesboro area all of her life. She was on the faculty of Central Elementary in Trumann. She was a teacher for 39 years and had been awarded School Teacher of the Year for 2001-2002. She was a member of the Church of Christ and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Pilcher, and her parents, Cecil A. Gage and Verna Daugherty Gage...