Obituaries

Roy Adrian McClelland (06/04/03)
Mr. Roy Adrian McClelland passed died Saturday, May 24, 2003, at the family residence in Trumann, due to natural causes. He was 87 years old. Mr. McClelland was born in Monette on January 24, 1916, and had lived in Trumann for the past 52 years. He was formerly of Flint, Mich. ...

Edward Berry McGowan (06/04/03)
Edward Berry McGowan, 50, of Trumann passed away Monday, May 26 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived in Trumann his entire lifetime. He was a farmer, of the Baptist faith and a member of Farm Bureau...

James Nelson Young (06/04/03)
Mr. James Nelson Young of Bay died Saturday, May 24, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., of natural causes. He was 42 years old. Mr. Young was born in Jonesboro, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in the Bay and Trumann area and was a member of the Highway Valley Pentecostal Church. He was preceded in death by his father, James Herman "Jack" Young; two sisters, Charlotte and Barbara Young and one brother, Timothy Young...

Vaughn William Lansdell (06/18/03)
Vaughn William Lansdell, Sr., 78, of Trumann passed away June 10 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in Cleveland, Ark. and had lived most of his life in the Trumann area. He was retired from the Singer Manufacturing Co. of Trumann, a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church...

Dorothy Jean Thomas (06/18/03)
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thomas of Jonesboro, passed away Wednesday, June 4, at the family residence of natural causes. She was 70 years old. Mrs. Thomas was born on March 10, 1933, in Princeton, Ala., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was retired from the Arkansas Glass Container Packing Department in Jonesboro, Ark., and was of the Baptist belief. Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar William and Rendy Flora Eakes Jones...

Thomas Edward Duggins (06/18/03)
Mr. Thomas Edward Duggins of North Charleston, S.C., passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Roper Hospital in Charleston, S.C. He was 66 years old. Mr. Duggins was born in Charleston, S.C., and had lived in Charleston for the past several years after moving there from Glendora, C.A. ...

Mrs. Mary Mabel West (06/18/03)
Mrs. Mary Mabel West, of Trumann, passed away on June 10, 2003 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., of natural causes. She was 79 years old. Mrs. West was born in Athens, Alabama and had lived in Trumann for most of her life. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Pleasant Hills Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady C. West, one daughter, Mary Baney, and by her parents, Aaron and Leona Brooks...

Ruby Inez Nichols (06/25/03)
Mrs. Ruby Inez Nichols of Keiser, Ark., passed away June 22, 2003. She was 83 years old. Mrs. Nichols was a retired school cafeteria manager. She was a member of the Osceola Church of God and was formerly the church secretary and treasurer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Earl Nichols...

Timothy Lee "Tim" Meeker, Sr. (06/25/03)
Mr. Timothy Lee "Tim" Meeker, Sr. passed away June 20, 2003, at the family residence in Perkinston, Miss. of natural causes. He was 38 years old. Mr. Meeker was born and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann before moving to Mississippi seven years ago. He was a carpenter and a member of the Tuxachana Baptist Church in McHenry, Miss. Mr. Meeker was preceded in death by his father, Robert Wayne Meeker in 2002...

John Douglas McDaniel (06/25/03)
Mr. John Douglas McDaniel of Williford, Ark., passed away June 18, 2003, at the family residence in Williford due to the injuries received in a tractor accident. He was 67 years old. Mr. McDaniel was born in Fulton, Miss. and had lived in Williford for the past four years and was formerly of Trumann. He was a carpenter, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and Korean War and of the Baptist faith. Mr. McDaniel was preceded in death by one daughter and his parents, Vernie M. and Giula Turner McDaniel...