Obituaries

Alice Watkins (08/07/03)
Mrs. Alice Dee "Dee Dee" Watkins passed away August 3, 2003, at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Watkins was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and was a lifetime resident of the Trumann area. She was a retired bookkeeper for Stuckey's Gin and a member of First General Baptist Church in Trumann. Mrs. Watkins was preceded in death by two sisters; four brothers and was the daughter of the late Silas Davis and Julia Allen Threkield Terry...

Wilford Steffens (08/07/03)
Mr. Wilford F. "Bill" Steffens of Trumann, passed away July 29, 2003, from a drowning accident at Norfolk River in Mountain Home, Ark. He was 72 years old. Mr. Steffens was born in Dixon, Ill., and had lived in Trumann since 1989 and was formerly of Memphis, Tenn. ...

Lee Thomas Smith (08/07/03)
Mr. Lee Thomas "L.T." Smith died July 29, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro from natural causes. He was 79 years old. Mr. Smith was born in Weona, Ark., and had lived in the Trumann area before moving to Memphis, Tenn., in 1967 and moved back to Trumann in 1996. ...

Stephen Adams (08/07/03)
Mr. Stephan Lynn "Stevie" Adams passed away August 2, 2003, at the family residence in Trumann from natural causes. He was 48 years old. Mr. Adams was born in Jonesboro, Ark., on September 24, 1954, and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a construction worker for A State Paving Company and member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ...

Michael Wayne Vinson (08/13/03)
Mr. Michael Wayne 'Mike' Vinson, 48, of Newton, N.C., died August 9, 2003, at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., from natural causes. Mr. Vinson was born in Jonesboro on November 20, 1954, and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann before moving to North Carolina in 1938. He was a chef and restaurant owner. Mr. Vinson was also a 1973 graduate of Trumann High School and a member of the Hickory Church of Christ...

Pauline Virginia Cook (08/13/03)
Mrs. Pauline Virginia Cook, 92, of Westland, Mich., passed away August 6, 2003, at the Garden City Hospital in Garden City, Mich. Mrs. Cook was born on September 1, 1910, in Humboldt, Tenn. She had lived in Trumann before moving to Michigan in 1950, moved back to Trumann in 1974 and then back to Michigan in 1994 after the death of her husband. Mrs. Cook was a retired hospital worker and of the Baptist faith...

Ralph Howe (08/20/03)
Mr. Ralph Howe, 83, of Trumann, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2003, at Regional Medical Center of NEA in Jonesboro from natural causes. Mr. Howe was born in Paragould, Ark., and had lived in Steele, Mo., before moving back to Paragould in 1960 and to Trumann in 1994. ...

Roscoe Freeman Hays (08/20/03)
Mr. Roscoe Freeman Hays, 77, of Jonesboro died late Thursday evening at his home due to natural causes. Born in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, Mr. Hays lived in Warren before moving to Jonesboro 48 years ago. He was a civil engineer and building contractor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro where he served as deacon and a Sunday School teacher...

Joseph Thompson (08/27/03)
Mr. Joseph "Joe" Thompson, 46, of Jonesboro passed away Saturday, August 16, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro from natural causes. Mr. Thompson was born in Trumann on May 11, 1957, and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 15 years. He was a factory worker for Roach Manufacturing in Trumann, a 1976 graduate of Trumann High School and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Emmitt Thompson St., and three sisters...

Riley Issac Thomas (08/27/03)
Mr. Riley Issac Thomas of Trumann passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at the family residence due to natural causes. He was 73 years old. Mr. Thomas was born in Athens, Ala., and had lived most of his life in the Trumann area. Mr. Thomas was a retired brick mason, a U.S. Army veteran and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Catheryn Bennett Thomas, and one daughter, Rhonda Thomas...

Evelyn June Mundy (08/27/03)
Miss Evelyn June Mundy, 79, of Trumann passed away Friday, August 22, 2003, at the family residence due to natural causes. Miss Mundy was born in Trumann June 30, 1924, and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a retired employee of Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann. Miss Mundy was preceded in death by three sisters, four brothers and was the daughter of the late Anton Sharron and Tillie Belle Fritts Munday...

Jessie I. Morrow (08/27/03)
Mrs. Jessie I. Morrow passed away August 21, 2003 at Plantation Homes Retirement Center in Trumann of natural causes. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Morrow was born in Ravenden, Ark., and had lived in Trumann the past 12 years. She was formerly of Louisiana and Lepanto, Ark. Mrs. Morrow was a homemaker, a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church and a member of the Eastern Star in Bernice, La...

Ila V. Bennett Meeks (08/27/03)
Mrs. Ila V. Bennett Meeks, 86, of Trumann passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at Regional Medical Center of NEA in Jonesboro due to natural causes. Mrs. Meeks was born in Tippah County, Miss., on November 16, 1916, and had lived in Trumann the past 63 years. Mrs. Meeks was retired from the Singer Company of Trumann and a member of First Baptist Church of Trumann. Mrs...

Troy Branscum (08/27/03)
Mr. Troy Branscum, 79, of Trumann, died Tuesday, August 19,2003, at the family residence in Trumann from natural causes. Mr. Branscum was born in Fox, Ark., and had lived in Trumann the past 13 years coming from Yuna, Ariz. Mr. Branscum was retired from the U.S. Army having served in World War II and was a POW. He was a lifetime member of the VFW and of the Pentecostal faith. Mr. Branscum was preceded in death by his parents, Cagle and Lola Gunter Branscum, one sister, and one brother...