Obituaries

Mary Barnes (10/21/03)
Mrs. Mary M Barnes, 88, of Trumann, passed away October 14, 2003, at her residence due to natural causes. Mrs. Barnes was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and a lifetime resident of the Harrisburg and Trumann areas. Mrs. Barnes was a homemaker and a member of the Landmark Worship Center in Trumann...

Ruby Louise Bushong (10/21/03)
Mrs. Ruby Louise Bushong of Trumann passed away October 14, 2003, at the Beverly Health & Rehab in Jonesboro due to natural causes. She was 83 years old. Mrs. Bushong was born in Harrisburg and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a retired nurse's aide and of the Pentecostal faith...

Paul David Foley (10/21/03)
Mr. Paul David Foley of Marmaduke passed away October 18, 2003, at Homestead Retirement in Marmaduke due to natural causes. He was 52 years old. Mr. Foley was born in Trumann and had lived in Marmaduke that past two years having moved there from Jonesboro. Mr. Foley was a veteran of the United States Air Force and of the Pentecostal faith...

Ruben Oscar Goucher (10/21/03)
Ruben Oscar Goucher, 80, of Trumann, passed away Friday, October 17, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Goucher lived in Trumann fourteen years. He was formerly of Little Rock, Ark, and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Goucher is survived by his wife, Jeanette Sutton Goucher of the home; four daughters, Carolyn Heckman of Bay, Glenda Dudek of Belliville, Mich., Janiece Daniel of West Memphis, Ark., JoAnn Goucher of Little Rock, Ark.; three brothers, Ted Goucher of Payneway, Ark., Nelson Goucher of Trumann and John Goucher of Leander, Texas; one sister, Inez Parrish of Michigan City, Indiana; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.. ...

Clarence Everett Johnson (10/21/03)
Mr. Clarence Everett Johnson, 81, of Trumann passed away October 14, 2003, at the family residence due to natural causes. Mr. Johnson was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was retired from the Singer Co and a member and deacon of the First General Baptist Church of Trumann. He was preceded in death by one brother and his parents...

Melissa Jean MacMurray (10/21/03)
Melissa Jean MacMurray of Warrenton, Va., passed away on Oct. 13, 2003, at her personal residence. She was 65 years old. Mrs. MacMurray was born in Trumann on Sept. 30, 1938. She was a 1956 graduate of Trumann High School and worked as an executive assistant. She was preceded in death by her father, Doyle Wade Martin...

Wilford E. Toddy (10/21/03)
Mr. Wilford E. "Toddy" Toddy, 75, of Jonesboro, passed away Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at his residence due to natural causes. Mr. Toddy was born in Waldenburg and was a resident of Trumann for 56 years before moving to Jonesboro after his retirement. Mr. Toddy was retired from the Singer Furniture Company and Reliance Finishing Company and of the Baptist belief...

Cleffie Mae Copeland (10/28/03)
Mrs. Cleffie Mae "Tip" Copeland of Trumann passed away October 29, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was 79 years old. Mrs. Copland has lived in the Trumann area most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Copeland whom died in 1978, and her father and mother...

Albert Leroy Crouch (10/28/03)
Mr. Albert Leroy Crouch of Trumann passed away Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, of natural causes. He was 68 years old. Mr. Crouch was born in Senath, Mo., and had lived in Trumann since 1944. He was a security guard for Securities, Inc. ...

James Larry Hamilton (10/28/03)
James Larry Hamilton, 54, of Marion died Monday, Oct. 20, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. He was an accountant for Pepsico in Memphis and was of the Pentecostal belief. An All-Southland Conference quarterback for the Arkansas State University football Indians, Hamilton was the most valuable player in the 1970 Pecan Bowl and quarterbacked the team during the undefeated season of 1970 when team won the small college national championship...

Donald Ray Reeves (10/28/03)
Mr. Donald Ray Reeves of Pine Bluff passed away Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff due to natural causes. He was 60 years old. Mr. Reeves was born in Chicago, Ill., on Feb. 26, 1943, and had lived in Pine Bluff since 1979. He was a former employee of the 3M Company in Chicago and of the Methodist faith...

Cecil Amos Smith (10/28/03)
Mr. Cecil Amos Smith, 74, of Trumann passed away Oct. 26, 2003, at the family residence due to natural causes. Mr. Smith was born in Weona and had lived most of his lifetime in the Trumann and West Memphis areas. He was a retired mechanic for Ford Motor Company and member of the First Christian Church in Trumann...

Inez Harper Young (10/28/03)
Mrs. Inez Harper Young of Bay passed away Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at the family residence due to natural causes. She was 73 years old. Mrs. Young was born in Cleburne, Co., Ala., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to Bay three years ago. She was a housewife and member of the Highway Valley Pentecostal Church near Harrisburg...