Obituaries

Charles Winston Reed (12/02/03)
Funeral services for Charles Winston Reed, 88, of Trumann who died Saturday, Nov. 29, at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center, were Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. The Rev. Marlin Gennings will officiate, and burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery...

C.A. Scroggins (12/02/03)
C.A. Scroggins, 80, of Trumann died Sunday, Nov. 30, at his residence. Born in Lake City, he had lived in Trumann since 1948 and worked as a shipbuilder during World War II. He was retired from the Singer Co. in Trumann and was a member of Viva Drive Church of Christ...

Deloris Dungan (12/16/03)
Deloris Dungan, 69, of Manila died Saturday, Dec. 13, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville, she was a 1952 graduate of Trumann High School and later became a bookkeeper and secretary for the family-owned Dungan Furniture Co. in Trumann. During her years in Trumann she also operated a child day-care facility. She also worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for Costner Farms and was a member of the Trumann Church of Christ...

Doss Tatum, Jr. (12/16/03)
Funeral services for Doss Tatum Jr., 75, of Trumann, who died Tuesday, Dec. 9, were Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. The Rev. Kenneth Doke officiated, and burial followed in Macedonia Cemetery at Jonesboro. Active pallbearers were Kelly Baker, Kyle Bryant, Floyd Inzer, Marty McDaniel, Barry Morgan, Johnny Moss and Johnathan Picklesimer...

Margie Udell Matthews (12/16/03)
Margie Udell Matthews, 90, long-time resident of Trumann, died Dec. 13, 2003 in Memphis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dexter Matthews. She is survived by three sons, Joe C. Matthews, Jack Matthews and W. D. Matthews, all of Memphis; three daughters, Thelma Williams, Lela Jenkins and Lucy Rutherford, all of Memphis; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren...

Roy Goodman (12/16/03)
Roy Goodman, 78, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a farm worker and a Baptist. Survivors include three sons, Larry Goodman of Pontotoc, Miss., Jerry Goodman of Harrisburg and Darrell Goodman of Marked Tree; three daughters, Glenda Muse of Harrisburg, Sandra Scruggs of Tyronza and Lisa Smith of Trumann; 13 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren...

William Thomas Turner (12/16/03)
William Thomas "Bill" Turner, 66, of Harrisburg died Dec. 14, 2004, at Regional Medical Center of NEA at Jonesboro. He was born at Parkin and was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He retired from Slant and Slant in Trumann and later from Wilshire in Marked Tree...

Woodrow Wilson Hall (12/24/03)
Funeral services for Woodrow Wilson Hall, 83, of Trumann, who died Friday, Dec. 19, at St. Bernard's Medical Center, were Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. He was born in Wynne and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the Trumann Masonic Lodge and the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Thomas Jefferson Hatcher (12/24/03)
Thomas Jefferson "Pop" Hatcher, 74, of Paragould died Saturday, Dec. 20, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born at Osceola, he lived most of his life in the Trumann area before moving to Paragould four years ago. He was retired from the Singer Co. of Trumann and was a member of the Black Oak Baptist Church...

Lucy Ann Evans (12/24/03)
Lucy Ann Evans, 69, of East Prairie, Tenn., died Thursday, Dec. 18, in the Baptist Memorial East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She lived in Trumann from 1937 until 1954, where she graduated from Trumann High School in 1954. She attended First Assembly of God Church in East Prairie and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Sikeston...

Debra Ellen White Taylor (12/24/03)
Debra Ellen White Taylor, 48, of Trumann died Sunday, Dec. 21, in Jonesboro. Born at Trumann, she was a lifetime resident of Trumann, a homemaker and a member of First General Baptist Church in Trumann. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Jefferson Taylor of the home; one daughter, Amy Michelle Taylor of Jonesboro; two stepdaughters, Tressia Rhonda Renee Stephens of Batesville and Sherry Ann King of Trumann; one stepson, Jason Dewayne Taylor of Trumann; her parents, Maylon and Imogene Hughes White, both of Trumann; two brothers, Ricky White of Jonesboro and Paul White of Trumann; and six grandchildren, Darren King, Christopher Stevens, Phillip Stevens, Jaden King, Alexus Taylor and Michael Stevens.. ...

Carolyn Savoie (12/24/03)
Carolyn Savoie, 64, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Dec. 20, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Trumann, she was a retired transcriptionist for St. Bernard's Medical Center and a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Survivors include her mother, Monra Choat of Jonesboro; one daughter, Michelle Denise Steele of Jonesboro; one son, Edward Savoie of Killington, Vt.; two sisters, Pat McCaughan and Martha Brown, both of Jonesboro; two brothers, Richard E. ...

Lafayette Preston (12/24/03)
Funeral services for Lafayette Preston, 89, of Bay who died Friday, Dec. 19, at his residence, were Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, at Bay United Methodist Church. The Rev. Mike Winberry will officiate and burial will be in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Langford's Funeral Service...

Daisy Mae Parker (12/31/03)
Funeral services for Daisy Mae Parker, 83, of Trumann, who died Wednesday, Dec. 24, at Regional Medical Center of NEA, were Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank Bufford officiated, and burial followed in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery...

Patsy Ann Jones (12/31/03)
Funeral services for Patsy Ann Jones, 50, of Trumann, who died Friday, Dec. 26, at St. Bernard's Medical Center, were Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, at Emerson Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Jim Frazier officiated and burial followed in Pine Log Cemetery...

Merlin Henry Hammell (12/31/03)
Merlin Henry Hammell, 87, of Trumann died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003, at his home. Born in Lilbourn, Mo., he had resided in Trumann for 58 years and owned Hammell's Grocery Store. A U.S. Army and Navy veteran during World War II, he was historian of the Trumann American Legion post, a former member of the Trumann City Council and of the Baptist belief...

Kathy Addison (12/31/03)
Funeral services for Kathy Addison, 53, of Bay, who died Thursday, Dec. 25, at Regional Medical Center of NEA, were Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, at Bay First Baptist Church. The Rev. Lewis Wood officiated and burial followed in Holly Springs Cemetery near Harrisburg...

Agnes Arvilla Moye (12/31/03)
Funeral services for Agnes Arvilla Moye, 83, of Trumann, who died Wednesday, Dec. 24, at her residence, were Monday, Dec. Dec. 29, 2003, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank Bufford officiated, and burial followed in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery...

Billie Ann Ward (12/31/03)
Billie Ann Ward, 87, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. A homemaker, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors include two sisters, Grace Barry of Memphis and Tommie M. Pruett of Trumann. Funeral services were Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, at Murphy Funeral Home chapel in Marked Tree, with Gene Kimery officiating. Burial followed in Marked Tree Cemetery...

Delphia Raye Kain Smith (12/31/03)
Delphia Raye Kain Smith, 91, of Trumann died Wednesday, Dec. 24, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born in Lake City, she had lived in Paragould before moving to Trumann 33 years ago. She was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal beliefs. She is survived by three daughters, JoAnn Angel of Yuma, Ariz., Elaine Brecheen of Trumann and Sandra Dobbins of Doniphan, Mo.; five sons, D.C. ...

Dortha Lee Taylor (12/31/03)
Dortha Lee Taylor, 81, of Trumann died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born in Pemiscot County, Mo., she had lived in Trumann since 1950 and was retired from the Singer Co. She was of the Pentecostal belief. Survivors include four sisters, Delois Moore of Lucas, Ky., Danell Wood of Trumann, Sue Sloan of Pevely, Mo. and Carolyn Hall of St. Louis; two brothers, Earl B. Taylor of Cahokia, Ill., and James H. Taylor of Imboden; and a number of nieces and nephews...

Willie Radie Hill (12/31/03)
Willie "Radie" Hill, 80, of Harrisburg died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003, at his home. Born in Harrisburg, he had lived in Trumann and Harrisburg all his life. A retired millwright from the Singer Co., he was an Army veteran who served in World War II. He was a member of County Line Church of Christ...

Lucy Ann Evans (12/31/03)
Lucy Ann Evans, 69, of East Prairie, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 18 in the Baptist Memorial East Hospital in Memphis. She lived in Trumann from 1937 until 1954, where she graduated from Trumann High School in 1954. She attended First Assembly of God Church in East Prairie and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Sikeston...

E.L. Cowboy Paden (12/31/03)
Funeral services for E.L. "Cowboy" Paden, 76, of Bay, who died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at the Regional Medical Center of NEA, were Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, at Emerson Funeral Home's Memorial Chapel. Joel McMasters and Ron Skaggs officiated and burial followed in Nettleton Cemetery...