Obituaries

Lois Ione Hancock Lowery (02/10/04)
Lois Ione Hancock Lowery, 82, of Harrisburg died Thursday, Feb. 5, at her residence. Born at Herrin, Ill., she lived most of her life in the Harrisburg area. She was a homemaker and member of the former Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church and regularly attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near Harrisburg...

Lorena Ruth Davis (02/10/04)
Lorena Ruth Davis, 74, of Trumann died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004, at her home. Born in Alabama, she had spent most of her life in Trumann and was a retired nurse's aide for Dr. Floyd Smith and was a member of the Providence Baptist church. Survivors include four daughters, Greta Davis and Connie Cole, both of the home, Joan Pruitt of Trumann and Nina Riley of Marion; four sons, Marvin Davis, Jackie Davis and Jimmy H. ...

Marcus P. Talbot (02/10/04)
Marcus P. Talbot, 77, of Alexandria, formerly of Memphis, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, in Alexandria. Born in Hardy, he grew up in Trumann and was a 1944 graduate of Trumann High School. He served in the Navy during World War II and received a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the University of Arkansas...

Millard Brown (02/10/04)
Millard Brown, 85, of Harrisburg died Saturday, Feb. 7, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born at Fulton, Miss., he was a member of Willis Chapel Pentecostal Church of Harrisburg and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps during World War II. He retired from the Poinsett County Road Department after 32 years...

Glenda J. Murphy (02/10/04)
Glenda J. Murphy, 66, of Cloma, Mich., died at her home, after a long battle with cancer surrounded by her family on Dec. 31, 2003. Funeral services were Jan. 5 at the Davison Chapel of Florin Funeral Services, Cloma. Burial followed the service at North Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar Shores, Mich...

Altie Bee Fleming (02/17/04)
Funeral services for Altie Bee Fleming, 79, of Trumann, who died Saturday, Feb. 7, at Trumann Health and Rehab Center, were held Thursday, Feb. 12, at Willis Chapel West in Trumann. The Rev. Gene Bogard officiated, and burial followed in Marked Tree Cemetery...

Carmen Hesselden (02/17/04)
Carmen E. Hesselden, 92, of Trumann died Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Seton Northwest Hospital in Austin, Texas. Born in Vincennes, Ind., she had lived in New Mexico before moving to Trumann 23 years ago. She was a retired saleswoman and a member of the Trumann Twentieth Century Club, Disciples Women's Fellowship and First Christian Church in Trumann...

Dorothy Riley (02/17/04)
Dorothy Riley, 68, of Trumann died Monday, Feb. 9, at her residence. Born in Trumann, she was a homemaker. Survivors include three daughters, Margie Akins of Jonesboro and Glenda Riley and Phyllis Brown, both of Trumann; two sons, Mickey Riley and Dennis Riley, both of Trumann; two brothers, Perry Woods and Sidney Woods, both of Trumann; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren...

Burness Holt (02/17/04)
Funeral services for Burness R. Holt, 86, of Trumann, who died Tuesday, Feb. 10, were Friday, Feb. 13, at First United Methodist Church in Trumann. The Rev. Jimmy Thresher officiated, and burial followed in Oaklawn Cemetery at Jonesboro under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home of Trumann...

William Louis Bushong (02/17/04)
William Louis Bushong, Jr., 73, of Conway died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004. He was born Aug. 9, 1930, in Trumann to the late William Louis Bushong Sr. and Gracie shepherd Bushong. He was a heavy equipment operator and member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Greenbrier...

Mary Ethel Vuncannon (02/24/04)
Funeral services for Mary Ethel Vuncannon, 76, of Trumann, who died Saturday, Feb. 21, at Trumann Health and Rehab were held Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. Born in Mississippi, she was a lifelong Trumann resident and a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal belief...

Sue Williams (02/24/04)
Sue Williams, 83, of Payneway died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and a member of Corner Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway Survivors include her husband, Oscar Williams of Payneway; two sons, W.O. Kincade and Ron Kincade, both of Mountain Home; a sister, Ople Foley of Vancouver, Wash.; and three grandchildren, Shannon Kincade, Jeff Kincade and Jason Kincade; and three great-grandchildren...

Paul Walker Hollis (02/24/04)
Paul Walker Hollis, 84, of Trumann died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born in Lake City, he had lived in Trumann for 50 years and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a retired salesman, a Methodist and a member of Trumann Masonic Lodge No. 693 and the American Legion...

Myrtle Martin (02/24/04)
Myrtle Martin, 92, of Trumann died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Trumann Health and Rehab Center. Born in Trumann, she was a lifelong resident of that community, a housewife and a member of Freer Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Garey Martin of Trumann; two sisters, Emma Adams and Leona Brock, both of Trumann; and three grandchildren, Bobby Richards, Kelse Richards and Amy Privett...

Louise Byers Crum (02/24/04)
Louise Byers Crum, 67, of Marked Tree, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of God. Survivors include four sons, Jim Crum of Marked Tree, Rick Crum of Trumann, Thomas Crum of Orange County, Calif., and Chris Crum of Payneway; one daughter, Fran Bell of Marked Tree; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

A. Gerladine Wadlington Logan (02/24/04)
A. Geraldine Wadlington Logan, 73, of Cherokee Village died Friday, Feb. 13, at White River Medical Center at Batesville. Born at Trumann, she lived in Cherokee Village for the past seven years and was formerly of Brookland. She was a retired employee of the Hunter Fan Co. at Memphis and was of the Assembly of God belief...

Buford Wood (02/24/04)
Buford F. Wood, 82, of Jonesville, La., died Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Alexandria, La. A former resident of Trumann, he was retired from the Singer Co. was and a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Lake Lilly Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Aurie B. ...