Obituaries

Larry Morgan (03/02/04)
Larry Morgan, 54, of Trumann died Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Trumann Nursing Center. He lived most of his life in the Jonesboro area, and for 12 years he lived in New York and Kansas. He was a master electrician and member of the Alsup Baptist Church...

Joe W. Gordon (03/02/04)
Joe W. Gordon Sr., 87, of Trumann died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Lepanto, he lived in Trumann for the last four years but spent most of his life in the Marked Tree area. He was a veteran of World War II and served as an air traffic controller in the Air Force...

Gladys Bell Gairhan (03/02/04)
Gladys Bell Gairhan, 84, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Daingerfield, Texas, she lived in Jonesboro and Bono most of her life and was a member of Old Enterprise Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Martha Phillips of Jonesboro; a brother, Willie Joe Kilgore of Trumann; and two grandchildren, Ashley Phillips and Charity Phillips, both of Jonesboro...

Elsie Stone (03/02/04)
Elsie Murrell Stone, 76, of Trumann died Friday, Feb. 27, at her home. Born in Dewitt, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include two daughters, Ovada Parrish of McCrory and Dorothy Sandavol of Dyess; four sons, William Stone of Jonesboro, James Stone of Trumann, David Stone of Dyess and John Stone of Russellville; 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

Carolyn Hood (03/02/04)
Carolyn F. Hood, 44, of Trumann died Saturday, Feb. 21, in Trumann. Born in Union City, Tenn., she was a homemaker and was affiliated with Liberty Baptist Church in Payneway. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Hood; two daughters, Stacy Mullins and Seena Mullins, both of Payneway; her mother, Robbie Montgomery of Trimble, Tenn.; a sister, Mary Mullins of Newbern, Tenn.; and four brothers, Chester Davis, Clydel Davis and Charles Davis, all of Newbern, and David Davis of Trumann...

Lloyd Paul Brewer (03/02/04)
Funeral services for Lloyd Paul Brewer, 81, of Jonesboro, who died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Regional Medical Center of NEA, were held Friday, Feb. 27, at Emerson Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Jim Rupard officiated, and burial followed in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery...

Iva Celess Propes Roberts (03/02/04)
Iva Celess Propes Roberts, 74, of Harrisburg died Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Jonesboro. Born at Harrisburg, she had worked at a shoe factory and a nursing home. She was a member of the Assembly of God. Survivors include two sons, Marlin Lee Roberts of Harrisburg and James Leory Roberts of Trumann; three daughters, Barbara Mullins and Margaret Smith, both of Harrisburg, and Rose McConnell of Monticello; one brother, Robert Propes of Mounds, Okla.; one sister, Ada Jennings of Jonesboro; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.. ...

Jimmie Doss Dunlap (03/09/04)
Jimmie Doss Dunlap, 83, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, March 2, at his residence. He was a World War II veteran, had worked for Arkansas Power and Light and was of the Church of Christ belief. Survivors include his wife, Flora Jean Dunlap of Marked Tree; four sons, Tommy Doss Dunlap and Jim G. ...

Mary Frances "Frankie" Underwood (03/09/04)
Mary Frances "Frankie" Underwood, 79, of Trumann died Tuesday, March 2, at Trumann Health and Rehab in Trumann. Born in Marianna, she had lived in Trumann for most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of First General Baptist Church near Trumann...

Olamaye Armstrong Kennedy (03/09/04)
Olamaye Armstrong Kennedy, 93 of Ripley, Miss., died March 1 at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Henry Kennedy; one daughter, Elsie Helen Smith; one son, Reford Ray Kennedy; two sons-in-law, Robert Vanderford and Alfred Dees, and her parents, Andrew and Molly Nolan Armstrong...

Roland R.G. Taylor (03/09/04)
Roland R.G. Taylor, 77, of Trumann died March 7 at his residence of natural causes. He was born in Nelsonville and had lived in Trumann since 1962. He was formerly of Poughkeepsie. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, a retired truck driver for Taylor, a member of the Little Springs Baptist Church in Poughkeepsie and a Mason...

Violet Cornelia Benson (03/09/04)
Funeral services for Violet Cornelia Benson, 82, of Lunsford, who died Sunday, March 7, at her residence, have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Assembly of God in Trumann. The Rev. Kenneth Doke will officiate, and burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery. Gregg Funeral Home of Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements...

Delores Irene "Dee" Barnes (03/09/04)
Delores Irene "Dee" Barnes, 68, of Trumann died Sunday, Feb. 29, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born in Olathe, Kan., she had lived in Dinuba, Calif., before moving to Trumann in 1991. She was a housewife and a member of Faith Baptist Church in Tulot...

Archie Lee Smith (03/09/04)
Archie Lee Smith, Sr., 81, died of natural causes Tuesday, March 2, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Smith was born in Savannah, Tenn., and had lived in Batesville for the past 24 years. He was formerly of Jonesboro and a retired factory worker of the Baptist faith...

Harold Odell Williams (03/23/04)
Harold Odell Williams, 82, of Trumann died Friday, March 19, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born in Herman, he was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was an assembly worker for Hytrol Conveyor of Jonesboro and was a member of the Elm Grove Baptist Church...

James Therion Vinson (03/23/04)
James Therion "Jimp" Vinson, 73, of Trumann died Monday, March 22, at his residence. Born at Belmont, Miss., he had lived in Trumann all his life. He was retired from the Singer Co. and Columbia Forest Products and was a member of First General Baptist Church...

Mack Davis (03/30/04)
Funeral services for Mack Davis, 70, of Harrisburg, who died Wednesday, March 24, at St. Bernard's Medical Center, were Saturday, March 27, in the chapel of Weston Funeral Service of Harrisburg. The Rev. Gary Brown and Mark A. Weston officiated, and burial followed in Pine Hill Cemetery at Jonesboro...

Robbie Jo Montgomery (03/30/04)
Robbie Jo Montgomery, 66, of Trimble, Tenn., formerly of Trumann, died Monday, March 22, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City, Tenn. She was born in Possum Trot, Tenn., and had lived in Trimble for the past three years. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith...