Obituaries

Aurie Bell Wood (07/07/04)
Aurie Bell Wood, 82, of Jonesville, LA. passed away on June 30 at the Columns Nursing Home in Jonesville of natural causes. She was born in Trumann and had live din Trumann before moving to Jonesville. She was a housewife and member of the Lake Lilly Baptist Church...

Bertha Walls (07/07/04)
Bertha Walls, 89, of Trumann passed away on Saturday, July 3 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Lunsford and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith...

Ellis R. Dobbins (07/07/04)
Ellis R. Dobbins, 77, of Trumann passed away June 20 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born in Alabama and had lived most of his life in Trumann. He was a retired factory worker, veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II and was of the Baptist faith...

Fred C. "Buck" Stacy (07/07/04)
Fred C. "Buck" Stacy, 71, of Trumann passed away on July 4 at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. He was born in Trumann and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was self-employed and owner of Stacy's Laser Service, member of the Harley Davidson Club of Jonesboro and the First General Baptist Church of Trumann...

Geneva Faye Gilbert (07/07/04)
Geneva Faye Gilbert, 55, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, June 29 at her residence. She was born in Dyess and had lives in Bay before moving to Jonesboro 14 years ago. She had worked at Demo's BBQ and was of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by her father, James Sweeney and her mother Cybil Fondron Sweeney...

Hazel Jewell Dycus (07/07/04)
Hazel Jewell Dycus, 93, of Trumann passed away Thursday, July 1 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Bay and had lived most of her life in Trumann. She was a housewife and member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Trumann...

Ray B. Cunningham (07/07/04)
Ray B. Cunningham, 78, of Harrisburg died Sunday, June 27, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born at Camp, he lived in the Harrisburg and Trumann areas most of his life and was an Army veteran. He had been a maintenance technician for the Singer Co. and was of the Baptist belief...

Doris Ann Riley (07/14/04)
Doris Ann Riley of Trumann passed away on July 11 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Monette and had lived in Trumann for the past 47 years, formerly of Lake City. She was a housewife and member of the Church of God of Prophecy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Jewel and Annis Viola Prichard Berry...

Shelby Jean Burns (07/14/04)
Shelby Jean Burns, 63, of Trumann passed away on July 12 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Keiser and had lived in Trumann for the past 12 years, formerly of Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith...

Barbara Ann Guin (07/21/04)
Barbara Ann Guin, 60, of Trumann passed away July 19 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo and had lived in Trumann since 1975 and was formerly of St. Louis, Mo. She was retired from Parker Hannifin and a member of the First Assembly of God in Trumann...

Ethel Brewer Faulkenberry (07/21/04)
Ethel Brewer Faulkenberry, 93, of Bay died Sunday, July 18, at Rose Care Center of Trumann. Born in Tennessee, she had been the owner and operator of Jewell's Service Station and Cafe at Bowman. She was a member of Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church...

Marie Davidson Young (07/21/04)
Marie Davidson Young, 83, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, July 16 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Imboden and had lived at Payneway for many years before moving to Jonesboro in the early 1990's. She worked at Singer for several years and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Jonesboro...

Veda Mae Qualls (07/21/04)
Veda Mae Qualls, 84, of Trumann passed away on July 14 at Central Arkansas Hospital in Searcy of natural causes. She was born in Savannah, Tenn. and lived in Trumann for the past 70 years. She was a retired factory worker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by six brothers; one sister and her parents, Henry Clarence and Ethel Pearl Shephard Qualls...

Billy Don Combs (07/21/04)
Billy Don Combs, 64, of Newport died Saturday, July 17, 2004 at Harris Hospital. He was born November 4, 1939 at Pennington, the son of H.G. "Blue" and Derothle (Majors) Combs. Combs was a 1957 graduate of Newport High School. He attended Journalism College at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He established and was the publisher of the Jackson Countian newspaper. He was a member of the Midway Church of Christ and was a Church of Christ preacher for many years...

Dollie Mae New (07/30/04)
Dollie Mae New, 97, of Trumann passed away Saturday, July 24 at the Trumann Health and Rehab Center in Trumann of natural causes. She was born in Mountain View and was a lifelong resident of Trumann. She was a housewife and of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Lloyd New; two sisters; eight brothers and her parents, Charles and Riney Holt Woods...

George W. Bennett (07/30/04)
George W. Bennett, 72, of Tampa, Fla. passed away on July 7. Mr. Bennett was a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, including a tour in Vietnam, retiring as a master sergeant. He worked 31 years in the filed of home repair and was a 1952 graduate of Trumann High School...

Tim Halfacre, Jr. (07/30/04)
Tim Halfacre, Jr., 74, of Trumann passed away July 15 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. Mr. Halfacre was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a retired factory worker, veteran of the US Army, member of the American Legion and of the Baptist Faith...

William Floyd Coker (07/30/04)
William Floyd Coker Sr., 76, of Memphis, formerly of Trumann, died Monday, July 19, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was retired from International Harvester. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn E. Coker of the home; a son, Bill Coker of Memphis; and two sisters, Ruth Lee of Maryland and Pearl Roden of Trumann...