Obituaries

Frances Catherine McCoy (10/05/05)
Frances Catherine McCoy, 77, of Las Vegas died Sunday, Sept. 18, at Nathan Allison Hospice in Las Vegas. Formerly of Marked Tree, she was a teletype operator. Survivors include a sister, Anna Grace Gaddis of Brownsville, Tenn.; and a brother, Walter Marvel of Trumann...

Jimmy Keith Johnson (10/05/05)
Jimmy Keith Johnson, 50, of Memphis, formerly of Harrisburg, died Monday, Sept. 26, 3005, at his home. He was born in Jonesboro to RBW Johnson and Wilmuth Peevey Johnson.. He was a heavy equipment operator and member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Harrisburg. He was a veteran having served in the US Air Forces...

Mary Frances Broadaway (10/05/05)
Mary Frances Broadaway, 56, of Mena, formerly of Jonesboro, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005 at Spark's Hospital in Fort Smith. Born in Trumann she had lived in Mena for the past seven months and formerly lived in Jonesboro for 42 years. She was a former certified nurse's aid at the Area Agency on Aging and was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church...

Anthony Eric Baker (10/12/05)
Anthony Eric Baker, 26, of Jonesboro, formerly of Marked Tree, died Tuesday, Oct. 4 in a car accident. Baker was an employee of World Color in Jonesboro and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Angela Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sons: Zachary Thompson of Trumann and Austin Eli Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.; one daughter: Haley Hollins of Las Vegas, Nev.; his parents, John Baker of Coldwater, Miss. ...

Edith Barton Goodwin (10/12/05)
Edith Barton Goodwin, 98, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Oct. 4. Goodwin was born in Nettleton and was a lifetime member of the Trumann and McCormick area. She was a homemaker of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her first husband Lige Barton; her second husband Charles Goodwin; her parents, Tom and Becky Jones Dickens; one daughter, Willie Barton; three sisters and one brother...

Larry Don Floyd (10/12/05)
Larry Don "BoBo" Floyd, 61, of Trumann died Tuesday, Oct. 4, at NEA Medical Center. He was born Sep. 11, 1944, in Trumann the son of Herman Floyd and Cora Mae Williams Floyd. He was a farm laborer and of the Baptist Faith. He was also a former employee of Columbia Forrest Products in Trumann. Some of his hobbies included collecting coins and cars...

Lisa Simmons (10/12/05)
Lisa Simmons, 47, of Etowah died Wednesday, Oct. 5 at her home. She was born July 22, 1958 at Harrisburg the daughter of Jimmy Dean and Barbara Owens Dean. She was a homemaker and a member of the Neal's Chapel Baptist Church at Bonsville. She married Clayton Simmons on Feb. ...

Elsie Canella Whitmire (10/19/05)
Elsie Canella Whitmire, 83, of Trumann died Thursday, Oct. 13, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Strawberry, she lived in Trumann most of her life. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Kelley of Trumann; two granddaughters, Sabara Heard of Jonesboro and Robyn Heard of Trumann; and two great-grandsons, Austyn Elrod and Ryder Elrod, both of Trumann...

Nora Gail Eidson Greenway (10/19/05)
Nora Gail Eidson Greenway, 51, of Bay died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2005 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Nettleton and had lived most her life in Bay and Nettleton. She was a waitress and cook for Couch's Bar-B-Que in Jonesboro for 25 years and of the Baptist faith...

Georgia Glascoe Ryan (10/19/05)
Van Ryan Georgia Glasco Ryan and husband Van Ryan of Chaulmett, La. are presumed lost in the Hurricane Katrina flood. Their bodies have not yet been found. Georgia Ryan was originally of Trumann. Van Ryan was from Memphis. Georgia Ryan is survived by one sister, Hazel Smith of Wilmington Calif.; one brother, Gene Glasco of Hot Spings and a half sister, Edna Armstrong of Flint, Mich...

Rickie Gene Ballard (10/19/05)
Rickie Gene Ballard, 56, of Trumann died Wednesday, Oct. 12, at NEA Medical Center of Jonesboro. He was born at Jonesboro and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a truck driver for Roadway Express. He was a veteran of the Marine Reserve, a member of Ducks Unlimited and a member of Bear Creek United Methodist Church of Evening Shade...

Mary Louise Gaddis (10/19/05)
Mary Louise Gaddis, 71, of Trumann died Friday, Oct. 14, 2005 at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical center of natural causes. She was a homemaker who attended regular services at Providence Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Woodrow Gaddis, one sister and two brothers...

Jack C. Tarver (10/19/05)
Jack C. Tarver, 91, of Trumann died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005 at his residence of natural causes. He was born in Manila, Ark. And lived most of his life in Trumann. He was a retired employee of the singer company in Trumann and was member of the Calvary Pentecostal Church. ...

Earl Randy Simpson (10/26/05)
Earl Randy Simpson, 55, of Trumann died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in Bay and had lived most his lifetime in the Bay and Trumann area. He was a farmer and of the Baptist faith...

Glenda Faye Booker (10/26/05)
Glenda Faye Booker, 51, of Trumann died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. She was born in Dyersburg, Tenn. and had lived most her life in Trumann. She was a supervisor assistant for Parker Hannifin Corp. in Trumann and a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Trumann...

Hershel Lee "Rip" Walker (10/26/05)
Hershel Lee "Rip" Walker, 71, of Bay died Wednesday, Oct. 19 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Myette and was a 1951 graduate of Bay High School. He lived in Ponca City, Ok. before moving back to Bay in 1986. He was a computer systems specialist and a truck owner / operator...

Tammy Linda Sue Goodwin (10/26/05)
Tammy Linda Sue Goodwin, 46, of Trumann died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by two sisters; two brothers; and her parents, Arthur David and Elizabeth Pauline WilLcockon Goodwin...