Obituaries

L.B. Baker (03/08/06)
L. B. "Red" Baker, 73 of Trumann died Monday, March 6 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born August 17, 1932 in Trumann. A lifelong resident of Trumann, Baker was the president of the senior class of the Trumann High School in 1950. He was a star athlete in three sports in high school and married his high school sweetheart, Jimmie Doris Shirley in 1948...

Claudia Jo Shrout (03/15/06)
Claudia Jo Shrout, 56, of Trumann died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a nurse for Comprehensive Learning Center in Jonesboro, a member of the Curton Chapter of the Ya Ya Sisterhood and a member of the First Baptist Church...

Lilburn A. Fowler (03/15/06)
Lilburn A. Fowler of Trumann, formerly of Harrisburg, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at the Craighead Nursing Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 92. Born September 14, 1913, in Mississippi, he was the son of the late Luther H. Fowler and Annice Stacy Fowler. He was a lifetime resident of Poinsett County having lived in Harrisburg, Weona and Trumann...

Eva Elizabeth Schmidt (03/22/06)
Eva Elizabeth (Mimi) Schmidt, 76, passed away at St. Bernard's Hospital on Thursday, March 16, 2006. She was born on Monday, September 16, 1929, in Tipton, Mo. to Henry J. and Regina (Hunthausen) Koerkenmeier. She attended Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison, Kan. and graduated from Tipton High School in 1947...

Steven Dewayne Kelly (03/29/06)
Steven Dewayne Kelly, 29, of Harrisburg died Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at UAMS Medical Center of Little Rock. Born January 8, 1977, in Jonesboro, he had lived in Harrisburg four years after moving from Trumann. He was an employee of Frito-Lay of Jonesboro and of the Baptist faith...

Irene Rogers (03/29/06)
Mrs. Irene Rogers, 85, of Marion formerly of Newport, died Monday, March 27, 2006 in West Memphis. She was born August 2, 1920 at Fisher, the daughter of Frank and Laura Bell White. Mrs. Rogers was the owner and operator of a restaurant in Newport in the late 60's and early 70's. Mrs. Rogers enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends...

Margaret Sloan (03/29/06)
Margaret Sloan, 87, of Harrisburg died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at her home. She was born May 3, 1918 in Cordova, Ala., the daughter of James Henderson and Mary Ella Cox Henderson. She married Charlie Sloan on Nov. 28, 1936 and they enjoyed 30 years together before his death in January of 1966. She was a retired cafeteria worker for Harrisburg School and was of the Baptist faith...