Obituaries

Henry Brown Bloodworth (07/05/06)
Henry Brown Bloodworth, 75, of Trumann died Thursday, June 29, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Lepanto and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was manager for Malone Oil Company and was a retired employee of the former Singer Company and Arbor Inc. in Trumann. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and the Korean War and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

Anne Marie Blasingame (07/05/06)
Anne Marie Blasingame, 48, of Harrisburg, died Thursday, June 29, 2006 at the family residence. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area. She was a retired office clerk for the Poinsett County Health Department and a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church...

William Robert Hanna, Sr. (07/05/06)
William Robert "Bull" Hanna, Sr., 50, of Marked Tree died Sunday, June 25, 2006 in Livingston, Tex. He was a mechanic, was in the Army and was of the Pentecostal faith. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Shelba Ray Miller of Marked Tree; his father, Bobby Hanna of Harrisburg; his wife, Peggy Hanna of Trumann; three sons, William Robert Hanna, Jr., Jimmy Ray Hanna and Shannon Martel Hanna, all of Trumann; two sisters, Donna Sears of Benton and Tina Nedril Nix of Marked Tree; six brothers, Gary Lee Hanna of Paragould, Nathan Arnold Hanna of Scott, Brice Wayne Southard of North Little Rock, Ace Hanna of Widner, and Bobby Hanna of Harrisburg and eight grandchildren.. ...

Alan Ray Smolder (07/12/06)
Alan Ray Smolder, 18, of Williford died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Alan was born on July 10, 1987 in Jonesboro. He graduated from Williford High School this past May. While in high school he was a member of the Chess Club and very active on the Williford Senior Boys Basketball team. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hardy...

Benjamin L. Webb (07/12/06)
Benjamin L Webb, 32, of Harrisburg died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at his home. He was born on June 11, 1974 at Lima, Ohio. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, collecting John Deere memorabilia, tinkering with woodworking and spending time with family and friends...

Frances Gates Arthur (07/12/06)
Frances Gates Arthur, 85, of Trumann, died Thursday, July 6, 2006 at the family residence. Arthur was born in Keiser, had lived in Trumann for the past 15 years and was formerly of Batesville. She was a homemaker and a member of the Trumann Missionary Baptist Church...

George Puckett (07/12/06)
George Puckett, 84, of Batesville died Monday, July 3, 2006, at the Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on June 16, 1922 at Grange to Daniel Webster and Susie Agnes Davis Puckett. He was a retired district manager for Ferrell Gas in Batesville, a US Navy veteran of WWII and member of the Church of Christ at Quail Valley...

Larry Timothy Knight (07/12/06)
Larry Timothy Knight, 33, of Trumann died Friday July 7, 2006, in Jonesboro. He was born April 8, 1973 in Memphis the son of Johnny Knight and Betty (Plunkett) Knight. Knight was of the Pentecostal belief. He enjoyed drawing and spending time with family and friends...

Ruby Mullen (07/12/06)
Mrs. Ruby Mullen, 102, of Trumann, died Sunday July 2, 2006 at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. She was born in Red River County, Texas and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired factory worker for the former Singer Company and of the protestant faith...

Janiece Smithson (07/12/06)
Janiece Smithson, 65, of Trumann died Thursday, July 6, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was preceded in death by her mother Martha Abbott. Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Smithson of Trumann and Dana Ferguson of Bay; one son, Michael Smithson of Cabot; her father, Ira Abbott of Trumann; one sister, Wanda Linton of Trumann; one brother, Monroe Abbott of Paragould; nine grandchildren: Amber Smithson, Derick Smithson, Melanie Cox, Jerra Ferguson, Jordan Ferguson, Mareena Gilbert, Malorie Smithson, Katlyn Ferguson and Melissa Smithson; and three great-grandchildren: Garen, Hannah and Danielle.. ...

Jerry Don Wilson (07/12/06)
Jerry Don Wilson, 64, of Trumann died Friday at the family residence in Trumann. Born in Weona, he had lived in Trumann for four years and was formerly of Leachville. Wilson was a retired truck driver, a Vietnam Veteran and a member of Providence Baptist Church...

Monzo Barker (07/19/06)
Monzo Barker of Trumann died Monday, July 10, 2006 at Trumann Health and Rehab at the age of 73. Mr. Barker was born in Harrisburg and had lived in Trumann for the past 48 years. He was a retired employee of Roach Manufacturing in Trumann and a member of the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Lorena I. Farnum (07/19/06)
Mrs. Lorena I. Farnum of Trumann died Sunday, July 9 at the family residence at the age of 101. Mrs. Farnum was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and had lived in Trumann since 1960 and was formerly of Santa Maria, Calif. She was a housewife and a member of the Eastern Star, Trumann Lions Club and First United Methodist Church in Trumann...

Michael Clenon White (07/19/06)
Michael Clenon White, 31, of Trumann died July 13, 2006 at Mobile Infirmary Hospital in Mobile, Ala. of heart failure. He was born Nov. 1 1974 at Desplains, Ill. He was an operator and member of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by Dale White...

Treana Ruth Galloway (07/19/06)
Treana Ruth Galloway, 49, of Trumann died Thursday, July 13, 2006 at Trumann. She was born August 29, 1956 at Tyronza, she was a homemaker and member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Trumann. She enjoyed sewing and cooking. She was preceded in death by her parents James and Faye Haynes Plunkett; one brother, David Wayne; one sister, Judy Price and five nephews...

Wanda Bernice Norwood Moss (07/26/06)
Mrs. Wanda Bernice Norwood Moss of Trumann was born on Sunday, Aug. 2, 1942 in Leachville, the daughter of Thomas Wesley Norwood and Sylvia Pewitt Norwood. She died Friday, July 21, 2006 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro and was 63. Mrs. Moss had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area. She was a...

Charles Howard "Captain" Bobbitt (07/26/06)
Charles Howard "Captain" Bobbitt Sr., 84, of Jonesboro died Saturday, July 22 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Formerly of Trumann and St. Louis, he was born in Bono and had lived in Jonesboro since 1998. He was a security guard for Wells Fargo, veteran of the U.S. Army and World War II, mason with the Beacon Masonic Lodge in Hazelwood, Mo. and of the Baptist faith...

Dorothy Darlene Son (07/26/06)
Dorothy Darlene Son, 70, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at her residence from cancer. She was born Aug. 1, 1935 in Walnut Ridge. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of God in Marked Tree and a lifelong resident of Marked Tree. She was preceded in death by her parents Pansy Melton and Lee R. Smith...