Obituaries

Mary Opal Davis (03/08/07)
Mrs. Mary Opal Davis was born on Monday, March 12, 1928, daughter of the late Henry and Edith Smith. Mrs. Davis died Tuesday, Feb. 27 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 78. Born in Waterloo, Ala., she had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker and former employee of Guy's Discount for many years. Mrs. Davis was a volunteer for Campbell Civic Center Meals on Wheels and a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Larry Dewayne Luna (03/08/07)
Larry Dewayne Luna, 41, of Harrisburg died Friday, March 2, 2007 at his residence. Born in Trumann, he lived most of his lifetime in Trumann and Northeast Arkansas. Mr. Luna was a factory worker, member of the Union Grove Baptist Church, a talented musician who loved to entertain people performing with several different bands, and had a deep love and devotion for animals...

Rev. Edward Ervin Stout, Sr. (03/08/07)
Rev. Edward "Ed" Ervin Stout, Sr. was born on Friday, April 13, 1945, son of the late Jim and Flossie Floyd Stout. Rev. Stout died Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 61. He was born in Weona and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired truck driver, an Army Paratrooper and communication specialist of the Vietnam War, prison minister and a deacon of the Landmark Worship Center...

Roy "Bo" Roger Johnson (03/08/07)
Roy "Bo" Roger Johnson, 37, of Trumann died, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 at his residence of liver failure. He was born, Oct. 21, 1969 in Florence, Ala. He was a painter and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his parents, Earl Smith of Trumann; his mother, Mary Smith of Trumann; step-father, Clarence Smith of Trumann; two brothers, Frank J. Smith and Clarence Smith, both of Trumann...

Deanna Jean Evans (03/14/07)
Deanna Jean Evans died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the family residence in Weiner at the age of 63. Born in Manila on Friday, April 9, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Paul Albert and Jessie Lee Jenkins Lawrence. She had lived in Weiner for the...

Gary L. Dye, Sr. (03/14/07)
Gary Lynn Dye, Sr., a resident of Trumann, departed this life, Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 49. He was born Aug. 16, 1957 in Jonesboro, the son of Earl Vernon and Mildred Venita (Craig) Dye. He married Tammy Marlow on Aug. 5, 1982...

Wanda Lou Beyersdorf (03/21/07)
Mrs. Wanda Lou Beyersdorf, 79, of Trumann died Sunday, March 18, 2007 at Craighead Nursing Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Viola and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area. She was a former office manager for the Kohn Bray Gas Company in Trumann, member of the First United Methodist Church in Trumann where she was past president of the United Methodist Women and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star...

Georgia Marie Depriest Cope (03/28/07)
Georgia Marie Depriest Cope, age 66, of Springfield, Mo., died Tuesday, March 20, 2007, in her home. She was born July 11, 1940 in Trumann the daughter of Ohmia Deward Depriest and Laura Marie Cook Depriest. She is survived by her two daughters and their husbands: Lisa and Jimmy Looney of Springfield, Mo. ...

Charlie Gray Shores (03/28/07)
Charlie Gray Shores, 87, of Trumann passed away Saturday, March 24, 2007, at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Mocksville, N.C., and after his service in the military, he lived in St. Francis for six years before moving to Trumann 57 years ago. He was a retired barber, veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp. during WW II, member of the Eastern Star Lodge #207, the American Legion Post 0389 and of the Baptist faith...

Eddie O'Neal Long (03/28/07)
Eddie O'Neal Long, 57, of Harrisburg died Friday, March 23, 2007 at the family residence. Long was born in Trumann and had lived in Harrisburg since 1991. He was a retired Master Sergeant from the U.S. Air Force and of the Church of Christ faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Long...