Obituaries

Jack Edwin Coggins, Sr. (04/04/07)
Jack Edwin Coggins Sr., age 77 of Trumann, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2007. He was born February 10, 1930 in Augusta to Walter and Elizabeth Grace Coggins. He was a civic leader who loved his family, his church and his community. Coggins graduated from Holly Grove High School in 1948 and served four years in the U.S. ...

Louis Thomas Beyersdorf (04/04/07)
Louis Thomas Beyersdorf, 78, died Friday, March 20, 2007 at the family residence in Trumann. He was born on Sunday, May 13, 1928, son of the late Eugene E. and Lula E. Holloway Beyersdorf in Bay and had lived in Trumann for the past 58 years. He was a retired manager for Jeff Davis Coal Co., veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean war, member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Masonic Lodge #693 for 51 years and a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Mary Aunita Gairhan (04/04/07)
Mary Aunita Gairhan, 82, of Trumann died Sunday, April 1, 2007 at St. Elizabeth's Place in Jonesboro. She was born in Bay and she had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired clerk from Riceland Foods in Jonesboro, worked for the Singer Company as a clerk in the model department for 35 years and was a member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ...

Patsy Brim Presley (04/04/07)
Patsy Brim Presley, 65, died Monday, March 26 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on Tuesday, December 16, 1941, daughter of the late William Louis and Allene Beckham Brim in Memphis, Tenn. She had lived in Trumann for the past 15 years. She was retired from Great Dane Trailer Company and was a member of the Trumann Missionary Baptist Church...

Carol Bales Warren (04/04/07)
Carol Bales Warren, 62, of West Memphis died Wednesday, March 21, 2008 at her home. Born in Trumann, she lived in West Memphis most of her life. She was a homemaker and member of the Missouri Street Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband, John Warren of the home; one daughter, Sandra Jones of Memphis; one son, Scott Warren of Proctor; one sister, Sue Bankston of Trumann; one brother, Buster Bales of Trumann and four grandchildren...

Ann Camille Henley (04/11/07)
Ann Camille Henley, 53, of Trumann died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at the family residence. She was born in Baton Rouge, La., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker, retired executive secretary for Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Company and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

Christy Ociel Mitchusson (04/11/07)
Christy Ociel Mitchusson, 88, of Trumann died Sunday, April 8, 2007, at the family residence. She was born in Guyn, had lived in Trumann for the past 27 years and was formerly of Rochelle, Ill. She was a machine operator for Caron International and was of the Baptist faith...

Phyllis Faye Lyle (04/11/07)
Phyllis Faye Lyle, 61, of Trumann, died Saturday at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Jonesboro, she had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker and member of the Providence Baptist Church. Mrs. Lyle was preceded in death by two brothers, Jimmy Crawford and Harold Crawford and her parents, Joe Harold "Dick" and Opal Adams Crawford...

Sanford Lean Hinkle (04/11/07)
Sanford (Sam) Leon Hinkle, son of the late Emmett and Dollie (Cato) Hinkle, passed away Friday, April 6, 2007 at the age of 79. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Eddie Hinkle; and brother, Laymon Hinkle. He is survived by his wife, Mary Hinkle of the home; three daughters, Sandra Ragle and Barbara Barnes, both of Sulpher Rock and Rhonda Dean of Pocahontas; two stepsons, Terry Miller of Monette and Scott Miller of Searcy; one stepdaughter, Vicky Miller of Trumann; six sisters, Lois Darling, Marilyn Tyler and Louise Wicker, all of Pocahontas, Lawana Dewitt of Anchorage, Alaska, Jeannie Eagan of Little Rock and Delnora Jones of Hardy; seven grandchildren; two step grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.. ...

Sheila Marie Davis Coke (04/18/07)
Shelia Marie Davis Coke died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 52 years. Born in Jonesboro on Monday, February 28, 1955, she was the daughter of Vernon and Rose Mary Teague Davis. She lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a manager for All-Clean Inc., in Jonesboro and a member of the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Carolyn Faye Richards (04/18/07)
Carolyn Faye Richards of Trumann died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center in Trumann, at the age of 63. Born in Trumannon Friday, January 21, 1944, she was the daughter of the late L.D. and Leona White Tatum. She lived most of her lifetime in Trumann and was formerly of Tipton, Calif. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Anna L. Adams (04/18/07)
Anna L. Adams died Friday, April 13, 2007, at the family residence in Cabot at the age of 83. Born in Greenville, Texas on Saturday, February 23, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Odell Abney. She had lived in Cabot for the past six years and was formerly of Hamilton, Texas She was a nurse caregiver sitting with the sick and elderly and of the Baptist faith...

Joseph Mark Chestnut (04/18/07)
Mr. Joseph Mark "Joe" Chestnut, 41, of O'Fallon died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 from injuries he received in a truck accident in Miami, Okla. He was born in Trumann, November 13, 1965, to Claude Sr. and Lou Ella Luckett Chestnut. He was a truck driver for Averitt Express and was formerly an employee for MDR Cartage, Inc., Dana Corp., Delta Inc. ...

Judy Louise Russell (04/25/07)
Judy Louise Russell, 66, of Trumann died Friday, April 20, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Florence, Ala. and had lived in Trumann most of her life. She was a homemaker and member of the Christian Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Lyman Harper; her parents Clay Bratton and Charty Frazier Bratton; one son, Billy Harper and one daughter, Diane Harper...