Obituaries

William "Danny" Renshaw (05/02/07)
William "Danny" Renshaw died Friday, April 27, 2007 at the family residence in Trumann, at the age of 51. Born in Trumann on Wednesday, February 8, 1956, He was the son of the late Herman Joe and Bernice Long Renshaw. He was a lifetime resident of Trumann, a farmer and of the Baptist faith...

Kay Garrett Reeves (05/02/07)
Kay Garrett Reeves, 45, of Trumann died Monday, April 23, 2007 at the family residence. Born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann, she was a homemaker and a member of the Word of Life Church of God. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Oval and Mary Wells and Jesse and Evy Garrett...

Elmer Lynn Evans (05/02/07)
Elmer Lynn Evans died Friday, April 27, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 52. Born in Poinsett County on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1955, Evans was the son of the late Elmer and Cora Bell Shaw Evans. He had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ...

Duke Riley Guy (05/02/07)
Duke Riley Guy, infant son of Tommy David Guy and Sherylon Gayd Rouse, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He is also survived by a sister, Jennifer Marie Guy of Trumann; three brothers, Jeromy Guy, Tommy David Guy Jr. and Gavin Tyler Smith, all of Trumann; his paternal grandmother, Alzora Guy of Earle; and maternal grandparents Gary and Diana Matney of Harrisburg. He was preceded in death his paternal grandfather, Marvin David Guy...

Judy Watson Collett (05/02/07)
Judy Watson Collett died April 12, 2007, at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. Daughter of the late DC and Essie Watson, she was a long time resident of Trumann and a 1968 graduate of Trumann High School. She was loved dearly by her family and they will miss her smile, the way she could make you laugh and her snappy comebacks...

Eulles Ray Wucherpfenig (05/16/07)
Eulles Ray Wucherpfenig, 78, of Trumann died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Mr. Wucherpfenig was born in Black Oak and had lived in Trumann for the past 57 years. He was a retired machine operator for Roach Mfg., was a supervisor for the former Singer Company and was of the Baptist faith...

Quenton E. Eades (05/16/07)
Quenton E. Eades 78, of Trumann died Thursday, May 11, 2007 at St. Elizabeth's Place in Jonesboro. He was born in Scotland, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a machine operator for Arkansas Glass, a former employee of the Singer Company in Trumann, veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War an avid hunter, trapper and fisherman, member of the Shady Grove Baseball Team, and of the protestant faith...

Clifton Cleo Davis, Jr. (05/16/07)
Clifton Cleo Davis, Jr., 51, of Trumann died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at the family residence in Trumann. Davis was born on Sunday, August 28, 1955 in Harrisburg, and had lived in Trumann 22 years coming from Payneway. He worked at the Golden Grotto in Jonesboro, and was of the Pentecostal belief. Mr. Davis was preceded in death by grandparents, Eulis and Leona Brack and paternal grandparents, Robert and Florence Davis, two uncles Bill Brack and Jerry Davis...

Gary Lawayne Ragland (05/16/07)
Gary Lawayne Ragland, 55, of Decaturville, Tenn. died Monday, May 7, 2007 at Regional Hospital of Jackson. Ragland was the son of the late Tate Ragland. He is survived by his mother, Airnetia (Greene) Ragland of Decaturville, Tenn.; his wife, Janice Ragland of Decautrville, Tenn.; two daughters, Gloria Hugg of Virginia and Felicia Ragland of Arkansas; three sons, Gary Lawayne Ragland, Jr. ...

Alberta Mae Hervey (05/16/07)
Alberta Mae Hervey, 63 of Trumann died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at Trumann Health and Rehab. She had lived in Trumann for many years, was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Pamela Baker. She is survived by her husband, Arlen Hervey of the home; a daughter, Christine Hendrex of Salina, Okla; one brother, J. D. Brumley of Calif.; one sister Lavelle Brumley of Midwest City, Okla...

Calvin Eugene Blasingame (05/16/07)
Calvin "Cal" Eugene Blasingame, 35, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2007. Funeral services were Monday, May 7 at Stephenville Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jarold Vickers officiating. Burial followed at the Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Stephenville...

Gennell Owens Brummett (05/16/07)
Gennell Owens Brummett, 70, of Trumann, formerly of Van Buren, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 in Trumann of natural causes. She was a home health care nurses aide, a lifetime resident of Crawford County and a member of Current Outreach Ministry Church in Van Buren...

Matthew L. Rouse (05/23/07)
Matthew Rouse, 44, of Jonesboro, formerly of Trumann, died Monday, May 21, 2007 from injuries sustained in a fall in Jonesboro. He was born in Trumann and had lived in Wynne before moving to Jonesboro in 1984. He was a 1980 graduate of Trumann High School. He owned and operated Dish Express, Inc. of Jonesboro and was a member of Shepherd's Chapel Church at Gravette...

Gary Wayne Henry, Jr. (05/23/07)
Gary Wayne Henry, Jr., 17, of Trumann died Tuesday May 15, 2007 at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. Henry was a junior at Trumann High School and had lived in Trumann for nine years formerly of Jonesboro. He was born in Jonesboro and had a love for music, soccer, art and video games...

Lucas Aaron Bruner (05/30/07)
Infant Lucas Aaron Bruner of Batesville died Monday, May 21, 2007 at Batesville. He was preceded in death by one sister, Faith Dale Bruner; his grandfather, Gary Dale Bruner, Sr.; great-grandparents, Bebe and Bill Greenwood, Edgar and Lucille Bruner, Charles Evans and Thomas E. and Pauline Cox...

James Holbrook (05/30/07)
James B. Holbrook, 73, of Lake City died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Kentucky, he had lived in Lake City for three and a half years and was a retired steel mill worker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tilsman and Audrey Holbrook, six sisters and two brothers...