Obituaries

Carolyn Walker Ritter (09/05/07)
Carolyn Walker Ritter, 54, of Olive Branch, Miss. died Wednesday, Aug. 29 at Methodist Germantown Health Center in Germantown, Tenn. Ritter was born in Jonesboro, had lived for the past six years in Olive Branch and was formerly of Dallas, Tex. and Trumann. She was a ticket agent for American Airlines and a member of The Pentecostal Church in Memphis...

Jackie Ray Aker (09/05/07)
Jackie Ray Aker, 72, was born on Wednesday, May 1, 1935, son of the late William Clark and Thelma Francis Key Aker. He died Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 at the family residence in Trumann. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a welder helper, veteran of the U.S. Air Force and serving in the Korean War and of the Methodist faith...

Lizzie Mae Reeves Smith (09/05/07)
Lizzie Mae reeves Smith, 76, of Trumann died Aug. 30, 2007 at her home from cancer. She was born Oct. 6, 1930 in Hollytree, Ala. She was a factory worker and member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer Reeves and Rosa Moon and her husband, William Samp Smith...

Norman Joseph Thebeau (09/05/07)
Norman Joseph "Whitehawk" Thebeau, 62 of Trumann died Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he had lived in Trumann since 1977. He was a veteran of U. S. Army and Vietnam War a member of the Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Trumann...

Robert Taylor Stuckey (09/12/07)
Robert Taylor Stuckey, 49, of Atlanta, was born on Tuesday, March 25, 1958 the son of JC "Jake" and Natalie Taylor Stuckey. Stuckey died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 in Hernando, Miss. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., and had lived in Atlanta since 1976 and was formerly of Trumann. ...

Winford Hays Mixon (09/19/07)
Winford Hays "Pete" Mixon, 78, of Trumann, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Jackson, Miss., he had lived in Trumann for the past 56 years and was formerly of Marked Tree. He was a retired employee of the former Singer Company and Roach Mfg. in Trumann and was of the Baptist faith...

Sylvia E. Barton (09/19/07)
Mrs. Sylvia E. Barton, 89, of Trumann died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2004 at the Craighead County Nursing Center in Jonesboro. She had lived at the Craighead County Nursing Center for the last six and a half years and was formerly of Trumann. Barton was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith...

William Ray Moss (09/19/07)
Mr. William Ray "Bill" Moss, 80 of Trumann, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Moss was born in Trumann and had lived at Plantation Homes where he enjoyed life and made many friends for the past 12 years. He retired from the Army as 1st Sgt., after 25 years of service, having served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, American Legion, Shriners and of the Baptist faith...

Zell Henry Jaynes (09/28/07)
Zell Henry Jaynes, 85, of Trumann, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jaynes was born in Trumann and had lived his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired businessman and land developer who throughout his life, farmed, owned and operated businesses including the Maxie Theatre in Trumann and the Avon Theatre in West Memphis. ...

Robert Golen (09/28/07)
Mr. Robert Golden, 62, of Bay died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at the family residence in Bay of natural causes. Golden was born in Trumann and had lived most of his lifetime in the Jonesboro and Trumann area. He was retired from the Singer and Hytrol Conveyor Company and a member of the Highway Valley Pentecostal Church...

Lollis Hendrix (09/28/07)
Lollis W. "Butch" Hendrix, 65, of Evening Shade died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 at his home. He was born June 10, 1942 at Flint, Mich. to Lollis Wayne and Juanita Hendrix. He was a self employed carpenter and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father...