Obituaries

Cora Lee Williams (11/14/07)
Mrs. Cora Lee Williams, 97, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at the family resident in Marked Tree She was born on Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, daughter of the late Resse Harvey and Minerva Bell Poe Rowe. She was born in Mississippi and had lived in Marked Tree for the past 67 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corner's Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway...

Freddie Lee Needham (11/14/07)
Freddie Lee Needham, 68, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Wednesday, May 31, 1939, the son of the late Homer Eugene and Edna Mae Shaw Needham. He was born in and a lifetime resident of Jonesboro. He was a retired truck driver and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents...

John Wesley Doty (11/14/07)
John Wesley Doty, 84, J.W. or J. to his friends and family, passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He is now home with the Lord and his oldest son Larry, who he loved very much. Doty grew up on the farm in Mississippi before moving to Arkansas during the depression. ...

Marget May Mundy (11/14/07)
Miss Marget May Mundy, 87, died Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro She was born on Thursday, May 20, 1920 the daughter of the late Anton Sharron and Tillie Belle Fritts Mundy in Herman. She had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

Lela Belle Thomas (11/14/07)
Lela Belle Thomas, 93, died Oct. 30, 2007. She was born in Trumann, to Luther and Maude Gunter Stephens. She has lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was employed at Frolic Footwear for a number of years, was a homemaker and loved gardening. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church...

Billy Ray Medley (11/21/07)
Billy Ray Medley, 29, of Trumann died Friday, November 16, 2007 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born on Sept. 18, 1928, the son of the late Benjamin Bill and Willie Sue Lloyd Medley in Blytheville. He had lived most of his lifetime in the Trumann area. ...

Doyl Wells (11/27/07)
Doyl Wells, 85, of Trumann, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Monday, Dec. 19, 1921, the son of the late Walter A. and Tinnie Mills Wells. He was a lifetime resident of Trumann, retired employee of the Singer Company and Delta Wood Products in Trumann; veteran of U. S. Army and Word War II and of the Baptist faith...

Harlan Loyd Bullock (11/27/07)
Harlan Loyd Bullock, 81, of Trumann passed away Monday Nov. 19, 2007 at Trumann Health and Rehab. He is survived by six sisters, Wilma Jaco of Huntsville, Ala., Marie Coats of Cherry Valley, Billie Cook of Trumann, Betty Qualls of Trumann, Bobbie Snell of Jonesboro and Beverly Williams of Cherry Valley; one brother, Tommy Bullock of Upland, Calif. and several nieces and nephews...

John Wilson Brinkley (11/27/07)
John Wilson Brinkley, 68, formerly of the Jonesboro area, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 at Mena Medical Center. He was born on June 27, 1939 in Otwell to the late James and Marie Brinkley. He attended Trumann High School. He retired after 26 years with the United States Navy. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans. Mr. Brinkley was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Mena. His family said, "he was our hero."...