Obituaries

Bryan Keith George (02/06/08)
Bryan Keith George, 45, of Jonesboro, passed away suddenly on Monday, Jan. 29, 2008. Keith was the beloved son of Hollice and Louise Mitcherson George of Trumann. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Luther and Molly George and Mamie and Lee Mitcherson...

Firest Stanford Parrish (02/06/08)
Firest Stanford Parrish, 92, died Monday, January 28, 2008 at the family residence in Jonesboro. He was born on Friday, August 6, 1915, son of the late Willie Stanford and Mary Elizabeth Sims Parrish in Damascus, Ark. He had lived in Jonesboro for the past five months and was formerly of Trumann. He was a retired factory worker and of the Assembly of God faith...

Glenda Pearl Vinson Tippitt (02/06/08)
Glenda Pearl Vinson Tippitt, 58, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at the family residence in Jonesboro. She was born on Sunday, May 8, 1949, daughter of Lonzie and Beatrice Williams Vinson Winingear. She was born in and a lifetime resident of Jonesboro, was a truck driver, an accounting department manager and worked in the food service for many years. She was a graduate of Valley View High School and of the Baptist faith...

Margaret Whitman (02/06/08)
Margaret Whitman, 79, died Monday, January 28, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on Friday, January 18, 1929, the daughter of the late William Curtis and Annie Skaggs Harrell. She was a lifetime resident of Trumann, a retired nurse and of the Assembly of God faith...

Betty Maxine Ballard (02/06/08)
Betty Maxine Ballard, 80, of Trumann died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 at Trumann Health and Rehab in Trumann. She was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a retired beautician, former employee of the Singer Company and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Trumann...

James Oliver Cook (02/14/08)
James Oliver Cook, 81, of Trumann died Mon., Feb. 4, 2008 at his residence. He was a member of Corner's Chapel Baptist Church for 49 years, active in Nailbenders for 18 years and Lay Renewal Ministry for 23 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, V.L. and Lillie Mae Cook; granddaughter, Jennifer Shempert; and son-in-law, Dale Shempert...

Shirley Ann Ward (02/14/08)
Shirley Ann Ward, 63, died Feb. 4, 2007 in Jonesboro. She was born in Florence, Ala, and was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Smith and Maudie Strickland; two brothers, Dick Smith and Samp Smith and a sister, Minnie Brown...

Jesse Robert Ferguson (02/21/08)
Jesse Robert Ferguson, 70, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born on Friday, December 3, 1937, son of the late Jesse and Lula Jackson Ferguson in Des Arc. He lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a farmer, musician who loved to sing and play his guitar and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Thomas Carter Sr. (02/21/08)
Thomas Carter Sr., 75, of Lepanto died Feb. 11, 2008 in Trumann. He was born May 22, 1932 in Athens, Ala. He was a retired carpenter and served in the Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emeroy Carter and Lossie Gatlin; three sisters, Mable Harris, Flora Mae Hall and Opal Roach and three brothers, Columbus Carter, Rufus Carter and Douglas Carter...

Theo O'Neal Austin, Sr. (02/28/08)
Mr. Theo O'Neal Austin, Sr., 90, died peacefully while surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 at the family residence. He was born on Monday, June 4, 1917, son of the late James Robert and Dora Dalton Sandfur Austin. He was born in Newark and had lived in the Trumann area most of his lifetime. ...

Robert Edward Kendall (02/28/08)
Mr. Robert Edward (Douger) Kendal, 81,l died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Woodbriar Nursing Center in Harrisburg. He was born on Monday, February 14, 1927, son of the late Elsworth and Ruby D. Armstrong Kendall. He was born in Murfreesboro and had lived in Trumann for the past 46 years and was formerly of Marked Tree. He was a retired factory worker and member of the Melton Avenue Church of Christ...

Buddie Lewis Wallace (02/28/08)
Buddie Lewis Wallace, 69, of Blytheville, died Feb. 18, 2008 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. He was born in Sikeston, Mo. and had lived in Paragould for 13 years. He retired from Wal-Mart as a manager after 37 years, was in the Nation Guard, of the Baptist Church, was a former member of the Lions Club, Kiwanas Paragould Pilot Association and J.T. Dive Scuba Association in the Blytheville area for 15 years...