Obituaries

Charles K. Childs (05/07/08)
Charles K. Childs, 83, of Trumann passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Childs was born in Pocahontas and was a lifelong resident of Trumann. He was a graduate of Trumann High School and Arkansas State College. ...

Rachel Hill (05/07/08)
Rachel Hill, 83, died Monday, April 28, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on Wednesday, March 18, 1925, daughter of the late Robert and Emma Bruce Ishmael. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Harrisburg and LaPorte, Ind., before moving back to Trumann in 1997. She was a pattern maker for a furniture company in LaPorte...

Dorman Ray Cooper (05/21/08)
Dorman Ray Cooper, 26, of Marked Tree died May 12, 2008 in Trumann. Born August 8, 1981 in Memphis, Cooper was a security guard and a member of West Ridge Baptist Church in West Ridge. He was employed with Securitas in Trumann as was working at the Columbia Forrest plant at the time of his death...

Joe E Houston (05/21/08)
Joe E. Houston, 68, of Trumann died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Parsons, Tenn. and had lived in Trumann for the past one and a half years. He was a retired cutting room supervisor for Salant and Salant, an avid outdoorsman and of the Baptist faith...

Sgt. Major Doyle LaFayette Hancock (05/28/08)
Sgt. Major Doyle LaFayette Hancock, 81, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the family residence. He was born in Myrtle, Miss., and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 12 years and was formerly of Memphis...

Paul Wayne Stotts (05/28/08)
Paul Wayne Stotts, 60, died Wednesday morning May 21, 2008, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born July 26, 1947 son of Fred Stotts and Lillian Lafarlette Stotts George. He was born in Jonesboro and was a lifelong resident of Trumann. ...

Rayna Charlize Henson (05/28/08)
Rayna Charlize "Charlie" Henson, 21 days old, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born on May 4, 2008 at White River Medical Center in Batesville to Larry and Ira Lee Barnett Henson...