Marion Ray Davis (07/01/09)
Marion Ray Davis, 69, of Leachville died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Powe, Mo., he was the son of the late John C. and Rosa Mae Jackson Davis and had been a Leachville area resident for over 50 years. He was a well known brick mason and faithful member of the People of Praise United Pentecostal Church in Leachville...

William "Bill" Fleetwood (07/01/09)
William "Bill" Fleetwood, 81, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009, at his residence. He was born July 23, 1927 in Monette to the late Jess and Lew Crowell Fleetwood. Bill retired from Boilermaker, Local 27 in St. ...

Earnest Ray Clifton (07/01/09)
Earnest Ray Clifton, 54, of Paragould, formerly of Leachville, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Maedene Austin Clifton of the home; a stepson, Richard Goss of Paragould; a stepdaughter, Angela Goss of Paragould; a brother, William Cash of Jonesboro; and a sister, Donna McCollum of Jonesboro...

Teresa Kay Puckett (06/24/09)
Teresa Kay Puckett, 50, of Leachville died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Charles Clifton and Betty Jones McCoy and had been a lifelong Buffalo Island resident...

Danny Lee Gilvin (06/24/09)
Daniel Lee Gilvin II (Danny Lee), 39, of O'Fallon, Mo., died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis after a brave battle with leukemia. Danny Lee was born at Middletown, Ohio, on Aug. ...

Vauna Clark (06/24/09)
Vauna Gladys Fryer Clark, beloved wife, devoted mother and loving grandmother, died June 18, 2009 at the age of 91. Born in Jonesboro on Jan. 27, 1918, to her parents, late Zona Watkins and Vance Fryer, Vauna lived her entire life in the Monette area. ...

Daniel "Danny" Lee Choate (06/24/09)
Daniel "Danny" Lee Choate, 45, of Manila died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born at St. Louis, Mo., he was the son of John and Irene Foster Choate. He had been a lifelong Manila area resident and was a self-employed drywall hanger and finisher...

Jimmy Barrett (06/24/09)
Jimmy Barrett, 66, of Caraway, went to be with the Lord Saturday, June 20, 2009, at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. He was a loving father and grandfather and loved by all who knew him. He was a member of Rivervale Baptist Church. He was a timberman and farmer...

Barbara Jean Tyler (06/16/09)
Barbara Jean (Harris) Tyler, 71, died Tuesday June 9, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center due to a sudden illness. Born Jan. 5, 1938 to the late Etta D. Harris in Los Angeles, Calif., she was raised in Eudora, Ark., and lived most of her life in Brinkley before moving to Jonesboro five years ago. ...

Garry Lee Boyd (06/16/09)
Garry Lee Boyd was called home to be with our Lord, Friday, June 12, 2009. He was a resident of Blytheville for many years. He lived at home with his dog Lem and his cat Johnny Girl. Garry was born to Doris O'Dell Boyd of Jonesboro and the late James Edward Boyd on Sept. ...

Donald Max Anthony (06/16/09)
Donald Max Anthony, 61, of Robinsonville, Miss., formerly of Leachville, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tenn. Born and raised in Leachville, he was the son of the late Hawley Lee and Amelia Robins Anthony and had spent many years in northwest Arkansas. ...

Ode Ward (06/09/09)
Ode Ward, 97, of Caraway went to be with his Savior on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Mr. Ward was born March 3, 1912, in Baxter, Tenn., and was a resident of Leachville for many years before moving to Caraway in 1950, where he and his wife, Beatrice, were longtime farmers. Mr. Ward attended the Assembly of God Church in Black Oak...

Addie Elizabeth Vankirk (06/09/09)
Addie Elizabeth Vankirk, 97, of Lake City, died Friday, June 5, 2009, in Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., March 10, 1912, she was a lifelong resident of Lake City, a homemaker, and a member of Lake City Church of God...

David Alan Turner (06/09/09)
David Alan Turner, 52, of Springdale, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, in Springdale. He was born Aug. 17, 1956, in Kenosha, Wis., to Dorothy and Lincoln Turner. He was a concrete superintendent for Manhattan Road & Bridge. He was previously with Mobley Contractors...

Leonard Chadwick Snider (06/09/09)
Leonard Chadwick Snider, 31, of Trumann, died Friday, June 5, 2009 at St. Bernards Regional Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. Snider was born Dec. 2, 1977 to Leonard and Ethel Seay Snider. Mr. Snider was a press operator for Great Dane Trailer Manufacturing. A lifelong area resident, he attended Trumann Public Schools and was on the football team, enjoyed working on cars, and he was of the Baptist faith...

Bobby Joe Wesley Penix (06/09/09)
Bobby Joe Wesley Penix, 54, of Hornersville, Mo., formerly of Manila, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Little Rock, he was the son of the late Bobby Glen and Ruby Nell Shipley Penix. He was raised in Manila and had been a Hornersville resident since 1996. He was a farmer and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Mary Todd Barnes (06/09/09)
Mary Todd Barnes, 91, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 31, 1917 in McRae to the late William and Mable Todd. She was a retired farmer and a member of the Monette First Baptist Church. ...

James Wendell Macon (06/03/09)
James Wendell Macon, 64, of Delaware, Ohio, died May 23, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. He was born July 25, 1944, in Manila. He was a retired foreman for an orange grove in Florida. He was of the Baptist faith...

Debra Lynn Kelems (06/03/09)
Debra Lynn Kelems, 51, of Caraway, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her residence after a brave battle with cancer. Mrs. Kelems was born April 6, 1958, in Lepanto to Leo Stallings and Louis (Shashteen) Stallings. ...