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Jefferson Davis Donaldson
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Jefferson Davis Donaldson, 81, Blytheville died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at NEA Baptist Jonesboro. He was a retired member of the United States Air Force, factory worker and a member of New St. Luke Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jefferson Donaldson Sr. and Maria Higgins Donaldson;...
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Jimmy R. Holt
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Jimmy R. Holt, age 63 of Gosnell, passed from this life Monday, August 31, 2015 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Born to James "Ed" and Captola (Green) Holt, Jimmy was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and a wrestling fan. When he was younger, he enjoyed playing baseball with his great nephews. Jimmy was a great person, always helping anyone at any time. He was always a cut-up, smiling and singing...
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Leslie T. Tolley
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Leslie T. Tolley, 88, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 1, 2015. He was born in May of 1927, at Bible Hill, north of Parsons, Tennessee, to Cynthia Gulledge Tolley and George Thomas Tolley. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Parsons High School...
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Eva Mae McCullough
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Eva Mae McCullough, 87, of Manila, passed from this life, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born June 13, 1928, in Dell to the late Austin and Lola Elizabeth Johnson Glover, she was a 1946 graduate of Manila High School and was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church...
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Larry Jackson
(Obituary ~ 09/04/15)
Larry Ellis Jackson, 69, of Marion, passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Baptist Memorial East Hospital, Memphis. Larry was born Feb. 10, 1946, to the late Ira and Thelma Jackson of Leachville...
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Eva Mae McCullough
(Obituary ~ 09/04/15)
Eva Mae McCullough, age 87, of Manila, passed from this life, Thursday, September 3, 2015 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Dell, to the late Austin and Lola Elizabeth Johnson Glover, she was a 1946 graduate of Manila High School and was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years, Wayne McCullough...
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Luxtill Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Mr. Luxtill Davis, 77, of Burdette, entered into rest Saturday, September 5, 2015. Born July 23, 1938 to Roland and Delmatia Davis, he was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife Nela Davis, one son Scottie Davis and one brother Donald Davis...
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Keith Hitchcock
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Keith Hitchcock, 49, of Pocahontas, formerly of Manila, died Tuesday Sept. 8, 2015 at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Howard Funeral Service of Manila.
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Estes Wilton Craig
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Estes Wilton Craig, 91, of Paragould, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Mr. Craig was a veteran of World War II and a member of the America Legion. He married the former Bonnie Lou Blankenship on Jan. 20, 1947. He and his wife were cotton and soybean farmers. They raised their children while living in Cardwell, Mo., until moving to Paragould in 1978...
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Lester Leroy Beal
(Obituary ~ 09/09/15)
Lester Leroy Beal, age 71, of Paragould, formerly of Leachville, died Monday Sept. 7, 2015, at the Advance Care Hospital in Searcy. Born at Manila he was the son of the late Leslie and Maddie McFall Beal and had been a longtime Leachville resident before making his home in Paragould in 2005. ...
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Larry Jewell
(Obituary ~ 09/09/15)
Mr. Larry Wayne Jewell, 58, of Gosnell, passed away Sept. 9, 2015 at his home. Born November 24, 1956 in Terrell, Ark., he was the son of Leo Henry and Flossie Mae Robinson Jewell. Mr. Jewell enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Deb Jewell of the home;...
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Victor Lavaughn Wilmoth
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Leachville -- Victor Lavaughn Wilmoth passed from this life on Sept. 1, 2015, at 65 years of age. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee Roy Wilmoth and Anna Mae Wilmoth of Arbyrd, Mo.; his wife, Betty June Wilmoth of Leachville; a brother, Kenneth Wilmoth of Arbryd, Mo...
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Patsy Hubble Wasson
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Patsy Hubble Wasson, 73, of Monette, passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. She was born Jan. 8, 1942, in Childress to the late Lacy "Red" and Edith Howerton Hubble. Mrs. Wasson was a retired furniture and appliance store owner. She loved bingo, gospel music and watching her grandchildren. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and friend...
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Emery Kaylynn Foley
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Emery Kaylynn Foley, 5 week old baby girl of Spencer and Morgan Emery Foley of Lake City, passed from this life on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at NEA Baptist Hospital. Emery was born into this world on Aug. 2, 2015, in Jonesboro, and even though her life was short on this earth the love she received from her family would last many life times...
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Shirley Jean Levins
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Shirley Jean Levins, 78, of Paragould, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at the Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born at Paragould she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mathel Tennison Brummett and had been a lifelong Paragould resident. ...
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Keith Leroy Hitchcock
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Keith Leroy Hitchcock, 49, of Pocahontas, formerly of Manila, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at his home. Born in Blytheville he was the son of the late Lodi Shields and Shirley Hitchcock and had been a former resident of Imboden before making his home in Pocahontas six months ago...
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Kenneth Deason
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Kenneth Louis Deason, 57, of Blytheville, passed away September 9, 2015 in Hope, Ark. Mr. Deason born April 23, 1958 in Dyersburg, to the late Robert Louis Deason and Sadie Frame Deason. He was a truck driver, a U.S. Army veteran and of the Baptist faith...
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Bobbie Franklin
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Bobbie Gean Franklin, 74, of Blytheville, passed away September 5, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born March 11, 1941 in Arkansas to the late E.P. Franklin and Viola Mason. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by brother Frank Franklin...
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Keith Hitchcock
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Keith Leroy Hitchcock, 49, of Pocahontas, formerly of Manila, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at his home. Born in Blytheville he was the son of the late Lodi Shields and Shirley Hitchcock and had been a former resident of Imboden before making his home in Pocahontas six months ago...
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Alma McGruder
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Alma Sue Holmes McGruder, entered Heaven's gates Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the age of 88. Sue was born in Reyno, Ark., the daughter of James and Allie Holmes. Sue was a lifelong resident off Blytheville and raised her family on Promiseland Road. Most recently, she was a resident at Huntington Place, assisted living facility in Rockledge, Fla. ...
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Tammy Brady
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Ms. Tammy Dugger Brady, 55, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2015 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Strong, Ark., Tammy was raised in Osceola and moved to Blytheville in 1995. She was the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Nursing at Arkansas Northeastern College in Blytheville. Tammy enjoyed fishing, baking and gardening. She was preceded in death by her parents: Paul and Sarah Inez John Dugger...
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Charles "Bill" Payne
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Charles "Bill" Payne - Sunrise October 5, 1955 and Sunset August 31, 2015. One of his favorite scriptures was Matthew Chapter 6 versus 9-13. Bill went home to be with the Lord in the early morning of August 31, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife Andrea M. Payne, his father and mother Rev. Charles H. Payne and Ora Postell-Payne, his grandparents Mr. Shirley Turner and Willie Ann Turner, and Mr. Braize Postell and Myrtle Postell...
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Shirley Levins
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Shirley Jean Levins, 78, of Paragould, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at the Green Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born at Paragould, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mathel Tennison Brummett and had been a lifelong Paragould resident. She was a former bookkeeper/accountant for several area car dealers and had retired from Walmart after 15 years of service. She was a longtime member of Finch Baptist Church near Paragould...
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Dr. Howard Leslie Nelson
(Obituary ~ 09/15/15)
Dr. Howard Leslie Nelson, 88, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Jonesboro. Born in Leachville on Sept. 18, 1926, he was the son of the late Gabe and Eunice Nelson. Dr. Nelson was the dentist in Manila for 40 years and a lifelong resident of Northeast Arkansas. ...
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Christene Butler
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
Christene Harris Butler, 52, of Luxora passed away September 12, 2015 of cancer. Born May, 18, 1963 to Scipio Harris Sr and Dorothy Gordon in Turrell, she worked at American Greetings, was veteran of the Army Reserves and member Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Luxora...
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Lillian Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
Lillian Davis, 95, of Chicago, Ill., passed away September 4, 2015 of pneumonia. Born September 22, 1923 in Oxford, Miss. to the late Elbert Brown and Elizabeth Brown, she was a homemaker and member of Big Zion M.B. Church in Chicago, Ill. She is survived by her husband L.D. Bradford, of Chicago, Ill.;...
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Ossie Love
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
Ossie Lee Love, 72, of Blytheville, passed away September 13, 2015 of a heart attack. Born to the late Austin Love and Cora Lee Lockart on December 21, 1942 in Joiner, he was a tire repair man and of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Love is preceded in death by brother Roosevelt Love...
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Tilda Kinnel
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
Tilda Ann Streeter Kinnel, 93 years of age, departed this life on September 14, 2015 at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Ray and Pauline Hastings in Doniphan, Mo., where she had been living for the past year. Prior to that, she lived in Blytheville for 63 years...
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Kahleen May
(Obituary ~ 09/18/15)
Kahleen May, 68, of Frenchman's Bayou, Ark., passed away September 16, 2015. Born March 16, 1947 in Scottsburg, Ala., to West and Florence Whitehead, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by son Randy Franklin. In addition to her parents she is survived by her husband Teddy May, of Frenchman's Bayou;...
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Michael Vail
(Obituary ~ 09/18/15)
Michael Lee Vail, 60, of Osceola, passed away September 15, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. Born November 7, 1954 in Osceola to Norman Vail and Lillie Mae Wallace, he was a landscaper, a veteran of the U.S. Army and of the Baptist faith. He is preceded in death by brothers Marion Field Jr., Willie Lee Vail and Marvin Vail...
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Janet Ellen Hurley
(Obituary ~ 09/22/15)
Janet Ellen Hurley, 69, passed away Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at her home in St. Joseph, Mich. Janet was born Aug. 7, 1946, to the late James and Pauline Newton in Manila. She married Wendell Hurley who preceded her in death in 2001. ...
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Lorena Hall Jacobs
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Walnut Ridge -- Lorena Hall Jacobs, 96, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. She was born June 1, 1919, in Black Oak to the late J.W. and Tennie Carlisle Hall. She was a homemaker, a longtime resident of Egypt and a member of the Egypt Baptist Church...
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Kenneth Seratt
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Kenneth Seratt, a resident of Trout Creek, Mt., died Aug. 25, 2015, in Coeur d'Alene, ID. He spent his winters in Rowlett, Texas. Kenneth was born Oct. 20, 1934, in Blytheville to James and Effie Veach Seratt...
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Chris Alton Hardy
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Chris Alton Hardy, 51, of Blytheville, Ark., was born on Feb. 18, 1964, and passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. In his final days, he was surrounded by many family members and friends...
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Chris Alton Hardy
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Chris Alton Hardy, 51, of Blytheville, AR was born on February 18, 1964 and passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN. In his final days, he was surrounded by many family members and friends. Chris is survived by his wife and soul-mate, Annette Hardy, of Blytheville.;...
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Prudence Teal
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Prudence W. Teale, age 89, passed away July 31, 2015 at her home in Ocala, Flo. She was born July 24, 1926 in Jersey City, N.J. to Chester McNally and Margret McKenzie. She resided in Blytheville, Arkansas for many years, working alongside her husband, George W. Teale at Blytheville Country Club. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Nancy and four husbands, George W. Teale, James Manahan, Alf Olson and Leo Goodman...
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Marveline Shrable
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
Marveline Shrable, 73, of Manila, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Mrs. Shrable was born June 14, 1942, in Dyess to the late Sidney and Odlene Smith Posey. Mrs. Shrable was a member of Souls Harbor Church and enjoyed going to yard sales and thrift stores...
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Gerald Stanley Gadberry
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
Gerald Stanley Gadberry, 66, of Monette, died Thursday Sept. 24, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Monette, he was the son of the late Hope and Opal McFarlin Gadberry and had been a lifelong area resident...
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Robert Earl Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
Robert Earl Hamilton, 51, of Manila, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at his home. Born Feb. 11, 1964, in Visalia, Calif., he had been a Manila resident for most of his life. He attended Manila High School and was a retired millwright having worked through the Millwright Local Union #1544 in Nashville. Robert was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends...
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Mary Eveline Wallace Harrell
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
Mary Eveline Wallace Harrell, 92 of Monette, passed away Monday, Sep. 28, 2015. She was born Dec. 6, 1922, in Pocahontas to the late Deewitt and Birdie Jones Poe. She was a farmer and a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, being with her family and reading her Bible. Mrs. Eveline was a member of the Monette Church of Christ...
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Wendell L. Nettles, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
Cabot -- Wendell L. Nettles Sr., 81, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Wendell was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Monette to the late Ira and Mildred Nettles. After attending Monette High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in February 1952 and retired as a Chief Master Sergeant on May 1, 1978. ...
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Bobbie Jean Guyton Posey
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Guyton Posey, 69, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the home of her daughter in North Wales, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Posey was born near Blytheville, where she attended school and was a graduate of Harrison High School. She married Eddie Posey and they moved to Memphis during the late 1960s. They lived in New Jersey before she moved back to Blytheville a few years ago...
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Morris Elam
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Morris Lynn Elam Jr., 55, of Lake City, passed away September 27, 2015 at St. Bernard's in Jonesboro. Born June 28, 1960 in Memphis to the late Morris Lynn Elam Sr., and Ida Louise Elam, he was a welder and of the Pentecostal Faith. Mr. Elam is survived by his wife, Sissy Elam, of Lake City;...
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Gerald Gadberry
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Gerald Stanley Gadberry, 66, of Monette, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Monette, he was the son of the late Hope and Opal McFarlin Gadberry and had been a lifelong area resident. A 1967 graduate of Monette High School, he served in the Arkansas National Guard and was a longtime farmer and cotton ginner having worked many years for Kiech-Shauver Gin Company in Monette. ...
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Robert Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Robert Earl Hamilton, 51, of Manila, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at his home. Born in Visalia, Calif., he had been a Manila resident for most of his life. He attended Manila High School and was a retired millwright having worked through the Millwright Local Union #1544 in Nashville. Robert was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends...
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Robert Jones
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Robert Lee Jones, 68, of Ferguson, Mo., passed away September 23, 2015 at Christian Hospital. Born June 27, 1947 in Osceola, he was a factory worker and U.S. Marine veteran. He is survived by his daughter Stacy Smith, of South Bend, Ind.; Son, Robert Jones Jr., of South Bend, Ind.;...
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Linzell Miller
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Mr. Linzell Miller, 81, of Luxora, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements will be announced by McDonald-Horne Funeral Home.
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Margaret Scroggins
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Margaret Ann Scroggins, 68, of Blytheville, passed away September 27, 2015 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born June 8, 1947 in Memphis to the late Leroy Johnson and Francis Irene Warren Wiseman, she was a retired nurses aide and of the Baptist Faith...
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Barney McGill
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Barney Z. McGill, 91 of Luxora, passed peacefully from this world to his eternal home on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born to Daniel and Annie Baswell McGill, Barney was a retired farmer. He was a workaholic. If he was working, he was happy. Working was his hobby, and he worked hard at a fast pace...
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Greg Watts
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Greg Watts, 52, of Blytheville, died Sept. 30, 2015 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Born in Kennett to Gene Watts and Mary Jane Burden Watts, he was a 1981 graduate of Kennett High School, an Eagle Scout, and a faithful member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church at Huffman...
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