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Aaron DeWayne Uthoff
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Aaron DeWayne Uthoff, 75, of Tecumseh, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Baxter Regional Medical Center surrounded by family in Mt. Home Arkansas. DeWayne was born Oct. 9, 1940 in Malden, Mo., to W.A. and Aline Uthoff. He graduated from Malden High School in 1959 and married the love of his life Sharon Vanderbilt on Sept. 3, 1960...
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Ruby Brown
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Ruby Gene Brown, 80, of Blytheville, died Jan. 3, 2016 in Blytheville. Born March 27, 1935 in Red Bay, Ala., she was a homemaker and a member of Steele Pentecostal Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse James Sprouse and Ocie Etta Eaton Sprouse, sister Ruth Burns, and brothers Donnie Sprouse, Ronnie Sprouse, J.R. Sprouse, and Jerry Sprouse...
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Charles "Chuck" Tice
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Charles "Chuck" Tice, 73, of Blytheville, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at his home. Born to Frederick and Mildred C. Tice, Chuck was the Postmaster at the Armorel Post Office for many years. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church and was also a faithful deacon in serving his church. ...
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Berl Cohoon
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Berl E. Cohoon, 95, of Hermondale, Mo., passed away the evening of December 14 at St. Bernard's hospital in Jonesboro. He was born on July 5, 1920 to Gurley and Thelma May McIntosh Cohoon. He was raised in the bootheel area and was very pleased his later years were spent on that same land...
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Vernita Grant
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Ms. Vernita Grant, 64, of Blytheville died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born May 22, 1951 in Mississippi County to the late Van Grant and the late Sarah Robinson Grant, she was a retired nurses aid and a member of the Holy Temple Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. She was also the church's president of ushers, president over pastor's aide department, a choir member and president over kitchen...
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Johnny Grant
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Mr. Johnny Lee Grant, 62, of Blytheville died Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born February 26, 1953 in Blytheville to the late Van Grant and the late Sarah Robinson Grant, he was a retired sanitation worker with the City of Blytheville and of the Baptist faith...
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Anthony Geiser
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Anthony 'Tony' Earl Geiser, 62, of Collierville,Tenn., passed away on December 28, 2015, following a short illness. He was born on September 2, 1953, in St. Louis. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. He was self employed in sales. He loved to hunt and fish...
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Juanita Holmes
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Juanita "Nita" Boyd Holmes, 95, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Heritage Square Nursing Center in Blytheville. Born to Richard and Lena Mae Boyd, Juanita was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a member of Clear Lake Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. ...
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Hixie Lemons
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Ms. Hixie Hattie Lou Lemons, 62, of Osceola died Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Little Rock. Born July 6, 1953 in Osceola to the late James Lemons and to Bertha Mae Williams of Osceola, she was a retired factory worker and of the Baptist faith. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by one brother, Harvey Moore, Jr....
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Charles "Ray" Misner
(Obituary ~ 01/06/16)
Manila -- Charles "Ray" Misner 2/23/1945 -- 1/1/2016 Charles "Ray" Misner passed unexpectedly from this life on Friday Jan. 1st, 2016, with his best friend and wife Billie Sue (Sharp) Misner by his side. ...
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Betty Jean Sanders
(Obituary ~ 01/07/16)
Caraway -- Betty Jean Sanders, 71, passed away Jan. 4, 2016, at her residence. She was born Oct. 27, 1944, in Riverside, Calif., to the late Amos and Evelyn Hayes Adcock. She had worked at Lane's Nursing Home in Caraway and retired from American Greetings. ...
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Marvin Earl Riggs
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Monette -- Marvin Earl Riggs, 63, passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, at his residence. He was born July 4, 1952, in Monette to the late B.E. and Ruth Sipes Riggs. He proudly served in the United States Army. He had a gift for paint and body work. He enjoyed fishing, spending time on the river, working on Chevys and loved his family and love of his dogs...
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Bessie Jewel Stutts
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Bessie Jewel Stutts, 80, of Manila, died early Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at her home. Born March 18, 1935, in Manila to the late William and Ruby Kendrix Cater, she had lived in many places throughout her life as a military wife and mother. ...
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Billy Ray Tilley
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Billey Ray Tilley, 85, of Monette passed away Jan. 8, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born to the late Charlie and Anna Vanzant Tilley in Buffalo City on Jan. 27, 1930. Billey Ray was a faithful member of First Assembly of God in Monette, he worked for 31 years for International Harvester as a mechanic and shop foreman and was also a member of the Monette Volunteer Fire Department for over 30 years serving as chief and as an EMT for almost 20 years. ...
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Audrey Ruth Weinel
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Lake City -- Audrey Ruth Weinel, 88, after a long illness passed away Jan. 8, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 3, 1928, to the late Robert and Mae Dover Evans in Imboden, Vir. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother...
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Bessie Stutts
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Bessie Jewel Stutts, 80, of Manila, died early Friday, January 8, 2016 at her home. Born in Manila, to the late William and Ruby Kendrix Cater, she had lived in many places throughout her life as a military wife and mother. She returned to Manila in 1973 and was employed for many years at the former Borg-Warner Automotive Company in Blytheville and as a self employed Avon sales representative. She was a longtime member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Manila...
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Christine Turner
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Christine Turner, 79, of Osceola died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 in Jonesboro. She was born to the late James Adams and Abigail George Adams on March 23, 1936 in Lepanto, Ark. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Lola Mae Adams and Ovalee Phillps; four brothers, Ralph Adams, Leroy Adams, Alfred Adams and Harvey Adams; and grandson, Jeffrey Skinner...
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Nancy Tice
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Nancy Caroline (Shearer) Tice, 82, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015, at her home in Johns Creek, GA. She was born on May 26, 1933, in Homer, New York, daughter of the late Charles F and Blanche Shearer. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Tice, her brother Fred Shearer of Naples, FL, and sister, Mary Ellen Anderson of Little York, NY...
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Franklin Halpain
(Obituary ~ 01/11/16)
Franklin David Halpain, 49, of Osceola, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Born August 27, 1966 in Osceola to Frank Delano and Juanita Halpain, he was a painter. He was preceded in death by his mother; one brother, Tony Halpain; one grandmother, Otila Rameriz; one nephew, T.J. Halpain; and two uncles, Reddle Rameriz and Albert Halpain...
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Brenda Metheny
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Brenda Joan Metheny, 72, of Leachville, the widow of Mr. Ben Metheny, passed from this life Sunday, January 10, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Gideon, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Omar and Pauline Harris Atchley and was a 1961 graduate of Gideon High School...
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Jonna Paramore
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Ms. Jonna Lee Paramore, 53, of Gosnell died Friday, January 8, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Brown August 3, 1962 in Osceola to the late Darrell Paramore and the late Enogene Lancaster Paramore, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...
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Lucille Harrison
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Mrs. Lucille Warren Harrison, 90, of Blytheville, passed form this life Friday, January 8, 2015, at her home while surrounded by her family. Mrs. Harrison was born on July 4, 1925, southwest of Osceola, near Keiser. She was the first-born child to George W. Warren and Lydia Ann Brown Warren...
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Mira Dennis
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Mrs. Mira Dennis, 62, died Jan. 5, 2016 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was a resident of Mabelvale. She moved from Chicago in 2002. She was born in Blytheville but lived in Chicago for many years. She was preceded in death by her father, Otis Patton, and brother, Otis Charles Patton...
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Virginia Fisher
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Mrs. Virginia "Ginny" O. Hill Fisher, 91, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born to R.O. and Laverna Hill, Ginny graduated from Blytheville High School in 1942. In 1945, she married N. ...
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Tony Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 01/13/16)
Tony Darren Hamilton, 49, of Leachville, passed from this life January 12, 2016 in Little Rock. Born at Union City, TN he was the son of the late Shirley Ann Manus and had been a Leachville resident most of his life. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and had been employed as a carpenter...
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Billy Eugene Taylor
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Billy Eugene Taylor, 79, of Monette passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at his residence. He was born April 21, 1936, at Caraway. He was the son of the late Bill Henry and Edith Ballard Taylor. ...
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Tony Darren Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Tony Darren Hamilton, 49, of Leachville, passed from this life Jan. 12, 2016, in Little Rock. Born at Union City, Tenn., he was the son of the late Shirley Ann Manus and had been a Leachville resident most of his life. He was a U.S. Army veteran and had been employed as a carpenter...
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Brenda Joan Metheny
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Brenda Joan Metheny, 72, of Leachville, widow of Mr. Ben Metheny, passed from this life Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Gideon, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Omar and Pauline Harris Atchley and was a 1961 graduate of Gideon High School. ...
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Betty Lancaster
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Ms. Betty Ann Lancaster, 72, of Woodridge, Ill. died Sunday, January 10, 2016 in Woodridge, Ill.. Born November 19, 1943 in Osceola to the late Raymond Lancaster and the late Violet Buzzard Lancaster, she was a retired factory worker and of the Baptist faith...
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Virgil Helms
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Virgil Lee Helms, 58, of Leachville died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 in Memphis. Born on Nov. 26, 1957 in Lincoln, Neb. To the late Arlis Helms and Martha Wilson Helms of Cardwell, Mo., Virgil was a farm hand. He was preceded in death by a sister, Judy Kramer...
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Jonna Paramore
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Ms. Jonna Lee Paramore, 53, of Gosnell died Friday, January 8, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Brown August 3, 1962 in Osceola to the late Darrell Paramore and the late Enogene Lancaster Paramore, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...
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Lillie Braswell
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Mrs. Lillie Bell Braswell, 87, of Pascola, Mo. died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. She was born March 24, 1928 in Malden, Mo. to the late John and the late Jennie Snider Thrasher. She was united in marriage to James (Joe) Braswell on December 9, 1949 in Piggott, Ark. and to that union was born three children...
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Warren Nelson
(Obituary ~ 01/15/16)
Warren Nelson, 67 of Hot Springs, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Jesilene Burton
(Obituary ~ 01/18/16)
Jesilene Burton, age 101, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Arrangements are incomplete and we be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Vaughn Jerome
(Obituary ~ 01/19/16)
Mr. Vaughn Acton Jerome, 70, died January 18, 2016 at his home in Blytheville. Born April 23, 1945 in Blytheville, he was the son of Dr. Newell G. Jerome and Margaret Jane Acton Jerome. He attended the Blytheville Schools, graduating in 1963. He was an Eagle Scout...
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Jesilene Burton
(Obituary ~ 01/19/16)
Jesilene Burton, age 101, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Arrangements are incomplete and we be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Earnestine Harris
(Obituary ~ 01/19/16)
Mrs. Earnestine Harris, 86, of Blytheville died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born November 12, 1929 in Tunica, Miss. to the late William Woods and the late Irene Hunt Woods, she was a retired home health aide and of the Jehovah's Witness faith...
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Kerrie Wood
(Obituary ~ 01/19/16)
Ms. Kerrie Leigh Wood, 49, of Brookland and formerly of Osceola, died Friday, January 15, 2016 in Brookland. Born July 11, 1966 in Osceola to Clifford Wood of Brookland and the late Bertha LaRue Wood, she was a homemaker. She leaves her son, Chase Wilkey of Marion; and...
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Jesilene Burton
(Obituary ~ 01/20/16)
Jesilene Long Burton, of Blytheville, died on January 18, 2016 at the age of 101. Jesilene was born February 8, 1914 on her family farm in Gosnell, which became Blytheville Army Airfield in 1942. She was the eldest child of James C. Long and Media Crawford Long. After receiving her nursing degree from the Nursing School of Blytheville Hospital, Jesilene worked for over 50 years as an LPN in her community. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church...
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Rodger Davis
(Obituary ~ 01/20/16)
Rodger Dale Davis, 53, of Leachville, passed from this life January 18, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Paragould, he was the son of the late Marlon Davis and had been a lifelong Leachville resident. He was a 1980 graduate of Leachville High School and was the owner/operator of Davis Built LLC, residential construction and general contractors. Rodger was of the Pentecostal Faith...
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Vivian Perkins
(Obituary ~ 01/22/16)
Vivian Perkins, 87, of Luxora, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Carolyn Fuller
(Obituary ~ 01/22/16)
Carolyn Jean Fuller, 57, of Blytheville, formerly of Hughes, died Monday, Jan. 18 at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro. She is survived by her mother, Georgia Mae Patterson-Wilborn of Hughes; One daughter, Shaska Fuller of Blytheville; Two sons, Maurice Fuller of Hughes and Shawn Fuller of Blytheville;...
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Phyllis Y. Davidson Stout
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Phyllis Y. (Davidson) Stout of Temple, Texas, was born in Manila, Ark., on Aug. 14, 1954. Phyllis passed away in Temple on Jan. 12, 2016. She worked many years as a social worker. Phyllis was a very compassionate hard working Christian woman who found joy in life even during life storms...
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Tommy Wade Spencer
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Tommy Wade Spencer, age 74 of Leachville, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at his home. Born in Manila, he was the son of the late Floyd and Janie Heard Spencer and was a lifelong area resident. ...
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Tommy Spencer
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Tommy Wade Spencer, 74, of Leachville, died Saturday January 23, 2016 at his home. Born in Manila, he was the son of the late Floyd and Janie Heard Spencer and was a lifelong area resident. Tommy attended Leachville High School and worked for many years as an electrician, retiring from Magnetek Universal Manufacturing in Blytheville. He was of the Pentecostal faith and attended the First Assembly of God in Leachville. Tommy loved hunting, fishing, and most of all, spending time with his family...
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Vivian Perkins
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Vivian Ruth Perkins, 87, of Luxora passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a resident at Heritage Square Nursing Home for the past six years. She was born in 1928 in Decatur, Ala. to the late Earnest and Inez Coggins...
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Delora Gould
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Mrs. Delora Bernice Tucker Gould, 82, of Marked Tree died Friday, January 22, 2016 in Marked Tree. Born November 10, 1933 in Marked Tree to the late Ross Lee Hatcher and the late Jeannie Massey, she was a homemaker and a member of the Red Oak Baptist Church of Marked Tree...
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Irby Glover
(Obituary ~ 01/25/16)
Mr. Irby Lee Glover, 57, of Blytheville died Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born May 12, 1958 in Hernando, Miss. to the late Earmon Lee Glover and Ruby Lee Embry Glover Conley of Blytheville, he was a carpenter and of the Baptist faith...
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Brenda Edlemon
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
Brenda Lee Edlemon, 49, of Joiner passed away Sunday evening at St. Bernard's hospital in Jonesboro. She was born on October 27, 1966 to Arthur and Hattie Boothe. She lived her whole life in Mississippi County. She was of the Baptist faith. Brenda liked going to flea markets, listening to music of all genres, camping with her family, and just being outside. She enjoyed her children and was a very lovable person...
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Bessie Wilbanks
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
Bessie Fleeman Wilbanks, 94, of Burton, Mich., former Leachville resident and widow of John Wilbanks, passed from this life Friday January 22, 2016 in Burton, Mich. Born in Mississippi County, she was the daughter of the late John and Nora Keeney Fleeman and was raised in the Manila and Leachville areas. She moved to Flint, Michigan in 1950 and worked as a machinist for General Motors until her retirement in 1980...
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Bessie Fleeman Wilbanks
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
Bessie Fleeman Wilbanks, 94, of Burton, Mich., former Leachville resident and widow of John Wilbanks, passed from this life Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Burton. Born June 16, 1921, in Mississippi County, she was the daughter of the late John and Nora Keeney Fleeman and was raised in the Manila and Leachville areas. ...
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Brenda Edlemon
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Brenda Lee Edlemon, 49, of Joiner passed away Sunday evening at St. Bernard's hospital in Jonesboro. She was born on October 27, 1966 to Arthur and Hattie Boothe. She lived her whole life in Mississippi County. She was of the Baptist faith. Brenda liked going to flea markets, listening to music of all genres, camping with her family, and just being outside. She enjoyed her children and was a very lovable person...
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Charles Freeman
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Mr. Charles "Sonny" Landon Freeman, 75, of Lepanto died Sunday, January 24, 2016 in Osceola. Born October 20, 1940 in Manila to the late Carl Freeman and the late Callie Rollins Freeman, he was a truck driver and a member of the Etowah Pentecostal Church of God...
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Bessie Wilbanks
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Bessie Fleeman Wilbanks, 94, of Burton, Mich., former Leachville resident and widow of John Wilbanks, passed from this life Friday January 22, 2016 in Burton, Mich. Born in Mississippi County, she was the daughter of the late John and Nora Keeney Fleeman and was raised in the Manila and Leachville areas. She moved to Flint, Michigan in 1950 and worked as a machinist for General Motors until her retirement in 1980...
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George Johnson
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Mr. George Edward Johnson, 66, of Blytheville, died on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro. Born November 2, 1949, he was a factory worker. Mr. Johnson leaves his wife, Bonnie Johnson of Blytheville; Five sons, Gary Williams of Milwaukee, Wis., George E. Johnson, Jr. of Merced, Calif., Michael Johnson of Blytheville, Jerry Johnson of Atlanta, Ga. and Tony Canyon of Osceola;...
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Janice Carter
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Ms. Janice L. Carter, 58, of Blytheville died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born February 23, 1957 in Osceola to Mary G. Tate of Osceola, she was a homemaker. Ms. Carter leaves six daughters, Nenomoshia Thomas, Kashina Carter, Janice R. Carter, Elnora Carter, Zanela Carter and Krystal Carter, all of Blytheville;...
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Jean Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Jean Smith, age 91, widow of Wallace Smith, Sr., of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later time. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
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Donna Swinford
(Obituary ~ 01/27/16)
Donna Coleman Swinford, 58, of the Walnut Community and beloved wife of Richard Swinford, passed away Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at The Magnolia Regional Hospital in Corinth. A native of Blytheville, Mrs. Swinford had been a resident of the Walnut Community for the last 15 years. She was a member of the Charity Church in Chalybeate and will be remembered for her love of arts and crafts. She was a collector of antiques and enjoyed frequenting yard sales throughout the area...
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