Obituaries from March 2002

Cecil C. King, 82, died Feb. 24, 2002 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg. He was a retired carpenter, World War II Army veteran and a member of the First Baptist Church in Imboden. He is survived by four sisters, Pearlie Hirsch of Ravenden, Thelma Berry of O'Kean, Irene Baird of Williford and Maudie Leininger of New York, N.Y.; three brothers, Willie King of Sugar Grove, Ill., Claudie King of Batavia, Ill. ...

William J. "Bill" Kemper, 79, died Feb. 24, 2002 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Kemper lived most of his life in Trumann. He was retired from the Singer Company, veteran of the U.S. Army and World War II and a member of the Calvary Pentecostal Church in Trumann...

Retha Othel Conway, 86, died Feb. 18, 2002 at Hilltop Nursing Center in Harrison. Conway was born in Sharp County and lived most of her life in Trumann. She was retired from the Singer Company and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

Maybelle Dorothy Ray, 89, died Feb. 24, 2002 at her residence in Trumann. She was a retired Dental Assistant for Dr. Irwin Gould of Trumann and a former waitress while living in Harrisburg. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Harrisburg...

Leon Phillips, 60, died Feb. 16, 2002 at the family residence in McAllen, Texas. He was born in Blytheville and had lived in McAllen for the past 25 years. He worked for the FBI in St. Louis and for the McAllen Police Drug Enforcement Agency. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Vietnam War and was of Baptist faith...

Gloria Lynn "Simpson" Montgomery, 52, died Feb. 14, 2002 at St. James Hospital in Chicago. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant, a member of the First Church of Deliverance in Chicago and a member of Greater Jones Temple in Gilmore. She is survived by her husband, James Montgomery of Lepanto; three sons, James Montgomery, Jr. ...

Frank Edward Broadaway, 84, died Feb. 12, 2002 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He owned and operated Broadaway's Service Station Trumann, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and World War II and a member of the Melton Avenue Church of Christ...

John Walter "J.W." Cobb, 66, of Harrisburg died Monday Feb. 18 at Regional Medical Center of NEA. He was born July 16, 1935 at Weona. He was a retired truck driver and of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Albert and Fleada May Cobb; one brother, Edward Cobb; and two sisters, Lynda Walker and Helen Sherman...

Charles Dwight Rogers, 73, died Feb. 12, 2002 at the V.A. Hospital in Memphis. Rogers had lived in Bay for the past 21 years and was formerly of Marked Tree. He was retired from Colson's Manufacturing and worked for the city of Bay. He was a U.S. Air Force and World War II veteran and was of Catholic faith...

Irene Elizabeth Richmond, 77 of Dyess died March 1, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola. She was a Baptist and proceeded in death by her husband Girfus H. Richmond, two sons Randy Faron Richmond and Girfus Gary Richmond, one grand daughter, Dessie Irene Richmond, one sister Myrtle Richmond, one brother Edward Smith and her father and mother, Willie and Davie Smith...

Mildred Pauline "Polly" Chandler 82, homemaker, died Saturday March 2, 2002 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. A resident of Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, she was originally from Cayce, Miss. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lucy, Tenn. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel in Memphis has charge of services...

Gaylon "Brandy" Walker, 82, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at his home in Coquille, Oregon. Walker was born in Atkins and lived his boyhood life in Trumann. He was a retired postal worker and former prisoner of war from World War II. He is survived by his wife, Lou Walker of the home; three children and two brothers, Ray Walker of Trumann and Eugene Walker of Mountain Home...

Paula Jujuan Moody, 44, of Trumann died March 4 at her home of natural causes. Moody was born in Chicago, attended high school in Kossuth, MS before moving to Trumann in 1975. She was a housewife and of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her husband, Terry Reece Moody of the home, two daughters, Crystal Dawn Hatcher of Jonesboro and Candice Dale Coker of Trumann, one son, Jimmy Dewayne Coker Jr. ...

Tony Carl Sanders, 39, of Harrisburg died March 1 at his family residence. Sanders was born in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann and Harrisburg. He was a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Sue Sanders of the home, four daughters, Ashley Sanders, Toni Shea Sanders, Cassandra Sanders, and Carmen Sanders all of Harrisburg, two sons, Steven Sanders Erbb of Canada, Thomas Sanders of Harrisburg, his father, Claud Carl Sanders of Harrisburg, his mother Helen Teague of Trumann, step-father, Lee Teague of Trumann, four sisters, Carla Hazelwood of Jonesboro, Sandra Guffey of Texarkana, June Jones of Wynne, Christie Willbanks of Harrisburg and two brothers George Sanders of Trumann, James Teague of Jonesboro.. ...

Wona Mae Smith, 77, of Payneway, died March 7, 2002 at the Methodist Hospital (Central) in Memphis. She was born on May 7, 1924 in Sulpher Springs, Tenn. She was a member of the Centerview Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Nelson "Pete" Smith, and one son, Scott Smith. ...

Lucille Minton Bennett, 79, of Marion died March 12 at Johnson-Hobson Care Home in Marion. She was born Feb. 23, 1923, in Mississippi, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lepanto, and a retired quality control checker for American Greetings...

Gerald Pulley, 72 of Memphis died March 12, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and a member of Hites Chapel Assembly of God Church in Parkin. He is survived by his wife, Virgie May (Turpin) Pulley of the home, three daughters Virginia Ann Gaddis of Munford, Tenn., Susan Holland of Arlington, Tenn., and Sandra Pulley of Memphis; one son, Jerry Pulley of Philadelphia, Miss.; one sister, Helen Whitley of Memphis, five grand-children and three great-grandchildren...

Herschel Glenn Collins, Jr., 41 of Marion died March 12, 2002 at Methodist Health Care Central in Memphis. He was a construction superintendent for S. Webster Painting Co. and was a member of Vanderbilt Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Sharon of Marion, a daughter Stacy and son Glenn, both of Marion, three sisters, Brenda Brewer of Etowah, Jeri Robison of Payneway and Barbara Roark of Marked Tree and two brothers Billy of Little Rock and Terry of Lepanto...

Colburn M. Anderson, 80 died in Omaha, Neb. January 31, 2002. He is survived by his wife Inez Pittman Anderson, formerly of Marked Tree, now residing in Tumbling Shoals, Ark., a daughter, Barbara and husband Roger Fisher, a son, Cole Anderson, Jr. and wife Lein of Moscow, Tenn., a son, Jeff and his wife Lawanna Anderson of Omaha, Neb., 11 grandchildren and 15 great grand children. ...

Frances C. Coleman, 82, died March 11, 2002 at the family residence in Monette of natural causes. Coleman was born in Rector and had lived in Monette for the past 40 years. She was formerly of Trumann. She and her husband owned and operated the Western Auto Store in Monette before their retirement. She was a member of the Monette United Methodist Church and was a former organist for the Monette Methodist Church and the First United Methodist Church in Trumann...

Elmer Rogers, 71, of Bay died March 17, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Leachville and had lived most of his life in Bay. He was a retired farmer, a member of the Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church and a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Rogers of the home; two sons, Harvey Rogers of Bay and Allen Rogers of Trumann; three daughters, Margarett Patrick of Memphis, Donna Rains of Paragould and Paula Barnhill of Trumann; one brother, Jerry W. ...

Cecil Dunning, 56, died March 14, 2002 in Jonesboro of natural causes. Dunning was born in Elkhart, Ind. and had lived most of his lifetime in the Brookland and Bay area. He was a farmer and of Baptist faith. He is survived by a brother, Jerry Dunning of Bay and a sister, Valerie Ferguson of Brookland...

Earnest Eugene Davis Sr., 62, of Bay died March 15 at his residence. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Martha Davis of the home, three sons, Earnest Davis Jr., James Davis, and Dennis Davis all of Bay, one daughter Debbie Davis of Eldorado, one sister Effie Needham of Monette, two brothers, Grady Davis of Walnut Ridge, and Raymond Davis of Lepanto, and 15 grandchildren...

James Rodgers "Red" Featherston, 93, of Memphis, formerly of Marked Tree, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at the Cordova Rehabilitation Center in Cordova, Tenn. Friends and family will visit Friday, March 22 at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Marked Tree. Services will be at the church at 2:00 p.m., following visitation. Burial will follow at Marked Tree Cemetery...

Mattie Pearl Smith, 94, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Born in Stantonville, Tenn. on February 18, 1908, she was a homemaker, member of Central Baptist Church of Marked Tree and preceded in death by her husband, John Wesley Smith, Sr. and one son, John Wesley Smith, Jr...

Lorien Mitchell, 90, of Marked Tree died March 17, 2002 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center. She was a member of the Marked Tree Assembly of God Church. Mitchell is preceded in death by her husband, Houston Mitchell. Survivors include three daughters, Ruby Mae Tanner of Michigan City, Ind., Mary Blevins of Tyronza, and Carolyn Bolick of Keiser; four sons, Ruben Mitchell of Flint, Mich., Lowell Mitchell of Bassett, Doyal Mitchell of Michigan City, Ind., and Freddie Mitchell of Marion; 15 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.. ...

Horace J. Lovell, 80 of Blytheville, died Sunday, March 17, 2002 at Baptist Nursing Center in Blytheville. Born the son of Henry and Ora Richardson Lovell in Oil Trough, he had been a resident in this area for the past 6 years. A veteran of WWII, he served his country in the US Army. He retired from The Rowton Company in West Memphis, was a member of the 10th Street Baptist Church and a member of the VFW. His parents and three sons preceded him in death...

Olen "O. C." Griggs, 83 of Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, formerly of Lepanto, died Saturday, March 16, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Osceola. He was born July 29, 1918 in Tupelo, Miss. and was married to Bertha Griggs, also of Three Rivers Nursing Center...

Earnest Engene Davis, Sr., 82 of Bay died at his home on March 15, 2002. He was a truck driver and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Martha of Bay; three sons, Earnest Jr., James and Dennis all of Bay, one daughter, Debbie Davis of Eldorado; one sister Effie Needham of Monette, VA.; two brothers Grady of Walnut Ridge and Raymond of Lepanto and 15 grandchildren...

Aretta Beard, 91 of Lepanto, formerly of Leachville, died Monday, March 18, 2002 at Powhatten, Ark. She was the daughter of the late James and Eliza Cunningham Horsley and had been a Leachville resident since 1967. She was the widow of William Anderson Williams and Fred Beard and a member of the Ridgeview Baptist Church...

J.P. Morgan, 80, of West Memphis formerly of Trumann died March 18 at Beverly Heath Care in West Memphis. He was of Baptist faith, a mason, served in the US Army in WWII and the Korean War, he was retired from Central Hardware and owner of J.P. Morgan BBQ in Trumann...

James Howard Hargrove, 64, of Bay died Sunday March 24 at the family residence in Bay. He was born in Alabama and had lived in Bay for the past 10 years. He was a retired farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Francis Allen Hargrove, one sister, two brothers, and his parents Jess and Fairy Turner Hargrove...

Ethyl Kemp Reed, 83, of Trumann died Friday March 23 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born in Pocahontas and lived most of her life in Trumann. She was a retired school teacher having taught at Marked Tree School system for 19 years, was a graduate of Arkansas State University, a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma, member of retired teachers association, a former member of the 20th Century Club, and a member of the First Christian Church in Trumann...