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Henrietta McLaughlin
(Obituary ~ 12/04/02)
Mrs. Henrietta McLaughlin died November 24, at the family residence in Trumann, of natural causes. She was 54 years old. Mrs. McLaughlin was born in Dyess, Ark., on January 3, 1948, and had lived in Trumann for the past 21 years. She was formerly of West Memphis. She was a site manager for Crowley Ridge Development Council and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Trumann...
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Albert L. Nance
(Obituary ~ 12/04/02)
Albert L. Nance of Kansas City, Mo., died November 19, 2002. He was 79 years old. Mr. Nance was born in Alton, Mo., on September 4, 1923 and was raised in Trumann. Mr. Nance was in the service and retired after serving 22 years in the army. Mr. Nance was survived by his wife, Mary Louise Nance; three daughters, Linda Whitten, Gail Burnette, and June Paige; one brother, Charlie Nance; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...
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Snoda Ratliff Swindle
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Snoda Ratliff Swindle, 94, of Marked Tree, died Monday, December 2, 2002 at St. Bernard's Regional Center in Jonesboro. Swindle, a member of the Marked Tree Church of Christ, was the owner and operator of Snoda's Furniture in Marked Tree for many years and lived in Marked Tree for most of her life. ...
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Lethia Virginia Sparks
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Lethia Virginia Sparks, 78, of Osceola, died Nov. 28, 2002, at Osceola Health Care. Born July 1, 1924, in Shelbyville, Tenn., she was a homemaker. She was also a member of Keiser Chapel in Keiser and was a lifetime resident of Mississippi County. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.C. Sparks; mother, Bessie Whitworth and father, Arthur Riddings...
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Fannie Shinall
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Fannie Shinall, 86, of Lepanto, died Nov. 27, 2002, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. She worked at American Greetings. She was the widow of Ivan Shinall. She is survived by two sons, Harvey Gene Shinall of Mason, Tenn. and Roger Shinall of Lepanto; five grandsons; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren...
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Sibyl Perkins
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Sibyl Perkins, 88, of Tyronza, died Nov. 27, 2002, at her residence. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nolon Brown; three sons, Walter Brown, Kenneth Ray Brown, Kenneth Perkins; three brothers; three sisters and two grandchildren...
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Charles Edward Perkins
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Charles Edward Perkins, 93, of Tyronza, died Nov. 28, 2002, at the NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a farmer and was of the Church of God faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sibyl Perkins and three sons, Kenneth Perkins, Walter Brown and Kenneth Ray Brown...
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Annie Catherine Leaptrott
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
Annie Catherine Leaptrott, 86, of Memphis died Sunday, December 1, 2002 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. A homemaker, Leaptrott is survived by two sons, Howard Leaptrott of Memphis, Dave Leaptrott of Honolulu, Hawaii; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Leaptrott was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Leaptrott. Services and burial will be private...
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John Louis Kline
(Obituary ~ 12/10/02)
John Louis Kline, Sr., 66, of Gilmore died Nov. 25, 2002, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky. He was a timber contractor and was self employed. He is survived by his spouse, Tommie Jean Kline of Gilmore; two sons, John L. Kline, Jr. of Daytona Beach, Fla. ...
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Lena Ann Headrick Clark
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
Lena Ann Headrick Clark, 87, of St. Louis, Mo. died Dec. 6 at the National Health Care Center in Maryland Heights, Mo. of natural causes. She was born in Kentucky and had lived in St. Louis area since 1981 and was formerly of Trumann and Searcy County. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith...
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Lorine Hanna
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
Lorine Hanna of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at Craighead Nursing Center. She was 84 years old. Ms. Hanna was born in May Flower, Ark., on September 24 1918. She had lived in the Harrisburg and Jonesboro areas most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church. Her husband, S.P Hanna; one son, Don Edward Wilson; and one brother, O.F. Wilson, Jr. preceded her in death...
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Bobby Gene "Popeye" Tippitt
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
Bobby Gene "Popeye" Tippitt, 66, of Tucker died Dec. 5 at the UAMC in Little Rock of natural causes. He was born in Bono, had lived I Tucker for the past twenty years and was formerly of Trumann. He was owner of a self-employed heating and air conditioning service and a veteran of the Army...
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Carl Allen
(Obituary ~ 12/13/02)
Carl Allen, 78, of Dyess, died Dec. 5, 2002, at his residence. He was a member of the Dyess New Hope Pentecostal Church of God and was a construction foreman for Folk Construction Company of Memphis. He is survived by his wife, Sue Allen of Dyess; three daughters, Brenda Malone and Debbie Vaughn, both of Dyess and Faye Carlock of Marion; three brothers, Clarence Allen of Foley, Ala., Lloyd Allen of Dyess and Loyce Allen of North Little Rock; two sisters, Helen Gary and Sylvia Franks, both of Dyess; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.. ...
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Ruby Aileene Fisher
(Obituary ~ 12/13/02)
Ruby Aileene Fisher, 69, of Tyronza died Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. Fisher, a lifetime member of the First Baptist Church of Tyronza is survived by her father and mother, George A. and Elsie Smith; six sons, Hershel Fisher, Jr., Jimmy Fisher and Elvis...
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Jimmy Norman Linton, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/13/02)
Jimmy Norman Linton, Sr., 51, of Lepanto died Monday, December 4, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola. Linton, a retired captain for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, was a member of the Church of God and President of the Disabled Hunters Association of Jonesboro. ...
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Roberta Lee Wright
(Obituary ~ 12/13/02)
Roberta Lee Wright, 75, of Marked Tree, died Dec. 5, 2002, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She is survived by her brother, Forrest Wright of Bush, La.; a cousin, Soozi Williams of Marked Tree; two nieces and two nephews. The funeral was Dec. 7 at the Murphy Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Joe Sparks officiated the ceremony. Place of interment was at the Marked Tree Cemetery. Murphy Funeral Home of Marked Tree was in charge of arrangements...
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Johnny M. Easter
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
Mr. Johnny M. Easter, of Harrisburg, passed away December 12 at the family residence. He was 68 years old. Mr. Easter was born in Bay on December 1, 1934, and had lived most of his lifetime in Harrisburg. He was a retired farmer and member of the Greenfield Baptist Church near Harrisburg, Ark. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Peggy Terry, his father, Sol Easter and two brothers...
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Anna Marie Williams
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
Anna Marie Williams, 81, of Trumann died Sunday, Dec. 15 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Grubbs and had lived in Trumann for 40 years and was formerly of Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and member of the First Assembly of God in Trumann...
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John Stewart
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
John Stewart, 66, of Osceola died Saturday, December 7, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Osceola. Stewart, a member of Gospel Temple in Blytheville, is survived by his wife, Prince Stewart of Osceola; one son, John Stewart, Jr. of Osceola; one daughter, Carla Stewart of Osceola; three sisters, Sadie Coleman of Osceola, Christine Caruthers of Osceola, and Bessie Walker of Keiser and one brother, Lish Stewart of Keiser. Stewart is also survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...
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Frank O' Roark
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Frank O' Roark, 88, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, December 11, 2002 at his residence. O'Roark, a member of Marked Tree First Baptist Church where he served as Deacon and a Sunday School teacher, was a past president of the Brotherhood, past president of the Marked Tree Lions Club and a former alderman. ...
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Albert Johnson, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Albert Johnson, Jr., 48, of Osceola died Friday, December 6, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Osceola. Johnson, a member of Gospel Temple in Luxora, is survived by his wife, Dora Johnson of Luxora; four sons, Marcus Johnson of Blytheville, Antonio Johnson of Luxora, Gregory Johnson of Luxora, Matthew Johnson of Luxora; three daughters, Barbara Johnson, Jessica Johnson, and Renada Johnson of Luxora; six sisters, Shirley Jarrett of Blytheville, Mae Watson of Chicago, Queen Thurman and Margaret Johnson of Luxora, Velvia Sanders and Felvia Sanders of Saginaw, Mich. ...
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Teresa Lynn Holiman, 40, of Jonesboro, died Dec. 5, 2002, at Tunica, Miss.
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Born at Benton Harbor, Mich., she had lived in Jonesboro four years. She was formerly of Lepanto. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Odie Prichard. She was a graduate of Trumann High School and of Delta Vo-Tech...
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O'Neal "Fat" Gibbs
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
O'Neal "Fat" Gibbs, 70, of Harrisburg died December 15, 2002 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A farmer, Gibbs was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Tyronza and a member of the Woodsmen of the World. Gibbs is survived by his wife of 46 years, Bonnie, of Harrisburg; one son, Nathan Gibbs of Marion; one daughter, Vicki Gibbs Terrell of Tyronza; four sisters, Mable Eloise Wood of Waterloo, Ala., Vera Owen of Maumelle, Ark., Betty Bruce of Cordova, Tenn. ...
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Moore Garland
(Obituary ~ 12/24/02)
Dear Editor, I wish to report that a former resident of Trumann died recently in St. Louis. He lived on old West St. now Pine. Here is a description as many probably still know him and the Moore family: Moore, Garland ,73 died in St. Louis september 16th. ...
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Leroy Clay McCargo
(Obituary ~ 12/26/02)
Leroy Clay McCargo, 76, of Osceola died Dec. 17, 2002, at the Baptist Hospital in Osceola. He was born June 18, 1926 in Memphis. He was retired from the State of Illinois Department of Employment. He served as a man power representative for the U.S. Army and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He received the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Holy Church of Christ in Osceola...
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Paul Lyle Pankey
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mr. Paul Lyle Pankey passed away December 26, 2002 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., of natural causes. He was 56 years old. Mr. Pankey was born in Jonesboro, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a salesman and delivery man for FANS, veteran of the U.S. Army and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Granville Lyle and Eva Mae Conatser Pankey...
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Jimmie Mattix
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mr. Jimmie Mattix died December 19, 2002, at the family residence in Cherokee Village, Ark., of natural causes. He was 75 years old. Mr. Mattix was born in Trumann on January 3, 1927, and had lived in Cherokee Village for the past 12 years. He was a retired plumber, a Mason, veteran of the U.S. Army, member of the Local 155 Chapter United Assoc. of Plumber & Pipefitters and member of the Spring River Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Edward and Adalaid Watson Mattix...
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Thomas Wilson Knight
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mr. Thomas Wilson Knight passed away on December 18, 2002, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, of natural causes. He was 67 years old. Mr. Knight was born in Trumann on May 20, 1935, and had lived in Trumann all his lifetime and was a retired truck driver for the Shipping & Receiving Department of Parker Hannifin, Corp. ...
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Garland Moore
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Garland Moore, 73, died on Sept. 16 in St. Louis, Mo. Moore is a former resident of Trumann and attended school in Trumann through grades 10 - 12. He is survived by his wife Lucille; one son; one daughter and one sister Pauline Moore Loggains of Kalamazoo, Mich...
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Donna Kay Findley
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mrs. Donna Kay Findley died December 26, 2002 at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was 44 years old. Mrs. Findley was born on June 4, 1958 in Mendota, Calif., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was disabled and of the protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Long...
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Kathy Marie Hargrove Cox
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mrs. Kathy Marie Hargrove Cox died December 19, 2002, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola, Ark., of natural causes. She was 48 years old. Mrs. Cox was born on August 16, 1954, in Trumann, Ark., and had lived in Keiser for the past 20 years. She was a pharmaceutical tech and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jessie Lee Hargrove in 1997, and two brothers, Steve Hargrove and Billy Hargrove...
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Lessie Lee Christy
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mrs. Lessie Lee Christy died December 19, 2002, at Rose Skill Care Nursing Center in Jonesboro, Ark., of natural causes. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Christy was born on October 13, 1907, in Lorado near Jonesboro, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. ...
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Gregory Dean "Greg" Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/31/02)
Mr. Gregory Dean "Greg" Smith died December 18, 2002 at Regional Medical Center of NEA in Jonesboro, Ark., of natural causes. He was 43 years old. Mr. Smith was born on December 28, 1958, in St. Louis, Mo., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a Bail Bondsman and was a former Deep Sea Diving Welder and of the Church of Christ faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Bobby Lee "Bob" Smith in 1991...
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