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Christine Boren
(Obituary ~ 04/02/03)
Christine "Toy" Boren of Lebanon, Mo passed away Sunday, March 23, 2003. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Boren was born on Jan. 31, 1913 in Boone County, Miss. She lived in the Jonesboro area several years during the late 1940's and 1950's. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. Her husband, Henry Talmedge Boren, one son, James Andrew Boren, four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death...
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Homer Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/02/03)
Homer (Dick) Littleton Smith of Marked Tree died March 24, 2003 at Regional Medical center. He was 82 years old. Mr. Smith was a member of the Apostolic Church in Tyronza. He served in the U.S. Army and was a WWII veteran. Mr. Smith had been a resident of Poinsett County for over 50 years. He was preceded in death by one son, Charles Homes Smith; two daughters, Nancy Smith and Ivy Russell; and his parents Frank and Maudie Smith...
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Odis Carl Tyler
(Obituary ~ 04/03/03)
Odis Carl Tyler, 87, died on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. Tyler was a WWII Army veteran, a member of the American Legion and the First Baptist Church of Lepanto. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, Irene Powell Tyler; three sons, Harold Tyler, Alton Tyler and Mitchell Tyler; two daughters, Sandra Benton and Darlene House; one sister, Lena Rogers; two brothers, Paul Tyler and Gene Tyler; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, all of Lepanto.. ...
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Eul James Griffin
(Obituary ~ 04/03/03)
Eul James "Shorty" Griifin, 84, of Payneway, died on Monday, March 31, 2003 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. Born on October 1, 1918 in Bethesda, Ark., Griffin was a member of the Broadway Church of Christ and worked for Singer after retiring from farming. He played semi-pro baseball...
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Rickey Elinburg
(Obituary ~ 04/03/03)
Rickey "Wayne" Elinburg, 55, of Osceola died on Thursday, March 27, 2003 at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Born February 24, 1948 in Union, Miss., Elinburg was a farm worker and a member of the Pentecostal Church of God in Etowah. Survivors include his wife, Patsy Elinburg of Osceola; two sons, Rickey Joe Elinburg and Mark Wayne Elinburg, both of Etowah; three daughters, Melissa Ann Ray of Cherokee Village, Melanie Ray of Osceola and Kimberly Evance of Mountain Grove, Mo.; one sister, Wilma Kirk of Etowah; five brothers, Willie Elinburg of Belk, Ark., Sam Elinburg of Watson, Ark., John Elinburg of Caraway, Ark., Tommy Elinburg of Etowah and Mike Elinburg of West Ridge; and 13 grandchildren.. ...
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Ida Carman
(Obituary ~ 04/09/03)
Ida Othel Carman, 87, of Berwyn, Ill., died March 26, 2003, at the Victoria Manor Nursing Center in LeGrange, Ill. of natural causes. She was born in Walnut Ridge and had lived in Berwyn for the past 23 years. She was formerly of Pocahontas. She was a homemaker and of the Church of Christ faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Carman in 1993; one son, Jimmie Carl Carman; her foster parents, Sam and Clyde Sisco and her parents, John T. and Ida L. Tillman Raglin...
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Ottie Willis Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/11/03)
Ottie Willis Smith, 76, of Tyronza, died on Friday, April 4, 2003, at his home. Smith was a member of the Tyronza First United Methodist Church, a retired volunteer fireman for the Tyronza Fire Department and a WWII Army veteran. He was a retired truck driver for Home Oil Co...
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Fred Shackelford, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/11/03)
Fred M. Shackelford, Jr., 73, of Memphis, died on April 3, 2003 at his home. Born on September 5, 1929 in Osceola, Shackelford was formerly of Marked Tree. He was a member and deacon of Ridgeway Baptist Church and a sales executive of MDR and Transcon Lines...
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Becky Ann Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/11/03)
Becky Ann Jones, 47, of Trumann, died on April 8, 2003 on Hwy. 69 near Trumann. Jones was born February 26, 1956. She was a homemaker of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include two sons, Greg Jones of Harrisburg and James Jones of Virginia Beach, Va.; one daughter, Beckie Duncan of Lepanto; two sisters, Ruby Lee Gaddis of Tyronza and Nannie Sue Tillotson of Fair Born, Ohio; five brothers, Gordon Gaddis of Michigan City, Ind., Lee Gaddis of Tyronza, Eugene and Lowell Gaddis of Marked Tree and John Troy Gaddis of Harrison; and four grandchildren.. ...
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Mary Ann Jacobs
(Obituary ~ 04/11/03)
Mary Ann Jacobs, 45, of Osceola, died on Thursday, April 3 at Baptist East in Memphis. Jacobs was born on May 25, 1957 in St. Louis to Oscar Reynolds, Sr. and Marie Simpson. She was a secretary at South Miss. Co. School District and a member of Promiseland Church of God in Christ in Osceola...
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John Robert Balek
(Obituary ~ 04/11/03)
John Robert Balek, 73, of Wilson, died on Friday, April 4, 2003 at the Baptist Hospital in Osceola. Balek was born on November 30, 1929 in Chicago. He was a business owner and retired salesman. He was of the Catholic faith and was owner of Marie Grocery for 11 years...
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Doris Arlene Watkins
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Doris Arlene Watkins, 50, of Lepanto, died on April 15, 2003 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born January 27, 1953 in Tyronza, Watkins was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include two sons, Robert Lee Fuller of Lepanto and Joe Christopher Watkins of Marked Tree; seven sisters, Diane Robbins of Brush, Colo., Lisa Kay Zitts of Springfield, Ohio, Marie Sipes and Kathy Ridge of Marked Tree, Patricia Kirkpatrick of Lepanto, Pamela Byrd of Bassett and Sandra Ham of Dyess; and one brother, Ronnie Allen Kirkpatrick of Jonesboro.. ...
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Frances Annette Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Frances Annette Smith, 62, of Lexington, Tenn. died on Sunday, April 13, 2003 at Osceola Baptist Hospital. A retired school teacher of Hollow Rock School District, Smith was preceded in death by her husband Jerry F. Smith. Survivors include one brother, Mike Flunk of Lepanto...
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Ruben "Buster" Shinall
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Ruben "Buster" Shinall, 77, of Lepanto died April 14, 2003 at the Methodist Hospital Central in Memphis. Shinall was born July 4, 1925 in Calhoun City, Miss. He was a retired farmer and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Jimmie Faye Shinall; two daughters, Peggy Foshee of Collierville, Tenn., and Anna Buck of West Memphis; one son, John Shinall of Lepanto; three sisters, Mary Freshour of Little Rock, Pearl Clark of Memphis, and Dolly Caldwell of Lepanto; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.. ...
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Glen Madison May Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Glen Madison May Sr., 89, died April 12, 2003 at the St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He was a farm worker, a Baptist and a WWII veteran. He is survived by one daughter, Rose Peridore of Caraway; four sons, Danny May of Horn Lake, Miss., Bobby May of Park Hills, Mo., Gordon May of Osceola, Steven of Manila; 13 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren...
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Ruby Ruth Ingle
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Ruby Ruth Ingle, 84, of Marked Tree died April 11, 2003 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ in Marked Tree. Survivors include one son, Earnest Lee Ingle Jr. of Bella Vista, Ark; four sisters, Alma Stephens of El Campo, Texas, Kay Jackson of Tyler, Texas, Pauline Ryan of West Memphis and Louise Miller of St. Louis, Mo.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...
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Will Gill
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Will Gill, 91, of Turrell died April 16, 2003, at the Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Gill was born July 4, 1911 in Hardemann County, Tenn. and was a farmer and a member of the First Baptist Church in Turrell. He is preceded in death by Ruby Mae Gill...
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Patricia Bynum
(Obituary ~ 04/19/03)
Patricia Bynum, 65, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at her home in Luxora. Born December 23, 1937 in Counce, Tenn., Bynum was a lifetime resident of Luxora. She was a homemaker and a member of Rosa Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Lemuel Bynum Jr. ...
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Ella Mae Inzer
(Obituary ~ 04/23/03)
Ms. Ella Mae Inzer, 83, of Trumann passed away on Friday, April 18 at Craighead Nursing Center. She was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Trumann. Ms. Inzer spent all of her life in Trumann. She was a former employee of Singer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Rosie Inzer; three sisters, Juanita Brake, Betty R. Brake and Katherine Martin; two brothers, Frank Inzer and Fritz Inzer...
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Lee Matthew Dye, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/23/03)
Lee Matthew Dye, Jr., passed away April 15, 2003, due to injuries received in an auto accident. He was six years old. Lee Matthew Dye, Jr., was born on April 20, 1996, in Rockford, Ill., and had lived in Trumann for the past two years. He was a kindergarten student at Central Park Elementary School...
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Patricia Jean Dillard
(Obituary ~ 04/23/03)
Mrs. Patricia Jean "Pattie" Dillard passed away April 11, 2003, at the family residence in Buena Park, Calif., of natural causes. She was 68 years old. Mrs. Dillard was born in Trumann, Ark., and had lived in Buena Park since 1967. She was formerly from Seattle, Wash. ...
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Judy Ann Thomas
(Obituary ~ 04/23/03)
Miss Judy Ann Thomas passed away April 10, 2003 at the Ridgecrest Nursing Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was 56 years old. Miss Thomas was born in Jonesboro and had lived in Jonesboro since 1993. She was formerly of Trumann and was of the Pentecostal faith. Miss Thomas was the daughter of the late Drue Edward and Gwindal Johnnie Rogers Thomas...
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Jo Ann T. Wood
(Obituary ~ 04/29/03)
Jo Ann T. Wood, 67, of Tyronza died Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was an office manager for the ASCS office and a member of Tyronza Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Paula Hatcher of Lepanto, and Melinda Acoach of Atlanta, Ga.; and two grandchildren...
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Billy Ray Williamson
(Obituary ~ 04/29/03)
Billy Ray Williamson, 69, of Memphis, died on Thursday, April 17, 2003. He is preceded in death by his parents, Row and Velma Williamson; two aunts Thelma Marbry and Pearl Smith; and one uncle, Melvin George, all of Marked Tree. Survivors include his wife, Flora Williamson of Memphis; two daughters, Trina Anderson of Bartlett, Tenn. ...
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Carlton Eugene "Buddy" Kent
(Obituary ~ 04/29/03)
Carlton Eugene "Buddy" Kent, 66, died Sunday, April 20, 2003, at his home in Payneway. Born on May 15, 1936 in Mississippi County, Ark., Kent was a farmer, and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a board member of Marked Tree Co-Op and Payneway Water Association, a member of Stumpy Point Hunting Club and of the Baptist faith...
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Ruby Lavern Holder
(Obituary ~ 04/29/03)
Ruby Lavern Holder, 79, of Osceola died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at the Baptist Hospital at Osceola. Holder was a retired school cafeteria worker and a member of Bethel Church of Lord Jesus Christ. Survivors include her husband, John Holder of Osceola; one daughter, Eva Schoepp of New Orleans, La.; two sons, Jimmy Holder and Michael Holder both of Osceola; one sister, Lena Mae Burchan of Tupelo, Miss.; two brothers, JR Brooks of Dell and Paul Brooks of Osceola; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Erma Dean Baker
(Obituary ~ 04/29/03)
Erma Dean Baker, 46, of Luxora, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis. She was born July 26, 1956 in Luxora to Allen Walters and Hattie Rhines. She was a factory worker, a member of New Salem M.B. Church in Luxora, church choir member, and Eastern Star...
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Bonnie Furnish
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
Bonnie Marie Furnish, 79, of Trumann died Friday, April 25, 2003, at the Regional Medical Center of Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro. Born in Newport, she lived in Trumann for 25 years. She was formerly of Bay. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben Harper and Clara Tinkle Harper...
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William Sharp
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
William Leon Sharp, 70, of Harrisburg died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg. He was born Jan. 1, 1933, in Savannah, Tenn., the son of Joe Sidney Sharp and Linnie Pearl (Shepherd) Sharp. He married Dorothy Lindsey on Dec. ...
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