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Georgia Corine Goodin
(Obituary ~ 09/01/04)
Georgia Corine Goodin, 74, of Jonesboro passed away at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Lake City for the past 23 years before moving to Jonesboro five months ago. She was a restaurant manager for Payneway Café for several years, retired from the Singer Company and was a caregiver. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Brookland...
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Harland Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/01/04)
Harland Duane Davis, 65, of Trumann died Tuesday, Aug. 24, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born in Mississippi, he was a retired brick layer and had served in the National Guard. He was of the Baptist belief. Survivors include a daughter, Tammie Juanita Martin of Trumann; two sons, Danny Duane Thompson of Trumann and Harold Thompson of Greers Ferry; and six grandchildren...
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Frank Danny Walker, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
Frank "Fat Rat" Danny Walker Jr., 47, of Osceola died Thursday, Aug. 26 in Hopkinsville, Ky. He was a hydraulic specialist of the Pentecostal faith and was in the army. Survivors include one son: Danny David Walker of Luxora; five sisters: Carol Maupin of Bassett, Sally Walker of Clifton, Tenn., Penny Pannell of Manila, and Sharon Chrisco and Michelle Ashley, both of Osceola; two brothers: Carlos Walker of Osceola and Allen Walker of Keiser; and one grandchild...
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David Randall Stone
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
David Randall Stone, 49, of Leachville died Tuesday, Aug. 26 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Born in Victoria, he was in the army, a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, David Stone. Survivors include his mother, Velma Green of Manila; three daughters: Chassity McCallie, Angela Stone and Mandy Evans, all of Manila; two sisters: Gloria Samford of Jonesboro and Janet Skaggs of Gosnell; and four grandchildren...
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Audrey Jean Ingram
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
Audrey Jean Ingram, 49, of West Memphis died Saturday, Aug. 28 at her residence. She was a retired waitress and of the Baptist faith. She is survived by one daughter: Mary Ann Scott of West Memphis; one sister: Peggy Ann Olive of West Memphis; and three grandchildren...
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Cora Mae Maness
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
Cora Mae Maness (Hardy), 67, of Savannah, Tenn. died Tuesday, Aug. 24 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born in Walnut Ridge, she was of the Church of God faith and was formerly from Trumann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Maness...
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Harland Duane Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
Harland Duane Davis "Whacker," 65, of Trumann died Tuesday, August 24 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Mississippi, he was a retired brick layer. He participated in the National Guard and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one daughter: Tammie Juanita Martin of Trumann; two sons: Danny Duane Thompson of Trumann and Harold Thompson of Greers Ferry; and six grandchildren...
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Margaret Ann Byrd
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
Margaret Ann Byrd, 64, of Keiser died Sunday, Aug. 29 at her residence. She was a housewife and a member of the Church of Christ in Keiser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude David Byrd; her parents, John and Sarah Jones; one daughter; one son, David Ray Byrd; seven sisters and two brothers...
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William Boyce Baird Jr
(Obituary ~ 09/02/04)
William Boyce Baird Jr 73, of Jacksonville, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2004. He was a retired pharmacist and a 1960 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Growing up he worked for his father, Boyce Baird, Sr., in the Arkansas Drug Store. Later he worked in Blytheville and Searcy and eventually owned Johnson's Apothecary in Little Rock. He also co-owned Economy Drugstore in North Little Rock...
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Arville Holmes Vick
(Obituary ~ 09/08/04)
Arville Holmes Vick, 82, of Harrisburg died Monday, Aug. 30 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one daughter, Rebecca Kirk of Booneville; two brothers: Leonard Vick of Harrisburg and Henry Vick of Fayetteville; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...
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Denny Layne Hale
(Obituary ~ 09/08/04)
Denny Layne Hale, 54, of Steele, Mo. died Tuesday, Aug. 31, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Born in Jackson, Tenn., he was a lifelong resident of Steele, had worked as a police officer in Steele for three years, was a self-employed carpenter and was a member of the Pentecostal Church of God...
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Gennetter Gibson
(Obituary ~ 09/08/04)
Gennetter Gibson, 81, of Osceola died Friday, Sept. 3, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola. Born in Crawfordsville, she was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Joiner, where she was in the choir and served on the mothers' board. Survivors include five daughters, Martha Latham and Arbedella Lewis, both of Osceola, Gwen McDaniel and Linda Gibson, both of Memphis, and Shirley Marshall of Blytheville; five sons, Little Joe Gibson of Virginia Beach, Va., Leroy Gibson of Joiner, Billy Gibson of New York City and David Gibson and Muhammad Allemeen, both of Chicago; two brothers, Joe Jackson of Chicago and Daniel Thomas of Osceola; 36 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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Dennis Wayne Brannon
(Obituary ~ 09/16/04)
Dennis Wayne Brannon, 55, of Lepanto died Monday, Sept. 6, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. He was a farmer and a car salesman who received a Chrysler Gold Award for salesmanship. He was a Baptist. Survivors include a son, Scott Jones of Etowah; three daughters, Reanna Yarbrough of Trumann and Alicia Taylor and Tiffany Ann Brannon, both of Keiser; his mother, Geneva Brannon of Mountain View; a brother, Clint Brannon of Lepanto; and three grandchildren...
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Pauline Shempert
(Obituary ~ 09/16/04)
Pauline Shempert, 83, of Booneville, Miss., formerly of Lepanto, died Friday, Sept. 10, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A homemaker, she was a Sunday School teacher at Little Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Booneville. Survivors include two sons: Dale Shempert of Batesville and Mike Shempert of Tyronza; six daughters: Bobbie Taylor of Cleveland, Texas, Shirley Reece and Suzy Brandon, both of Marietta, Miss., Mary Shempert of Memphis, Brenda Buerkle of Marked Tree, Pam Kirby of Tyronza; one sister: Nellie Vickers of Steele, Mo.; two brothers: Burdette Rollins of Kansas City, Mo., and Bill Rollins of Marcella; 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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Eugene Wright
(Obituary ~ 09/16/04)
Eugene Wright, 90, of Lepanto died Saturday, Sept. 11, at Three Rivers Nursing Center at Marked Tree. He was a member of Revival Center Pentecostal Church of Lepanto. Survivors include three half sisters: Frankie Mathis and Madline Flippo, both of Corinth, Miss., and Johnnie Lou Peters of Kansas City, Mo.; three grandchildren: Kevin Wright, Dana Brown and Tarra Holt, all of Lepanto; and four great-grandchildren...
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Mary Frances Fleming Murray
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Mary Frances Fleming Murray,87, of San Angelo, Texas died Monday, Sept. 13. She was previously of Marked Tree and a graduate of Marked Tree High School. She and her husband were the first operators of the Travel Air Motel. She was a member of Quail Ridge Baptist Church...
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Mary Helen Holiman
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Mary Helen Holiman, 77, of Lepanto died Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Born in Memphis, she was a member of First Baptist Church, the Lepanto Art Chapter and the National Audubon Society. Survivors include two sons: Jake Holiman and Mark Holiman, both of Lepanto; one daughter: Charlotte Patterson of Lepanto; one sister; Doris Hamilton of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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Delia Garner
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Delia Garner, 81, of Lepanto died Wednesday, Sept. 15, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Sulphur Rock, she was a longtime member of Lepanto Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons, Dennis Garner of Caraway and Jeff Garner of West Ridge; five daughters, Johnnie Adams of Collierville, Tenn., Allamae Ezell of Jonesboro, Wanda Kemp of Blytheville, Cynthia Willbanks of Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte Garner of Etowah; one brother, Dale Harvison of Trumann; five sisters, Willene Garner of Lepanto, Vera Lewis of Redfield, Kathyrn Smart of Harrisburg, Leona Russell of Duck Hill, Miss., and Lillian Phillips of Jonesboro; 17 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.. ...
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Michael Everett
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Michael Everett, 56, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, Sept. 15, at his residence. Born at Morton, he was a graduate of Arkansas State University and served as the deputy prosecutor of the 2nd Judicial District in Poinsett County in the mid-1970s. He served in the Arkansas Senate from 1991-2002. During that time he served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was a member of the Joint Budget Committee and the Legislative Council and State Agency and Governmental Affairs Committee...
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Hazel E. Elrod
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Hazel E. Elrod, 85, of Melbourne died Friday, Sept. 17, at Calico Rock Community Hospital. Formerly of Joiner, she was of the Jehovah's Witnesses belief. Survivors include four sons, Cecil Elrod and Jerry Elrod, both of Melbourne, Larry Elrod of Marked Tree and Roy C. Elrod of Osceola; a daughter, Rebecca S. Wilkins of Marked Tree; 10 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren...
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Barbara Ann Blumenauer
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Barbara Ann Blumenauer, 61, of Spring Hill, formerly of Marked Tree, died Thursday, Sept. 16, at her residence. She was a member of Freedom Christian Fellowship at Adrian, Mich. and was a choir member. Survivors include her husband, Tim E. Blumenauer of Spring Hill; one son, Todd Jeffrey Blumenauer of Tecumseh, Mich.; one daughter, Amy Lynn Craft of St. Petersburg, Fla.; her mother, Thelma Louise Turner of West Memphis; one brother, Edward James Turner of Eureka Springs; and five grandchildren...
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Montville
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Willie Palmer Montville died Sept. 12 at her home in Detroit. She was born in Baldwyn, Miss. and attended School in Bay. She resided in Trumann until 1953. She was a retired cosmetologist. Survivors include one son, Danny Pemington; one sister: Mauvolene Taylor of Trumann; two brothers: Ben Scott of Bay and Paul Scott of Hickory Valley, Tenn.; and one granddaughter, Lauren Pemington...
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Milval Johnston
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Milval Johnston, 91, of Trumann died Saturday, Sept. 19, at Trumann Health and Rehab Center. Born at Cardwell, Mo., she had lived in Trumann since 1940. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Trumann. Survivors include two sons, Sidney Johnston of Dallas and Woodrow Wilson of Houston, Texas; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...
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William W. "Bill" Gregory Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
William W. "Bill" Gregory Sr., 76, of Trumann died Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Born in Memphis, he was retired from the Air Force and was an ordained minister. Survivors include his wife, Katie L. Gregory; a son, William W. Gregory Jr. of Franklin, Tenn.; one stepson, Larry Rodgers of Trumann; one sister, Elizabeth Ann Embery of Sheridan, Texas; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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Winford
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Winford Joe "Dude" Wilcockson, 87, of Trumann died Saturday, Sept. 4, at his residence. Born at Lorado, he lived in Trumann for the past 67 years. He was a retired supervisor for the Singer Co. in Trumann, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a member of the Disabled American Veterans and of the Methodist belief...
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Saunders
(Obituary ~ 09/22/04)
Juanita Saunders, 67, of Trumann died Thursday, Sept. 16, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Marked Tree, she had lived in the Trumann and Lepanto areas most of her life and was a retired teacher's aide, having worked at Lepanto and Tyronza schools for more than 22 years...
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Shaniqua Jannette Jacobs
(Obituary ~ 09/30/04)
Shaniqua Jannette Jacobs, 27, of Osceola died Wednesday, Sept. 15 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was survived by her fiancé, John Beal of Osceola; her mother, Nellie Moore of Wilson; her father, Samuel Jacobs Jr. ...
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Hermon Aven Smith
(Obituary ~ 09/30/04)
Hermon Aven Smith, 64, of Lepanto died Monday, Sept. 20 at his residence. A lifetime resident of Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, he was a farmer and a member of Etowah Pentecostal Church of God. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Ethel Smith; one son, Rickey Smith; two sisters and seven brothers...
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Mary Ruth Wilt
(Obituary ~ 09/30/04)
Mary Ruth Wilt, 83, of Amarillo, Texas died Saturday, Sept. 25. Born on May 19, 1921 in Hunter to Own and Jennie Berry, she attended school in Marked Tree and graduated in 1939. She attended Texas Tech University and married Mason Wilt on January 1, 1944 in Lubbock. A homemaker, she enjoyed arts and crafts. She was a member of Church of Christ and Sunshine H.D. Club of Borger...
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Carolyn Walling
(Obituary ~ 09/30/04)
Carolyn Walling, 62, of Lepanto died Wednesday, Sept. 15 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a member of Red Oak Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Mable Foster, and one brother, Jerry Foster. Survivors include her husband, Earnie Walling of Lepanto; one daughter: Sandra McCammon of Caraway; three sisters: Christine Turner of Water Valley, Miss., Wilma Robertson of Lepanto and Janet Buck, both of Lepanto; one brother: Gerald Foster of Lepanto; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.. ...
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