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James Allen Vail, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
James Allen Vail, Sr. died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006 in Lennox, S.D., at the age of 89. He was born in Caledonia, Miss., the son of the Robert Gillian and Eva Green Stevens Vail and had lived in Trumann for most of his lifetime. He had lived and worked in Chicago for 16 years before returning to Trumann after retirement. Mr. Vail was a retired security guard and of the Baptist faith...
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Jimmy Ray Watkins
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
Mr. Jimmy Ray Watkins, 68 of Trumann, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 evening at the family residence. He was born in Trumann and lived most of his life in Trumann after moving back from Michigan City, Ind. He was past member of the Wheeling Eagles Wheelchair Basketball team, previously served as trustee of the First General Baptist Church where he was a member...
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Ruby Harris
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
Ruby Harris, 78, of Bay died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Sanburg, Tenn. to Ronal and Maggie Rodgers Lynch and had been a homemaker and factory worker who had worked for several factories in the area. She was a member of the Walnut Street Baptist Church and the Caregiver's Sunday School Class...
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Troy Ransom Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
Troy Ransom Wilson died Monday, Nov. 27 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 83. He was born in Mountain View on August 23, 1923, the son of the late Ellis Newton and Willy Mertyl Wooton Wilson. He had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann and was a retired Singer Company employee and a member of the Providence Baptist Church...
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Lou Donald Weems Dudley
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
Lou Donald Weems Dudley died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 92. Born in Pontotoc, Miss., on Friday, Aug. 21, 1914, she was the daughter of the late L.A. and Ludie McMurray Mathews. She had lived in Trumann from 1938 to 1956 and was formerly of Louisiana and New Mexico. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith...
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Norman Francis, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/06/06)
Mr. Norman Edward Francis, Sr. 82, of Trumann, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann he was a well known businessman for over 50 years. He was a member of the Shady Grove School Board, manager of the Shady Grove ball team, chairman of the Trumann Planning & Zoning Commissioner, former member of the Trumann City Council, member of the Trumann Masonic Lodge 693, a 32nd degree mason and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann. ...
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Candice LeeAnn Sharp White
(Obituary ~ 12/08/06)
Funeral services for Candice LeeAnn Sharp White, age 25, of Ozark, Mo. were held Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in the First Baptist Church in Tallulah, La. with Rev. John Rushing officiating. White died at her home. She was born in Delhi, La. and grew up in Tallulah where she graduated from Tallulah High School. She was a children entertainment receptionist...
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Juanita V. Turpen
(Obituary ~ 12/08/06)
Juanita V. Turpen, 79, of Marked Tree died Dec. 3, 2006, at her residence in Marked Tree. Turpen, the widow of Buford Turpen, was born in Harrisburg to the late Ruben and Mary (Taylor) Graham. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church. She is survived by four daughters and their husbands: Wanda and Tooter Gaddis of Marked Tree, Jackie and Robert Justice of Marked Tree, Carolyn and Boyce Cope of North Little Rock and Joyce Kay of Heth; one son and his wife, Richard and Debbie Turpen of Carencro; two sisters, Jeanette Morris and Mary Kay; two brothers, R.C. ...
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William "Bill" Wesley Foster
(Obituary ~ 12/08/06)
William "Bill" Wesley Foster, 75, died Dec. 1, 2006 in Cherokee Village at his daughter's home. Legacy Hospice of Salem were the care givers in his final days. Formerly of Marked Tree, He was born April 10, 1931 in Lepanto. He retired from Mid-South Manufacturing Co. after 27 years as a quality control inspector...
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Carlton "Nub" Armstrong
(Obituary ~ 12/08/06)
Carlton "Nub" Armstrong, 73, of Mt. Pleasant died Dec. 3, 2006 in Melbourne. Born in Marked Tree, he was retired from the military and was a retired carpenter, mechanic and farmer. He served in the U.S. Army and the Marine Corp and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was of the Baptist faith and a member of the DAV and the VFW...
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Candice LeeAnn Sharp White
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Funeral services for Candice LeeAnn Sharp White, age 25, of Ozark, Mo. were held Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in the First Baptist Church in Tallulah, La. with Rev. John Rushing officiating. White died at her home. She was born in Delhi, La. and grew up in Tallulah where she graduated from Tallulah High School. She was a children entertainment receptionist...
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Michael Douglas Pipes
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Michael Douglas Pipes, 43, of New Albany, Miss., formerly of Tyronza, died Dec.5 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Miss. Born January 3, 1963, he was a carpenter and a member of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Jappy Pipes; one sister, Pamela J. Moore; and one brother, Jerry W. Orr...
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Jonathan Lewis (Jon) Tyler
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Jonathan Lewis (Jon) Tyler, age 31, of Lepanto died Tuesday, December 12. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lepanto. He was preceded in death by his mother, Cindy Tuggle Tyler in 2001 and his paternal grandfather, Otis Tyler. He was an avid duck and deer hunter...
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C.B. Hall
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
C.B. Hall, 66, of Trumann, died Dec. 3, 2006 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born August 13, 1938, in Dundee, Miss. and was a state highway employee. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eddie Hall and Frankie Bass...
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Elbert Richardson Blackwood
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Elbert Richardson Blackwood, age 95, of Lepanto died Sunday, Dec. 10, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a farmer and a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Hyde Blackwood. Survivors include four daughters, Martha Ford of Lepanto, Freda Armer of Scottsdale, Ariz., Patsy McClain of Lepanto, Faye Hill of Memphis; one sister, Elsie Blackwood Smith of Medon, Tenn.; fourteen grandchildren; thirty-three great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.. ...
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Esta Imogene Dickens Dame
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Esta Imogene Dickens Dame, a lifetime resident of Trumann, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 at the family residence in Trumann at the age of 70. She was born on Tuesday, March 31, 1936, in Trumann the daughter of the late Dennis Devoe and Pauline Elliott Hawkins. She was a housewife and a member of the Freer Baptist Church...
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Rev. Virgil Elmo Tackett
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Rev. Virgil Elmo Tackett of Trumann died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 86. He was born in Lunsford on Saturday, July 31, 1920, son of the late Ithmer John and Clara Marie Moore Tackett. He lived most of his lifetime in Trumann and was a retired minister, farmer and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy...
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Syble Janice Martin
(Obituary ~ 12/13/06)
Syble Janice Martin, 83, of Trumann, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 in Trumann. She was born Nov. 14, 1923 in Thola, Ark. and she was a homemaker and member of the Walnut Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Martin; one son, James Martin; her parents and four sisters...
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Robert Smith Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/20/06)
Robert Smith Jr., 48, of Marked Tree died Dec. 14, 2006 at the VA hospital in Memphis of cancer. He was born Nov. 13, 1958 in Marked Tree and was a Marine and a member of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Smith Jr.; one son, Robert Smith III and two brothers, Harold Lacy and Lawrence Smith...
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Goldie Leffie Short
(Obituary ~ 12/20/06)
Goldie Leffie Short, 87, of Trumann died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006 at Trumann Health & Rehabilitation Center in Trumann Born in Marked Tree, she had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wheeler and Nora Miller Short...
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Mattie Lou (Clem) Lewis
(Obituary ~ 12/20/06)
Mattie Lou (Clem) Lewis, 93, of Trumann died Thursday, Dec. 14 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Ripley, Tenn., and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area. She was a housewife and a member of the Eastside Baptist Church in Trumann...
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Brett West
(Obituary ~ 12/20/06)
Brett West, 20, of Trumann died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived his lifetime in Trumann. He was a 2005 graduate of Trumann High School and a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church...
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Goldie Leffie Short
(Obituary ~ 12/27/06)
Goldie Leffie Short died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006 at the Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center in Trumann at the age of 87. Born on Saturday, Jan. 11, 1919, in Marked Tree, she was the daughter of the late Wheeler and Nora Miller Short. She lived most of her lifetime in Trumann and was of the Pentecostal faith...
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Wilma Lee Adams Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 12/27/06)
Wilma Lee Adams Hamilton died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 at Plantation Homes in Trumann at the age of 67. Born on Monday, April 3, 1939, in Elm Grove, she was the the daughter of the late W. H. and Sudie Turner Adams. Mrs. Hamilton. She lived in Bay for the past 40 years. She was a housewife and a member of the Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church...
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Linda Carol Cole
(Obituary ~ 12/27/06)
Linda Carol Cole, 58, of Harrisburg died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 in an automobile accident near her home in Harrisburg. She was born July 14, 1948 in Harrisburg, the daughter of Raymond Burgess and Leona James Burgess. She was a lifetime resident of Trumann and Harrisburg and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Harrisburg where she was a volunteer helper with AWANA. ...
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Longtime publisher Hazel Freeman dies at age 91
(Obituary ~ 12/27/06)
Poinsett County lost one of its finest Christmas Eve with the death of longtime newspaper publisher Hazel Garvey Freeman. Freeman died at the age of 91 at her home in Harrisburg Sunday. For 50 years Freeman was actively involved in the operation of the Modern News at Harrisburg, a publication that has been owned and operated by the Freeman family since 1888...
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Patsy Pierce Carmichiel
(Obituary ~ 12/28/06)
Patsy Pierce Carmichiel, age 80, of Dyess died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Survivors include four sons: Joel Carmichiel, Scott Carmichiel, David Carmichiel, all of Dyess, and Michael Carmichiel of Gosnell; one daughter, Christie Warhurst of Dyess; three grandchildren and six great grandchildren...
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Jonnie Carroll
(Obituary ~ 12/28/06)
Jonnie Carroll, 92, of Memphis, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at her residence. Born in Holly Springs, Miss., she grew up in Lepanto and at age 17 left for Memphis and then Chicago. During the early 1930's, she was a vocalist and sang on a Memphis riverboat, at the famous Chicago Blackhawk Restaurant, and on Chicago's WGN radio station for over two years with the Joe Sanders orchestra. She attended jam sessions with Fats Domino, Ozzie & Harriett Nelson, and Duke Ellington...
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Clara Mae Thompson
(Obituary ~ 12/28/06)
Clara Mae Thompson, age 87, of Keiser died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Survivors include five daughters: Betty Walley of Hombeak, Tenn, Carrolyn Thompson of Keiser, Nancy Gipson of Savannah, Ga,, Kathy Jones of Russelville and Margie Abemathy of Montgomery, Ala.; five sons, Bobby Thompson of Jonesboro, Lawrence David Thompson of Keiser, Scottie Thopmson of Tyronza, Ricky Thompson of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Kermit Thompson of Keiser; three sisters, Pauline Owens of Jonesboro and Christine Barber and Mary Catt, both of Lepanto; 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.. ...
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