Obituaries from October 2013

SHERIDAN - Karen Marie Kelly Cox of Sheridan, Arkansas was born October 18, 1957 in Greenville, South Carolina, the daughter of Clara Ransom Kelly and the late Kenneth Maurice Kelly. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Sheridan where she was active in the choir. She worked at Arkansas Blue Cross/Blue Shield as a case worker and was also a registered nurse. Karen was an avid reader, enjoyed cooking and cookbooks, gardening and fishing...

Joyce B. Brown, 67, of Marked Tree, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at home with her family. Joyce was a member of the Tyronza Church of Christ and a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, J.C. Baker and Merry Luetta Morris Baker. ...

MARKED TREE -- Edward H. Roach passed away September 29, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Memphis at the age of 50. Mr. Roach was a US Army Veteran of 22 years. He served in Iraq. He was a farmer and a member of the Red Oak Baptist Church in Marked Tree. Mr. ...

OSCEOLA - Clarence Lee Perry of Osceola, 55, died September 24, 2013 in Osceola. He was a painter and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by one brother Terry Stanfield. Mr. Perry is survived by his wife Shirley Perry of Osceola; daughters LaKeisha Williams and LaTeisha Williams both of Chicago; sisters Maxine Perry of Flint, MI and Joyce Cannon, Lavelle Hugley and Lavern Hugley all of Osceola; and brothers John Tyms and Michael Hugley both of Osceola. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Magdalena Ingeborg Eubanks, 77, of Trumann died October 9, 3013 at Hometown Nursing Center in Trumann, AR. Mrs. Eubanks was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and had lived in Trumann for the past 6 years and was formerly of Clarksdale, Miss. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Donald Thomas McKenzie, 78, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at NEA Baptist Memorial in Jonesboro. He was born in Marked Tree, Ark., and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. Mr. McKenzie was a retired contractor, veteran of the U.S. Army, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church near Trumann. ...

HARRISBURG - Mrs. Guiula Bass Flanigan, 88, of Harrisburg died October 7, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. Mrs. Flanigan was born in Trumann and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to Harrisburg 31 years ago. ...