Obituaries from June 2020

Mr. Edwin Ray “Ed” Hurd passed away on May 25, 2020. He was 87 years old. Ed was born on February 22nd in 1933 at Hurd’s Corner, a farming settlement just west of Trumann where his father and mother, John and Ethel Hurd, owned a country store and farmed cotton alongside John’s large family. ...

Mrs. Martha Holcomb of Trumann departed this life on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Three Rivers Nursing & Rehab in Marked Tree, Ark. at the age of 84 years, 7 months and 7 days. Mrs. Holcomb was born Sunday, October 27, 1935 in Weona, Ark. and lived most of her life in Trumann. ...

Mr. Charles Webber McClelland of Trumann departed this life on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the family residence, at the age of 81 years 11 months and 1 day. He was born on Sunday, July 3, 1938 in Fredericktown, Mo., and lived in Truman for the past 35 years and was formerly of Cuba, Mo. ...

Mrs. Patricia Irene Clanton of Trumann departed this life on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 4 days. She was born Saturday, July 6, 1935 in and lived most of her life in Trumann. ...

Mrs. Linda Kay Brooks, of Trumann departed this life on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the family residence at the age of 64 years, 9 months, 24 days. She was born Thursday, August 18, 1955 in Trumann and lived in the Trumann area her entire lifetime. She was a retired factory worker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Marked Tree. ...

Mrs. Mary Ellen Morelock of Jonesboro departed this life on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at the family residence at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 6 days. She was born Monday, July 12, 1937 in Florence, Ala. and lived in Jonesboro and was formerly of Trumann. She was retired from Delta Tool Box and a cook and of the Church of Christ faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin D. Morelock, Jr.; two grandsons, six brothers, five sisters and her parents, Clay and Lee Fraizer Bratton...

Wyatt Levin Boxley, 15, of Lepanto, Ark. departed this life on Friday, June 12, 2020. He was born on June 22, 2004 to Robert Wyatt Boxley and Laura Beth Simmons in Jonesboro, Ark. Wyatt was an 11th grade honor student at EPC and a member of the National Honor Society. ...