Stories from Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Mrs. Evelyn Juanita Penter died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark., at the age of 86. Mrs. Penter was born Feb. 4, 1929 in Trumann to the late Albert and Mildred Christina Deckleman Teague and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a housewife and a member of the Freer Baptist Church in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. P. Penter, one sister, Lorene Lansdale and her parents...

Mrs. Mary Ella Martin of Trumann died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 78. She was born on Aug. 5, 1937, in Madison County, Ala., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and member of the First Christian Church. Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by her husband, John Marvin Martin, one brother, Kenneth Ray Moore and her parents, D.C. and Lydia Renegar Moore...