Stories from Monday, January 23, 2017

NORTH CAROLINA - Mrs. Freda Hamric Smith passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Caldwell UNC Health Care at the age of 76. Mrs. Smith was born Tuesday, June 4, 1940 in Poinsett County, Ark. to the late William and Gladys Griffin Hamric. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Smith; brother, O'Neil Hamric; sister, Carolyn Janette Austin; and infant sister, Billie Hamric. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Teddy Randall Hooton of Trumann departed this life on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 70. He was born Saturday, September 21, 1946 in Jonesboro, Ark., and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired truck driver with TFE and of the Church of Christ faith. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred and Kenneth Hooton; and his parents, Ralph and Thelma Babb Hooton...