Stories from Wednesday, August 9, 2017

TRUMANN - Vender “Buster” Willis, Jr., 85, passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter, Rhonda Willis, on July 31, 2017. He is the son of the late Vender and Elsie Mae Engles Willis, Sr. born September 7, 1931 in Jonesboro, Ark. Buster lived the greater part of his long life in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Paul Joseph Gairhan departed this life Friday, August 4, 2017 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 83. He was born Thursday, January 18, 1934 in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. Mr. Gairhan was a retired farmer, a member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Belinda Gairhan, two brothers, Herman & William Gairhan, and his parents, Nathan and Lorean Akins Gairhan...