Obituaries

Kim Russell Ryals (02/02/05)
Kim Russell Ryals, 48, of Marked Tree died Sunday, Jan. 30, at his home. He was a Marine Corps veteran and of the Baptist belief. Survivors include his wife, Susan Maddox Ryals of Marked Tree; three daughters, Hayley Ryals of Marked Tree, Kari Fletcher of Harrisburg and Niki Mashburn of Jacksonville, Fla.; his father, Eddie Ryals of Marked Tree; and one grandchild, Ali Beth Fletcher...

Edward Leon Harrell (02/02/05)
Edward Leon Harrell, 64, of Osceola died Jan. 27, at his residence. Born at Etowah, he farmed and was a member of Etowah Pentecostal Church of God. Survivors include his wife: Dorothy Harrell; three sons:Frank Bitner and Curtis Bitner, both of Garden Point, and Douglas Bitner of Brickeys; five daughters: Tiffany Bennett and Robin Frost, both of Etowah, Angela Harrell of Georgia, Patsy Sue Janen of Evart, Mich., and Michelle Bitner of Primeville, Ore.; two brothers: James Richard Harrell of Bowman, Ga., and Nathan Lee Harrell of Manila; and three grandchildren.. ...

Janie Brown (02/02/05)
Janie Brown, 49, of Dyess died Friday, Jan. 28, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. A factory worker, she attended Red Oak Baptist Church. Survivors include her parents, Hollis Chandler and Esther Louise Mortenson Brown; two sisters: Sharon Gann of Lepanto and Phillis Springer of Dyess; and four brothers: Albert Brown of North Little Rock, Paul Brown of Lepanto, Tony Brown of Desha and Pete Brown of Lepanto...

Nellie Viola Shuburte (02/09/05)
Nellie Viola Shuburte, 82, of Gilmore died February 5 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was a retired grocery store owner and a member of the Living Water Pentecostal Church of God in Tyronza. Survivors include her husband, Hardin Shuburte of the home; one daughter: Myrtle Markham of Gilmore; two sons: Larry Shuburte of Gilmore and Tony Shuburte of Proctor; four sisters: Leota Brown of Summerville, Ga., Molly Jones of Lafayette, Ga., Naomi Ray of Chattsworth, Ga. ...

Lola Weeks (02/09/05)
Lola Weeks, 87, of Heber Springs, formerly of Marked Tree, died Friday, Feb. 4, at Beverly Health Care in Heber Springs. She was a homemaker and a member of the Marked Tree Church of God. Survivors include her husband, Claybern H. Weeks of Heber Springs; a son, Kenneth Weeks of Pontotoc, Miss., and Harlod Weeks of Pearl, Miss; a daughter, Betty W. Odom of Heber Springs; a brother, Hubert Baser of St. Louis; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren...

C. Lucille Young (02/09/05)
C. Lucille Young, 80, of Jonesboro died Thursday, Feb. 3, at Jackson, Miss. Born at Limestone, Ala., she lived at Jonesboro most of her life. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include one son: John Young of Jonesboro; three daughters: Shirley Hogan of Jonesboro, Mary McMunn of Marked Tree and Willie Cullins of Little Rock; two sisters: Maxine Fisher of Benton and Idell Bradley of Rogers; eight grandchildren: Delane Hogan, Lennie Hogan, Mary Houchin, Jamie Ellis, Scott McMunn, Philip Cullins, Rhonda McElveen and Sharon Wilkin; and 10 great-grandchildren.. ...

Pirlean Adams (02/16/05)
Pirlean Adams, 72, of Trumann died Tuesday, Feb. 8 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A former resident of Lepanto, she was a homemaker and a member of Etowah Pentecostal Church. Survivors include a son: Buddy Junior Adams of Lepanto; a daughter: Patricia Hendrix of Lepanto; two sisters: Maxine Qualls and Louise Cates, both of Trumann; a brother: Nolan Raper of Trumann; two grandchildren: Ronda Kaye Worsham of Wilson and Whitney Elise Adams of Dallas; and three great-grandchildren.. ...

Donald Oneal Lindley (02/16/05)
Donald Oneal Lindley, 57, of Blytheville died February 10 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. He was a farmer of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Brenis Matthews Lindley of the home; two daughters: Donna Deason and Christina Williams, both of Blytheville; six sisters: Lillian Midgett of Walnut Ridge, Barbara Midgett of Williord, Nadene Moore of Manila, Kathy Gray of Pocahontas, Doris Whitaker of Alicia and Joyce Lindley of Paragould; two brothers: Jerry Lindley of Keiser and Steven Lindley of Lake City; and five grandchildren.. ...

Helen J. Sherrill (02/16/05)
Funeral services for Helen J. Sherrill, 92, of Marked Tree, who died Monday, Jan. 24 at her residence, was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29 at the Anderson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Daniel Ward officiated and burial followed in Little River Cemetery in Marked Tree under the direction of Sims-Woodard Funeral Service of Marked Tree...

Julie Mae Anderson (02/25/05)
Funeral services for Julie Mae Anderson, 64, of Marked Tree, who died Monday, Feb. 14, at NEA Medical Center of Jonesboro, were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Industrial Street Church of Christ. John Graham officiated and burial followed in Riverview Cemetery at Marked Tree under the direction of Sims-Woodard Funeral Service of Marked Tree...

Martha S. Mason (02/25/05)
Martha S. Mason, 59, of Memphis, formerly of Lepanto, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, at St. Francis Hospital of Memphis. Survivors include her husband, Dwight Mason of Memphis; a daughter, Sheila Huntley of Memphis; and a brother, Billy Thompson of Corinth, Miss...

Pauline Reed McCollister (02/25/05)
Pauline Reed McCollister, 95, of Lepanto died Thursday, Feb. 17, at her residence. A Blytheville native, she was a faithful Christian all of her life. She was a homemaker and the oldest charter member of West Ridge Baptist Church. Survivors include four daughters: Flora Bass Walker of Marked Tree, Julia Mae Franks of Bono, Onie Morris of Blytheville and Lois Simmons of Futheyville, Miss.; a son: Otis "Sonny" McCollister of Crawfordsville; 17 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great-grandchildren.. ...

Opal Irene Smith (02/25/05)
Opal Irene Birdno Smith, 83, of Lepanto was born on April 15, 1921 to the late Samuel David and Ida Bell Birdno in Portia, Missouri. She died at her daughter's residence in Trumann on Tuesday, Feb. 15 She was a homemaker and a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ...

Jerry Wayne Sweeney (02/25/05)
Jerry Wayne Sweeney, 51, of Lepanto died Sunday, Feb. 13, at Methodist Central Hospital of Memphis. Born in Lepanto, he was an Army veteran, a construction worker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife: Mary Sweeney of Lepanto; three daughters: Stacy Scott, Wendy Sweeney and Blair Sweeney, all of Lepanto; a sister: Brenda Sweeney of Osceola; and one grandson...