Obituaries

Whitney Clay Lacy (05/03/07)
Whitney Clay Lacy, 43, of Lepanto died April 21 at Regional Medical Center of NEA in Jonesboro. He was a farmer, a pilot, a member of the Arkansas Agriculture Aviation Association and the OK Hunting Club in Weiner. He was baptized in the Atlantic Ocean on Easter Sunday, 2005...

James Earl Burress (05/08/07)
James Earl Burress, 77, of Marked Tree died Monday, May 7, at St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of Marion Church of God and a veteran of the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Ruby Burress, three sisters and one brother...

Carl Eugene Smith (05/08/07)
Carl Eugene Smith, 72, of Tyronza passed away Friday, May 4 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. The funeral service was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 7 in the chapel of Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis with interment following in Tyronza Cemetery...

John Elmo Hardin Sr. (05/08/07)
John Elmo Hardin Sr., 59, of Lepanto passed away April 26, 2007 at his residence. He was born December 4, 1947, in Lepanto. Hardin was a farmer, served in the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. He was also a member of the Baptist Faith Church. Survivors include three daughters: Odessa Mitchell of Jonesboro and Michelle Real and Rochelle Malone of Blytheville; one son, John Hardin Jr. ...

Geraldine Irene Mullins (05/08/07)
Geraldine Irene Mullins, 62, of Harrisburg passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, in Jonesboro. She was born September 20, 1944, in Niles, Mich. the daughter of Paul Spenner and Dorothy Courtney Spenner. Geraldine was a member of the Tyronza Church of Christ. She enjoyed bingo, pitching pennies, fishing and reading...

Gertrude Elizabeth Smith (05/08/07)
Gertrude Elizabeth Smith, 66, of Marked Tree passed away April 27, 2007 at the Jonesboro Health Center Nursing Home in Jonesboro. She was born December 19, 1940, at Corning. Survivors include four daughters, Laura Smith-Thomas of Los Angeles, Calif., Deborah Smith-Wilmington of Calif., Denise Smith of Marked Tree and Christina Thompson; one son of Abraham Smith Jr. of Marked Tree; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild...

Dr. Thomas Randle Sanders (05/17/07)
Dr. Thomas Randle Sanders, 87, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at the Guardian Assisted Living Home in Lake Charles, La. He was born in Jackson, Tenn. and lived in Lepanto. For the past five years he had been a resident of Lake Charles and Creole, La...

William Henry "Dub" Ray (05/17/07)
William Henry "Dub" Ray, 71, of Bentonville was ushered by angels into Heaven Thursday, April 26, as his loving family surrounded his bed at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. He was born August 16, 1935, Marmaduke to Marlin B. and Allie Ray. After graduating from Marmaduke High School, he married his high school sweetheart, Lena Virginia Rose on July 2, 1955 and then enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro on an athletic scholarship to play basketball as an ASU Indian...

Joe Taylor (05/24/07)
Joe Taylor, 70, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at his home. A retired store manager, Taylor was born June 30, 1936 in Houlka, Miss. and was a Baptist. He is survived by two sons, Darin Taylor of Memphis and Jody Taylor of Horn Lake, Miss.; two daughters, Amber Stewart of Hernando, Miss. ...

Megan Leanne Dunn (05/24/07)
Megan Leanne Dunn, 15, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, May 8, at Children's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born in Little Rock to Mark and Pamela Shepard Dunn on April 22, 1992. Megan was in the 10th grade in Brookland Special Education. She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Billie A. Shepard and a cousin, Michael Jordan Dunn...

Mary Cooper Pitts (05/24/07)
Mary Cooper Pitts, 10 months, was called to Heaven Wednesday, May 9 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents Leroy Sr. and Ruby Malone and maternal great grandparents, David Browder, Fledie Browder, and Ester Browder...

Elroy Jamerson (05/31/07)
Elroy Jamerson 51, of Little Rock died May 20, 2007. His survivors include his wife, Barbara Jamerson; daughter, Natasha Jamerson; son, Jeremy D. Jamerson; grandson, Jaylon D. Jamerson all of Little Rock; mother, Earllean Jameron of Jonesboro; four sisters, Paulette Douglas of West Memphis, Kathy McDaniel of Jonesboro, Pam Smith of Little Rock and Lisa Walker of Jonesboro; three brothers, Claude Jamerson of Hot Springs, Maurice Jamerson of Centennial, Colo. ...

Bob Griffin (05/31/07)
Bob Griffin, 63, of Marked Tree died Saturday, May 26 at UAMS in Little Rock. He was preceded in death by his father, Harvey Griffin; one brother, Harvey Lee Griffin and one sister, Jean Pitts. Survivors include two sons, James Griffin of Poplar Bluff, MO and Bobby Wayne Griffin of Ponotoc, Miss.; two daughters, Angela Griffin and Kristy Lindsay both of Marked Tree; four brothers, Frank Griffin, Mike Griffin, Danny Griffin all of Marked Tree and Bill Griffin of Dallas, Tex; three sisters, Ruth Lathrom and Barbara Duvall both of Marked Tree and Jackie Herrera of Pensacola, Flor.; his mother, Alice Leona Griffin of Marked Tree and six grandchildren.. ...

Alice Marie Clay (05/31/07)
Alice Marie Clay, 89, formerly of Rivervale and Caraway died Sunday, May 20 at Woods Nursing Home in Harrisburg. She was born at Caruthersville, Missouri on October 2, 1917. She worked at Lane's Rest Home in Caraway for 20 years, and was a character member and dedicated servant of the Lord at Rivervale Baptist Church since 1953...

Floramae Strange Kent (05/31/07)
Floramae Strange Kent, 71, of Marion, formerly of Marked Tree, died on Saturday, May 26 at her residence. She was of the Baptist belief and preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Eugene (Buddy) Kent. Survivors include two daughters, Diane Leach of Marion and Loretta Walker of Marked Tree; five brothers, Thomas Strange of Hickory Ridge, Gene Strange of Payneway, Charles Strange of Marked Tree, Jimmy Strange of Searcy and Ricky Strange of Trumann; six sisters, Edith Phillips and Gladys Wilson both of Marked Tree, Mary Alice Kelly of Lake Village, Linda Anderson and Joyce Adams both of Trumann and Audrey Sanders of Harrisburg; six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and five step-great grandchildren.. ...