Obituaries

James Leroy Hood (07/03/08)
James Leroy Hood, 79, of Payneway died June 27, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Jan 29, 1929, to Alfred and Selita Hood, he was a retired farmer, a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza and an Army veteran of the Korean war...

Glenda Sue Miles (07/03/08)
Glenda Sue Miles, 59, of Lake City died Friday, June 27, 2008 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Oct. 15, 1948 in Oklahoma, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Miles. Survivors include three daughters: Betty Wright of Jonesboro, Brenda Manning of Grenada, Miss. ...

Sandra Lou Morrisett (07/03/08)
Sandra Lou Morrisett, 49, passed away at her residence on June 26, 2008. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church and was active in the farming operation with her husband. She was preceded in death by Wilmer and Ethel Jones Arval and Freda Mason, her grandparents...

Billy Earl Brewington (07/10/08)
PARAGOULD -- Billy Earl Brewington, 74, of Paragould died Monday June 30 at his home. He was born Aug. 26, 1933, at Tyronza, the son of the late Harley and Inez Hindman Brewington. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Ann Beith...

Orlando Lee Burcham (07/10/08)
Orlando Lee Burcham, 92, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, July 1, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Burcham was of the Baptist Faith and was one of the oldest living members of the Local Carpenter's Union. He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Burcham...

Sarah Moore Roy (07/16/08)
Sarah Moore Roy, 80, of Marked Tree died Sunday, July 13, 2008. Mrs. Roy was a member of United Methodist Church and a former teacher. Survivors include her husband, Densel Roy of Marked Tree; two daughters, Denise...

Dawson Lee Brown (07/16/08)
Dawson Lee Brown, three months, of Tyronza died July 11 at the Children's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 9, 2008 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. Survivors are his mother, Leandrea Brown of Tyronza; grandparents, Ricky and Joyce Brown of Tyronza; great grandmother, Betty Buckner of Trumann; two uncles, Kevin Brown of Tyronza and Hunter Pipes of Tyronza...

Everette Jones, Jr. (07/16/08)
Everette Jones, Jr., 68, of Lepanto died July 12 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the Church of God and was retired from American Greetings. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucy Jones...

Harriet Elouise Cox (07/16/08)
Harriet Elouise Cox, 91, of McCrory died Tuesday in McCrory. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Pitt Dickerson and Erna M. Sparks Dickerson; husband Purl D. Cox; daughter, Medora E. Goff; brothers, Eastman and Kaylor Dickerson; and sister Patsy Ingram...

Justin Cory Veach (07/16/08)
LOST CANE -- Justin Cory Veach, 32, of the Lost Cane Community near Manila died Thursday, July 10, at Great River Medical Center at Blytheville. Born at Blytheville, he had been a lifelong resident of Lost Cane. He was valedictorian of the 1994 graduating class of Manila High School and later attended Arkansas State University...

Densel Eugene Roy (07/24/08)
Densel Eugene Roy, 86, of Marked Tree died Saturday, July 19. Roy was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a veteran of the United States Air Force and World War II. He was the owner of J.H. Roy and Son Construction Company and farms...

Thelma Richmond Foster (07/31/08)
Thelma Richmond Foster, 90, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Lepanto, died Monday, July 28, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Foster was a member of West Doniphan Full Gospel Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Richmond; one son, Jerry Wayne Richmond; one sister and one brother...

Jimmy E. Mangrum (07/31/08)
Jimmy E. Mangrum 60, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Marked Tree, he had lived in the Bay and Jonesboro area since 1984. He owned an appliance repair business, was a former lab technician and diesel mechanic and was a veteran of the Army National Guard and of the Baptist faith...

Mary Hazel McCorkle (07/31/08)
Mary Hazel McCorkle, 89, of Tyronza died on July 25 at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband Press McCorkle; one son, Lester McCorkle; one daughter, Brenda McCorkle and one granddaughter, Suzy Yeakley...