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Emma Jean Johnson

Emma Jean Johnson

Jul 14, 2020

Weiner - Mrs. Jean Lawson Perkins Johnson, 92, passed away Tuesday at the St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1928 in Weiner to the late Ben and Lona Chamness Lawson and lived There most of her life. Jean graduated from Weiner High School in 1946 and was an All Star Basketball player playing Guard for 4 years...

Hazel Crider

Hazel Crider

Jul 13, 2020

Jonesboro- Hazel Crider, 99, passed away Monday, July 13, 2020. She was born in Harrisburg, Arkansas on February 20, 1921 to Earl and Emily Nelms Hall. She worked for Citizens Bank for many years before finally retiring. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women Friendship Sunday School Class as well as the St. Bernard's Auxiliary. She will...

Doris Fitzgerald

Doris Fitzgerald

Jul 12, 2020

Jonesboro- Mrs. Doris Jean "DJ" Fitzgerald died in the loving arms of her children, daughter Lydia Fitzgerald and son Luke Fitzgerald, on Sunday July 12th, 2020. She was born in Ohio to the late Doris. W. Hobbs and Sarah Marlin Hobbs on June 21, 1951. She spent many years working in the Arkansas court and prison systems to help people...

Henry George Dust - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Henry George Dust - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 7, 2020

Henry George Dust, 82, of Pocahontas, passed away Tuesday July 7, 2020 at his home. He was born January 4, 1938 in Pocahontas to the late George Steven and Helen Emma Weisenbach Dust. Henry lived his life in generous service to his family, countless friends, and community. He served on the Pocahontas City Council, and then as a Randolph County...

Eula Mae Cheney -Gfh

Eula Mae Cheney -Gfh

Jul 6, 2020

Jonesboro- Eula Mae Cheney, 76, passed away Monday, July 6, 2020 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born March 30, 1944 to the late Hayden and Letha Dawson Huckabee. She worked for Motorola in software. She was a great supporter of her kids and grandkids and loved music. She was very selfless - always willing to give...

Tommy D. Traynom (Gwfh)

Tommy D. Traynom (Gwfh)

Jul 6, 2020

Mr. Tommy D. Traynom of Harrisburg, departed this life Monday, July 6, 2020, at his home, at the age of 78 . He was born January 4th,1942 in Greenfield, the son of the late Johnny Traynom and Mary McClellan Traynom. Tommy married Shirley Wallace Traynom on August 13, 1965 and they enjoyed 39 years together before her death on August...

Jerry Lee Clampit Sr.(Gwfh)

Jerry Lee Clampit Sr.(Gwfh)

Jul 1, 2020

Jerry Lee Clampit, Sr. 52, of Harrisburg departed this life on Wednesday July 1st, 2020 at his home. He was born in Harrisburg on September 19th, 1967 to Larry Clampit and Jennie Bridges. He married Lisa Neel on January 28th, 1993. After the completion of high school Jerry, joined the Army in which he served many years. In his later...

Frank Mathew Witowski - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Frank Mathew Witowski - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 1, 2020

Frank Mathew Witowski, 77, of Biggers, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at his home. Frank was born September 17, 1942 in Chicago, IL to Mathew and Marianna "Mame" Witowski. He proudly served in the Army with two years of that being in Germany. He was a faithful member of Neelyville Apostolic Church. Frank was a lover of life who...

Marguerite Pulliam -Glbfh

Marguerite Pulliam -Glbfh

Jun 29, 2020

Jonesboro- Marguerite Pulliam (1920 - 2020) went home to meet Jesus on June 29, 2020 just shy of 100 years here on earth. If ever there was a true definition of a Proverbs 31-woman, Marguerite Pulliam was it - she loved Jesus, she loved and served her family and friends, she was an entrepreneur, she taught love, grace, and forgiveness...

Bobby Gene Damon - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Bobby Gene Damon - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 27, 2020

Bobby Gene Damon, 89, of Imboden, Arkansas, passed away at his home on June 27, 2020. Born at 221 West Kentucky St. in Blytheville, Arkansas, on May 18, 1931 to Harry Earl and Annie Laurie (Freeman) Damon, Bob was an avid outdoorsman, an ardent devotee to the social and political sciences, a veteran of the Korean Conflict, and a Master...

Robert Roger Stallings - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Robert Roger Stallings - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 27, 2020

Robert "Bob" Stallings, 70, of Black Rock AR passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born October 12, 1949 in Harrisburg to the late Joseph and Hazel Holland Stallings. Bob proudly served in the Army. Bob is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Patricia Neighbors Stallings; brother, George Stallings; and brother-in-law, Rusty Sloan. He...

Juanita Elizabeth Welch -Gfh

Juanita Elizabeth Welch -Gfh

Jun 27, 2020

Monette- Juanita Elizabeth Welch, 95, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born April 3, 1925 in Monette to the late Bud and Fannie Huddleston. She had been a grade school teacher. Mrs. Welch had moved to Detroit for forty-two years and came back to Monette in 1991. She enjoyed dressing nice and jewelry....

Roscoe Allen Spencer - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Roscoe Allen Spencer - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 27, 2020

Roscoe Allen Spencer, 75, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Roscoe was born January 19, 1945 to Oda and Mary Spencer in Lakeland, Missouri. Roscoe spent most of his childhood in Colorado, graduating from Rocky Ford Hight School and receiving draftsman credentials from La Juana Community College in La...

Robert "Bob" B. Linn Jr. -Glbfh

Robert "Bob" B. Linn Jr. -Glbfh

Jun 26, 2020

Robert "Bob" B. Linn Jr., 94, passed away unexpectedly at home on June 26, 2020. Bob was born May 19, 1926 in Weiner, the son of Robert B. and Jessie L. (James) Linn Sr. He grew up in rural Arkansas where he is known to his southern relatives as junior. Bob followed three of his brothers and enlisted in 1944...

Kenneth David Berk -Glbfh

Kenneth David Berk -Glbfh

Jun 26, 2020

Jonesboro- Kenneth David Berk, 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 26, 2020, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Ken was born on June 9, 1933, in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to Alvin David and Sarah Henrietta Romberger Berk. He enjoyed growing up in the Auburn area surrounded by a loving family with Pennsylvania Dutch heritage....

Evelyn Elsie Castleberry -Glbfh

Evelyn Elsie Castleberry -Glbfh

Jun 23, 2020

Bono- Evelyn Castleberry, 91, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehab. She was born September 24, 1928 in Jonesboro to the late Earl and Lela Sheffield Gray. Mrs. Evelyn graduated from Valley View High School and Beauty School. She loved cutting and doing hair. She also worked at Frolic Footwear Factory. She was a member of...

Iris Watts Taylor - Glbfh

Iris Watts Taylor - Glbfh

Jun 23, 2020

Bay- Iris Watts Taylor, 89, rejoined her husband, William Elisha "Bill" Taylor and our heavenly Father early Tuesday morning at St. Vincent North Hospital in Sherwood. Iris was born on April 28, 1931 to Ernest and Christine Underwood Watts in Mississippi. Iris was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bay and attended regularly until her health forced her...

Jesse Lynn Ewing - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jesse Lynn Ewing - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 23, 2020

Jesse Lynn Ewing, 89, of Maynard, passed away Tuesday June 23, 2020 at his home. He was born May 12, 1931 in Benson, AZ to the late Carl and Lessie Ewing. He graduated from high school in 1949 from Utopia, TX then moved to Maynard, AR where he met and married his wife of 68 years, Wanda Ann Roberts Ewing,...

Phyllis Ann Arnold -Glbfh

Phyllis Ann Arnold -Glbfh

Jun 21, 2020

Paragould- Phyllis Ann Arnold, 69, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020. She was born September 4, 1950 in Monette to the late Nolan and Thelma McDaniel McConnell. She was an ordained minister and founder of Agape House in Paragould. She enjoyed woodworking and floating down Current River and loved being able to give to others. She was also preceded in...

Ricky Lee Harbison (Gwfh)

Ricky Lee Harbison (Gwfh)

Jun 19, 2020

Mr. Ricky Lee Harbison of Harrisburg, departed this life Friday, June 19, 2020, at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 37. He was born August 21, 1982 in Memphis, TN, the son of the late Charles "Chuck" Harbison and Sharon Harbison Lanfair. Ricky was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and farmed most of his life. He enjoyed...

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