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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...

Vada M Mize -Glbfh

Vada M Mize -Glbfh

Jun 18, 2020

Jonesboro- Vada M. Mize, 74, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born June 13, 1946 in Walnut Ridge to the late Charles and Vicie Adale Prater Keith. She had worked as a waitress at the Elk Lodge and Jonesboro Country Club and as a meat wrapper at Hays Supermarket. Mrs. Mize...

Donald Edward Mcfall - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Donald Edward Mcfall - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 16, 2020

Donald Edward McFall, 79, of Pocahontas, Arkansas, passed away at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital's COVID unit in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 16, 2020. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 30, 1940, to A.L. and Edna (Watson) McFall, Don was an avid outdoorsman, a veteran of the Vietnam war, a defender of the downtrodden, fluent in...

William Hurschel Ray -Glbfh

William Hurschel Ray -Glbfh

Jun 14, 2020

Jonesboro- William Hurschel Ray, 97, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020. He was born June 6, 1923 in Ripley, Mississippi to the late Dewey and Obie Richardson Ray. He retired from Colson after many years. He was very devoted and involved in his church, Nettleton Church of Christ. He is survived by his children, William Ray of Jonesboro and Cindy...

Willie Nadine Barrett -Gfh

Willie Nadine Barrett -Gfh

Jun 14, 2020

Taylorsville, NC- Mrs. Willie Nadine Barrett, 94, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020. She was born February 11, 1926 in Bernie, Missouri, the daughter of the late Daniel Gilbert Phillips and Ether Lee Holden Phillips. She was a homemaker and also a nurse aide. She also worked in a canning factory in Michigan canning tomatoes. She was a member...

Debra Kay Rogers - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Debra Kay Rogers - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 14, 2020

Debra Kay Rogers, 64, of Biggers passed away Sunday June 14, 2020 at Five Rivers Medical Center. She was born March 9, 1956 to the late Kethel and Irene Holland Morley in Heroin, IL. She was a Christian and attended Shannon Baptist Church. Debra is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Mary Jillian, Linda Trotter; and brother, Kethel Robert...

Minnie Ruth Osment -Glbfh

Minnie Ruth Osment -Glbfh

Jun 12, 2020

Jonesboro- Minnie Ruth Wiles Osment passed away early Friday morning, June 12th. She was born in a log cabin to Warner and Stella Lamberson Wiles, south of Jonesboro, almost a hundred years ago on December 5th, 1923. She was a direct descendant of the original settlers of the McDaniel Settlement, which later became known as Valley View. Her great grandfather...

James Lee "Jimmy" Gibson -Glbfh

James Lee "Jimmy" Gibson -Glbfh

Jun 12, 2020

Jonesboro- James Lee "Jimmy" Gibson, 60, passed Friday, June 12, 2020 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born November 2, 1959 in Jonesboro to the late Robert Wayne Gibson Jr. and Doris June Harmon Gibson. Jimmy had been a construction worker and a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church. He is survived by a brother, Robert Gibson;...

Jessie Virginia Harmon - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jessie Virginia Harmon - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 10, 2020

Jessie Virginia Harmon, 97, of Heber Springs passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at BHMC in Heber Springs, AR. She was born to the late Troy and Mary Elizabeth Ratliff Jackson in Old Walnut Ridge on March 31, 1923. Jessie loved quilting and crossword and jigsaw puzzles. Jessie is preceded in death by her parents, Troy and Lizzie Jackson; brother,...

Lynda Joyce Young -Glbfh

Lynda Joyce Young -Glbfh

Jun 9, 2020

Jonesboro- Lynda Joyce Young, 71, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born December 21, 1948 in Tyronza to the late Fred and Freddie Warren Young. Lynda was a senior caregiver. She loved spending time with her family and her dog, Pepe. She is survived by her son, Marion Brown; three sisters, Helen Brache,...

Gene Bailey (Gwfh)

Gene Bailey (Gwfh)

Jun 9, 2020

Mr. Gene Bailey of Harrisburg, departed this life Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at the Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro, at the age of 84. He was born February 2, 1936 in Hazard, Kentucky, the son of the late Alvin Bailey and Callie Campbell Bailey. Gene was raised in Hazard, Kentucky and following high school joined the U.S. Army....

Lloyd Love Langford Jr. -Glbfh

Lloyd Love Langford Jr. -Glbfh

Jun 9, 2020

Jonesboro- Lloyd Love Langford Jr., 83, passed from this life Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born October 8, 1936 in Jonesboro. Lloyd was a lifelong resident of Jonesboro, he was a graduate of Jonesboro High School, Arkansas State University and Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science. He was a member of the NEA,...

Loretta Sue Ferrell - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Loretta Sue Ferrell - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jun 8, 2020

Loretta "Sue" Ferrell, 79, of Pocahontas, AR passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, in Batesville, AR. She was born to the late Jay W. Thompson and Juanita McCuthhin Troutt in Missouri on July 3, 1940. Sue is preceded in death by her; husband, Paul Ferrell; parents, Jay Thompson, Juanita Troutt; and sisters, Joyce and Judy. She is survived by her...

Donnie Lemuel Ford -Glbfh

Donnie Lemuel Ford -Glbfh

Jun 8, 2020

Bono- Donnie Lemuel Ford, 83, passed away Monday morning, June 8, 2020 at his home. He was born August 5, 1936 in Bono to the late J.R. and Ophelia Young Ford. He married Jean Frances Hammon in January 11, 1962 and they enjoyed for 56 years together. Formerly of Burton, MI, he worked for Mead Container Corporation for 25 years....

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