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Katherine Fern Walker - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 30, 2019
Katherine Fern Walker, 72, died November 30, 2019 at her home in Newport, Michigan after a short illness. She was born August 13, 1947 in Walnut Ridge to Raymond and Pauline (Capps) Walker, both deceased. Raised in Pocahontas, she entered the U.S. Army in 1965 and served for three years. Following military service, she made her home in Michigan where...
Flay Owens Reves -Gfh
Nov 29, 2019
Jonesboro- Flay Owens Reves, 63, passed away Friday, November 29, 2019 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born June 11, 1956 in Kennett, Missouri to the late J. Allen and Nelle Owens Reves. He was raised in Monette, where his father worked for the local paper and his mother taught school. Flay was a carpenter who loved to work with...
Frank Barry Koons - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 24, 2019
Frank Barry Koons, 72, of Stokes passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019 at St. Bernard's Medical Center. He was born December 29, 1946 in Cherokee Bay to the late Billy Moses and Lovis Marie Fields Koons. He was a hardworking, beloved family man who adored his kids and grandkids. He loved raising and tending to his quail. He was a...
Betty Graham Eastin - Gregg Weston Funeral Home
Nov 24, 2019
Mrs. Betty Graham Eastin of Harrisburg departed this life Sunday, November 24, 2019, at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, at the age of 85. She was born October 23, 1934, in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late James Graham and Lena Steele Sefers. Betty was a homemaker and a member of the Greenfield Baptist Church. She married Billy Eastin...
Abbie Ruth Phillips -Glbfh
Nov 24, 2019
Jonesboro- Abbie Ruth Phillips, 84, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019. She was born February 18, 1935 in Tulot to the late Tom and Katie Lou Malone Vickers. She will be remembered as a loving wife to the late Gordon Phillips and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She enjoyed spending time cooking, fishing and camping with friends and family....
Audry Ida Palmer - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 22, 2019
Audry Ida Palmer, 92, of Pocahontas passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Community Compassion Center of Searcy. She was born July 26, 1927 in Haynesville, LA to the late Nelson and Lillie Dykes Smith. She worked for Brown Shoe Company, was a member of Pocahontas First Assembly of God, and was an accomplished seamstress. She was preceded in...
Garry Wayne Thatch - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 22, 2019
Garry Wayne Thatch, 71, of Ravenden Springs passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at Randolph Home. He was born June 4, 1948 in Hamil to the late John and Mattie Kildow Thatch. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Phyllis Schneider Thatch; brothers, Cecil Thatch, Ralph Thatch, Charles Thatch, and Jimmy Thatch; sisters, Elberta (Thatch) Spikes, Pauline (Thatch)...
Carol Ann Martin - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 21, 2019
Marked Tree - Carol Ann Martin, 66, passed away on November 21, 2019 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Carol was born on September 10, 1953 in St. Louis, MO to Freeman and Doris Ruth Ballard. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Wayne Eugene Martin, Sr. She is survived by 4 sons, Wayne...
Ezra Thurman Hill - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 20, 2019
Ezra Thurman Hill went to his Lord Jesus Christ on November 20, 2019 at Poplar Bluff VA Hospice. He was born to the late James A. Hill and Nancy Ann Phillips on April 26, 1925. He joined his soul mate of 67 years, Dealia V. Hamilton Prince who passed July 27, 2018 Visitation will be November 30, 2019, 10 A.M....
James Ephrian Throgmorton - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 19, 2019
James Ephrian Throgmorton passed away November 19, 2019 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 80. He was born to William and Tempa (Johnson) Throgmorton on November 24, 1938 in Randolph County, AR. He married Cindy Funchess on March 24, 1974 and they had 4 children. Mr. Throgmorton was a loving husband and father, an avid...
Irma Jean Reynolds Taylor - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 18, 2019
Mrs. Irma Jean Reynolds Taylor departed this life Monday, November 18, 2019 at Community Compassion Center of Batesville, AR at the age of 82. Mrs. Irma Taylor, daughter of the late Thomas Reynolds and Annie Mitchell Reynolds Newman was born October 26, 1937 in Dalton, AR. She was a long-standing resident of Pocahontas, attended Pocahontas High School and graduated with...
Cookie Yopp -Glbfh
Nov 18, 2019
Jonesboro- Cookie Yopp, 66, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born December 7, 1952 in St. Louis and raised by the late John and Anna Gaddie. Cookie owned and operated a beauty shop in Jonesboro for many years and had worked for Gregg Funeral Home. She was a cosmetologist for...
Robert E Legate - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 18, 2019
Campbell, MO - Robert E. Legate passed away on November 18, 2019 at home at the age of 96 years, 10 months and 18 days. Robert was born on January 30, 1923 in Success, AR to Emory and Zella Reeves Legate. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Barbara Jean Farrow Legate; one daughter, Kathy June Legate. He...
Mary F Smith -Glbfh
Nov 17, 2019
Lake City- Mary F. Smith, 78, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019. She was born September 15, 1941 in Lepanto to the late Ewing and Nellie Smith. Mrs. Smith had worked for many years for Frolic Footwear. She enjoyed crocheting and spending time with her family. She is survived by two sisters, Bonnie Haff of Lake City and Peggy Huddleston...
Mary Elma Darr Schoolfield -Gfh
Nov 13, 2019
Caraway- Mary Elma Darr Schoolfield, 82, passed from this life Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Community Compassion Center of Jonesboro. She was born May 4, 1937 in Caraway, the daughter of Jeff and Gertrude Darr. Mary was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Caraway Church of Christ. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of...
Mazie Lou Wheeler - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Nov 12, 2019
Mazie Lou Hurn Wheeler was born March 17, 1932 in Randolph County to Tive and Clara Katherin Simington Hurn and passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Mazie left school at an early age to work for Brown Shoe Company and help support her family. While working for Brown Shoe, Mazie met the love of her life, Bud Wheeler. She and...
Ernest "Junior" Broadaway -Glbfh
Nov 11, 2019
Jonesboro- Ernest "Junior" Broadaway, 92, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2019 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born August 25, 1927 in Hoxie to the late W. E. and Loda Broadaway. He was in the meat packing industry from 1946 until 1980 and was the president of Broadaway Packing Company. He was instrumental in teaching the Future Farmers of...
Betty Rowena Wells -Glbfh
Nov 10, 2019
Jonesboro- Betty Rowena Wells, 78, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2019. She was born July 3, 1941 in Ravenden to the late Zelmer and Maxine Oliver Wells. Mrs. Wells retired from Shelter Insurance where she worked as a secretary in claims department. She was an avid bowler in Jonesboro and qualified for state tournaments for over thirty years. She was...
Gladys Pauline Moudy -Glbfh
Nov 9, 2019
Jonesboro- Gladys Pauline Moudy, 96, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. Pauline was born January 9, 1923 in Jonesboro to the late John Wesley and Flora Lois Dona Marzee Minton Stevenson. She was a 1941 graduate of Jonesboro High School, where she was a star basketball player. Pauline worked at Liberty Cash Grocery...
Jimmie Sue Pipkin
Nov 7, 2019
Mrs. Jimmie Sue Pipkin of Harrisburg departed this life Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, at the age of 87. She was born November 14, 1931 in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late Clay Mardis and Effie Condra Mardis. Jimmie Sue was a 1949 graduate of Harrisburg High School. She married Fred...
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