Joyce Ann Norman -Glbfh
May 4, 2019
Jonesboro- Joyce Ann Norman, 80, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019 at her home. She was born July 13, 1938 in Jonesboro to the late Troy and Christine Seymour Brust. Mrs. Norman became a California girl when she moved to the west coast and lived over forty years in the sunshine state with her husband Alan. They enjoyed traveling and...
Benjamin Franklin Bigger Ii - Mcnabb Funeral Home
May 3, 2019
Pocahontas - Honest, Loyal, Industrious, Giving-- These are words that describe a friend to many. A family man to the end and a Godly human that tried to make Pocahontas, Randolph County and Arkansas a better place. Benjamin Franklin Bigger II was born on February 16, 1942 to B.F. and Geneva Bigger. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Kaye...
Gene Gann -Glbfh
May 2, 2019
Jonesboro- Gene Gann, 66, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. Gene was born July 30, 1952 in Jonesboro. He served his country proudly in the United State Army. He retired from Arkansas State University after twenty-nine years, where he worked as an electrician in the maintenance department. He loved spending time with his family...
Billy Ray West -Glbfh
Apr 30, 2019
Jonesboro- Billy Ray West, 77, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born July 28, 1941 in Collinwood, Tennessee to the late Herschel and Gracie Thompson West. Billy proudly served this country in the Arkansas National Guard. He retired from farming after thirty-two years. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to deer hunt and...
Bennie "Ben" Coulson - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 30, 2019
Pocahontas - Bennie "Ben" Coulson, 91, passed away on April 30, 2019 at Pocahontas Healthcare and Rehab Center. Ben was born on December 27, 1927 in Michigan to Homer and Anna Timmerman Coulson. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Steven Paul Coulson; sister, Carrie Hassen; and brothers, Edwin and Wesley Coulson. He is survived by his wife...
Albert Dewayne Blount - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 29, 2019
Albert Dewayne Blount, 79, of Overland, MO passed away April 29, 2019 at DePaul Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Big Al was an adventuress man with a very bold sense of humor. He was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas on February 12, 1940, a son of the late Albert Blount and Mildred (Crays) Blount. He had one Brother, Billy Blount. His sense...
Madaline Vivian Holland Doak -Glbfh
Apr 28, 2019
Jonesboro- Madaline Vivian Holland Doak, 102, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation Center in Jonesboro. She was born on May 17, 1916, in Lunsford. Her parents were the late Robert R. Holland and Jennie Taylor Holland. Her mother died during the influenza pandemic of 1918. As a very young child, she was reared by her...
Sherry Annette Hayes -Glbfh
Apr 26, 2019
Jonesboro- Sherry Annette Hayes, 55, passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 in Memphis. She was born November 28, 1963 in Osceola to Jimmy and Martha Pollard Carter. Sherry had worked as a property manager. She will be remembered as having a big heart and being a loving daughter, mother and sister. She is survived by her father, Jimmy Carter of...
Beulah Fay Downum - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 26, 2019
Walnut Ridge - Beulah Fay Downum, 97, of Walnut Ridge passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Fay was born December 12, 1921 in Leachville to the late Noah and Clara Ball French. She was married to A.L. Downum for 76 years prior to his preceding her in death in 2015. She is preceded in death by...
Tina Marie Poteet - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 22, 2019
Ravenden- Tina Marie Poteet, 52, passed away on April 22, 2019. Tina was born October 17, 1966 in Arkadelphia, AR to Lloyd Wayne King and Brenda Stain King. She is survived by her husband, Wendell Poteet; 2 sons, Jordan Poteet and Jessie Poteet; 11 grandchildren; mother, Brenda Stain King; 3 brothers, Nikki, Paul and Todd King. She was preceded in...
Roger M Peters - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 22, 2019
Pocahontas - Roger M Peters, 70, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2019 at his home. Roger was born on August 30, 1948 in Walnut Ridge, AR to Tib and Geneva Taylor Toy. He served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War. He loved to fish and to spend time with his family. He was a loving father,...
Larry Edward Sefers (Gregg-Weston Fh)
Apr 21, 2019
Mr. Larry Edward Sefers of Harrisburg, AR departed this life Sunday, April 21, 2019 at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, at the age of 69. He was born October 6, 1949 in Harrisburg, the son of Arvil Sefers and Lorelle Powell Sefers. Larry graduated high school in Chicago in 1967 and married Sandra Holcomb in 1968. They enjoyed over...
Velda "Bobbie" Williams - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 18, 2019
Walnut Ridge- Velda "Bobbie" Williams, 85 passed away April 18, 2019. Velda "Bobbie" Williams was born April 11, 1934 in Saffell, AR to the late Roy and Pearl Huskey Doyle. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and a faithful member of the First Free Will Baptist Church. Bobbie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Duff Williams; and...
Sharon Kay Wheaton -Gfh
Apr 15, 2019
Williford- Sharon Kay Wheaton, 62, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born September 6, 1956 in Lepanto to the late James Veach and Thelma Blake Veach Mangrum. She will be remembered as a loving mother, sister and grandmother. She was survived by her children, James Wheaton (Amanda), Lisa Thompson (Bobby), Timothy...
Richard Lynn White (Glbfh)
Apr 14, 2019
Mr. Richard Lynn White of Jonesboro, departed this life Sunday, April 14, 2019, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 75. He was born March 7, 1944 in Jonesboro, the son of the late L.W. White and Lola Mays White. Following High School, he worked at Kroger and joined the Air Force. He married Judy Brown...
Floyd Thomas Hancock (Gregg-Weston Fh)
Apr 14, 2019
Mr. Floyd Thomas Hancock of Walnut Ridge, formerly of Harrisburg, Arkansas, departed this life Sunday, April 14, 2019, at the Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, at the age of 93. He was born October 15, 1925 in Twin Creek, Arkansas, the son of the late Lee Roy Hancock and Samantha Jones Hancock. Following high school, Floyd joined...
James Darrell Edington - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 11, 2019
Biggers- James Darrell Edington, 75, passed away on April 11, 2019 at Five Rivers Medical Center. James was born on November 1, 1943 in Pocahontas to James David and Anna Jean Hearring Edington. He married the love of his life, Jane Carpenter, on August 18, 1979. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and enjoyed playing music, being at the...
Gretchen Firment - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Apr 10, 2019
Cherokee Village- Gretchen Firment, 81, passed away on April 10, 2019 at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. Gretchen was born on June 22, 1937 in Pocahontas, AR to Tony and Pauline Nuce Schmidt. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband John Andrew Firment; 2 brothers, Albert and John Schmidt; and a sister, Mary Elizabeth. She is survived...
William Wesley Condra (Gregg-Weston Fh)
Apr 10, 2019
William W. "Will" Condra of Harrisburg, departed this life Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at his home, at the age of 36. Will was born January 14, 1983 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the son of Cecil Edmond "Buster" Condra and Patricia Karen Shaver Condra. He was a 2001 graduate of Harrisburg High School and of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed hunting and...
Jerry Don Cleghorn -Gfh
Apr 9, 2019
Hark Heights, Texas- Jerry Don Cleghorn, 79, formerly of Monette passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at Baylor Medical Center in Temple, Texas. He was born March 17, 1940 in Lake City to Howard and Edith Peete Cleghorn. Jerry served his country proudly in the United States Army. Jerry worked as a butcher, for Amor Meat Packing Company and Randall's...
