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Tammy Brown Smithee -Glbfh
Sep 20, 2017
Jonesboro - Tammy Brown Smithee, passed Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Tammy graduated from Jonesboro High School and attended Arkansas State University studying funeral sciences. She had been an assistant funeral director and embalmer with Gregg Funeral Homes. She loved her family and enjoyed watching and attending all of her daughter's activities. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother,...
Aloysius "Al" Lawrence Declerk - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 19, 2017
Pocahontas - Aloysius "Al" Lawrence DeClerk, 77, passed away unexpectedly September 19, 2017 at Five Rivers Medical Center. Al was born December 12, 1939 in Pocahontas to the late A.C. DeClerk and Helen Liebhaber DeClerk. Al was passionate about flying, Angus cattle and his family. Al was an avid pilot, past chairman and member of the Pocahontas Municipal Airport Commission....
Carl Weatherford - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 18, 2017
Pocahontas- Carl Weatherford, 80, passed away September 18, 2017 at Five Rivers Medical Center. Carl was born November 24, 1936 in Randolph County, AR to James F. and Bessie Jane Seagraves Weatherford. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Utah, Lloyd, Jerry and David Weatherford; sisters, Wilma Leathers, Patsy Bruenner, Katie Stapleton, Mary Ovona Brown, Bernice Crisp, Tommie...
Virginia Ann Simkins - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 16, 2017
Pocahontas- Virginia Ann Simkins, 64, of Pocahontas passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Five Rivers Medical Center. She was born July 5, 1953 in Streeter, Illinois, daughter of Joseph and Venita Ann Duncan Kenner. She was united in marriage to Gerald "Hoss" Simkins. She was a 1971 graduate of Doniphan High School, worked for Waterloo Industries for 30 years,...
Larry Foster -Glbfh
Sep 15, 2017
Jonesboro- Larry Foster, 69, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born November 13, 1947 in Harrisburg to the late Lee and Notra Amos Foster. He was a 1966 Jonesboro High School graduate and a retired insurance agent. He served his country proudly in the United States Army and was a highly...
Troy Leon Fletcher - Glbfh
Sep 15, 2017
Jonesboro- Troy Leon Fletcher, 83, departed this life on Friday, September 15, 2017 at his home. He was born December 12, 1933 in Brookland to the late Leslie and Lila Johnston Fletcher. Troy served his country proudly in the United States Navy from 1952 until 1955. For many years he was a member of the Nettleton Church of Christ. He...
Emma Lee Bass -Glbfh
Sep 15, 2017
Jonesboro- Emma Lee Bass, 75, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born April 23, 1942 in Alton, Illinois to the late Cecil and Emma Stoeckel Reed. Dr. Bass worked in the educational field for 46 years including principal at Annie Camp, Deputy Director of the Arkansas State Department of Education, AR...
David Cecil Ames -Gwfh
Sep 14, 2017
Mr. David Cecil Ames of Jonesboro, departed this life Thursday, September 14, 2017, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, at the age of 84. He was born March 9, 1933 in Boston, MA, the son of the late William Ames and Ann Bailey Ames. David married Joyce Gigstad on December 18, 1952 and they enjoyed 64...
Nora Lee Mcgaughey -Glbfh
Sep 13, 2017
Sherwood- Nora Lee McGaughey, 93, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 in Little Rock. She was born July 6, 1924 in Melbourne to the late Albert and Nora Pinkston Bishop. She lived most of her life in the Dixie area, she moved to Sherwood in 2011. Mrs. Nora was of the Methodist faith and a homemaker. She will be remembered...
Russell M "Rusty" Sloan - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 10, 2017
Pocahontas- Russell M "Rusty" Sloan, 59, passed away suddenly on September 10, 2017. Rusty was born June 19, 1958 in Pocahontas, AR to Russell and Frances Gant Sloan. He was preceded in death by his father Russell M. Sloan. He is survived by his mother, Frances Sloan of Pocahontas; wife, Melba Sloan of the home; children, Shannan Rhodes of Galesville,...
Vetrix Winchester - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 9, 2017
Pocahontas - VeTrix Smith Winchester, 91, of Pocahontas passed away at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Saturday, September 9, 2017. VeTrix was born August 31, 1926 in Black Rock, AR to the late William Lark Smith and Lillian Flourine Wells Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents and 3 brothers. She is survived by...
Wanda Lee Drum (Gregg-Weston F.H.)
Sep 9, 2017
Mrs. Wanda Lee Drum of Harrisburg, AR, departed this life Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her home, surrounded by family, at the age of 77. She was born November 2, 1939 in Lake City, AR, the daughter of the late Archie Lawson and Thelma Tabor Lawson. Wanda was a homemaker and former employee of American Greetings in Harrisburg. She married...
Russell Jerome "Jerry" Morgan - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 7, 2017
Russell Jerome "Jerry" Morgan, 87 passed away on September 7, 2017 in the home, in Springfield, MO Russell was born March 17, 1930 in Poplar Bluff, MO to the late James Jerome Morgan and Selma Russell Johnson and was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth Ann Morgan. He is survived by children Melissa (Don) Mitchell, Annette Avery, Jay Morgan...
Elizabeth Mcarthur Gryner (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)
Sep 6, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth McArthur Gryner of Harrisburg departed this life Wednesday Night, September 6, 2017 at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, at the age of 85. She was born April 22, 1932 in Cherry Valley, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Ted Goad and Ruth Sims Goad. Elizabeth retired from Slant and Slant in Marked after 17 years and then...
Velma Claudine Toombs - Gfh
Sep 6, 2017
Caraway- Velma Claudine Toombs, 89, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born September 4, 1928 in Hancock to the late Aaron and Pearl Fairfield Hinton. She was a member of the Caraway First Baptist Church. She will be remembered for loving and being in her church. She dearly loved her church family. She...
Mary Lois Jackson - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Sep 6, 2017
Pocahontas- Mary Lois Jackson, 97, passed away September 6, 2017 at Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas. Mary was born October 16, 1919 in Ingram, AR to the late Harry and Birdie Johnson Goodman. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Arvil Jackson. She is survived by several nieces and nephews along with two special care givers,...
Helen Bates - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Aug 31, 2017
Pocahontas- Helen Bates, 91, passed away August 31, 2017 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Helen was born June 9, 1926 in Pocahontas to the late Herbert and Vina Matthews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James M Bates; 3 brothers; and 1 sister. She is survived by sons, James E (Beverly) Bates, Dennis (Brinda) Bates...
Audine Miller Burns - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Aug 31, 2017
Pocahontas- Audine Miller Burns, 88, of Pocahontas, died at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro on August 31, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest H. Burns of Pocahontas, and her parents, Leonard R. and Nona Norris Miller of Walnut Ridge. She is survived by her son, Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Burns, US Army...
Etta Nell Davis - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Aug 30, 2017
Pocahontas- Etta Nell Davis, 69, passed away August 30, 2017 at Five Rivers Medical Center. Etta was born August 5, 1948 in Ingram, AR to Carl and Louise Frasier Shocklee. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Woodrow Davis; son, Gregory Davis; brother, Gene Shocklee, and sister, Wanda Guzzardo. She is survived by her son, Michael (Carla...
James E Riley
Aug 30, 2017
Mr. James E. Riley of Harrisburg, departed this life Wednesday night, August 30, 2017, at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg at the age of 89. He was born August 7, 1928 in Cherry Valley, AR, the son of the late Oliver Roland Riley and Mary Lula Dickerson Riley. James was a farmer and drove a propane truck for Wixson...
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