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Clarence Allen Medlin -Gfh

Clarence Allen Medlin -Gfh

Apr 24, 2017

Lake City- Clarence Allen Medlin, 76, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017. He was born March 31, 1941 in Round Pond, Arkansas and lived in Lake City for forty-nine years and a member of the Baptist Church. He retired from Lincoln Manufactory. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and just being outside and loved his family. He was preceded in death by...

Patsy Ann Kimbro - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Patsy Ann Kimbro - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 24, 2017

Pocahontas- Patsy Ann Kimbro, 81, passed away April, 24, 2017. Patsy was born November 13, 1935 in Russellville, AR to Milford and Stella Morgan Ellison. She was preceded by her parents; husband, Robert Dennis Kimbro; daughters, Linda Jones, Sandy Schmidt; son, Rickey Gaither; 4 sisters, and 3 brothers. She is survived by children; Frances (Norman) Penwell of Yorkville, IL, Billie...

Thomas Hudson Craft - Glbfh

Thomas Hudson Craft - Glbfh

Apr 23, 2017

Jonesboro- Thomas Hudson Craft, 84, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. Thomas was born October 3, 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee, the eldest child of William J.B. Craft and Beatrice Carl Craft. Growing up during the Depression shaped Tom's life and his values. Surrounded with all his Craft cousins and his brother and sisters,...

Jeanine Marilys Waterworth - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jeanine Marilys Waterworth - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 22, 2017

Pocahontas- Jeanine Marilys Waterworth, 61, passed away on April 22, 2017 at home. Jeanine was born March 4, 1956 in Muscatine, Iowa to James and Marilyn Affolter Greenhaw. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, James "Jim" Lloyd Waterworth. She is survived by nieces, Amanda Tucker, Sonya Baxter, Angela Ward; nephews, James Greenhaw III, Brian Greenhaw; great...

Dalia Irene Taylor - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Dalia Irene Taylor - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 21, 2017

Pocahontas- Dalia Irene Taylor, 86, passed away April 21, 2017 at home. Dalia was born April 16, 1931 in Lithuania to Peter Sr. and Stella Ramanauskas Rulis. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Shirley Edgar Taylor; and son, Edward Taylor. She is survived by daughters, Debora Ann (Joseph Mark) Briscoe of Moore Haven, FL, Karen Louise Taylor...

Elizabeth Ann Whitley (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Elizabeth Ann Whitley (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Apr 19, 2017

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Whitley of Harrisburg departed this life Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at her home, at the age of 61. She was born November 24, 1955 the daughter of D.W Davis and Gracie Morrison Davis. Elizabeth was the former owner of Senoir Slim's Restaurant and Poinsett Liquor Store. She was a riverboat cook and also a truck driver for...

James C Anthony - Gfh

James C Anthony - Gfh

Apr 15, 2017

Dardanelle - James C. Anthony, 54, passed away April 15, 2017 in Dardanelle. He was born March 29, 1963 in Jonesboro. James was a member of First Methodist Church in Jonesboro and was a special education teacher for 27 years with both the Nettleton and Blytheville Schools. He was a life-long Disney fan and had traveled to Disney World twenty...

Carolyn Sue Wrinkles - Gfh

Carolyn Sue Wrinkles - Gfh

Apr 14, 2017

Blytheville- Carolyn Sue Wrinkles, 70, passed away April 14, 2017 in Memphis. She was born February 18, 1947 in Hot Springs to the late Amos and Evelyn Hayes Adcock. Carolyn was a home maker and a member of the Church of Christ. She will be remembered as a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother by her family and a...

Harold J Fitzjerrell - Gfh

Harold J Fitzjerrell - Gfh

Apr 12, 2017

Warrenton, MO- Harold J. Fitzjerrell, 90, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017. He was born April 21, 1926 in Quitman to the late Herbert and Lena Reynolds Fitzjerrell. He was a retired John Deere Dealership manager. Harold proudly served as a paratrooper in the United States Army during WWII and will be remembered as a loving father, brother and grandfather....

Bonnie Beatrice Virginia Blissenbach - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Bonnie Beatrice Virginia Blissenbach - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 9, 2017

Pocahontas- Bonnie Beatrice Virginia Blissenbach, 88, passed away April 9, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. Bonnie was born August 15, 1928 in Dalton, AR to Sular and Kate Tiner Vandergriff. She was a loving mother, loyal wife, family oriented. She raised her children in Cahokia, IL and returned to Arkansas after they retired in 1979. She also helped raise several...

Freeda Potter

Freeda Potter

Apr 8, 2017

Jonesboro- Freeda Potter, started a new life with the Lord, Saturday, April 8, 2017. She was born and raised in Light before moving to Jonesboro in 1979. She was retired from NE Diesel and Electrolux. She enjoyed reading her Bible, watching her favorite TV shows, spending time with her family and swinging with her beloved pet, Buster. She was an...

Joe "Sonny" Gammill

Joe "Sonny" Gammill

Apr 8, 2017

Jonesboro- Joe "Sonny" Gammill, 84, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017. He was born November 29, 1932 in Nettleton to the late Brodie and Rosalie Moore Gammill. Sonny proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was a high school agriculture teacher and was Director of Farms at Arkansas State University for over twenty-five years. He...

Terry Evoyce Witt (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Terry Evoyce Witt (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Apr 7, 2017

Mr. Terry Evoyce Witt of Harrisburg, departed this life Friday, April 7, 2017, at his home, at the age of 63. He was born October 17, 1953 in Harrisburg, the son of Karry Evoyce Witt and Melba June Wells Witt. Terry worked for Halstead's in Wynne for many years and also worked in construction and farm work. He loved hunting...

Tessie Fears Hutchison

Tessie Fears Hutchison

Apr 7, 2017

Jonesboro- Tessie Fears Hutchison passed away Friday, April 7, 2017. She was born the 24th of March 1921 in Leachville to Joe and Maudie Fears. She married Clifford H. Hutchison on the 18th of May 1946 in Jonesboro. Together they started their life in Denton Texas before moving back to farm in Arkansas in 1948. They retired in 1974 and...

Anita Marvine Towell - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Anita Marvine Towell - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 3, 2017

Pocahontas- Anita Marvine Towell, 85, passed away on April 3, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. Anita was born December 9, 1931 in Smithville, AR to Joseph Ernest and Esther Lily Jean Winchester. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Overland Baptist Church, and Fee Fee Baptist Church. She was a Volunteer Pink Lady at Five Rivers Medical Center....

Mary Garnetta Blansett - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Mary Garnetta Blansett - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 3, 2017

Mary Garnetta (Greeves) Blansett, 88, passed away April 3, 2017 in Sulphur, Louisiana. Garnetta was born April 23, 1928 in Demun Township, Randolph Co, Ar, to Harry and Mary Louise (Junkersfeld) Greeves. Through her later years, she had been very active with the VFW in helping veterans. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Eli Blansett; brother...

Mark Anthony Terrell (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Mark Anthony Terrell (Gregg-Weston Funeral Home)

Apr 2, 2017

Mr. Mark Anthony "Andy" Terrell, of Harrisburg, departed this life Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 58. He was born on October 6, 1958 at the Verser Clinic in Harrisburg, the son of Edsel Terrell and Barbara Jean Hunn Terrell. Andy was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and was truly devoted...

Mary Etta Songer - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Mary Etta Songer - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 2, 2017

Maynard- Mary Etta Songer, 77, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 surrounded by family. Mary was born November 20, 1939 in Bunny, AR to Milburn and Opal Alexander Robertson. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and member of the Maynard Northside Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Albert and Earl Tucker. She...

Robert "Bob" Lemke

Robert "Bob" Lemke

Apr 2, 2017

Robert (Bob) Dale Lemke, age 70, died on Sunday, April 2, in Jonesboro. He was born August 25, 1947, in Augusta, AR, to Edward and Lucille Lemke. He grew up on his family\u0027s farm outside of Hickory Ridge. His family later moved to Forrest City where he graduated from high school in 1965. He was a combat veteran of the...

Frank J Ungerank - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Frank J Ungerank - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Apr 1, 2017

Reyno- Frank J. Ungerank, 87, passed away April 1, 2017. Frank was born November 29, 1929 in Engelberg, AR to Mike and Anna Steimel Ungerank. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a farmer and enjoyed wood-working. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margaret Cherry Ungerank; two sons, David (Shelley) Ungerank of...

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