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Mary Louise Shackelford
Jul 17, 2008
Jonesboro- Mary Louise Shackelford, 74, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Craighead Nursing Center. She was born January 6, 1934 in Caraway to the late Samuel and Stella Rea. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nettleton Baptist Church. She was active in the American Red Cross and the Baptist Student Union. Survivors include two daughters, Carol...
Mary Louise Shackelford
Jul 17, 2008
Jonesboro- Mary Louise Shackelford, 74, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Craighead Nursing Center. She was born January 6, 1934 in Caraway to the late Samuel and Stella Rea. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nettleton Baptist Church. She was active in the American Red Cross and the Baptist Student Union. Survivors include two daughters, Carol...
Mary Louise Shackelford
Jul 17, 2008
Jonesboro- Mary Louise Shackelford, 74, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Craighead Nursing Center. She was born January 6, 1934 in Caraway to the late Samuel and Stella Rea. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nettleton Baptist Church. She was active in the American Red Cross and the Baptist Student Union. Survivors include two daughters, Carol...
James Henry Patterson
Jul 16, 2008
Ravenden Springs- James Henry Patterson 50 passed away July 16, 2008. He was born February 22, 1958 to the late James Linley and Agnes Eilene (Summers) Patterson. He is survived by his wife Sandra Elizabeth (Ridenhower) Patterson of Ravenden Springs, two sons Jimmy and Josh Patterson both of Ravenden Springs, three daughters Krysta Cuddie of Virginia, Amanda and Nicky Patterson...
Betsy Ledbetter Askew
Jul 16, 2008
Jonesboro- Dr. Betsy Ledbetter Askew, 90, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1917 in Hoxie to the late Jones and Maude Ledbetter. She lived in Jonesboro for the past 28 years formerly of Shreveport, Louisiana and Tyler, Texas. Dr. Askew retired from Schumpert Regional Medical Center as a Doctor of Anesthesiology...
Betsy Ledbetter Askew
Jul 16, 2008
Jonesboro- Dr. Betsy Ledbetter Askew, 90, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1917 in Hoxie to the late Jones and Maude Ledbetter. She lived in Jonesboro for the past 28 years formerly of Shreveport, Louisiana and Tyler, Texas. Dr. Askew retired from Schumpert Regional Medical Center as a Doctor of Anesthesiology...
Betsy Ledbetter Askew
Jul 16, 2008
Jonesboro- Dr. Betsy Ledbetter Askew, 90, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1917 in Hoxie to the late Jones and Maude Ledbetter. She lived in Jonesboro for the past 28 years formerly of Shreveport, Louisiana and Tyler, Texas. Dr. Askew retired from Schumpert Regional Medical Center as a Doctor of Anesthesiology...
Chester Theodore Rekosh
Jul 15, 2008
WARM SPRINGS-Chester Rekosh, 89, died Tuesday in Pocahontas, AR. He was born on May 20, 1919 in Tamaroa, IL to the late Ted and Helen Golemboski Rekosh. He worked at Humble Oil Refinery in Baytown, TX. In 1965, he moved his family to his farm in Warm Springs. He worked at Waterloo Industries several years and then retired to run...
Wanda Pickett Hibbard
Jul 13, 2008
Wanda Pickett Hibbard Born August 18, 1921 to Robert L. and Johnnie E. Pickett, Wanda Pickett Hibbard departed her earthly life on July 13, 2008 at the age of 86. She was married to Alvin D. Hibbard who preceded her in death in 1990. Also preceding her in death was a son, Sammie Hibbard, a great granddaughter, Sydney Lindner, and...
Aster Roberta Johnston
Jul 12, 2008
LITTLE ROCK-Aster Johnston, 75, died Saturday at UAMS. She was born April 2, 1933 and was the daughter of the late William C. and Grace Marie Hord Ulmer. A brother, William Thomas, Sr. also preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband, James W. Johnston, a son, Kevin Johnston and wife, Diana, of Little Rock, two daughters, Felicia...
James Anthony Robinson
Jul 11, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-James Anthony Robinson,44, formerly of Pocahontas, died Friday, July 11 at Odyssey Healthcare. He was born in Pocahontas on August 18, 1963 to Hattie Lou Gullett Robinson and the late Duel Robinson. He is also survived by his brother, Jerald Robinson of North Little Rock and his nephew, Parker Robinson of North Little Rock. Visitation will be Saturday...
Robert Paul Arnn
Jul 9, 2008
Robert Paul Arnn passed away in Hillsdale, Michigan on July 9, 2008. He was born in Sidney, Arkansas on August 8, 1927. He was the son of Addison and Alice Arnn and the eldest of seven children. He was the husband of the late and beloved Georgia Asberry Arnn for 53 years, who was the partner and the imperative force...
Betty Ann Busch
Jul 8, 2008
POCAHONTAS-Betty Ann Busch, 65, died Tuesday in St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward John and June Louise Drew Jones, and a sister, Mary. Survivors include her husband, Gary, two sons, William Busch of Germany and Gary Bush, II of Pocahontas, a daughter, April Henderson of Pocahontas, a brother, John Jones of Ravenden Springs,...
Luvena Baldridge
Jul 8, 2008
RAVENDEN SPRINGS-Luvena Baldridge, 90, died Tuesday in St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was born November 2, 1917 in Yadkin to the late Samuel Franklin Dalton and Gertie Claninda Ehrhardt Dalton and was a member of the Ravenden Springs Church of Christ since 1949. She was married to Dan Baldridge on December 26, 1937. He died May 27, 1947. She was...
Gladys Lorene Pickett
Jul 8, 2008
POCAHONTAS-Gladys Lorene Pickett, 92, died Tuesday at Pocahontas Health Care and Rehab. She was born March 26, 1916 at Ravenden to the late Richard Ray and Noma Spotts Pickett. She was a retired beautician and a member of the First Baptist Church in Pocahontas. Three brothers, William Spotts Pickett, John Glenn Pickett and Charles Ray Pickett, and a niece, Mary...
Willie Lou Hart
Jul 8, 2008
Greenbrier, AR. - Willie Lou, 78, Passed away July 8th, 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is missed by many and will be in our hearts and minds forever. She was born November 25, 1929. She was a self employed hairdresser for 40 years at Lou's Beauty Salon in Roscoe, Illinois. She loved life, her family and her many friends....
John E. Jenkins
Jul 7, 2008
JACKSONVILLE-John E. Jenkins, 26, died Monday in Madison, MS. He was born April 15, 1982 in North Little Rock. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, J. C. and Imogene Jenkins and E. L. and Iva May Curry, and uncles, David and Johnny Jenkins and cousins, Bryan "Bubba" Curry and Cara Ann Jenkins. He is survived by his parents,...
Lisa Ann Junkersfeld
Jul 7, 2008
Lisa Ann Junkersfeld, 34, died Monday. She was born May 18, 1974 in Pocahontas. Survivors include her husband, Harold of Pocahontas, two daughters, Felicsha Junkersfeld and Alissia Moore, a stepson, David Junkersfeld, father, Gary Moore all of Pocahontas, mother, Edwina Knickerbocker Eldridge of Datto, two brothers, Chase Cook of Pocahontas and Lron Flanigan of Little Rock and a sister, Nikki...
Sillius Bailey
Jul 6, 2008
Pocahontas- Sillius Bailey 72, Died Sunday at Fimve Rivers Medical Center. He was born December 31, 1935 in Sharps chapel ,Tn to the late John W. and Stella ( Loop) Bailey. He is survived by his wife Betty (Thatch) Bailey, sons John Wayne Bailey of Pocahontas,Milton Bailey of New Tazewell, Tn, Larry Wayne of Vonore,Tn, James Overstreet of Alexander, Mark...
Billy Webb Baird
Jul 3, 2008
Billy Webb Baird, 75, died at his home in Pocahontas Thursday. He was born October 18, 1932 at Williford to the late Homer Jack and Pearl Webb Baird. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Peck Baird of the home, a son, James Michael Baird of Tulsa, a sister, Judith Ann Megna of Coloma, MI and two grandchildren. Services will be...
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