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Wanda L. Heaps

Wanda L. Heaps

Mar 11, 2008

Jonesboro- Wanda Lee Heaps, 77, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was born February 19, 1931 in Jonesboro to the late Howard and Kate Young. Mrs. Heaps was a member of the Greensboro Road Church of Christ and was a homemaker. She liked listening to county and gospel music. She enjoyed her grandchildren and...

Brown Anna

Brown Anna

Mar 10, 2008

Jonesboro- Anna Elois Harbin Brown, 89, died Monday, March 10, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Place. She was born in Herget, Arkansas to the late Marvin and Agnes Harbin, where she was the oldest daughter of fifteen children whom she helped her mother raise. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Central Baptist Church and worked at ASU in the Museum...

Brown Anna

Brown Anna

Mar 10, 2008

Jonesboro- Anna Elois Harbin Brown, 89, died Monday, March 10, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Place. She was born in Herget, Arkansas to the late Marvin and Agnes Harbin, where she was the oldest daughter of fifteen children whom she helped her mother raise. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Central Baptist Church and worked at ASU in the Museum...

Brown Anna

Brown Anna

Mar 10, 2008

Jonesboro- Anna Elois Harbin Brown, 89, died Monday, March 10, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Place. She was born in Herget, Arkansas to the late Marvin and Agnes Harbin, where she was the oldest daughter of fifteen children whom she helped her mother raise. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Central Baptist Church and worked at ASU in the Museum...

Eva May Ogilvy

Eva May Ogilvy

Mar 10, 2008

Eva May Ogilvy, 77, of Poteau, OK passed away March 10th in Poteau. She was born April 29, 1930 in Reyno to Andrew McGhee and Lillian (Parker) McGhee. She worked for many years as an aide at the nursing home in Pocahontas. She was a resident of Pocahontas for more than thirty years before moving to Poteau six years ago....

Moina Barton

Moina Barton

Mar 7, 2008

Moina Barton, 89, died Friday. Moina raised 2 sons while writing for television and the Department of Economic Development, State of Kansas. She retired to Pocahontas in 1978 where she resided through 2004. She is survived by 2 sons, David (Donna) Barton of Topeka, KS and Danny (Cindy) Barton of Independence, MO; 2 sisters, Freda Brown and Jeanne Simpson of...

Umeca Fern Brown

Umeca Fern Brown

Mar 6, 2008

Pocahontas- Umeca Fern Brown passed away Friday at the age of 90 years. She was preceded by her Husband Blanco Brown a Daughter Mary Katherine 2 grandchildren Randy and Christy 2 sisters Lucy and Kate and 3 brothers Chuck, Mark and Erskin. She is survived by 3sons Richard Brown Isle of Palms, Sc,Don Brown of Mt. Home, and Steve Brown...

Rita A. Ross

Rita A. Ross

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro- Rita Ann Taylor Ross, 64, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Monette. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Valley View Church of Christ and worked as a retail sales manager. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who will be greatly missed. She loved working in her yard...

Evelyn Gibson

Evelyn Gibson

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro Mrs. Lonnie Evelyn Anderson Gibson, 91, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Mrs. Gibson was born on February 17, 1917 at Greenfield to the late William Hiriam Anderson and Lora Blanche Shopher Anderson. She was a homemaker and the owner and operator of the first Merle Norman Studio in downtown Jonesboro. She was also active...

George Henry Van Winkle

George Henry Van Winkle

Mar 5, 2008

IMBODEN-Henry Van Winkle, 81 , died Wednesday. His parents, Grover Cleveland and Genendal Wilson Van Winkle, and four brothers, George, Clay, Lawrence and Bill Van Winkle, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, son Ed Van Winkle and wife, Linda of Imboden, two daughters, Linda Osborne of Bay and Nancy Tate and husband, Randall, of Imboden,...

Bobby Wood

Bobby Wood

Mar 5, 2008

Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood Jonesboro-Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood, 76, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Survivors included his wife, Mary Lou Wood; two sons and their wives, Dr. Mark and Laura Wood of Jonesboro an d Bob and Terri Wood of Cookville, Tennessee; one daughter and her husband, Becky and...

Rita A. Ross

Rita A. Ross

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro- Rita Ann Taylor Ross, 64, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Monette. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Valley View Church of Christ and worked as a retail sales manager. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who will be greatly missed. She loved working in her yard...

Bobby Wood

Bobby Wood

Mar 5, 2008

Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood Jonesboro-Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood, 76, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Survivors included his wife, Mary Lou Wood; two sons and their wives, Dr. Mark and Laura Wood of Jonesboro an d Bob and Terri Wood of Cookville, Tennessee; one daughter and her husband, Becky and...

Evelyn Gibson

Evelyn Gibson

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro Mrs. Lonnie Evelyn Anderson Gibson, 91, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Mrs. Gibson was born on February 17, 1917 at Greenfield to the late William Hiriam Anderson and Lora Blanche Shopher Anderson. She was a homemaker and the owner and operator of the first Merle Norman Studio in downtown Jonesboro. She was also active...

Rita A. Ross

Rita A. Ross

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro- Rita Ann Taylor Ross, 64, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Monette. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Valley View Church of Christ and worked as a retail sales manager. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who will be greatly missed. She loved working in her yard...

Bobby Wood

Bobby Wood

Mar 5, 2008

Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood Jonesboro-Retired Brigadier General Bobby Gaines Wood, 76, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Survivors included his wife, Mary Lou Wood; two sons and their wives, Dr. Mark and Laura Wood of Jonesboro an d Bob and Terri Wood of Cookville, Tennessee; one daughter and her husband, Becky and...

Evelyn Gibson

Evelyn Gibson

Mar 5, 2008

Jonesboro Mrs. Lonnie Evelyn Anderson Gibson, 91, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Mrs. Gibson was born on February 17, 1917 at Greenfield to the late William Hiriam Anderson and Lora Blanche Shopher Anderson. She was a homemaker and the owner and operator of the first Merle Norman Studio in downtown Jonesboro. She was also active...

Odis Paul Baltz

Odis Paul Baltz

Mar 4, 2008

POCAHONTAS-Odis Paul Baltz, 63, died at his home Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, three sons, Steve Baltz , Beau Hanson and Todd Hanson, two daughters, Christine Franks and Karen Edwards, mother, Flora Baltz , six brothers, four sisters and five grandchildren. Services will be at 2pm Saturday at St. Paul's Catholic Church with Father John Marconi officiating....

Shirley Ann Bryant

Shirley Ann Bryant

Mar 4, 2008

MOULTON, AL-Shirley Ann Bryant, 72, died at her home March 4. She was a former resident of Randolph County. Survivors include her husband, James C. Bryant, children, Bob (Nancy) Bryant of Auburn, AL, James (Vicky) Bryant of Dorsey, MS, Scott (Sarah) Bryant of Tremont, MS and John (Melissa) Roberts of Arcadia, FL, a brother, Neil (Beulah) Inness of Ravenden Springs,...

Grover Thomas Stanley

Grover Thomas Stanley

Mar 2, 2008

PRESCOTT,AZ- Grover Thomas Stanley was born April 16, 1917 in Doniphan, MO and died at his home in Prescott on March 2, 2008. His parents, Herman and Luvina Plunk Stanley, three brothers, Alvin, Almus and Clarence Stanley, and two sisters, Orda Beeman and Bertha Cullum, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of nearly 68 years, Juanita Roberts Stanley...

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