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Phillip "Dale" Bass
Sep 5, 2022
Phillip "Dale" Bass, 78, of Pocahontas passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at Five Rivers Medical Center.
Phillip was born August 23, 1944 in Knobel to Stella Mae Ratliff.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Stella Mae Ratliff; brother, Ronald Bass; and sister, Brenda Bass.
Phillip is survived by his wife...
Wilburn "Willie" Dean Kimble, Jr.
Sep 4, 2022
Wiburn "Willie" Dean Kimble Jr, 60, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born February 18, 1962 in Pocahontas to the late Wilburn Sr & Mary Weisenbach Kimble. Willie was a graduate of Maynard High School, and a 38 year law enforcement veteran serving in numerous...
Elburn "Leo" Vandergriff
Sep 2, 2022
Elburn "Leo" Vandergriff, 81, of Pocahontas, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022 at Randolph County Nursing Home.
Leo was born June 21, 1941, in Pocahontas to Curtis and Faye White Vandergriff.
He is survived by his brothers, Leonard (Nona) Vandergriff and Roger Vandergriff;Â two nephews; one niece; and many friends.
Leo was preceded...
Danny Ray Box
Aug 31, 2022
Jonesboro- Danny Ray Box, 60, passed from this life, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Plantation Home in Trumann.
Danny was born August 25, 1962 to late Lee Roy and Bernice Box. He was of the Baptist faith, loved fishing, eating and watching wrestling.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Roy Neal Box; two...
Wanda Ann Ewing
Aug 31, 2022
Wanda Ann Ewing, 90, of Maynard passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
She was born December 9, 1931 in Middlebrook to the late Glenn and Clida Graham Roberts. She was the longtime dispatcher for the Maynard Volunteer Fire Department, loved animals, hummingbirds, watching her bird feeders, was a...
Bobby Duwain Morris
Aug 29, 2022
Paragould- Bobby Duwain Morris, 88, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
He was born September 15, 1933 in Hardy to the late Amos and Mattie Vardell Morris. Bobby was a farmer and a mechanic all of his life. He retired from Greene County. He enjoyed fishing and deer hunting and...
Casie Ray Horton
Aug 28, 2022
Caraway- Casie Ray Horton, 44, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
Casie was born October 15, 1977 in Jonesboro to John and Victoria Fortner Sanderson. She graduated from Heber Springs High School in 1996. She enjoyed working at restaurants, sixteen years with Riverside Schools and had worked at Craighead Nursing...
Juanita Withem
Aug 27, 2022
Jonesboro- Juanita Withem, 93, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
She was born July 3, 1929 in Walnut Ridge to the late George Washington Foster and Este Freeman Foster. She retired from Hollingworth Dry Cleaners where she worked as an alterationist. She was happily married to Aaron Withem until his...
James Bruce Kirksey Jr.
Aug 26, 2022
Jonesboro- James Bruce "Butch" Kirksey Jr., 61, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022 at his home.
Butch was born December 28, 1960 in Jonesboro. He was a welder and had worked at FARR and Trailmoble. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
He is survived by his mother, Jo Kirksey; sister, Jill Hodges (David) all of Gulfport,...
Hazel Eugenia "Jeannie" Pyland
Aug 26, 2022
Hazel Eugenia "Jeannie" Pyland, 81, of Pocahontas, Arkansas passed away Friday, August 26, 2022 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro.
Jeannie was born January 8, 1941 in Black Rock, Arkansas to the late Boyd Eugene and Hazel Maxine Hilburn Morgan. She attended Corning High School in Arkansas, and graduated from Kennett High School with honors. In...
Oleta Dunavin Birondo
Aug 25, 2022
Monette- Oleta Dunavin Birondo, 89 passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022 at her home.
She was born August 2, 1933 in Trumann to the late Jeff and Tressie Ladd Dunavin. Oleta graduated from Childress High School. She was a member of the Monette First Baptist Church.
She is survived by her brothers, Ronnie Dunavin (Stella),...
Vivian Brown
Aug 24, 2022
Brookland- Vivian Brown, 73, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
She was born December 23, 1948 in Pineville, Kentucky to the late Bert and Chinie Wilson Gibbons. She was a retired LPN with Arkansas Human Development Center. She enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking, traveling, and making up recipes and loved spending time with family.
She is...
Ruth Ellen Potter
Aug 23, 2022
Ruth Ellen Potter, 93, of Imboden passed away August 23, 2022 in Jonesboro. She was born August 28, 1928 to the late Rhea Starr and Ellen Phillips Starr in Imboden.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Rhea and Ellen Starr; husband, Cecil Potter; siblings, Lillian Hackworth, Mary DePriest, Ray Starr Jr., Everette Starr, Herbert Starr,...
David P. Owens
Aug 21, 2022
Mr. David P. Owens of Harrisburg, departed this life Sunday at the Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, at the age of 77.
He was born April 22, 1945 in Huntsville, AL the son of the late Clarence Owens and Doris Henson Owens.
He married Joyce Ann Stanford on March 21, 1965 and they enjoyed 53...
Linda Estelle Hart
Aug 21, 2022
Linda Estelle Hart, 76, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 at NEA Baptist Hospital.
Linda was born March 29, 1946, in Nashville, TN. to the late Alice Rittenbury.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Alice Rittenbury; grandsons, Jeremy Hart, Christopher Hart, and Zachary Hart.
Linda is survived by her...
Clarice Matthews
Aug 21, 2022
Hermitage, TN- Clarice Matthews, 96, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 at her home.
She was born March 8, 1926 in Tuckerman to the late Levi Middleton Casteel and Roxie Marie Casteel. She had lived in Monette and Jonesboro for many years before moving to Hermitage. Mrs. Matthews was a member of the Monette First United Methodist...
Laurie Ann Fletcher
Aug 21, 2022
Laurie Ann Fletcher, 39, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022, at her home.
Laurie was born June 9, 1983, in Little Rock to the late Clarence Cummins Jr. and Loretta Lynn Goans.
She is survived by her brothers, Jason (Rachel) Fletcher, George Bauldwin, Zachary (Olivia) Steele, Patrick Cummins; sister, Amy (Damien) Steele; and...
Dawn Marie Medlin
Aug 20, 2022
Lake City- Dawn Marie Medlin, 54, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at St. Bernards Medical Center.
She was born May 16, 1968 in St. Louis to Raymond and Patsy Mullins Moss. Dawn worked as a CNA at Lakeside Nursing for twenty-six years and loved all of her residents. She was also a very good artist and...
Glendon Ray Tyler
Aug 19, 2022
Glendon Ray Tyler, 87, of the Noland community passed away Friday, August 19, 2022, at Randolph Home surrounded by family.
Glen was born, March 3, 1935, in Water Valley, the last of eight children born to James Rufus and Edna Laura Prevett Tyler. He was a self-taught self-employed auto mechanic at Tyler's Garage, a beloved regular at...
James Robert Chadwick
Aug 18, 2022
Bono- James Robert Chadwick, 49, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
He was born January 25, 1973 in Paragould to Harold and Selma Leach Chadwick. James had worked in construction and was a factory worker. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and watching tv a lot. James was a member of the...
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