Sheila Lynn Jones Garrett
May 20, 2022
Jonesboro- Sheila Lynn Jones Garrett, 69, passed away Friday, May 20, 2022 in Little Rock.
She was born May 5, 1953 in Memphis, the daughter of Wayne Jones II and Zettie Will Jones. Sheila was a true southerner, and resided in Jonesboro. She loved her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandson.
Sheila was a License Practical...
Walter "Mearl" Taffar
May 19, 2022
Walter "Mearl" Taffar, 88, of Ravenden passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022 at St. Bernard's Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas.
Walter Mearl was born July 2, 1933 in Caulfield, MO to the late William Walter and Lina Leora Bennett Taffar and grew up in West Plains, MO. He married Betty Jean Sanders on December 12, 1952,...
Becky Ann Matthews
May 17, 2022
Jonesboro – Becky Ann Matthews, 62, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at her home.
She was born June 13, 1959 in Gary, Indiana to the late John and Mildred Gunter.
Becky was unlike any person we ever met. She always stood up for what she believed in, as well as those she loved. She...
Terri Lynn Cantrell
May 14, 2022
Mrs. Terri Lynn Cantrell of West Memphis, departed this life Saturday, May 14, 2022, at her home, at the age of 59.
She was born January 22, 1963, in Jonesboro, the daughter of James "Jim" Cantrell and Helen Hall Cantrell.
Terri was a 1981 graduate of Marion High School. Following graduation she worked in various...
Jerry Lee Sullins
May 13, 2022
Jerry Lee Sullins of Bono, departed this earthly life on May 13, 2022, at the age of 86, at the Flo & Phil Jones hospice House. He was born February 16, 1936, "back up on the break at the Hurricane Farm" in Grubbs, AR, to Alton "Bus" and Myrtle Smith Sullins. He was a 1954 graduate of Bono High...
Dewayne Ray Gauf
May 12, 2022
Caraway- Dewayne Ray Gauf, 77, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022 at his home.
Dewayne was born October 4, 1944 in Black Oak to the late Bert and Elma Killough Gauf. He served proudly in the Arkansas National Guard. He retired after over forty years with BNSF Railroad. After retiring he managed the Big Lake Country Club...
Evelee Darnall
May 9, 2022
Bono- Evelee Darnall, 93, left this world to go home on Monday, May 9, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
She was born August 18, 1928 in McCrory to the late John and Stella Beard Fleming. She was a member of Northside Church of Christ. Evelee loved to garden and...
Ronnie James Mccord
May 8, 2022
Monette- Ronnie James McCord, 73, left this world for his home in heaven on Sunday, May 8, 2022.
Ronnie was born on May 8, 1949 to Chester and Lillian McCord. He was a lifelong resident of Monette/ Childress communities and was a member of Monette First Baptist Church. Ronnie was a 1967 graduate of Monette High School...
Earl Lawrence Hill
May 7, 2022
Earl Lawrence Hill, 97, passed away peacefully at the Randolph County Nursing Home in Pocahontas, AR on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Earl, a lifelong resident of Ripley County, MO and Randolph County, AR was born March 15, 1925, on the family farm near Burr, MO, to Arthur and Pearl Billips Hill.
On September 16, 1949, he married...
Ayra Ann Nelson
May 7, 2022
Ayra Ann Nelson, 86, of Doniphan, MO, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 at home.
Ayra was born April 21, 1936 in Memphis, TN to Luean and Gladys (Forrest) Roark and is a member of the Assembly of God Church in Doniphan, MO.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband,...
Esther Naomi Norman Dawson
May 6, 2022
Esther Naomi Norman Dawson, 95, of Bella Vista, went to be with her Lord on May 6, 2022.
Esther is the adopted daughter of the late Cora Foutch Norman and Ed Norman. She was born on May 3, 1927 in Monette.  She was married for 55 years to the late Melvin E Dawson, Sr. who preceded her...
Nura Bungitak
May 6, 2022
Nura Bungitak, 28, of Pocahontas, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 at St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center.
Nura was born May 22, 1993, in the Marshall Islands to Elisa Johnny.
She is survived by her daughter, Peninah Bungitak; mother, Elisa Johnny, father, Casper Nijo; brothers, Neil Nelson, Robinton Langineo, and Samuel Jokon; sisters, Glarina...
Carmen Scholze Carpenter
May 6, 2022
Waldenburg- Carmen Scholze Carpenter, 93, passed away peacefully at home on May 6, 2022.
Carmen was born in Jonesboro on September 12, 1928 and was the first premature baby at St. Bernards Hospital. She was a graduate of Weiner High School and attended Arkansas State College.
She was a lifelong resident of Waldenburg and loved...
Eva Nell Beeler
May 6, 2022
Jonesboro- Eva Nell Beeler, 73, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
Eva was born September 20, 1948 in Lafe to the late Master Boyce Wooldridge and Gladys Bynum Wooldridge. Eva Nell was a graduate of Nettleton High School. She started in banking with the Bank of Nettleton in 1966 and...
Victoria Ann Hamlett
May 5, 2022
Victoria Ann "Vicki" Carucci Hamlett, 59, of The Colony, TX passed away peacefully at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Plano, On Thursday, May 5, 2022. Vicki was born in Pocahontas, AR. on October 15, 1962. She attended St. Paul's Catholic school and graduated with honors in 1981. Vicki attended college at Arkansas State University then moved to Little Rock and began...
Eileen Jeanette Hoeppner
May 5, 2022
Jonesboro- Eileen Jeanette Hoeppner, 100, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House.
She was born November 26, 1921 in Ord, Nebraska to the late Emory and Minnie Zikmund Thomsen. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. She was a devoted...
Vance Allen Hudson
May 3, 2022
On July 26, 1938, Vance Allen Hudson was born to Herbert and Iris (Lance) Hudson in O'Kean, Arkansas. He departed this life and entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
A lifelong resident of O'Kean, Vance married Debra Shelton on November 7, 1959. He retired from the...
Wilma Earlene Jones
May 2, 2022
Jonesboro – Wilma Earlene Jones, 97, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022 at her daughter's home.
She was born September 23, 1924 in Vilonia to the late John and Alice Starr Pearce. She and her husband, Guss farmed eighty acres and picked many of sacks of cotton. At the age of seventeen got her welding license and...
Aldwin Carter "Sonny" Dryer
Apr 29, 2022
Jonesboro – Aldwin Carter "Sonny" Dryer, 85, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
He was born in 1936 to Aldwin Dallas Dryer and Leo Vivian Carter Dryer in Jonesboro. Sonny graduated from Jonesboro High School Class of 1954 where he enjoyed playing football. He attended the University of Arkansas and...
Ralph Lee Bley
Apr 27, 2022
Monette- Ralph Lee Bley, 83, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at St. Bernards Medical Center.
Ralph was born July 29, 1938 in Monette to the late Harold and Elma Irene Tucker Bley. He taught Jr. High math for many years at Monette High School. He was a member of the Monette United Methodist Church and sang...
