Anita "Peepsie" Caples
Mar 25, 2022
Jonesboro- Anita "Peepsie" Caples, 81, passed away on Friday, March 25th after a hard fight at St. Bernard's Medical Center.
Peepsie was born on April 8, 1940 and grew up in Black Oak. She was of Methodist belief. She had a very small family but was always surrounded by people that loved her and the best of...
Shelba "Shelby" Jean Roberts
Mar 21, 2022
Shelba "Shelby" Jean Roberts, of Maynard passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 on her 83rd birthday at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.
She was born March 21, 1939 in the Glaze Creek Community to Emma Nell Rapert. She was a homemaker and lifelong member of Columbia-Jarrett Baptist Church. Shelby was preceded in death by her mother, Emma Nell...
Walter "Bill" Rollie Williams, Iii
Mar 20, 2022
Walter 'Bill' Rollie Williams III age 73, of Brentwood, Tennessee passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, at his home. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2008.
He married the love of his life, Freeman Lou Williams on October 10, 1981. Bill was a member of Brentwood United Methodist Church. He retired from Chrysler after 32 years....
Clara Jean Slawson
Mar 17, 2022
Clara Jean Slawson, 76, of Ravenden Springs passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022 at her home.
She was born August 15, 1945 in Salem, AR to the late George William and Ruby Inez Carruthers Wilson. She was retired from Brown Shoe Company.
She is preceded in death by her parents, George William and Ruby Inez...
Robert "Bob" Joseph Hefner
Mar 16, 2022
Robert Joseph "Bob" Hefner departed from this life on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. He was born on July 10, 1942 in Fontaine, AR, the oldest child of Robert Lee and Hazel (Trotter) Hefner. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 18, where he met the love of his life, Wanda Esther Songer, whom he married on...
Menuella Drake
Mar 15, 2022
Mrs. Menuella Elaine Drake of Harrisburg, departed this life on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 83.
She was born October 17, 1938 in Merced, CA, the daughter of the late Urpha Nightingale and Cleora Hartman Nightingale.
Menuella was a very talented seamstress. She...
Jack Hutton Adams
Mar 14, 2022
Jack Hutton Adams, 77 of Reyno passed away March 14, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, AR.
Jack was born April 24, 1944, to the late Raymond Thorton Adams Sr and Virginia Lee Wineland Adams in Pocahontas. Jack married the love of his life, Kathy Adams March 25, 1977.
He was preceded in...
Ellen Ann Hendrix
Mar 14, 2022
Mrs. Ellen Ann Hendrix of Weiner, departed this life Monday, March 14, 2022, at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 64.
She was born October 13, 1957 in Forrest City, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Lewis Shafer and Dorothy Louise Swiney Shafer.
Ellen was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, working in...
Brian Lock
Mar 12, 2022
Jonesboro- Brian Lock, 54, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 at his home.
He was born January 20, 1968 in Jonesboro and graduated from Harrisburg High School. Â Brian owned and operated a produce store. He enjoyed deer and duck hunting.
He is survived by his parents, Jim and Sharon Lock; a daughter, Cassidy Lock all...
Sherri Veach
Mar 11, 2022
Caraway- Sherri Veach, 50, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022 at her home.
She was born May 17, 1971 in Lepanto to the late Johnny and Patricia Turner Williams. Sherri was a homemaker who enjoyed hunting, fishing, karaoke and collecting cat figurines.
She is survived by her children, Sonja Lampson (Tommy) of Tennessee, Florence Davis...
Ruth Carol Lavall
Mar 10, 2022
Ruth Carol Lavall, 89, of Supply passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at her home.
She was born August 27, 1932 in St. Louis, MO to the late Eugene Austin and Lottie Dearduff Rosenthal. She worked as a beautician and owner of a restaurant.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Lottie...
Eula Cleveland
Mar 9, 2022
Eula King Cleveland of Harrisburg, departed this life Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Little Rock, at the age of 73.
She was born December 24, 1948 in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late Willie King and Lura Smith King.
Eula was a 1966 graduate of Harrisburg High School. Through the years she has worked for...
Terry Lynn Spikes
Mar 9, 2022
Monette- Terry Spikes, 68, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at NEA Baptist Hospital.
Terry was born August 20, 1953 in Jonesboro to the late Lavell and Jane Spikes. He was a farmer and a pilot. He was a member of the Monette First Baptist Church. His greatest joys were farming, flying and his wife and family....
J. S. Walls, Jr.
Mar 8, 2022
Mr. J.S. Walls, Jr., a lifetime resident of Harrisburg, departed this life on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Jonesboro, at the age of 92.
He was born June 15, 1929, in the Whitehall community near Harrisburg, the son of the late James Silas Walls, Sr. and Nora Bell Hinsley Walls.
J.S. started farming early in...
Frances B Riga
Mar 8, 2022
Jonesboro- Frances B. Riga, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022. She was the youngest daughter and last surviving child of the late Joe and Anna Junkersfeld Sorg. Frances attended St. Paul's Parish School. As a young woman, Frances followed several brothers and sisters to Anderson, IN. There, she wed in 1953 the late Ivo J. Riga.
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Virgil "Gene" Hester
Mar 7, 2022
Jonesboro- Virgil "Gene" Hester, 84, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at his home.
He was born December 5, 1937 in Bono to the late Elmer and Lorene Walker Hester. He served his country proudly in the United States Army. Gene was a self-employed paint contractor. He enjoyed horses, to ride and to talk, and be with...
Helen June Weatherford
Mar 6, 2022
Helen June Weatherford, 82, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022 at Randolph Home.
She was born June 10, 1939 in Puxico, MO to the late Edward Burlison and Sally Maude Evelyn Medling Burlison Cline. She worked for 20 years as the head chef for Bruce Elementary School in St. Louis, MO and was a member...
Leslie Jean Johnson
Mar 5, 2022
Leslie Jean Johnson, 43, of Pocahontas passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022 at St. Bernard's Five Rivers Medical Center.
She was born June 18, 1978 in Jonesboro to Frank Tyner and Cindy Hicks. She worked as a Patient Care Assistant for Walk With Us Homecare.
Leslie is survived by her father, Frank (Valerie) Tyner of...
Sharon Lynn Lansdell Oakes
Mar 4, 2022
Jonesboro- Sharon Lynn Lansdell Oakes, 60, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022 at NEA Baptist Hospital.
She was born April 13, 1961 in Little Rock to late Robert Ellis and Mary Retha Smith Lansdell. Sharon graduated from Arkansas State University with a Bachelor Degree in Social Work. She had worked several years for DHS and was a...
Rayburn Thompson
Mar 4, 2022
Rayburn Thompson of Fisher departed this life Friday, March 4, 2022 at Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
He was born at home in Wiener, Arkansas on November 25, 1946 the son of Roy and Lucille Thompson.
Rayburn worked hard on the farm all his life. He enjoyed being outside. Rayburn was an...
