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Wilma Booher Nixon -Glbfh
Jul 29, 2021
Jonesboro - Wilma Booher Nixon, 82, began her eternal life on July 29, 2021. She was born in Bono in 1939. She attended Jonesboro High School and then married her first husband of twenty-five years Herman Booher. They had two children, James Booher and Sheree (Gary) Cox. They spent most of their married lives in California. She worked as a...
Matt Mckenzie - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Jul 28, 2021
Matt McKenzie 65, of Maynard, passed away Wednesday July 28, 2021, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Matt was born August 1, 1955, to the late Ryan "Pat" McKenzie and Annie Belle Tabor McKenzie in Warm Springs, Ar. He was a sawyer and worked at many of the surrounding sawmills over the years. Matt was preceded...
Larry Macon Cothren -Gfh
Jul 28, 2021
Monette- Larry Macon Cothren, 82, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Larry was born February 8, 1939 in Paragould and made Monette his home for the last fifty-five years. He began his career with Safeway Stores, before working at Exxon, Blankenship Hardware, Monette Feed \u0026 Hardware, Farmer's Market and as a RCA for the United States...
Teresa Couch Morgan -Gfh
Jul 27, 2021
Caraway- Teresa Couch Morgan, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at her home. She was born August 13, 1948 in Jonesboro to late Colonel and Fannie Mote Couch. She graduated in 1966 from Lepanto High School. Teresa worked as a high school secretary, as a cosmetologist, worked in retail, a part-time postal worker and a preschool and substitute teacher....
Ladonna Kay Ferguson -Glbfh
Jul 26, 2021
Jonesboro- LaDonna Kay Ferguson, 72, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021. She was born November 24, 1948 in Jonesboro to the late Elmer and Maudena Sandifer Ferguson. LaDonna was a 1966 graduate of Nettleton High School. She went to study and graduate from Williams Baptist College and Arkansas State University. She had worked as a secretary at Colson's in Jonesboro...
Cara Mungle -Glbfh
Jul 26, 2021
Jonesboro- Cara Mungle, 48, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021 at her home. She was born November 8, 1972 in Colorado Springs, Co to Earnest and Martha Goad Mungle. Cara made jewelry and enjoyed watching movies and Netflix. She loved animals and her niece and nephew. Cara was always a kind, funny, loving, and caring person. Her love for animals...
Walter Everett Wilson (Gwfh)
Jul 24, 2021
Mr. Walter Everett Wilson, of Harrisburg, departed this life on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the Unity Hospital in Searcy, at the age of 90. He was born June 16,1931 in Oxford, MS, the son of the late Grover Cleveland Wilson and Lilly Geesling Wilson. Walter was a retired police officer and had worked for the Police department in Sikeston,...
Ernest William Manning Jr. - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Jul 24, 2021
Ernest William Manning Jr passed away Saturday July 24, 2021, at a friend's home in Myrtle MO., at the age of 71. He was born December 26, 1949, in Walnut Ridge, AR to Ernest William Manning Sr and Cora Etta Hufstedler. Ernest worked at General Motors for many years. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest William Manning...
Betty Jean Keating
Jul 24, 2021
Jonesboro - Betty Jean Keating, 89, passed away July 24, 2021 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born August 3, 1931 in Harrisburg to George H. and Grace (Whitlock) Oglesby. She married William Keating and he preceded her in death on May 25, 2002. She was a member of Windover Baptist Church. Betty was a retired case worker...
Lorelle Joy Sefers (Gwfh)
Jul 23, 2021
Mrs. Lorelle Joy Sefers of Harrisburg, departed this life on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the age of 94. She was born September 7, 1926 in Ash Flat, AR, the daughter of the late Coy Powell and Effie Lewis Powell. Lorelle was only twelve years old when her father died and her twin brother, Verdelle stepped up and not only...
Bridget Kay Melton - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Jul 23, 2021
Bridget Kay Melton, 49, of Reyno passed away Friday, July 23, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She passed peacefully surrounded by her son and best friend Barbara James. Bridget was preceded in death by her mother, Betty Kay Newton; maternal grandparents, Raymond and Esther Melton; and rent a kid, Patrick James. Bridget is survived by her son, Scott...
Betty Lou Foster -Glbfh
Jul 23, 2021
Jonesboro- Betty Lou Foster, 81, died Friday, July 23, 2021 at her home. She was born August 28, 1939 in Lake City to John and Lettie Glenn McDonald, and was a 1957 graduate of Lake City High School. She worked as an assistant administrator for Live Oak Nursing Home and a secretary for Foster Well Co. She had been a...
Martha Lou Mcnutt - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Jul 22, 2021
Martha Lou Thompson McNutt, 74, of Walnut Ridge passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was born December 22, 1946 in Jonesboro to the late Burley and Elsie Baker Thompson. She taught 3rd grade at Pocahontas Public Schools for 38 years before retiring in 2007. She loved her students. Martha was...
Mark Anthony Leonard (Gwfh)
Jul 21, 2021
Mark Anthony Leonard of Harrisburg, departed this life Wednesday evening, July 21, 2021, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 53. He was born January 27, 1968 in Forrest City, AR, the son of the late James Leonard and Mary Pinkston Leonard Barnhill. Following high school, Mark worked at a print press before becoming disabled. He...
Douglas Roy Goodman - Glbfh
Jul 21, 2021
Jonesboro- Douglas Roy Goodman, 73, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 7, 1947 in Jonesboro to the late Jesse and Mary Gambill Goodman. Mr. Goodman served his country proudly in the Arkansas National Guard. He was a retired purchasing agent for Arkansas Industrial Electric. He was a member of...
Glenn Curtis Yates - Glbfh
Jul 21, 2021
Monette- Glenn Curtis Yates, 47, formerly of Caraway passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born December 7, 1973 in Jonesboro. Glenn was a good artist and collected all kinds of caps. He was a member of the Caraway Church of Christ. He will be remembered as a loving son, brother and...
Robert "Bob" Wesley Martin - Mcnabb Funeral Home
Jul 16, 2021
Robert Wesley "Bob" Martin, 64, of Pocahontas passed away, Friday, July 16, 2021 at his home. Bob was born on September 8, 1956, to the late Lester Wilbur Martin and Earnestine (Roach) Martin in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Bob was a good man that literately would give the shirt off his back to others in need. As a young man he farmed;...
Betty Jean Summers -Glbfh
Jul 14, 2021
Jonesboro - Betty Jean Summers, 87, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born July 19, 1933 in Bono to the late Harry and Mary Campbell Conway. Mrs. Summers retired from Lincoln Manufactory Company after many years and had also worked at Frolic Footwear. She enjoyed reading, crochet and gardening and loved her children...
Florence Deloros Gibson -Glbfh
Jul 14, 2021
Lake City- Florence Deloros Gibson, 75, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021. She was born December 25, 1945 in Nettleton to the late J.D. and Maxine Asbill Gibson. Deloros enjoyed puzzles, old TV shows and just being out and about. She loved spending time with her family. She was a 1964 graduate of Bay High School and was a retired...
Dorothy Watson Cooper (Gwfh)
Jul 14, 2021
Dorothy Nan Watson Cooper, 84, was called to her heavenly home on July 14, 2021, after a long battle with liver disease. She loved life and shared many happy times with her husband of almost 43 years, Andrew Cooper. They were married on December 22, 1962. Although they never had children, she enjoyed loving relationships with her many nieces and...
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