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Janet Edwards Banks - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Janet Edwards Banks - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 7, 2021

Janet Edwards Banks, 69, of Corning, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021 in her home. Janet was born October 26, 1951 to Mursey "Jim" Henry and Dorthy Gladys Yardley Edwards in Breese IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mursey "Jim" and Dorthy Edwards; and brother James Henry Edwards. Janet is survived by sons, Anthony (Vicky) Banks of...

Billie Haley - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Billie Haley - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 7, 2021

Billie Raye Haley, 88, of Pocahontas, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Randolph County Nursing Home. Billie was born April 12, 1933 Randolph County to Bill and Edna Johnston Meeks. She was a member of Sutton Freewill Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, J.R. Haley; parents, Bill and Edna Meeks; brother, J.C. Meeks; sister, Eula...

Ronnie Claude Moore - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Ronnie Claude Moore - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 7, 2021

Ronnie Claude Moore, 26, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021, in Pocahontas. Ronnie was born May 6, 1995, in Rockford, IL to the late Ronnie Loyd Moore and Jody Kay Steines. Ronnie was a stay-at-home dad. He was a great dad, husband, and friend. Ronnie would help anybody if asked and he enjoyed working with his own inventions and spending...

Wilma Louise George -Gfh

Wilma Louise George -Gfh

Aug 7, 2021

Caraway- Wilma Louise George, 78, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Lakeside Nursing Home. She was born September 11, 1942 in Pocahontas to the late Roy and Wilma Griffin Black. Mrs. Louise had worked for several years as a CNA at Monette Manor. She enjoyed playing bingo which she got one more game in before passing. She is survived...

Nancy Sue Baldwin -Glbfh

Nancy Sue Baldwin -Glbfh

Aug 5, 2021

Jonesboro- Nancy Sue Baldwin, 44, passed away Thursday, August 5, 2021. She was born June 21, 1977 in Fort Hood, Texas. She loved arts, crafts, jewelry and to sing. Nancy was a caring and giving person who loved her family and animals. She enjoyed going to the movies with her son. She was a great mother and always willing to...

Robert Franklin Sands - Gfh

Robert Franklin Sands - Gfh

Aug 4, 2021

Caraway - Robert Franklin Sands, 73, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021. He was born December 2, 1947 in Keiser to the late George and Effie Mae Sands. Robert could fix just about anything. After being a truck driver for twenty-seven years, he spent his time working as a mechanic with his son, Bobby, at Pappy's Farm Repairs. He enjoyed...

Wilburn Roy Warren Jr. -Glbfh

Wilburn Roy Warren Jr. -Glbfh

Aug 4, 2021

Paragould- Wilburn Ray Warren Jr., 62, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021. He was born February 14, 1959 in Marked Tree to the late Wilburn "Slim" and Mary Ann Warren Sr. He was a welder and a mechanic who liked working on lawn mowers and other things. He is survived by his children, Percilla (Gary) Jaco, Adam Warren, Josh Warren...

Mary A Sandborn -Glbfh

Mary A Sandborn -Glbfh

Aug 1, 2021

Jonesboro- Mary A. Sandborn, 94, passed away August 1, 2021 as result of a sudden illness. Born October 25, 1926 to Ferdinand and Sadie Wilcox Wohlscheid in Portland, Michigan. She was a member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church of Jonesboro. She loved crossword puzzles, drawing, painting, beautiful flowers, game shows, shopping, little babies, her morning coffee but most of all,...

Charles T. Purvis - Glbfh

Charles T. Purvis - Glbfh

Aug 1, 2021

Jonesboro- Charles T. "Chuck" Purvis left this world on August 1, 2021, having made it a better place. Always the jokester, he went out laughing at the retelling of one of his own stories. Chuck led a rich and powerful life that started out on the Plunkett Farm in Biscoe, Arkansas. There, he learned to love family, respect hard work,...

Calvin Lewis Spray - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Calvin Lewis Spray - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 29, 2021

Calvin Lewis Spray (Snuffy) born March 9th, 1945, departed this world at 1:00 a.m. on July 29, 2021. He passed away at his home in Pocahontas Arkansas, he was 76 years old. He was born in Corning Arkansas to Richard and Charity Spray of Maynard, Arkansas. Calvin was preceded in death by his parents Richard and Charity Cato Spray; grandson...

Wilma Booher Nixon -Glbfh

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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...

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