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Bridget Kay Melton - Mcnabb Funeral Home

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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...

Cecil Ernest Wilkerson -Glbfh

Cecil Ernest Wilkerson -Glbfh

Jul 13, 2021

Jonesboro- Cecil Ernest Wilkerson Jr, 92, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born November 21, 1928 in Paragould to the late Cecil and Mildred Songer Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkerson served his country proudly in the United States Navy for two years and the Arkansas National Guard for thirty years. He was a member of the...

Dale Edward Coursey -Gfh

Dale Edward Coursey -Gfh

Jul 13, 2021

Black Oak- Dale Edward Coursey, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born May 17, 1949 in Lake City to the late Buster and Mable Cavness Coursey. Dale had worked in construction, painting, roofing and custom cabinets. He also farmed and did lawn care. He enjoyed fishing and riding his motorcycle. He loved...

Verna Margaret Plank - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Verna Margaret Plank - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 12, 2021

Verna Margaret Plank passed away peacefully at her home on Plank's Late Start in Pocahontas, AR on July 12, 2021. Verna was born on December 16th, 1929, in Daviess County, Kentucky. She was the eldest of 13 children born to the late Hazel and Chester Hardin. She is survived by her husband of 49 years Howard Sander Plank; daughter, Debbie...

Leo Earnest Tharp -Glbfh

Leo Earnest Tharp -Glbfh

Jul 11, 2021

Jonesboro- Leo Earnest Tharp, 89, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Flo \u0026 Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born January 10, 1932 in Trumann to the late Dudley and Winnie Gatlin Tharp. Mr. Leo retired after thirty years with Sunbeam. He enjoyed bowling, collecting coins, gardening and spending time with his family. He was also preceded in death...

Clyde J Booker -Gwfh

Clyde J Booker -Gwfh

Jul 11, 2021

Harrisburg- Clyde J. Booker, 91, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born January 3, 1930 in Kurth, Missouri to the late Walter and Blanche Jaco Booker. Mr. Booker retired from the maintenance department of Cumming Diesel Company in Phoenix, AZ. He liked to work and build thing with wood. He and his wife,...

Gary Raleigh Gray Sr. - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Gary Raleigh Gray Sr. - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 9, 2021

Gary Raleigh Gray Sr, 73 of Ravenden, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021, in Kansas City, MO. Gary was born October 31, 1947, to the late James Raleigh Gray and Mildred Violetet Thatcher Gray in Jonesboro, AR. Gary was preceded in death by his parents. James and Mildred Thatcher Gray; brothers, James "Jim" Krepps, Raymond "Ray" Krepps, and Billy Joe...

Elise Joyce Berger -Glbfh

Elise Joyce Berger -Glbfh

Jul 9, 2021

Weiner - Elise Boeckman Berger was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on March 11, 1947, to Evelyn and Elmer Boeckman. Elise was called to the Lord and Savior on July 9, 2021. She was known as the most kind and caring woman, having raised five grateful children who all loved her endlessly. Her children are heartbroken, and so are many...

Carrie Sue Pendegrass - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Carrie Sue Pendegrass - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 8, 2021

Carrie Sue Pendegrass, 67, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021, at her home in Dardenne Prairie, MO. Carrie was born in St. Louis on August 29, 1953, to the late Marshall Pendergrass and Wanda Swinney Pendegrass. Carrie was of Baptist faith and loved the Lord. Carrie was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall, and Wanda Swinney Pendegrass; sister Brenda...

Hughie Gene Hightower - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Hughie Gene Hightower - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 4, 2021

Hughie Gene Hightower, 85, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Hughie was born August 21, 1935, in Saddle, AR to the late Thomas J. and Cora Alice Bailey Hightower. He was a veteran of the Army, a deacon at First Baptist Church, and a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and Order...

Herbert Lee Kemper - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Herbert Lee Kemper - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Jul 3, 2021

Herbert Lee Kemper, 74, of Reyno passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Sherwood. He was born March 23, 1947 to the late George Lawrence and Era Mae Crews Kemper. He was a truck driver and a member of Old Reyno Freewill Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Era...

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