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Jeanie Sue Taylor -Glbfh

Jeanie Sue Taylor -Glbfh

Sep 11, 2021

Lake City- Jeanie Sue Taylor, 96, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021. She was born in Craighead County to the late John and Hattie Thorne Cooper. Mrs. Taylor was a retired school teacher, having taught for forty-two years. She was a member of the Lunsford Baptist Church. A devout Christian, She loved our Lord, a dedicated teacher, she loved her...

Fannie Leona Graham - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Fannie Leona Graham - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Sep 10, 2021

Fannie Leona Graham, 90, of Malvern, formerly of Pocahontas passed away September 10, 2021 at Encore Healthcare and Rehab in Malvern. She was born September 5, 1931 in Oklahoma to the late James and Iva Walker Jackson. She was the owner of Graham's Clothing Stores in Pocahontas and Walnut Ridge, and a member of Pocahontas First Freewill Baptist Church. She...

Misty Shannon Lee (Gwfh)

Misty Shannon Lee (Gwfh)

Sep 9, 2021

Misty Shannon Lee of Harrisburg, departed this life on Thursday morning, September 9, 2021, at the UAMS Hospital in Little Rock, at the age of 48. She was born August 28, 1973 in Jonesboro, the daughter of Thomas Joseph Ramsey and Patsy Rae Costner Ramsey. Misty married Charles Edward Lee on November 6, 1992 and they enjoyed 29 years together....

Earnest Scott Pierce (Gwfh)

Earnest Scott Pierce (Gwfh)

Sep 9, 2021

Mr. Earnest Scott Pierce of Harrisburg, departed this life Thursday afternoon in Harrisburg at the age of 51. He was born January 27, 1970 in Harrisburg, the son of the late Ernest Eugene "Bud" Pierce and Bobbie Faye Riddle Pierce. Scott was a self-employed handyman and was able to tackle any project that was needed. He loved fishing and hunting...

Tammy "Tami" Jo Deroeck -Glbfh

Tammy "Tami" Jo Deroeck -Glbfh

Sep 9, 2021

Jonesboro- Tammy Jo DeRoeck, 59, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021. She was born February 23, 1962 in Jonesboro. Tammy was a 1980 graduate of Nettleton High School and of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed time with her granddaughters, dogs, music and reading. She was survived by a daughter, Olivia DeRoeck of Jonesboro; two granddaughters, Paisley Chism and Maya Grace...

Betty Ruth Blackwell - Gfh

Betty Ruth Blackwell - Gfh

Sep 4, 2021

Betty Ruth Blackwell, 82, passed away September 4, 2021 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge. She was born May 7, 1939 in Rosie to the late Ernest and Lela Wheeler. Betty was a homemaker, loved playing Bingo, word search puzzles, and was very devoted by giving Christmas gifts for everyone at Christmas. In addition to her parents, she was...

Ellis Theodore Cassidy - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Ellis Theodore Cassidy - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Sep 2, 2021

Ellis Theodore Cassidy, 82 of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away at his home. Ted was born January 15, 1939, to Thomas Cleo and Oma Pickett Cassidy in Pocahontas. Ted was a carpenter and owned his own business. Ted was a Christian and he served in the Navy. Ted was preceded in death by his parents; brother Herbert Cassidy, brother Cleo...

Rev. Perry Joe Vandergriff - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Rev. Perry Joe Vandergriff - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Sep 2, 2021

Rev. Perry Joe Vandergriff, 77, of Pocahontas, AR, passed away September 2nd at 4:25pm at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro, AR. Perry Vandergriff was born on October 13th, 1943, to Curtis and Faye (White) Vandergriff in Dalton, AR. On February 28th in 1964 he married the love of his life, Glenda (Boling) Vandergriff. They went on to have two children,...

Alice Josephine Dale (Gwfh)

Alice Josephine Dale (Gwfh)

Aug 31, 2021

Mrs. Alice Josephine Pauline Wolf Dale of North Little Rock, formerly of Fisher, departed this life on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in Little Rock, at the age of 101. She was born August 3, 1920 in Waldenburg, AR, the daughter of the late Richard Wolf and Anna Horst Wolf. Alice grew up in Fisher, AR. She married Charley "Snip" Dale...

James Andrew Ashlock -Glbfh

James Andrew Ashlock -Glbfh

Aug 31, 2021

JONESBORO"James Andrew Ashlock, 88, known as "Andy", of Jonesboro passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. He had endured a long illness especially in 2021. Andy was born on February 15, 1933 in Tyronza, Arkansas. Andy studied at a business college in Jonesboro after high school and took an electrical engineering course as well. He was...

Jerry Dean Goodman (Gwfh)

Jerry Dean Goodman (Gwfh)

Aug 31, 2021

Mr. Jerry Dean Goodman of Harrisburg, departed this life Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in Jonesboro, AR at the age of 74. He was born May 27, 1947 in Bono, AR, the son of the late Roy Goodman and Beatrice Lane Goodman. Jerry was a truck driver most of his life and loved to hunt and fish. He also enjoyed working...

Hazel Jean Denton - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Hazel Jean Denton - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 30, 2021

Hazel "Jean" Denton, 83, of Walnut Ridge passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 at her home. She was born April 1, 1938 in Walnut Ridge to the late Wayne and Esther Berry Tate. She was retired from Monroe in Paragould, and was a member of O'Kean Freewill Baptist Church. She liked to cook and enjoyed spending time with her kids...

Billie Joe Mosley, Sr. (Gwfh)

Billie Joe Mosley, Sr. (Gwfh)

Aug 30, 2021

Mr. Billie Joe Mosley, Sr. of Cherry Valley, departed this life Monday, August 30, 2021, at the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 81. He was born November 26, 1939 in Fulton, MS, the son of the late William Price Mosley and Exie Wallace Mosley. Billie was a brick mason and loved to fish. He was...

Florence Anita Coulson - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Florence Anita Coulson - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 30, 2021

Florence Anita Coulson, 87 of Pocahontas departed this life on August 30, 2021, at St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center. Florence was born June 15, 1934, to the late Lawrence Newman and Lucille Elizabeth Variell Newman in Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bennie Coulson; son Steven Paul Coulson; two brothers Ivan Newman and John Newman...

Inez Hayes -Glbfh

Inez Hayes -Glbfh

Aug 30, 2021

Brookland- Inez Hayes, 81, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born November 22, 1939 in Brookland to the late Samuel and Connie Pagan Davis. She was a homemaker who was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law and great-grandmother. Inez exemplified the wife of noble character found in Proverbs 31. She was...

Auda Fay "Sis" Hogan -Glbfh

Auda Fay "Sis" Hogan -Glbfh

Aug 29, 2021

Bay- Auda Fay "Sis" Hogan, 80, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born July 14, 1941 in Lake City to the late R. C. and Geneva Walker McMasters. She and Gene married June 25, 1960 and shared sixty-one years together. She retired after many years of service to the Bay School District. She enjoyed...

Johnny Sherman Hazelwood -Glbfh

Johnny Sherman Hazelwood -Glbfh

Aug 27, 2021

Jonesboro- Johnny Sherman Hazelwood, 50, passed away Friday, August 27, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born November 23, 1970 in Jonesboro to the late Clarence and Joyce McCormick Hazelwood. Johnny was a mechanic and loved to restoring cars. He enjoyed singing and Karaoke and to drive fast. He is survived by his wife, Della Hazelwood; their children,...

Eureta Louise Chester - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Eureta Louise Chester - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 27, 2021

Eureta Louise Cantrell Chester was born the daughter of Noel Cantrell and Pearl Mitchell Cantrell on May 18, 1929, in Myrtle, Missouri, and departed this life in Myrtle Missouri, on August 27, 2021, at the age of 92 years, 3 months, and 9 days. She was united in marriage on December 14, 1946 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, to James Russell Chester....

Glen E Meridith - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Glen E Meridith - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 25, 2021

Glen Erskin Meridith, 90, of Maynard passed away August 25, 2021, at Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas. Glen was born July 16, 1931, to the late Charles Henry Meridith and Lena Mae Samons Meridith in the Current River Bottoms. Glen was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Velma Marlett, Leola Bland, Gana Frier, Retha Hart, Louise Looney, Norman...

Betty Mcbride - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Betty Mcbride - Mcnabb Funeral Home

Aug 24, 2021

Betty McBride, 91, of Jacksonville, passed away on August 24, 2021. She was born in Supply, AR, on February 13, 1930. She graduated from Maynard High School in 1949 and later graduated from Draughan's School of Business in Little Rock. She worked in the Arkansas Children\u0027s Hospital business office for several years but eventually became a stay-at-home mom raising her...

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