Donna Jean Mckinley

Donna McKinley, 56, of Newport, died on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. She had lived in Newport for the past three years, moving there from Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.  She was born in Newport on December 17, 1966, to Avery O’Neal and Corenia Crowell. She was of the Baptist belief.  Donna was an avid reader and was always kind to any animal she came in contact with.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Chester “Butch” McKinley.

Survivors include her daughters, Sarah Dagyel and husband, Omer of Conway, Arkansas; Allison Malott and Husband Rocky of Newport; and Kelsey Dye and husband, Jeremy of Jonesboro; brother, Tommy Crowell and Jennifer Steed of Mammoth Spring; grandchildren, Mikah Brooke, Orion, and Audrey.

Services will be announced at a later date by Emerson Funeral Home. To sign an online guestbook, go to emersonfuneralhome.com.