Obituaries

Logan Wilson Shipman

Logan Wilson Shipman

Mar 27, 2021

Logan Wilson Shipman, 29, of Brookland passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021. He was born to Bryan & Angie Shipman on August 26,1991. He was a devoted big brother to Leslie Shipman Glidewell, brother-in-law to Ben Glidewell, uncle to Wyatt Glidewell, and beloved step-father to Addilyn Kate Owens. Logan graduated from Brookland High School and completed a bachelor’s degree...

Terayn Blair Montgomery

Terayn Blair Montgomery

Mar 27, 2021

Terayn Blair Montgomery, 36, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Saturday, March 27, 2021. She was born to Mark Montgomery and Tammy Aucoin on December 14, 1984 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Terayn graduated from Jonesboro High School in 2003 and graduate from Arkansas State University with a Nursing Degree. She was a wonderful, caring person who worked as a...

Roger Thomas Ragle

Roger Thomas Ragle

Mar 26, 2021

Roger Thomas Ragle, 76, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, March 26, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1944 in Wynne, AR to the late Donald and Audrey Ragle. Roger was of the Baptist belief. He served in the United States Army as a Sergeant and was stationed in Germany. Roger worked as a mechanic...

John Norman Hill

John Norman Hill

Mar 26, 2021

John Norman Hill Sr., 65, of Jonesboro passed from this life Friday, March 26, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born to the late Fred Norman and Ada Dea Hill in Jonesboro on June 11, 1955.

John has lived in Jonesboro his entire life. He was a very artsy person and loved landscaping,...

Jerry Wayne Lamb

Jerry Wayne Lamb

Mar 24, 2021

Jerry Wayne Lamb, 65, of Jonesboro passed from this life Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at his home. He was born to the late Curtis and Lillie Mae Lamb in Hoxie on August 16, 1955. Jerry spent the last 32 years residing in Jonesboro after coming from Hoxie. Jerry enjoyed traveling the world with Debbi, his loving wife of 43 years....

Deborah Kay Lamb

Deborah Kay Lamb

Mar 24, 2021

Deborah Kay Lamb, 62, of Jonesboro passed from this life Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at her home. She was born in Paragould to James and Betty Little on May 29, 1957. Debbi has lived in Jonesboro for the last 32 years after coming from Walnut Ridge. She was a long time member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was a...

Janis Gail Adams

Janis Gail Adams

Mar 23, 2021

Janis Gail Adams of Jonesboro departed this life Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at the age of 71. She was born to the late James and Ruth Tosh on November 20, 1949 in Jonesboro. Janis was a 1968 graduate of Valley View High School.

She loved to travel and going to spring river, most of all she enjoyed...

Flo Ella Heath

Flo Ella Heath

Mar 22, 2021

Flo Ella Heath,  87,  of Jonesboro,  Arkansas,  passed from this life Monday, March 22, 2021.  Born July 10 th , 1933, in Athens,  Alabama,  to William and Doney Higdon.  Flo married Bob Heath on April 19, 1950 and they were married 69 years.

Flo was preceded in death by her parents, brothers William and  Aaron Higdon, sisters...

Pamela Purvis Green

Pamela Purvis Green

Mar 22, 2021

Pamela Purvis Green, 63, of Jonesboro, passed from this life Monday, March 22, 2021 at St Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born on May 25, 1957 to Barbara D. and Charles T. Purvis. Pamela is preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Dean Purvis.

Pamela lived her whole life in Jonesboro, where she was a member of...

Brandi Tate Arender

Brandi Tate Arender

Mar 21, 2021

Brandi Tate Arender, 41, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

A native and life-long resident of Jonesboro, Brandi was a 1998 graduate of Jonesboro High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Arkansas State University. She worked in healthcare in Jonesboro both...

Joshua Michael Watson

Joshua Michael Watson

Mar 19, 2021

Joshua Michael Watson, 41, of Trumann, formerly of Troy, Illinois passed away Friday, March 19, 2021 in Port Allen, Louisiana. He was born August 5, 1979 in Belleville, Illinois. While in Troy, Josh was a member of Troy United Methodist Church. He worked for Triad Electric as quality control. Josh loved his job and his work family. He also...

Vivian Jean Skaug

Vivian Jean Skaug

Mar 19, 2021

Vivian J. Skaug, 85, of Jonesboro, died Friday, March 19, 2021, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House.  She had lived in Jonesboro for the past three years moving here from Fayetteville.  She was born February 17, 1936, to Elmer and Dollie Roberts.  She was of the Methodist belief and a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Edward Silvester Stevens Jr.

Edward Silvester Stevens Jr.

Mar 19, 2021

Our loving Daddy, Edward Silvester Stevens, "Jr.",86, reunited with our precious Mother, Jo Ellen Haddock Stevens when he went to his heavenly home Friday, March 19, 2021.  Dr. Clyde Haltom brought him into this world Sunday, July 15, 1934, to Edward Silvester and Amy Bell Blanchard Stevens, Sr., Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.  The eldest of thirteen children, he...

Belinda Robertson

Belinda Robertson

Mar 19, 2021

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Belinda Williams Robertson, 56, of Trumann, beloved wife, colleague, and friend departed this life on March 19, 2021 from Flo and Phil Jones Hospice in Jonesboro, to be with her SAVIOR.

Belinda was born on July 9, 1964 to the late Franchelle and Clem Williams of Newport. Maternal Grandparents were the late...

Tom R. Fleming

Tom R. Fleming

Mar 19, 2021

Tom Fleming, 78, of Jonesboro, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House on Friday, March 19, 2021, following a year-long battle with brain cancer.  He was surrounded by his family, wife Patsy Fleming , son Mark Stogsdill, and daughter Leigh Ann Coulon.

Tom was born July 29, 1942 to Sam...

Eldon Eugene Shaw

Eldon Eugene Shaw

Mar 18, 2021

Eldon E. Shaw 56, passed from this life on March 18, 2021, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He has resided in Brookland since 1991 after moving here from New Mexico. He worked in the construction industry as a concrete finisher with his father and was known to spend his weekends at George and Ray’s Drag Strip....

James L. "Jim" Carter

James L. "Jim" Carter

Mar 17, 2021

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James L. "Jim" Carter, 85, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

Born in Jonesboro, Jim was a 1953 graduate of Nettleton High School and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Following military service, Jim earned...

Karan Ann Cooper-Payton

Karan Ann Cooper-Payton

Mar 16, 2021

Karan Ann Cooper-Payton, 64, of Jonesboro passed from this life Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born to Fred and Ethel Cooper in Trumann on January 10, 1957. Karan has lived in Jonesboro all of her life and was a member of Central Baptist Church. Karan was an avid fisher and...

William Clayton

William Clayton

Mar 16, 2021

William Lee Clayton, 56, of Jonesboro passed from this life Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at his home. He was born March 15, 1965 in Brookland to the late Junior Clayton and Eathel Clayton.

William enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and riding his horses. But his greatest joy was spending time with his family, especially his nieces and nephews....

Rev. James (Jim) Ural Richmond

Rev. James (Jim) Ural Richmond

Mar 16, 2021

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Rev. James (Jim) Ural Richmond, 74, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. He was born to the late Ural and Elizabeth Richmond on September 3, 1946 in Saffell, Arkansas. Jim has lived in the Jonesboro area since 1973 serving as a Pentecostal preacher for over 40 years. ...