Obituaries

Oct 23, 2018

VIEW MEMORIAL VIDEO Jerry Franklin Goodman, 83, of Jonesboro, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Piggott, Jerry was a 1952 graduate of Marmaduke High School. He lived in Paragould before moving to the Jonesboro area 35 years ago. For most of his adult life, Jerry was...

Oct 22, 2018

Lillian Christine (Bishop) Hively, 76, of Jonesboro, left this life on Monday, October 22 nd , 2018.

She was preceded in life by her father, Hardy Jake Bishop; her mother, Rosie Marie Bishop; four brothers, Bill Bishop, Charles Bishop, Loyd Franklin Bishop and James Bishop; and one grandson, Nathan Hunter Ragsdale.

Christine was mother to...

Oct 21, 2018

VIEW MEMORIAL VIDEO Rev. Harold B. Ray, 88, of Jonesboro, passed from this life on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at NEA Baptist Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Rev. Ray was a graduate of Wilson High School and earned a BS degree from Arkansas State University. He received a Master degree from New Orleans Baptist...

Oct 20, 2018

Connie Childs, 59, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, died Saturday, October 20, 2018 at UAMS in Little Rock.  She had lived in Jacksonville for four months, moving there from Harrisburg.  Connie was very artistic and enjoyed all types of crafts and loved to go to the flea markets.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Childs; daughter, Brandy Barnes;...

Oct 18, 2018

John Louis Simon, 55, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. John was born in Memphis, Tennessee on July 22, 1963, to Moses Farris Simon Jr., and Juliette Rossie. John lived in Jonesboro for 35 years, moving here from Blytheville. He was a lead tech for Ritter Communications and a...

Oct 18, 2018

Danny Jewel Whitmire, 71, of Bono passed from this life on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 9, 1947 to the late Willard and Elsie Whitmire in Paul Switch, Arkansas. Danny was in the Heat and Air business for 16 years before retiring from Butterball after 12 years. He...

Oct 12, 2018

VIEW MEMORIAL VIDEO Charley Lee Taylor, 69, of rural Bono, passed from this life on Friday, October 12, 2018, at his home of natural causes. Charley was born in Osceola and lived much of his life there. He then lived in Harrisburg and Jonesboro before moving to the Bono area 20 years ago. He was a 1968...

Oct 12, 2018

Ethel Rae Davis, 80 of Jonesboro passed from this life Friday, October 12, 2018 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital.  She was born in Lewiston, Maine to Raymond  and Dorothy Moody Durette  on November 21, 1937.  She was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy.  Ethel loved crocheting, watching Netflix and gardening. Ethel was preceded in death by her parents,...

Oct 11, 2018

Sharon J. Reeves Stevens, 61, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, October 11, 2018, at the Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro.  She had lived in Jonesboro for four years, moving here from Eldorado Springs, Missouri.  Sharon was a member of the Church of Christ.  She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.

Survivors include her...

Oct 10, 2018

Dr. Richard Burns served over 30 years as an Internist in Jonesboro, at Saint Bernard’s Medical Center, and Jonesboro Internal Medicine Associates, now Clopton Clinic.  He was born in 1934 in Bellevue, Nebraska, to Homer and Leola Burns, the first of three boys.  Due to his father’s position with the Army, the family moved around the country, eventually to...

Oct 9, 2018

Karen L. Goatcher, 73, of Jonesboro passed from this life Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born to the late Leon and Doris Runyon on November 15, 1944 in Bakersfield, California.

Karen has resided in Jonesboro for the...

Oct 8, 2018

Misty Mechelle Darr Talburt, 48, of Bono, passed from this life on Monday, October 8, 2018, at her home of natural causes. Misty was born in Jonesboro and lived much of her life in the Jonesboro-Bono area. She was a 1988 graduate of Westside High School and previously worked as a bank teller before becoming disabled. Misty was a...

Oct 4, 2018

Sherry Austin Paczosa, 50, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, October 4, 2018 at the Baxter County Medical Center.  She had lived in Mountain Home for five years, moving there from Jonesboro.  She was a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village. Sherry enjoyed scrapbooking as a hobby and she loved to drag race.  She was a graphic...

Oct 4, 2018

TO VIEW MEMORIAL TRIBUTE Katherine Estelle (Higdon) Metcalf, 91, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Katherine was born in Athens, Alabama on January 30, 1927, to the late William Walter and Mary Jane Kirkland Higdon. Estelle lived in Jonesboro and retired from 21 years of employment...

Oct 4, 2018

Mary Kathryn Berry, 84, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, October 4, 2018, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center.  Mary Kathryn lived most of her life in Jonesboro, where she was a member of Southwest Church.  Mary Kathryn was the founder of the NEA Breast Cancer Support Group.  During collage she was a member in the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority.  She was...

Oct 4, 2018

Vivian Coy Blalock Rupple, 86, of Jonesboro left this life October 4, 2018. She was born August 20, 1932 in Burnt Hill, Arkansas to Luna and Frank Coy and was the youngest of their three daughters. She was a young girl when Frank moved the family to Brookland, Arkansas. Vivian attended school in Brookland and...

Oct 4, 2018

Memorial Video Lora Nadine “Sis” Wilson, 95, of Jonesboro passed from this life Thursday, October 4, 2018 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born to the late Raymond and Oma McClaren in Newport on October 24, 1922. Lora has resided in Jonesboro since 1983 after coming from Weiner. She was a long time member...

Oct 3, 2018

Melba B. Verser, 90, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Melba was born in Batesville, Arkansas on December 26, 1927, to the late Allie and Edna Brewer Barrett. Melba lived in Jonesboro for 20 years, moving here from Newport. She was a homemaker and of the...

Oct 2, 2018

Harrell Gene Mays, 88 of Little Rock, formerly of Jonesboro, passed away on October 2nd surrounded by his family.  Mr. Mays was born November 19, 1929 in North Jonesboro, Arkansas to John R. and Allie Wood Mays. He attended Jonesboro public schools and graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1947.

He began learning the electrical trade in...

Oct 2, 2018

Joseph Edward “J.E.” McAlister, Jr., 87, of Jonesboro, Arkansas died Tuesday, October 2, 2018.

J.E. was known as “Joe Ed” and “JoMac” but most well known as “Papa Joe.” Papa Joe was born on July 24, 1931, to the late Marjory Edna McAlister and Joseph Edward McAlister, Sr. in Cash, Arkansas. In 1932, his family moved to...