Obituaries
Aley Belle Crawford
May 28, 2017
Aley Belle Crawford, 86, of Jonesboro passed away peacefully May 28, 2017 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born July 28, 1930 in Nettleton to the late George and Dorthy Parker. Aley lived her entire life residing in the Jonesboro area. Throughout her career, Aley worked up until she was 74 as a nurse’s aide...
Gaylon M. Wimpy
May 27, 2017
Gaylon "Pappy" Wimpy, 77, of the Valley View community, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Gaylon was born in Jonesboro and lived all of his life in Craighead County. He was a 1957 graduate of Valley View High School and a member of the Arkansas National Guard when it was activated to respond to...
Esther Emily Ramien
May 27, 2017
Esther Emily Ramien, 99, passed away Saturday, May 27, at Lakeside Nursing & Rehab in Lake City. She was born in St. Anne, Illinois on May 21, 1918 to the late Fred M. and Cynthia Benjamin Davis. She worked as a secretary for Eli Lilly & Co. in Indiana and also for Westinghouse Corp. in Maryland where her husband...
Vada Bradley
May 26, 2017
Vada Virginia Bradley, 91, of Jonesboro, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, at Craighead Nursing Center. Born in Cord, Arkansas, Vada lived in Batesville before moving to Jonesboro in 1951. She was a homemaker as well as a business owner. She and her husband Otis operated the Milky Way Drive In for a few years in the early to...
Nikki Francine Coln
May 25, 2017
Nikki Francine Coln, 63, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at her home in Jonesboro, AR. Nikki was born in Washington to Bill and Marion Nolan on September 20, 1953. She went to school at Valley View. She married Ray Coln on November 16, 1971 in Jonesboro AR. She was a homemaker and a member of the Family...
Opal Green
May 24, 2017
To view webcast, click HERE: Opal Jean Thomasson Green, age 86, passed away peacefully on Wednesday in Jonesboro, AR. She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, friend and a child of God, who was raised in a large family in Cleveland County, Arkansas. Opal was born on January 23, 1931 to Myrtle and Edgar Thomasson, one of eleven...
Larry J. Carter
May 24, 2017
Larry Jerome Carter, 78, of rural Harrisburg, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at his home of natural causes. Larry was born in Harrisburg and lived much of his life in Poinsett County. He was a 1957 graduate of Wilson High School and served 3 years of active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, May 1957-May 1960. Following military...
Willie H. Simpson
May 24, 2017
Willie H. Simpson, 74 of Jonesboro, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He is survived by his loving wife, Sherry Park Simpson; two daughters, Kim Shelton (Rob) of Jonesboro, and Amy Wheeler of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, two granddaughters, Madison Shelton and Lila Tubb; two brothers, Bobby Simpson of Radford,...
Larry Shown
May 24, 2017
Larry Shown, 65, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 in Collierville, Tennessee. He was born in Marked Tree to the late Bud and Billie Jean Shown on November 28, 1951. Larry was a mechanic for many years and an avid Mopar and car lover. In addition to his parents, Larry is preceded in death...
Andrew Woodruff
May 21, 2017
Andrew Woodruff, one year old infant son of Adam and Liz Woodruff, died Sunday, May 21, 2017 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. He loved playing with his brothers and playing hide-n-seek with the family’s remote controls. He was always laughing and had a great disposition. In addition to his parents, he was survived by three brothers, Nate,...
Nola Jeanne Henderson
May 21, 2017
Nola Jeanne Henderson, 79, of Brookland, Arkansas passed away after a brief illness, on May 21, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jeanne was born on November 24, 1937 to the late Harley and Florence Krisell Camp. Jeanne was born in Seaton Dump, Arkansas. She was a graduate of England High School in 1955 and attended...
Bobby Chris Rorex
May 20, 2017
Bobby C. Rorex, 76, of Trumann passed from this life Saturday May 20, 2017 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He was born in Weiner, Arkansas on July 22, 1940 to the late Donald and Eva Tilley Rorex. Bobby lived in Trumann for 2 months, moving there from Jonesboro. He was a retired foreman for Riceland Foods in Weiner, Arkansas...
Floyd L. Williams
May 19, 2017
TO VIEW LIVE WEBCAST Floyd L. Williams, 89, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House with his family by his side. Floyd was born on August 14, 1927 in Leachville, AR to the late Roland B and Lela Bell Creson Williams. Floyd was Active duty and achieved...
Frieda M. Stewart
May 19, 2017
Frieda May Brown was born March 2, 1927 in Toone, TN to Fred and Willie Moss Lambert Brown. Through out her childhood, she lived in Toone, attended elementary school there and was baptized into the Toone Baptist Church at a young age. Frieda graduated from Central High School in Bolivar, TN and then enrolled in Memphis State College to...
Capt. Hubert Jamison
May 18, 2017
CAPT Hubert M. Jamison, MSC, USN, (Ret), 71, husband of Martha Peters Jamison, of Beaufort, SC, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his residence. CAPT Jamison was born on March 4, 1946 in Westwood, CA. He is the son of the late Bert E. Jamison and Ruth Martin Jamison. CAPT Jamison earned a BS degree from Arkansas State University,...
Terry Wayne Stockinger
May 17, 2017
Terry Wayne Stockinger, 65, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He moved to Jonesboro from Leachville in 2003. He enjoyed spending time with his children and his grandchildren. Terry was always willing to help anybody at any time. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister. Survivors include...
James Donald Chambers
May 17, 2017
James Donald Chambers, 80, of Goobertown, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the NEA Baptist Medical Center. Born in Hayti, Missouri, Don lived in Jonesboro for several years before moving to Little Rock. He lived in Mesquite, Texas, from 1981-2003 when he retired and moved to Goobertown. James spent his working career as an automotive technician and...
Artanes Eaton
May 14, 2017
Artanes Eaton, 89, formerly of Lake City, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 20, 1928, in the Cane Island/Poplar Ridge area of Lake City to Ida and Henley C. Sims. She was preceded in death by her parents, and four siblings, Jimmy Sims, Henley Sims, Mary Ellen...
Jean L. Davidson
May 14, 2017
Jean LaNelle Phillips Davidson, 82, of Jonesboro, passed into eternal life on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Jean peacefully left this earth and was greeted by her Heavenly Father and was united with her fellow angels in the heavens above. Jean was born on December 2, 1934, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to the late Jackson Burnett...
Brooks E. Lackey
May 14, 2017
Brooks E. Lackey, 75, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Brooks was born in Memphis and lived most of his life in Jonesboro. He was a 1959 graduate of Jonesboro High School and was a U.S. Army veteran and was stationed in Korea and Germany during his service. Brooks was Director...
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