Obituaries

Edna Florean Ivie

Aug 18, 2016

Florean Ivie, 79 of Walnut Ridge passed from this life Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was born to Markus Guy Hancock and Dora Ann Davis Hancock on July 2, 1937 in Greene County. Florean was of the Pentecostal belief and a homemaker. She enjoyed singing and playing the accordion and piano. She is...

Christine Delk

Aug 16, 2016

Christine Delk, 78, of Jonesboro, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Trumann, Christine lived most of her life in the Jonesboro area. She worked several years at Delta Manufacturing in Jonesboro and was a member of Bono Church of Christ. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, gardening and quilting. Christine was preceded in death...

Judith "Judy" Faye Tate

Aug 16, 2016

Judith “Judy” Faye Tate, 72, of Brookland passed from this life on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Judy was born on May 3, 1944 to the late Sam and Mable Henderson Pollock in Dorena, Missouri. She move to Northeast Arkansas in 1983 and later moved to Jonesboro in 1994. She retired from Arkansas State University....

Mary Alice Barkley

Aug 15, 2016

Mary Alice Barkley, 96, of Jonesboro, passed away Monday, August 15, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Austin, Arkansas, Mary Alice was a graduate of Monette High School. She lived most of her life in Jonesboro and was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church. Mary Alice was a member of the Jonesboro...

Charles William Randle

Aug 13, 2016

Charles William Randle, 88, of Jonesboro passed from this life Saturday, August 13, 2016 at his home. He was born December 12, 1927 in Pocahontas to the late Charles E. and Addie Randle. Charles moved to Jonesboro in 1993 coming from Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was a WW2 veteran who served in the Navy. Charles worked for Conoco Inc....

Kasey Ann Wilson

Aug 10, 2016

Kasey Wilson, 39, of Swifton, died August 10, 2016, at Unity Hospital in Newport. She had lived most of her life in the Swifton area. Kasey was a cheerleader and in the band while attending Swifton Schools. She was of the Assembly of God Belief. She lived to float the river and swim with her son, and also boating...

Ellen Wood Stewart

Aug 9, 2016

Ellen Wood Stewart, 77, of Lake City, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Ellen graduated from Arkansas State University and worked for the Social Security office 39 years. She was a lifelong member of Lake City United Methodist Church. Ellen loved teaching water aerobics, serving as church treasurer and spending time with family and...

Ruby Herd

Aug 9, 2016

Ruby Herd, 96, of Jonesboro passed from this life on August 9, 2016. She was born on October 23, 1919 to the late Ernest and Minnie Bird in Athens, Alabama. Ruby was of the Baptist belief and enjoyed gardening, cooking, and crocheting. In addition to her parents, Ruby is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Herd.

Aaron "Aj" Glen Jackson

Aug 8, 2016

Aaron “AJ” Glen Jackson, 41, of Jonesboro passed from this life Monday, August 8, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born May 16, 1975 in Jonesboro to Larry and Gay Jackson. Aaron was a member of Community Fellowship Church. He attended Jonesboro Public Schools, graduating in 1993. Aaron later attended Arkansas State University earning his Bachelor of...

Betty Jean Acre Hammil

Aug 7, 2016

Betty Jean Acre Hammil, 89, of Harrisburg, died Sunday, August 7, 2016 at Woodbriar Nursing Center in Harrisburg. She had lived in Harrisburg for 18 months moving there from Jonesboro. She was a member of the Weiner Methodist Church. Betty was an avid tennis player and loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She...

Hiram “Hi” Jackson Hamilton

Aug 7, 2016

Hiram “Hi” Jackson Hamilton, 92, of Bay died Sunday August 7, 2016 at Methodist University in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born in Cash on July 8, 1924 to the late James Edward “Ed” and Cora Jane Cureton. Hiram lived in Bay for the past 65 years after coming from Cash and the Lake City areas. He was retired from...

Rev. Carl Bunch

Aug 7, 2016

The Reverend John Carl Bunch, 100, of Jonesboro, AR passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016 in a local healthcare facility. He was preceded in death by his wife of over 69 years, Alice Emma Bunch, in 2008, and his son, Marion “Marty” Bunch in 2016. Brother Bunch was born April 15, 1916 on his family’s farm in South Arkansas....

Marilyn Clem Fielder

Aug 5, 2016

Marilyn Clem Fielder, 79, of Jonesboro went to be with her heavenly father on Friday, August 5, 2016 at her home. Marilyn was born in Trumann on December 30, 1936 to Thomas Clem and Cora Lee Jackson. She was a charter member of North Main Baptist Church and attended North Main for over 5 decades. She moved to Walnut...

Perkasa Ardasyir Nuhung

Aug 5, 2016

Perkasa Ardasyir Nuhung, 50, of Jonesboro, passed away Friday at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Perkasa moved to San Diego in 1986 and then to Searcy in 1987. He was a graduate of Harding University in Searcy and moved to Jonesboro in 1994. He has been an employee of St. Bernard's Medical Center for almost 13...

Russell H. Patton, Jr.

Aug 4, 2016

Russell H. Patton, Jr., 89, of Jonesboro, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016, in Jonesboro. Russell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 7, 1926. At age 16 he attended Duke University. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Russell joined the U.S. Navy at age 17. Russell was stationed in Shanghai and served with the Military Police for 2...

Leo R. Dale

Aug 3, 2016

Leo R. Dale, 93, of Jonesboro passed from this life August 3, 2016 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born in Hale Center, Texas December 8, 1922 to the late John Robert Dale and Sallie Rogers Dale. Leo has resided in Jonesboro for the past thirteen years after coming from Monument, Colorado. He loved the...

Sharon Lynn Friend

Aug 2, 2016

Sharon Lynn Friend, 66, of rural Paragould, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. A native of Caraway, Sharon was a 1967 graduate of Caraway Central High School and operated Sharon's Beauty Shop in Caraway for many years. She moved to Greene County in 1982 and attended The Church at Paragould. Sharon...

Joe Paul Marsh

Aug 2, 2016

Joe Paul Marsh, 53, a lifelong resident of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was an outdoorsman and a brick mason. He always put others before himself. He was preceded in death by his Parents, Jan and Patsy Marsh. Survivors include his Fiancé, Debra Fisher; brothers, John and Gerald Marsh; sisters, Janet Jackson,...

Brother Waymon Donald Holt

Aug 2, 2016

Brother Waymon Donald Holt, 85 died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 in Walnut Ridge, AR. He was born to H.W. and Florence Hawkins Holt on January 27, 1931. He lived most of his life in the Milligan Ridge community where he pastored the Milligan Ridge Missionary Baptist Church for over 50 years. He dedicated his life to the service of...

Crystal Charlene Mingus

Aug 1, 2016

Crystal Charlene (Combs) Mingus, 43, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Monday August 1, 2016 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 20, 1973 to Jerry and Darlene Warren Combs and lived in Jonesboro most of her life. Crystal was a homemaker, loved spending time with her family, grandbaby, reading and...