Obituaries

Don Curtner

Dec 18, 2015

Don Curtner, 79, of Jonesboro passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. Don was born in Lake City on January 5, 1936 to the late Oria and Lockie Cullen Curtner. He grew up in the Craighead county area, and later joined the US Army. After the military he moved out to California where he...

Dewitt Waites

Dec 17, 2015

DeWitt Waites, 87, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Thursday December 17, 2015 at the White River Medical Center in Searcy, Arkansas. He was born in Dierks, Arkansas on June 10, 1928 to the late J.O. Waites and Annie Mitchell Waites. DeWitt lived in Jonesboro for 40 years, was a retired radio announcer for KPCA in Marked Tree,...

Frank Larussa

Dec 17, 2015

Frank LaRussa, 67, of Jonesboro, passed from this life Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. He was born March 30, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Frank and Lena LaRussa. Frank loved fishing and baseball. His favorite team was the St. Louis Cardinals. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Lynn Ratliff

Dec 15, 2015

Lynn Ratliff, 66, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Tuesday December 15, 2015 at the Advanced Care Hospital in Searcy, Arkansas. She was born in Paragould, Arkansas on November 2, 1949 to Austin and Imogene Knopp Lewis. Lynn lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was a homemaker and an amazing mother and grandmother. She could smock...

Lisa R. Noell

Dec 14, 2015

Lisa R. Noell, 52, of Jonesboro, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at her home. Lisa attended the Trinity Church. She retired as a LPN who loved to care for the elderly and believed her calling was in the nursing home field. She loved to read her Bible and witnessed to everybody she met. She loved her grandchildren and her...

Billy Ray Carey

Dec 13, 2015

Billy Ray Carey, 85 of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday December 13, 2015 at the Jonesboro Healthcare Facility. Billy was born June 5, 1930 to Garlin and Lula Houston Carey. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1956. Billy was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Jim Carey. He is survived by his sister, Juanita Caldwell; nieces, Valerie...

Alan Liffengren

Dec 12, 2015

Alan Liffengren, 80, of Jonesboro, Arkansas passed from this life on December 12, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. Alan was born on October 29, 1935 in Murdo, South Dakota to the late Donald and Luceal Liffengren. He graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Engineering and began a career with Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. Alan worked...

Albert H. Allen

Dec 12, 2015

Albert H. Allen, 81, of Jonesboro passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Albert was born in Wynne on March 21, 1934 to the late Albert S. and Mary Lois Patrick Allen. He lived in the Helena and Heber Springs area before moving to Jonesboro 12 years ago, and he was...

Fred Stuart Justus, Sr.

Dec 12, 2015

Fred Stuart Justus, Sr., 93, of Jonesboro passed from this life December 12, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. He was born May 26, 1922 in Smithville, AR to Barney and Mae Justus. Fred has lived in the Jonesboro area for the majority of his life after moving from Paragould. He was a long time member of Walnut Street...

Leslie Warr

Dec 11, 2015

Leslie Warr, 59, of Jonesboro was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on April 23, 1956 to the late Harold Warr and Mary Cary Norman. He departed this life on December 11, 2015. While living in Hunter, Arkansas he played a large role in the town obtaining grants for the construction of the community’s first Volunteer Fire Department & obtaining...

Dr. F.M. Wilson, Md

Dec 11, 2015

To View Webcast, click HERE: Francis Marion (F. M.) Wilson, M.D. December 12, 1921-December 11, 2015 Mangrum, Upper Mangrum, Middle Mangrum, Mangrum Settlement, Black Oak, Caraway - that’s the area where Jonesboro physician Francis Marion (F.M.) Wilson, M.D. was born, grew up and attended school. It was there that he spent his boyhood years and where he considered a...

Geneva Lucille Riley

Dec 9, 2015

Geneva Lucille Riley, 94 of Jonesboro passed from this life Wednesday, December 9, 2015. She was born in Tuckerman to Thomas Bailey and Rosetta Burgess Bailey on September 12, 1921. Geneva was a homemaker who loved her grandbabies, word search books, quilting and sewing. She was a member of Grubbs 1st Baptist Church. Geneva is preceded in death by...

Maddox Heath Winford

Dec 8, 2015

Maddox Heath Winford was born into heaven Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Survivors include his parents, Cole and Tara Winford and big brother, Drake Winford. A graveside service will be 2:00 pm Friday, December 11, 2015 at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with John Milligan officiating. Emerson Funeral Home is in charge of services.

Bob Smiley

Dec 8, 2015

Bob Smiley, 65, of Jonesboro passed away suddenly from this life on Tuesday, December 08, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Bob was born in Bernie, Mo on November 2, 1950 to the late Leo and Velma Hoosier Smiley. He was drafted into the military where he served overseas for 2 years with the US Army. He...

Marguerite Bailey Kirksey

Dec 7, 2015

Marguerite Bailey Kirksey 84, of Jonesboro died Monday, December 07, 2015 at the Craighead County Nursing Center. She was born January. 16, 1931 to the late Ralph and Cozie Bailey and lived most of her life in Jonesboro. Marguerite was a homemaker who loved to cook and was well known the Valley View community for her cooking and baking....

Robert Lee Holt

Dec 7, 2015

Robert Lee Holt, 56, of Jonesboro died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. He had lived in Jonesboro for over 20 years, moving here from Texas. He was of the Baptist belief. Robert was active in the Toys for Tots Drive, loved helping people, fishing and riding his Harley Davidson Trike. He was preceded in...

John C. Burton

Dec 5, 2015

John C. Burton, 73, of Jonesboro passed from this life on December 5, 2015 at the NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born in Augusta, Arkansas on November 12, 1942 to the late Edward Thomas and Mary Woodrow Matthews Burton. He had lived in Jonesboro 45 years, moving here from McCroy, Arkansas. John had the Burton Music School and has...

Irma Geneva Reagan Cole

Dec 2, 2015

Irma Geneva Reagan Cole, of Trumann, Arkansas passed from this life and went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at approximately 9:50 p.m., at the age of 91 years, 9 months, and 21 days. She was born on February 11, 1924 to Hobart Reagan and Mary Ellen Brannon in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was a 1942...

Alan Liffengren

Dec 2, 2015

Alan Liffengren, 80, of Jonesboro, Arkansas passed from this life on December 12, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. Alan was born on October 29, 1935 in Murdo, South Dakota to the late Donald and Luceal Liffengren. He graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Engineering and began a career with Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. Alan worked...

Robert W. "Bill" Nalley

Dec 1, 2015

Longtime Jonesboro resident William “Bill” Robert Nalley, 82, passed quietly December 1, 2015. Born March, 19, 1933, in Central, SC, to Robert and Inez Nalley, he was an avid outdoorsman, craftsman, athlete, and adoring father and grandfather. An accomplished athlete, Bill was drafted to play varsity football while still in the 8th grade and assisted the Central High School...