Obituaries
Audie Daniel "Dan" Roach
Aug 29, 2015
Audie Daniel “Dan” Roach, 56, of Walnut Ridge, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. Dan was a lifetime resident of Walnut Ridge and of the Baptist belief. He had worked in the maintenance department at Westside Consolidated Schools. He enjoyed carpentry and riding his motorcycle. He was preceded in death by his...
Edward T. Wood
Aug 28, 2015
Edward T. Wood, 67, of MT. Juliet, Tennessee passed from this life Friday, August 28, 2015 at his home. He was born June 17, 1948 in Caraway, Arkansas to Herbert and Lorene Wood. Edward was a retired Captain of the Memphis Police Department after 31 years of service. He was an avid amateur “Ham” radio operator. Edward was preceded...
Shirley Lee Moss
Aug 25, 2015
Shirley Lee Moss, 85, of Jonesboro, formerly of Paragould, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at St. Bernards Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. Shirley was born on October 19, 1929, in Paragould to Frank and Mattie (Houston) Lee. She graduated from Paragould High School and worked briefly at First National Bank. She married Robert Moss in 1959, and spent...
Bill Jones
Aug 25, 2015
Bill Jones, 69, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He lived most of his life in Jonesboro. Bill served as Vice-President of Jimco Manufacturing in Bono. He loved softball and was the coach for the Jimco softball team. He always enjoyed his Chevrolet cars and trucks. He was preceded in death by his...
Delbert Tate
Aug 23, 2015
Delbert Tate, 82, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Bono to the late Wesley and Hazel Tate on December 6, 1932. Delbert retired in 2003 as a Service Manager of Martin Equipment in Goodfield, Illinois. He and his wife, Evalyn, lived in El Paso,...
Elizabeth "Susie" Roach
Aug 23, 2015
Elizabeth A. "Susie" Roach, 83, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday at NEA Baptist Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Trumann, Susie lived in Lepanto from 1952-1977, and Lynn from 1977-1979 before moving to Jonesboro. She operated Miss Susie's Home Day Care for several years and was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. Susie was preceded in death by...
Edith Lorene Ackerman
Aug 21, 2015
Edith Lorene Ackerman, 89, of Trumann passed from this life Friday, August 21, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was born December 3, 1925 in Trumann to the late David and Myrtle Speakman. Edith lived most of her life residing in Trumann where she was of the Baptist belief. She loved to quilt in her spare time and...
James Robert "Rob" Freeman
Aug 21, 2015
James Robert Freeman, 53 of Fairfield Bay, died at UAMS from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Fairfield Bay. He was born to Earl and Alpha Lawson Freeman December 24, 1961 in Jonesboro, AR. Rob was a finance manager for Ross Wynn Ford. He loved sports, especially baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals being his favorite. He also...
Tony Trotter
Aug 21, 2015
Tony Trotter, 36, of Jonesboro, died Friday at his home. He was a life-long resident of Jonesboro. Tony was a member of Central Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Herbert and Gwendolyn Trotter and John Kenneth Beadles. Survivors include his parents, Kristi Trotter of Jonesboro, Terry Trotter (Lisa) of Cherokee Village; brother, Phillip Trotter (Ciara);...
Shirley Ann Simmons
Aug 21, 2015
Shirley Ann Simmons, 73, of Jonesboro, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Lepanto, Shirley lived in various cities before moving to Jonesboro a few years ago. She was a homemaker and an active member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading, spending time with her grandchildren and being...
Georgia Overton
Aug 20, 2015
Gone to Heaven much too soon, Georgia died on August 20, 2015. She was born in Memphis on January 23, 2006 to William and Susan Overton and moved to Denver when she was 5. Georgia was nicknamed GoGo before she was born because she was such an active girl. She lived up to that nickname in her nine years...
Mary Joyce Barnes
Aug 20, 2015
Mary Joyce Barnes, 83, of Jonesboro passed from this life Thursday, August 20, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1932 in Gosnell to the late Jett Daniel and Loula Needham. Mary Joyce has spent the last fourteen years residing in Jonesboro after coming from Half Moon Community. She was also of the Baptist belief...
Susan Porter Overton
Aug 20, 2015
JONESBORO — Susan Porter Overton, 48 of Jonesboro passed away early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. She was born in Brinkley on Nov. 3, 1966, to Wallace and Sharon Porter. Susan grew up in Jonesboro where she was a Jonesboro High School cheerleader and graduated with the class of 1985. She was baptized and was a member of the Church...
Dr. Steve Austin
Aug 19, 2015
Dr. Ralph Stephen "Steve" Austin, MD, 65, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at his home following a courageous 5 year battle with breast cancer. Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Dr. Austin grew up in Memphis and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He earned Bachelor and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Tennessee...
Doyle Altman Hughes, Jr.
Aug 19, 2015
Doyle Altman Hughes, Jr., 57 of Palm Bay, Florida passed from this life Wednesday August 19, 2015 at William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay, Florida. Doyle was born April 5, 1958 to Doyle Altman, Sr. and Eva Holloway Hughes. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, James F. and Emma...
Marilyn Griffin
Aug 18, 2015
Marilyn Griffin, 73, of Jonesboro passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Marilyn was born on September 25, 1941 to the late Herman and Janet Birchler Bielefeld. She was born and raised in Milwaukee and lived there until 1977, and in August of that year she moved her family to Jonesboro, and she later became a member of Christian...
Martha Yvonne Hislip Kilpatrick
Aug 17, 2015
Martha Yvonne Hislip Kilpatrick, 79 of Jonesboro died August 17, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro for about a year, moving here from Ash Flat. Martha was preceded in death by her parents, one granddaughter, one son-in-law and two brothers. Survivors include her husband, Bob Kilpatrick, of the home; son, Wayne Kilpatrick of Horseshoe...
Lestal Bruntzel
Aug 14, 2015
Lestal Mae Pulley Bruntzel, 81, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015, at her home in Jonesboro. She and her twin sister Vestal were born July 10, 1934, to Roy and Delia Henrietta Powers (Gregson) Pulley at their home on Gum Slough Ditch outside Lake City, AR. Lestal was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dr. Nolan E....
Michael Lilley
Aug 12, 2015
Michael Lilley, 48, of Jonesboro passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Madison Heights, Michigan on January 31, 1967 to William Lilley and Myra Noble. He lived in Jonesboro for 9 years, moving here from Michigan. He was a truck driver and of the Christian belief. He was a loving father, grandfather...
Joana L. Bergener
Aug 12, 2015
Joana L. Bergener, 84 of Jonesboro, passed from this life Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born July 30, 1931 to Frank L. Huffman and Geraldine Harvey Huffman in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Joana is preceded in death by her parents, a twin sister and a brother. Joana loved to decorate at Thanksgiving and Christmas, her...
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