Obituaries

Deborah Lee Yancey

Jan 4, 2014

Deborah Yancey, 49, of Jonesboro died Saturday, January 4, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born in Jonesboro to Pete and Goldie Stroud on May 13, 1964. Deborah enjoyed the outdoors. Her passions were going to the lake, races, shopping, and most of all her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father...

Teresa Ann Shempert

Jan 4, 2014

Teresa Ann Shempert, 52, of Jonesboro died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at NEA Baptist Hospital. Teresa was born in Lepanto on December 16, 1961. She was a member of Grace Missionary Baptist Church of Jonesboro. Teresa was very active in the church and loved being involved. She was a member of the choir, AWANA Sparks leader and was involved...

Gerald Gamble

Jan 3, 2014

Gerald Gamble, 75, of Jonesboro died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, January 03, 2014. He was born in Yuma, Arizona to the late Virgil and Violet Gamble on November 11, 1938. Gerald loved to volunteer his time to his Church and his children’s sports teams. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and anything outdoors. He is survived by Gayle...

Arnold Krumstock

Jan 3, 2014

Arnold Krumstock, 68, of Jonesboro died on Friday, January 3, 2014 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Lee Mote

Jan 3, 2014

Lee Mote, 75, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Friday, January 3, 2014 at his residence. Lee was born on January 11, 1938 in Black Oak to the late Virgil and Aurilla Conley Mote. He was a welder, and even after retirement he would work for some of the famers in his community. He loved to play his...

John L. Fowler

Jan 2, 2014

Jonesboro - Mr. John L. Fowler, 75, of Jonesboro passed away Thursday, January 02, 2014, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. John was born on January 26, 1938 in Strangers Home, Arkansas, and had lived in West Memphis and resided in Jonesboro since 1982. He was a retired bailiff for the Craighead County Sheriff’s Department and a...

Sister Henrietta Hockle Osb

Jan 2, 2014

Sister Henrietta Hockle, OSB Sr. Henrietta, 86, died on January 2, 2014 in the Holy Angels Convent Infirmary. She was born on April 8, 1927 to Joe and Minnie (Thielemier) Hockle in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She had one older sister, Marjorie, and two younger, Dorothy and Patricia, respectively. After graduating from Blessed Sacrament School, she attended Holy Angels Academy and...

Lois Golden

Dec 31, 2013

Lois Golden, 76, of rural Jonesboro, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Savannah, Tennessee, Lois moved to Arkansas at an early age and lived in Trumann before moving to the Jonesboro area in 1961. She was a homemaker and an active member of New Harvest Family Worship Center. She was...

Doyle Shasteen

Dec 29, 2013

Doyle Everett Shasteen, 90, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. Born in Rector, Doyle lived in Rivervale where he was a farmer until he moved to Nettleton in 1947. He retired from City Water and Light in Jonesboro where he worked from 1948-1985. Doyle was a long-time member of...

William G. Holmes

Dec 29, 2013

William Gus (Bill) Holmes, 91, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, December 29, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Hornsby, Tennessee, Bill lived much of his life in Memphis before moving to Jonesboro in 2004. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for the City of Memphis with 25 years of service and was a U.S....

Rachel Pritchett

Dec 29, 2013

Rachel Elizabeth (Huston)Pritchett, 91, of Jonesboro passed away December 29, 2013 at NEA Hospital in Jonesboro after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Rachel was born May 9, 1922 in Bowling Green, Ohio and was a member of the Brookland Church of Christ. Rachel was a small lady with a big heart. She enjoyed visiting and helping people. She also...

Nancy M. Beckmann

Dec 26, 2013

Nancy Beckmann, 41, died December 26, 2013 in Temple, Texas. She was born in Jonesboro on October 9, 1972 to James and Vanessa Carl. Nancy was an artistic person who loved writing poems, painting, and making jewelry. She was a loving mother and wife who spent her life taking care of her family. She is survived by her husband,...

Frank Vincent Greco

Dec 25, 2013

Frank Vincent Greco, age 95, passed from this life Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Craighead Nursing Center. He had lived in Jonesboro for the past 18 years coming from Helena, Arkansas. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Helena. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Sarah Papa Greco; his wife, Lorine Greco;...

Trevor Carter

Dec 24, 2013

Trevor Lane Carter, son of John Carter III and Mollie Osburn, entered into Heaven Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his home in Bono. During Trevor’s brief time here on Earth, he touched so many lives and was loved deeply by family and friends. He was such a happy baby that loved to goo and gah at everyone and was...

Michael "Mike" Bowman

Dec 23, 2013

Michael “Mike” Bowman, 51 of Jonesboro, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. As a life-long resident of Jonesboro, he was also a loving father, and an avid hunter. Mike worked for Delta Tool Box for 33 years. He was preceded in death by his father, Tommy Ray Bowman. Survivors include his wife of 27 years,...

Donna Smith Gookin

Dec 22, 2013

Donna Jo Smith Gookin, 55, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home of natural causes. Born in Jonesboro, Donna was a 1976 graduate of Nettleton High School where she was a talented pianist as well as a talented saxophone player in the high school band. She earned a Bachelor degree in Medical Technology from Arkansas State...

Justin Lee West

Dec 21, 2013

Justin Lee West, 26, of Bay passed from this life Saturday, December 21, 2013 at his residence. He was born January 30, 1987 in Jonesboro to his parents Bruce and Terry McLeskey West. He was a member of the Nettleton High School class of 2005. After high school he went to work on the family farm in the Bay...

Keith Houston

Dec 21, 2013

Keith Houston, 61, died December 21, 2013 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born in Pocahontas on May 20, 1952 to J.F. and Emogene Houston. Keith loved anything that had to do with being outside from hunting to farming. He was a loving grandfather and would do anything for anybody. He is preceded in death by his father; J.F....

Clarence C. Philpot

Dec 20, 2013

Clarence Carrol (C.C.) Philpot, 88, of Jonesboro, died Friday, December 20, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. C.C. was born on August 13, 1925, in Forrest City. He graduated from Forrest City High School then served overseas in the U.S. Army Air Corps during W.W. II. Following the war, C.C. attended the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville where...

Beverly Lacey

Dec 18, 2013

Beverly Lacey, 91, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She has lived in Jonesboro since 1998, moving here from North Little Rock. Beverly was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Jonesboro. She attended the University of Kentucky before transferring to the University of Maryland where she received...