Obituaries
Thomas "Gary" Bobbitt
Sep 16, 2013
Thomas “Gary” Bobbitt, 63, of Jonesboro died Monday, September 16, 2013 at his home. He was born in Jonesboro on September 30, 1949 to the late Phil and Emmer Bobbitt. Gary had lived in Jonesboro his entire life and was a retired truck driver for Hedger Brothers Concrete. He was of the Baptist belief and a loving man who...
Randall "Randy" Dunnam
Sep 16, 2013
Randall Alan “Randy” Dunnam, 51, of Jonesboro, passed away Monday evening at his home. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, Randy lived in Carruthersville, Missouri, before moving to Jonesboro in 1971. He was a 1981 graduate of Jonesboro High School and a 1987 graduate of Arkansas State University where he received a BS degree in Printing. Randy worked 25 years in...
W.T. Garland
Sep 14, 2013
W.T. Garland, 87, of Jonesboro passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born May 8, 1926 to W.T. and Anna Garland who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Loren Garland, Freddie Garland, and Joe Garland; three sisters, Ruth Smith, Elsie Unice Spence, and Katherine McCallen, and his first...
Rich Nelson
Sep 13, 2013
Rich Nelson, 48, of Jonesboro passed away Friday September 13, 2013 at his home in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on May 17, 1965 to Billy and Mary Jane Spurlock Nelson. He was a self employed contractor and lived in Memphis, Tennessee except for the past 2 years. He was of the Christian faith and survived...
Dr. Leon Earl Eldredge
Sep 12, 2013
LEON EARL ELDREDGE, JR. OBITUARY Dr. Leon Earl Eldredge, Jr. passed away September 12, 2013 at Jonesboro Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was born August 31, 1929 in Fisher Island, New York to Leon Earl Eldredge, Sr. and Mona Dorcas Carlough Eldredge. He was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Pearl River High School, Pearl River, New...
Betty Ashlock Rogers
Sep 12, 2013
Betty Ashlock Rogers, 77, of Bay died Thursday September 12, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Betty was born in Tyronza, Arkansas on September 9, 1936 to Cecil and Oda Gibson Ashlock. She had lived in Bay most of her life and was a retired factory worker for Colson and a member of the First Baptist...
Louise Woods
Sep 12, 2013
Wanda Louise Woods, 85, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, September 12, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Imboden, Louise lived in Trumann before moving to Jonesboro in 1967. She was a homemaker and attended First Assembly of God on Stone Street. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Woods, Jr., her parents, Darrell...
Michael "Mike" Howard Spencer
Sep 12, 2013
Michael “Mike” Howard Spencer, 52, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at his home. He graduated from Luxora High School and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 15 years where he attended Arkansas State. Mike graduated from Memphis Culinary Institute. He enjoyed gardening and loved to spend time with his two cats; Maggie and Callie. He was...
Raul Marin
Sep 12, 2013
Raul Marin, 70, of Cash died September 12, 2013 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Raul was born January 31, 1943 in Monterrey, Mexico to Delfino Marin and Maria Del Refugio Marin. Raul and Patsy met in Chicago and later moved to Arkansas in 1991. He was a self employed diesel mechanic and was of the Catholic belief while...
Billy "Bill" Goodman
Sep 12, 2013
Billy "Bill" James Goodman, 65, of Jonesboro, passed away Thursday, September 12, at the Phil and Flo Hospice House. Bill was born September 25, 1947, in Muncie, Indiana and moved and lived in Jonesboro for 40 years. He was a Master Plumber and retired from St. Bernard's. He was an avid softball player and was a member of USSSA...
Judith Ann Milam
Sep 11, 2013
Judith Ann Milam, 81, of Bono, died September 11, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born in Detroit, Michigan to Wallace Norman Williams and Elise Loraine McClain Williams. She lived in Bono for 50 years and attended the Bono Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband James P. Milam. Survivors...
Margaret Petrey
Sep 10, 2013
Margaret White Petrey, 73, of Jonesboro passed from this life on September 10, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The youngest of two children, Margaret was born November 11, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late JT and Virginia White, and was raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Margaret served as...
Donald Spencer Moore
Sep 7, 2013
Donald Spencer Moore, 74, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, September 07, 2013 at his home. He had lived in Jonesboro for 34 years and was a member of the Greensboro Church of Christ. Donald served in the US Air Force from 1957 – 1961. He retired as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Best Diversified Products. Donald loved hunting and...
Hazel Dowdy Goodman
Sep 6, 2013
Hazel Dowdy Goodman, 81, of Jonesboro, died Friday September 6th at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She lived in Jonesboro most of her life and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mrs. Goodman was affectionately known as “Miss Hazel” by many close friends and gospel singers traveling through. She lovingly prepared countless meals for family, friends, and...
Joyce Joann Hughes
Sep 6, 2013
Joyce Joann Hughes 67, of Jonesboro entered into rest on September 6, 2013 at her home. She was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas on January 8, 1946 to John Blankenship and Lena Pauline Hannaford Blankenship. Joyce had lived in Jonesboro/Bay area since 1992, was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survived...
Charles Delbert Harlan Sr.
Sep 6, 2013
Charles Delbert Harlan, Sr., passed away Sept. 6 at the age of 92 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born in Lake City, Aug. 13, 1921 to Lee and Ollie Harlan. He was a World War II veteran, a retired postmaster at Trumann, and also served as City Treasurer at both Trumann and Bay for...
Virgil Wallis
Sep 5, 2013
Virgil Wallis, 58, of Jonesboro died Thursday, September 5, 2013 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. Virgil was a Real Estate Agent and member of the Valley View Church of Christ. He had lived in Dallas, Texas until recently moving back to Jonesboro. Virgil graduated from Crowley’s Ridge Academy and attended Crowley’s Ridge College. He was preceded in Death by...
Victoria Wiggins Hummelstein
Sep 4, 2013
ELLEN VICTORIA WIGGINS HUMMELSTEIN September 26, 1920 – September 4, 2013 Ellen Victoria Wiggins Hummelstein, 92, of Jonesboro passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. She was born September 26, 1920 in Tyronza, Arkansas, the only child of Rev. Sam B. Wiggins and Rena Idele Harrington Wiggins. She came to Jonesboro as the daughter of a Methodist Minister and here...
Donald "Don" Earl King
Sep 4, 2013
Donald “Don” Earl King, age 70, died Wednesday at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Don was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and Jonesboro. He is preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Sylvia Morris King, and brother Carl King. Don is a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Stone Street Assembly of God. Don loved doing...
Bruce S. Roberts
Sep 2, 2013
Bruce S. Roberts, 71, of Bay, died Monday morning, September 2, 2013, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. Born in Bernice, Louisiana, Bruce lived most of his life in the Jonesboro-Nettleton-Bay area and was a 1960 graduate of Nettleton High School. He worked many years in building construction and was a member of Bay First Baptist Church....
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
