Obituaries
Shari Finchem
May 23, 2012
Shari Jolene Sobbing Finchem, 58 of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at her home. She had moved to Jonesboro in 1988 from Glenwood, Iowa. Shari was of the Church of Christ belief. She was preceded in death by her Father Jesse Alvin Sobbing and one granddaughter, Quintana. Survivors include her son, Jesse Finchem and wife Candella of Glenwood;...
Bill Peace
May 22, 2012
Bill Peace, 72, of Jonesboro, died May 22, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born in Whitton, Arkansas and had lived in northeast Arkansas his entire life. He moved to Jonesboro 49 years ago when he married his true love, Mary Jane Massanelli Peace. He had worked as a catfishing guide for Three...
Melba Jane Tipton
May 21, 2012
Melba Louise (Jane) Earls Tipton was born at Caraway, Arkansas, on November 4, 1937, to Johnny Floyd and Edna Huskey Earls. She was a 1955 graduate of Bay High School and following graduation joined the U.S. Air Force. During active duty she married James (Jim) Tipton on September 16, 1957. They were the parents of four children. Jane was...
Louis Jeffery Johnson
May 21, 2012
Louis Jeffery Johnson, 48, of Jonesboro, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock. Born in Wilson, Jeffery lived most of his life in Jonesboro. He worked in construction much of his adult life and was a Baptist. Jeffery enjoyed working in his yard, fishing and watching action movies. He was preceded in death by...
John William Rice
May 21, 2012
John William Rice, 65 of Jonesboro, formerly of Memphis, died Monday, May 21 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born in Covington, Kentucky and had lived in Jonesboro since 2011. He lived in Pensacola, Florida while serving in the Army and was stationed in Korea as a dog trainer for the Vietnam War. He then moved to Memphis where...
Gyneth Fay Price
May 21, 2012
Gyneth Fay Price, 82 died Monday at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Black Oak and lived most of her life in Jonesboro. She was of the Baptist belief. Gyneth is preceded in death by her parents Jack and Clara Spencer; 5 brothers and 2 sisters. Survivors include sons, Danny (Kelly); and David (Robin), both of Marmaduke;...
Atrell B. Turner
May 21, 2012
Atrell B. Thornell Turner, 86, of Lake City passed away Monday May 21, 2012 at Lakeside Nursing Center. Atrell B. Thornell Turner was born on November 25, 1925 in Eros, Louisiana to the late Thomas and Clemmie Roberts Thornell. She was a homemaker most of her life, beside a few years where she worked in manufacturing. Her hobbies included...
Terry D. Miles
May 20, 2012
Terry D. Miles, 58, of Jonesboro, died Sunday May 20, at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born and had lived in Jonesboro his entire life. He was a machinist and a member of the Greensboro Road Church of Christ. Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Byron and Ruby Rains Miles. He is survived by one son, Dusty...
Kris Alan Richardson
May 19, 2012
Kris Alan Richardson, 47, of rural Lake City, died Saturday at his home of natural causes. Born in Holland, Michigan, Kris lived all of his life in the Lake City area. He was a 1982 graduate of Riverside High School and had worked several years at Pizza Inn Restaurant and Arkansas State University. He was affiliated with the Assembly...
Jamey Felkins
May 18, 2012
Jamey Felkins, 42, of Bono, died Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born in Jonesboro, Jamey lived all of his life in Bono. He was a member of the Westside High School Class of 1987, and was a graduate of Arkansas State University where he earned a Bachelor degree in Agri-Business. Jamey was...
Ules Holder
May 16, 2012
Ules Holder, 68, of Swifton, Arkansas died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He had lived in Swifton for three years, moving here from Indianapolis, Indiana. Ules attended the Cash Southern Baptist Church where he was the piano player. Playing gospel music was his ministry. He served in the US Army during the...
Ules Holder
May 16, 2012
Ules Holder, 68, of Swifton, Arkansas died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He had lived in Swifton for three years, moving here from Indianapolis, Indiana. Ules attended the Cash Southern Baptist Church where he was the piano player. Playing gospel music was his ministry. He served in the US Army during the...
Ron Croom
May 16, 2012
Ron Austin Croom, 59, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, May 16,2012. He was born April 11,1953 in Walnut Ridge, AR. He was preceded in death by his mother, Melverine Lantz Croom. Survivors include his father, Gardner Croom; one brother, Steve Croom; one sister, Donna Allen all of Jonesboro; his grandmother, Bess Croom Holmes of Walnut Ridge and a multitude of...
Don Pausch
May 14, 2012
Don Pausch, 73, of Jonesboro, died Monday, May 14, 2012 in Memphis. He was born January 26, 1939 in Santa Ana, California, to the late Charles & Erma Pausch. Survivors include his wife, Doris Pausch of the home; one son, Chuck Pausch and daughter-in-law, Penny; one daughter, Kathy Pausch all of Jonesboro; grandchildren, Sarah Pausch and her husband, Adam...
John A. Stewart
May 14, 2012
John Alton Stewart, 73, of Jonesboro, passed away Monday May 14, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born March 29, 1939 in Jonesboro to Joe and Johnnie Stewart. He worked at the Jonesboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co. for 32 years. He pastored for eight years at Walnut Corner General Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of...
Elmer Lee Tipton
May 14, 2012
Elmer Lee Tipton, 91, of Jonesboro, died May 15, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived his entire life here. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and a veteran of the Air Force. He was retired from Central Chevrolet where he was a mechanic. He loved deer hunting, fishing,...
James David Mcquay
May 10, 2012
David McQuay, 57, of Jonesboro, died Thursday at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. David was born in Jonesboro and lived much of his life here. He was a truck driver before becoming disabled and was a member of Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church. David enjoyed fishing, yard sales and spending time with his grandchildren. He was preceded...
A C Williams
May 8, 2012
A. C. Williams, Sr., 92, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, May 08, 2012, at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center. Born September 16, 1919, in Ripley, Tennessee, to Alvis Augusta Williams and Meadow Ann Dew, he spent his teenage years in Caraway, Arkansas. A member of the U.S. Army during WWII, he served honorably with Allied forces in England, France, Belgium,...
Bill Gooch
May 6, 2012
Bill “Dink” Gooch, 71 of Locust Grove, died May 6, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born in Lake City and had lived in northeast Arkansas most of his life. He graduated from Trumann High School where he played football. He studied graphic arts and enjoyed photography. He loved hunting and fishing and carving...
Colleen Campbell
May 6, 2012
Colleen Fuller Campbell, 82, of Panama City, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2012 in a local hospital. She was born November 28, 1929 to Thelma & Hershal Fuller, but was raised by her grandparents, Marcus & Minnie Mott. She was the oldest of four children. She graduated from Trumann High School, Trumann Arkansas, where she was Homecoming Queen...
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