Obituaries
Lynn Allen Greene
Feb 9, 2012
Lynn Allen Greene of Jonesboro passed away at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the age of 86. Mr. Greene was born in Lilbourn, Missouri, to William McKinley Greene and Roberta Lane Greene in 1925. At age 17, he joined the United States Navy and served in World War II from 1943 to 1946 as...
Rex Shreve
Feb 8, 2012
Rex Shreve, 90, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He had lived in Jonesboro for nine years, moving here from Hot Springs. Rex was a Southern Baptist preacher and a member of Nettleton Baptist Church. He pastored churches in California, Texas, and Arkansas. He taught Bible study at Wesley on the Ridge, and...
Hazel Marie Gambill
Feb 8, 2012
Hazel Marie Gambill, 85, of Jonesboro went to be with the Lord on Wednesday February 8, at St. Bernard’s Day Place. She was born and lived in Jonesboro her lifetime and was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church since 1975, where she was on the benevolent committee. She was a homemaker, loving mother, grandmother and loved to baby...
Curtis Jerome Griffin
Feb 7, 2012
Curtis Jerome Griffin, 51, of Jonesboro, died February 7, 2012 at his home. He had lived in Jonesboro since 2004 having moved here from West Palm Beach, Florida. He had attended Culinary Arts School and was a chef in West Palm Beach and at Fat City in Jonesboro. He loved cooking and helping other people. He enjoyed giving to...
Karen Ann Hodges
Feb 7, 2012
Karen Hodges of Jonesboro passed away at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center on February 7, 2012. She was born in Greenville, Mississippi and moved to Jonesboro at age five. She graduated from Jonesboro Public Schools and Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas with a major in vocal performance. She loved music and drama and participated in high school, community...
Leon Sharp
Feb 3, 2012
Leon Sharp,83, of Weiner and Cherokee Village, died Friday, February 3, 2012. He had lived in Jonesboro until 1974. He was of the Baptist belief and loved to fish. He was a member of the Jonesboro Retired Firefighters Pension Board, retired from the Jonesboro Fire Department after 21 years and the Cherokee Village Fire department after 25 years. Leon...
Lee Rogers
Feb 2, 2012
Lee Rogers, 43, of Jonesboro, son of Bill & Dianne Rogers, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Lee was born in North Little Rock on July 6, 1968. He graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1986 with honors and participated in football and track. He attended the University of Arkansas and was a member of the...
Norman Reynolds
Feb 1, 2012
Norman Reynolds, 53, of Jonesboro died Wednesday at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center. Norman was born on April 3, 1958 to the late Ligie and Mada Reynolds. He graduated from Jonesboro High School, and he worked for the Facility Management Department at Arkansas State University. Hobbies he enjoyed were NASCAR, hunting, and fishing. He was a member of Nettleton...
Gabriel L. Mccrackin
Jan 31, 2012
Gabriel Lee (G.L.) McCrackin, 77, of rural Jonesboro, died Tuesday at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Lunsford, G.L. was a graduate of Arkansas State University where he earned a Bachelor degree and a Master degree in education. He taught school for several years at Grubbs, Bay and Gosnell schools and was high school principal at Lake City...
Carol Busch Patteson
Jan 31, 2012
Carol Busch Patteson, 82, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at her home on Harrisburg Rd., She was born in New York City and lived on Long Island until the age of 16, when she moved with her family to Memphis. She was a graduate of Miss Hutchison School for Girls in Memphis and Stephens College in Columbia...
Gladys Juanita Haley
Jan 30, 2012
Gladys Juanita Haley, 79, of Jonesboro died Monday January 30, at St Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee and had lived in Jonesboro for 4 years, moving here from Parsons, Tennessee. She was a teacher and was a member of The Pentecostal Church in Memphis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hosie Lawrence and...
Patricia Lynn Aljafari
Jan 30, 2012
Patricia Lynn Aljafari, 48, of Paragould died Monday January 30 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee and had lived in Paragould for 1and one half years, moving here from Memphis. She was of the Church of Christ belief and had worked in Telephone sales. She was preceded in death by her sister Vicky Barber....
Dr. Owen J. Hudgins
Jan 28, 2012
Dr. Owen J. Hudgins, DDS, 98, of Jonesboro, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in the Halliday community on November 18, 1913, to Dr. James J. and Ethel Clopton Hudgins, Dr. Hudgins was a 1930 graduate of Paragould High School and earned a Bachelor degree from the then Arkansas State...
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Stuart
Jan 27, 2012
Martha Elizabeth (Beth) Stuart, 61, of Jonesboro passed away on Friday January 27, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Beth was born on November 7, 1950 to the late Charles and Martha Ray in Blytheville. She lived all her life in Northeast Arkansas area. She was of the Baptist belief, and she loved being with her children and grandchildren....
David Watkins
Jan 26, 2012
David Watkins, 71, of Monette and Jonesboro, died Thursday, January 26 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. Born December 5, 1940 near Bay, he was a beloved member of the Body of Christ and reaffirmed his faith on January 22, 2012 through the public profession of baptism when he rededicated himself as a follower of Jesus Christ....
Terri L. Roark
Jan 25, 2012
Terri Lisa Roark, 58, of rural Jonesboro, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Arbyrd, Missouri, Terri lived most of her life in the Jonesboro area. She was a 1971 graduate of Brookland High School and a 1975 graduate of Arkansas State University earning an accounting degree. Terri was an accountant for Jonesboro Overhead...
John Joseph Urban
Jan 23, 2012
John Joseph Urban, 87, of Paragould died on January 23, 2012 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. John was born February 2, 1924 in Bellwood, Nebraska. He had a very successful career in the US Navy, where he spent over 30 years and received many awards. While in the Navy he received three letters of commendation, one award for Supply...
David Wayne Laxton
Jan 23, 2012
David Wayne Laxton, 57, of Brookland, died January 23, 2012 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He was born in Uchitemari, Okinawa and had lived in Brookland for 25 years. He was a truck driver for MC Express and an Air Force Veteran. He was a loving husband; father and his boys were the love of his life. He received...
Tommie L. Layne
Jan 23, 2012
Tommie L. Layne, 81, of Bono died Monday, January 23, 2012 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born in Nettleton and had lived in this area most of her life but had lived in Florida for 15 years. A member of Bono Church of Christ, she was a retired bookkeeper who loved to crochet, fish, and camp with her...
Betty Pedersen
Jan 23, 2012
Betty L. Woods Pedersen, 71, of Detroit, Michigan, was born in Bay and grew up in Arkansas before moving to Detroit. She had moved back to Jonesboro this year. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Margie Woods; sisters Mabel Johnson and Wilma Smith; brothers, James Woods and Fred Woods. Survivors include her husband, Willie Barry...
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