Obituaries
Ross "Dude" Elder
Jan 21, 2012
Ross “Dude” Elder, 88, of Brookland, died January 21, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was a farmer and had lived in the Brookland area for over 40 years. He was a member of Pine Log United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Doris Elder of the home; son, Edgar Leo Elder, Harrison, Michigan; brothers, Bobby...
Danny E. Holt
Jan 21, 2012
Danny E. Holt, 63, of Horseshoe Lake died January 21, 2012 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. A hard working and generous man, he was known for his honesty and integrity. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He lived a simple life and loved to talk and joke. He and his wife the love of his life...
Pastor Leonard Eugene Hensley
Jan 18, 2012
Pastor Leonard Eugene Hensley, 71, of Jonesboro, went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2012 at St Bernard’s Medical Center. He was born in Monette and had lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He was a retired machinist for 35 years from Colson and a member of the General Baptist Church in Sedgwick. He was a...
Diana Fowler Nagel
Jan 18, 2012
Diana Fowler Nagel, 64, of Little Rock died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at her home. She was born February 27, 1947 in Jonesboro to the late Hubert Birton & Melba Taylor Fowler. Her survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Allison & Jack Bailey of Little Rock; two grandchildren, Sophie and Billy Bailey; her sister and brother-in-law, Shirley & James...
Mary Virginia Thomas
Jan 14, 2012
Mary V. Beakely Minick Thomas, 83, of Cave City died, Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Ash Flat Nursing Home. She was born January 13, 1929 at Popular Ridge, Arkansas to the late Markus Walter Beakley and Katie Lee McClain. She was retired from Lincoln St. Louis in Jonesboro, and moved to Cave City where she was a Home Health...
Marjorie "Marg" Pruett
Jan 14, 2012
Marjorie Nadine “Marg” Pruett, 71, of Walnut Ridge, died Saturday at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Fontaine, Marjorie lived most of her life in Walnut Ridge. She worked 18 years for Lawrence Garment Manufacturing before the factory relocated. Marjorie was a member of Free Worship Pentecostal Church in Sedgewick and was preceded in death by her husband, Ray...
Mona Caldwell Goodman
Jan 13, 2012
Mona Caldwell Goodman, 76, of Jonesboro, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Medical Center in Memphis. Born in Batesville, Mona lived most of her life in Jonesboro. She worked many years in The Donut Shop, located at Nettleton and Flint streets in Jonesboro, which her parents established. She later worked with her husband Jay Goodman, in pastry shops in Hot...
Tracy Carpenter Jr.
Jan 13, 2012
Tracy Carpenter Jr., 20, of Jonesboro, died Friday, January 13, 2012. He had lived in Jonesboro for the past five years, moving here from Marked Tree, Arkansas and was of the Baptist belief. In high school he was very active in FFA and worked as a lens maker for Westside Optical. Tracy enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. Survivors include...
Ernestine Spears Wheeler
Jan 12, 2012
Ernestine Spears Wheeler, 94, of Jonesboro, joined her Lord and Savior in eternal rest Wednesday January 11, 2012. She was a Jonesboro native, born March 8, 1917 into one of Jonesboro’s founding families who traced their roots to Mrs. Wheeler’s maternal great-grandfather, a leading Craighead County pioneer in the mid 1800’s. She spent virtually her entire life as a...
Floyd A. Dupwe Jr.
Jan 11, 2012
Floyd A. Dupwe Jr., 74, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center. Floyd Jr. was born in Jonesboro on August 18, 1937 to the late Floyd Sr. and Mary Lucy Dupwe of Jonesboro. Floyd Jr. lived his entire life in Jonesboro, where he attended Blessed Sacrament School, Jonesboro High...
Etta E. Treadaway
Jan 10, 2012
Etta E. Treadaway, 94, of Bay went to be with the Lord on January 10, 2012 at the NEA Baptist Hospital. Etta was born in Mt Vernon on November19, 1917 to the late Robert and Elizabeth Garland. She has lived most of her life in the Bay area. She was a homemaker, and a devout Christian lady that loved...
Deborah K Miller
Jan 8, 2012
Deborah K. Miller, 59, of Imboden, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. Deborah was born November 17, 1952, in Indianapolis, IN, where she lived most of her life. She was a loving woman and will be missed by many. Survivors include 3 children: James Perrine, Robert Grubb, and Lisa Travis; 7 grandchildren; 3 great...
Charles Harold Bowman
Jan 8, 2012
Charles Harold Bowman, 74, formerly of Jonesboro, died Sunday evening at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Born in Bowman, Charles lived in North Little Rock before moving to Jonesboro in 1976. He was a retired truck driver for Kraft Foods and was a member of Lifeline Fellowship Church in Jonesboro. Charles was a U.S. Army veteran and was...
Dr. Robert Cohen, Md
Jan 8, 2012
Dr. Robert S. Cohen, 92, of Jonesboro, died of natural causes Sunday, January 8, 2012, at his home. Dr. Cohen was born in Fredericktown, Missouri, and lived in Birmingham, AL, Poplar Bluff, MO, and Memphis, TN before moving to Jonesboro in 1975. Dr. Cohen earned an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a Medical degree from University of Arkansas...
Inez Long
Jan 8, 2012
Inez Long, 77, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, January 08, 2012, at NEA Baptist Hospital. She has lived in Jonesboro since 1965 and was preceded in death by her son, Bill Long, her parents, three brothers and three sisters. Survivors include her husband, Jim Long, of the home; daughter, Debbie Veteto and Husband Darrell of Jonesboro and sister, Carolyn Lamb...
Leroy Glenn Perkins
Jan 6, 2012
Leroy Perkins, 74, of Jonesboro died Friday, January 6, 2012. Leroy was born June 19, 1937 in Covington, Kentucky to the late Stanley and Pauline Perkins. He was a member of the VFW and the Moose Lodge and loved fishing with Darrell Cook. Survivors include his wife Francis Richardson Perkins of the home; one brother, Ronald Perkins (Beverly) of...
Victoria Goad Prine
Jan 5, 2012
Victoria Goad Prine, 35, of Jonesboro died Thursday January 5, 2012 at her home. She was born and had lived her lifetime in Jonesboro and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Apple Hill Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her father Earl Goad and her grandparents. Survived by her husband Shane Prine of...
Khalid O'Tyler Hoskins
Jan 5, 2012
Khalid O’Tyler Hoskins, 18, of Jonesboro died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his residence. He had lived in Jonesboro his entire life and enjoyed playing guitar in band, writing music, skateboarding Facebooking friends and his #1 hobby was texting. Khalid was preceded in death by William Hoskins, maternal grandfather; Robert Justice, step-grandfather; Munirah Aljable, paternal grandmother; and Juanita Turpen,...
Betty Castleberry Pryor
Jan 5, 2012
Betty Castleberry Pryor, 78, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, in Jonesboro AR from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Betty was born August 24, 1933 in Newport AR to Dr. CC Castleberry and Metta (Davis) Castleberry. She graduated from Newport High School in 1951 and was Miss Newport of that year. Betty won numerous beauty pagents in Northeast Arkansas....
Lionel Scott Roberts
Jan 3, 2012
Lionel Scott Roberts, 52, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at his home of natural causes. Born in Munich, Germany, Scott lived with his parents at various Army bases while his father pursued a military career. Scott has lived in Jonesboro since he was 17. He attended Trinity Church in Jonesboro for several years and was preceded in...
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