Obituaries
Elizabeth Ballew Peterson
Nov 26, 2011
Elizabeth Pearl Ballew Peterson, 92, of Bentonville, formerly of Forrest City, AR, departed this life on Saturday, November 26, 2011 in Bentonville, AR at Bradford House Nursing Facility. She was born January 12, 1919 in Jonesboro, AR, to parents Zeb B. and Pearl A. Ballew. She was the last living of their nine children. She is preceded in death...
Margaret Richard
Nov 26, 2011
Margaret Richard, 91, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, November 26, 2011, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro since 2008, moving here from South Village, Illinois. Margaret spent most of her life in Detroit, Michigan. Her children described her as a good mother and step-mother. She was preceded in death by her husbands, James Webb and Maurice...
Robert L. "Bob" Huckaby
Nov 25, 2011
Bob Huckaby, 83, of Jonesboro, died Friday, November 25, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jonesboro Hospice House. Born in Union Grove, Alabama, Robert lived much of his life in Craighead County. He was the owner of Huckaby Seed Company and was a U.S. Air Corps veteran of W.W. II. He was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Ruth Elizabeth Walker
Nov 22, 2011
Ruth E. Walker, 95, of Jonesboro died Tuesday at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Ruth was born on December 30, 1915 to the late Archie and Annie Collie in Forrest City. She married the late Henry Walker on November 4, 1936. They lived in Rockford, IL until she moved back to Jonesboro after his passing in 1972....
Bonnie Jean Stevens
Nov 19, 2011
Bonnie Jean Stevens, 77, of Bay, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Jonesboro Health Center. She had lived in Bay for two years, moving here from Eureka, California and was of the Methodist belief. Bonnie was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for over 40 years and retired from Bank of America as the Operations Manager. She...
Ralph Mitchell Cox
Nov 18, 2011
Ralph Mitchell Cox, 92, of Bono died November 18, 2011 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born in Bono and spent his life there. He was a member of Crossroads Mission Church and attended Trinity Church. He loved playing baseball and basketball. At one time he had played basketball for ASU and continued playing basketball while in the Air...
Lola Mozell Lary
Nov 17, 2011
Lola Mozell Lary, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Craighead Nursing Center. She was born in Dresden, Tennessee and was a homemaker and a very special mother. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Lary, Jonesboro; her daughters, Joyce Lynch and her husband, James, of Jonesboro and Linda Ezell and her husband, Don of California; her sister,...
Pauline "Polly" Gott
Nov 16, 2011
Pauline “Polly” E. Gott, 82, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro most of her life and was of the Baptist belief. Pauline was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph; her parents, Sam and Josie Huckeby. Survivors include, son, Dan and Micki Gott; granddaughter, Jenny and husband, Joey...
Dr. James Patty
Nov 15, 2011
Dr. James Patty, 90, of Jonesboro died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Health and Rehab. He had lived in Jonesboro most of his life and served in the US Navy during WWII. He was a member of the Arkansas State University Music Department where he taught as a Professor of Music and Theory until his retirement. Dr....
Daun Silcio Winters
Nov 14, 2011
Daun Silcio Winters, 34, of Jonesboro died November 14, at the Poplar Bluff Hospital. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and had lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was a Phlebotomist for St. Bernard’s and was preceded in death by her father Leonard “Toby” Silcio and 1 brother, Vinnie Silcio. Survived by her husband Chris Winters...
Marty Craig
Nov 13, 2011
Marty G. Craig, 52, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, November 13, 2011, at NEA Baptist Medical Center. He had lived most of his life in the Jonesboro area and was of the Pentecostal belief. Marty was the owner/operator of Po Boy Tires and was preceded in death by his father, Mart Craig; Jeremy Ryan Craig, his son. Survivors include his...
Mary Kathryn Hester Travis
Nov 13, 2011
Mary Kathryn Hester Travis, 67, of Paragould died Sunday November 13, 2011 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Mary was born January 12, 1944 to the late JT and Mary Jewell Hester, and she has been a lifetime resident in NE Arkansas. She was a homemaker, and a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church. She had...
Georgia R. Dunham
Nov 12, 2011
Georgia R. Dunham, 88, of Jonesboro, died Saturday at Skilcare Nursing Center. Born in Independence County, Georgia lived much of her life in Craighead County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Georgia was active in the Jonesboro Senior Citizens Center and was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Dunham, and by...
Sidney Lewis Nelson
Nov 10, 2011
Sidney Lewis Nelson, 67, of Jonesboro went to be with the Lord on Thursday November 10, at his residence. He was born in Stonewall, Arkansas and had lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Refuge General Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents Sidney Esco and...
Joseph "Joe" A. Johansen
Nov 10, 2011
Joseph Ashby Johansen, 69, of Jonesboro, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 10, 2011, in a trucking accident near Jonesboro. Born in Vernon, Texas, Joe lived in Borger, Texas, before moving to Jonesboro in 1989. He was a truck driver for King Services and was a U.S. Navy veteran. Joe was a...
Frankie E. Rook Sullivan
Nov 10, 2011
Frankie E. Rook Sullivan, 47, of Jonesboro died at her residence on Thursday, November 10, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Frankie was born January 16, 1964 to Joe and Joyce Hall Goforth in Jonesboro, and she has been a lifetime resident in Jonesboro, and is a member of the Woodsprings Baptist Church. She has worked for the...
Aubrey Eugene Canterbury Sr
Nov 9, 2011
Aubrey Eugene Canterbury Sr., 71, of Jonesboro died Wednesday November 9, at Jonesboro Health Care Center. He was born in Taft, Missouri and had lived in Jonesboro for 15 years. He was a self employed construction worker and a member of the East Congregation of Jehovah Witness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hershel and Eva Jackson...
Lucille E. Gibson
Nov 8, 2011
Lucille E. Gibson, 96, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at her home. Born in Newark, Mrs. Gibson moved to Jonesboro in 1963. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nettleton Church of Christ. Mrs. Gibson was a member of the Jonesboro Garden Club and the Jonesboro Senior Citizens Center. Lucille was preceded in death by...
Thomas Hardin Camp
Nov 8, 2011
Thomas Hardin Camp, 69 of Jonesboro, passed from this life and went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was a man of great Christian faith and was deeply devoted to his family. He was a graduate of Jonesboro High School Class of 1961 and attended Bailey Trade School...
Betty Baswell Emerson
Nov 6, 2011
Betty Baswell Emerson, 76, of Bono, died on Sunday November 6, 2011, at St Vincent Health System in Little Rock, with her family at her side. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Emerson; parents, Stacy and Eunice Baswell; a brother Bill Baswell. Survivors include her son, David Emerson of Jonesboro; four nieces, Regina Baswell of Bono,...
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