Obituaries
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,...
Coach James W "Jim Jackson
Nov 6, 2011
Coach James W. “Jim” Jackson, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. A native of Corinth, Mississippi, he was a long-time resident of Jonesboro and was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy. Coach was survived by his daughter, Ouida Hardin and her husband Larry of Jonesboro; two grandchildren, Alison Puryear of Destin, Florida;...
Katherine Petchara Ricker
Nov 6, 2011
Katherine Petchara Ricker, infant daughter of Danny and Narinda Bamrungrot Ricker of Jonesboro, was stillborn Sunday, November 6, 2011, in NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. In addition to her parents, survivors include a sister, Katrina Ricker of the home; Paternal grandparents, Carl and Phongsri Ricker of Jonesboro; Maternal grandmother, Lumyai Nontapa of Thailand; and Paternal great grandfather, Milburn Ricker...
Larry Gene "Big Lar" Moore
Nov 4, 2011
On November 4, 2011 while in St. Bernards Hospital, Larry Gene “Big Lar” Moore gave up his battle with heart disease at 60 years old. He was born and lived in Blytheville until 2004 when he fulfilled his dream and moved to Hardy. He had recently moved to Jonesboro due to his failing health and to be closer to...
Barney "Jim" Petty
Nov 4, 2011
Barney “Jim” Petty, 77, of Harrisburg, Arkansas died Friday, November 4, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He had lived in Harrisburg for over 25 years. Jim served his country in the US Army during the Korean and Vietnam War and retired after 26 years, 4 months and 9 days. He was active in the ASU...
Pauline Russell
Oct 31, 2011
Pauline Russell, 71, of Jonesboro, died Monday, October 31, 2011 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She lived her life in Jonesboro and was a member of Wood Street Assembly of God Church. She loved to go fishing, camping, yard selling, working in her yard and spending time with her family. She was also a graduate of the Christian Worker’s...
Mark T. Davis
Oct 31, 2011
Mark T. Davis, 38, of Jonesboro died Sunday October 30, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born and had lived in Jonesboro for 24 years, moving here from Bentonville, Arkansas. He was a crop consultant for Davis Agri Consulting Services and a member of the Shepherd’s Heart Church. He loved fishing, hunting and especially his son,...
Kenneth H Murphy
Oct 30, 2011
Kenneth H. Murphy, 63, of Lake City, died October 30, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Memphis. He was born in Lake City and considered it home but had lived in Bono, Texas, and St. Louis throughout his life. He spent most of his career building custom homes. He enjoyed boating, fishing, working in his shop and his...
Maxene Whitener Johnson
Oct 30, 2011
Maxene Johnson, 86, of Jonesboro died Sunday, October 30, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born at Bernie, Missouri, on May 8, 1925, to Dan and Flora Whitener. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Weldon Whitener. Survivors include her husband, Herman Johnson; two daughters, Linda Johnson and Carolyn Black;...
Melinda Cobb
Oct 30, 2011
Melinda Beth Cobb, 52, of Jonesboro, died Sunday morning at her home. She had lived in Jonesboro since 1996 and was a member of Southwest Church of Christ. Melinda was a graduate of Lake City High School, the Home of the Catfish, and she graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BS in Education. She was a Nationally...
Donna Marie Clark
Oct 29, 2011
Donna Marie Clark, 66, of Paragould, died October 29, 2011 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived in Paragould for the past 3 years. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, taking walks, sewing, and just being with friends. She was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She is survived by her...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
