Obituaries
Eloise Yvonne Thorson
Aug 23, 2010
Eloise Yvonne Thorson, 57, of Rector, Arkansas died Monday, August 23, 2010 at St. Bernard's Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her brother, Roger Thorson, Salt Lake City, Utah; son, Robert Barber, Bangor, Michigan; daughter, Robin Roy, Greenfield, Arkansas; several grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She will be deeply missed. A service will...
Shirley J. Nolte
Aug 23, 2010
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (II Cor 5:17). Mrs. Shirley J. Nolte “graduated” late in the evening on Monday, August 23rd, 2010. She did and lived a lot in the 74 years she was on this earth, and touched many peoples’ lives with her caring...
Alyce Marcom
Aug 22, 2010
Alyce Marcom, 88, of North Little Rock, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, at Lakewood Nursing Home. She moved from Jonesboro to North Little Rock eight years ago and was a member of Central Baptist Church. Alyce was a former Worthy Matron of the Olive Chapter, Order of Eastern Star in Jonesboro and was preceded in death by her husband,...
Carolyn Jean Knight
Aug 21, 2010
Carolyn Jean Knight, 73, of Brookland, Arkansas died Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She had lived in Jonesboro for the 35 years, moving here from Orlando, Florida and was a member of the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother. Survivors include her husband...
Imogene P. Clark
Aug 21, 2010
Imogene P. Clark, 95, of Germantown, died August 21, 2010 at Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Memphis. Born in Craighead County, she had spent her life in the Jonesboro or Germantown areas. She was a retired seamstress and homemaker and had belonged to Nettleton Baptist Church while in Jonesboro. She is survived by her children, F. Joe (Margaret)...
Alpha Mae Marshall
Aug 20, 2010
Alpha Mae Marshall, 83, of rural Lake City, died Friday at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Born in Leslie, Arkansas, Alpha Mae lived in Big Flat before moving to the Dixie area in 1957. She was a homemaker and a member of the Dixie Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting and was preceded in death by her husband, Simpson...
Lethel Emaline Woods
Aug 20, 2010
Lethel Emaline Woods, 65, of Trumann, died August 20, 2010 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She had lived in Trumann for six years, moving there from Greene County. Lethel was a member of Holy Trinity Church of God in Trumann and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Woods, her parents, and one brother Billy Ray Reed....
Kelly Elizabeth Mote
Aug 19, 2010
Kelly Elizabeth Mote, 18, died Thursday at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She was born in Pennsylvania and had lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was a Certified Nurse’s Aid for Lakeside Nursing Center and was a member of the Providence Baptist Church and Clark’s Chapel. She was a 2009 graduate of Bay High School. Kelly was preceded...
Leveda Bounds Keaton
Aug 19, 2010
Leveda Bounds Keaton, 58, of Jonesboro, died August 19, 2010 at UAMS in Little Rock. Born in Corning, she had lived in this area most of her life. A member of Family Fellowship Baptist Church, she loved spending time with family and friends and attending her granddaughters’ sports functions. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Billy...
Laura Carter
Aug 15, 2010
Laura J. Carter, 56, of Jonesboro, died Sunday evening at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born at Fort Benning, Georgia, Laura lived in New Orleans before moving to Jonesboro in 1983. She was a Valley View Elementary School teacher for 19 years before medical retirement. Laura was a graduate of Arkansas State University with a...
Jewanda Bond
Aug 14, 2010
Jewanda Bond, 77, of Jonesboro died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She has lived in Jonesboro for the past 41 years and was of the Baptist belief. For the past two months, she has lived at the Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Bond; one daughter...
Marion Baker (Jelks) Thielman
Aug 13, 2010
The extraordinary life of Ms Marion Thielman came to an end on Friday, August 13 after over a century of exceptional achievement. Marion Baker was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on September 19, 1909 during the Presidency of William Howard Taft. She was the daughter of former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Basil Thorpe Baker and Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Kinsworthy. (For...
Thomas Henderson Faulkner
Aug 13, 2010
Thomas Henderson Faulkner, age 90, died August 13, 2010 at his home. Tom was born on January 22, 1920 in Paragould, AR.; he lived in Jonesboro for the last 23 years and was of the Baptist religion. During WW II Tom earned five Bronze Battle Stars for invasions and landings in Tunisia; Licata, Sicily; Salerno, Italy; Anzio, Italy; and...
Craig Ward
Aug 13, 2010
Craig Ward, 90, of Jonesboro, died Friday, August 13, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Batesville, Arkansas, Craig lived in Geneva, Illinois, before moving to Jonesboro in 1971. He worked several years for DuKane Corporation in Illinois and Walker Manufacturing and Lincoln of St. Louis in Jonesboro. Craig was a member of Nettleton Church of Christ and...
Jimmy Lee "Bodie" Findley
Aug 13, 2010
Jimmy Lee “Bodie” Findley, 57, of Jonesboro died Friday, August 13, 2010 at his residence. He enjoyed fishing and loved animals and was very much a people person. He was preceded in death by his sons, Jerry Dale Findley, and Don Dewayne Findley his parents, Roy Lee and Betty Findley; brothers, David Lee Findley and Jerry Lee Findley; and...
Francis E. "Frank" Hanley
Aug 12, 2010
Francis Earl “Frank” Hanley, 66, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, August 12, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born in Sweetwater, Tennessee, Frank lived in Georgia before moving to Jonesboro in 1973. He owned and operated Frank and Sons Heat and Air in Jonesboro for several years. Frank was a graduate of the University of Georgia, was an avid NASCAR...
Lucy Ann Nelson
Aug 11, 2010
Lucy Ann Nelson, 73, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at Ridgecrest Nursing Center in Jonesboro. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Lucy moved to Jonesboro in 1977. She retired from Quebecor World Printing as a Quality Control Analyst and was a member of Graphic Communications International Union. Lucy was a Lutheran and enjoyed reading Stephen King novels. Lucy...
Peggy Jean Williams
Aug 11, 2010
Peggy Williams, 47, Trumann, died Wednesday at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She loved fishing, listening to her son play music, and spending time with her family. Survivors include her husband, Wade Farmer; sons, Robert Williams and his fiancé, Kristi Mitchell, Jason Williams; brother, Thomas Bass; sisters, Judy & Patsy Bass; grandchildren, Jamie & Hope Williams; former husband, Ronald Williams;...
Betty Pendergraff
Aug 10, 2010
Betty Pendergraff, 75, of Bay, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Bay most of her life and was a member of the Alsup Pentecostal Church. Betty was preceded in death by her son, Terry Pendergraff; her parents; sisters, Norma Rand and Mary Willard and one brother Steve Rand. Survivors include her...
Alma Louise Miller
Aug 9, 2010
Alma Louise Miller, 80, of Jonesboro, formerly of Marked Tree, died Monday, August 9, 2010, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Bay, Louise lived most of her life in Marked Tree before moving to Jonesboro earlier this year. She was a 1948 graduate of Bay High School and a homemaker. She was a...
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