Obituaries

Alvin L. Hill

Jan 7, 2010

Alvin L. Hill, 81, of Trumann died Thursday at NEA Baptist Medical Center. He was a member of Bay First Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Bay High School. He was also a member of the Arkansas Army National Guard and helped with the Little Rock Nine school desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock. He is...

Susan Marine Metzler

Jan 6, 2010

Susan M. Metzler, 53, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at her home of natural causes. Born in Jonesboro, Susan lived two years in Little Rock before returning to Jonesboro where she lived most of her life. She was a graduate of Jonesboro High School and Arkansas State University where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta...

Jimmy A Thomas

Jan 6, 2010

Jimmy A. Thomas, of Jonesboro, died January 6, 2010 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. Born in Brinkley, AR he had lived the past 3 ½ years in Jonesboro. He was a retired railroad worker. He is preceded in death by his parents Nevel and Mary Thomas and one brother Dalton Thomas. Survivors include two brothers, Roy Thomas of Brinkley,...

Lola Edith Sharp

Jan 5, 2010

Edith Sharp, 83, of Jonesboro, formerly of the Pleasant Plains and Batesville areas, died Tuesday at St. Bernards Medical Center. Ms. Sharp moved to Jonesboro in 1982 and worked at the Area Agency on Aging in Jonesboro for 10 years. She was a member of Southwest Church of Christ. She was an avid reader and shopper, loved traveling, going...

Roy E. Upton

Jan 4, 2010

Roy E. Upton, 83, of Jonesboro died Monday evening January 4, 2010 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He grew up in northeast Arkansas and then lived in Michigan for 37 years where he was an outside salesman for NAPA Auto Parts. After retirement, he and Lois moved back to Arkansas in 1988. He was a WWII Navy veteran. Roy...

Donald R. "Pappy" Brannan

Jan 1, 2010

Donald Read “Pappy” Brannan, 62, of Jonesboro, died Friday, January 1, 2010, of natural causes. Born in Southeast Missouri, Donald was a 1965 graduate of Malden High School and attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro where he was a member of the football team in 1965-1966. He was a retired Conductor for BNSF Railways with 37 years of service....

Joni Gail Hall

Dec 31, 2009

Joni Gail Hall, 52, of Jonesboro, left this world on December 31, 2009, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House and began her new adventure. Born in Wenatchee, Washington, Joni lived most of her life in Jonesboro and was a graduate of Jonesboro High School. She retired last spring after 28 years with the Arkansas State University Procurement...

Susan D. Smith

Dec 30, 2009

Susan D. Smith, 56, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at her home of natural causes. Susan was born in Jonesboro and lived much of her life here. She was a 1971 graduate of Jonesboro High School and a graduate of Arkansas State University. She taught school several years at West Elementary School in Jonesboro before retiring due...

Edwin Alberto Gonzalez

Dec 28, 2009

Edwin Alberto Vargas Gonzalez, 50, of Batesville, Arkansas died Monday, December 28, 2009 at White River Medical Center. He was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and has lived in Batesville for the past nine years, moving there from Chicago, Illinois. He was of the Catholic belief, and worked and loved elderly people while doing transportation the last 25 years....

Bee Morris

Dec 26, 2009

Bee Morris, 88, of Jonesboro, died December 26, 2009 at Ridgecrest Nursing Home. She had lived in Jonesboro for 3 years moving here from Cherokee Village. She was a retired dietician who loved collecting and arranging flowers. Bee received a degree in home economics from the College of the Ozarks. In her life, she spent a tremendous amount of...

Maxine Burcham

Dec 25, 2009

Maxine Burcham, 80, of Jonesboro died Friday December 25, 2009 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was born in Arbyrd, Missouri, and had lived in Jonesboro since1961. She was a retired nurse’s aide for Craighead County Nursing Home for 25 years and a member of Nettleton Baptist Church. Maxine love to cook, loved her...

Yvonne Crain

Dec 25, 2009

Yvonne Crain, 82, of Brookland, died Friday at her home. Born in Fairfield, Alabama she had lived in Brookland since 1951. A woman of many talents, she loved sewing, gardening, canning, and flowers. She loved animals and taking care of her family and was especially proud of the fact that she received her GED when she was in her...

Deborah Burns

Dec 24, 2009

Deborah Burns, 77, of New York City, formerly of Jonesboro, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, in St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. She was preceded in death by her parents: Homer and Jewel Tyler Burns. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Emerson Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Vonda Lee Eidson

Dec 24, 2009

Vonda Lee Eidson, 71, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro most of her life and was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by one daughter, one son, and one great granddaughter, her parents, Virgil and Elizzabetha Eidson; two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include daughters,...

Alan Leroy Katskee

Dec 24, 2009

Alan Leroy Katskee, 79, of Jonesboro, passed away December 24, 2009 at his home. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and had lived in Jonesboro for five years, moving from Los Angeles, California. He was a retired sales manager for Rice- R-Roni and was in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He was of the Jewish belief and...

James E. Coleman

Dec 23, 2009

James E. Coleman, 60, of rural Lake City, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at his home of natural causes. Born in Jonesboro, James lived all of his life in the Lake City area. He worked several years at the Needham Cotton Gin and was of the Baptist belief. James enjoyed working in the yard and growing a vegetable garden....

Margie Cathrine Caldwell

Dec 23, 2009

Margie Cathrine Henson Caldwell died at home in Trumann, AR, on Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Margie was born on Sunday, April 30, 1944, in Poplar Grove, AR. She was the daughter of Joe Thomas Henson of Poplar Grove, AR, and Leah Odell Childers Henson of Des Arc, AR. Margie was a homemaker and lived most of her adult life...

Micheal "Mike" W. Garner

Dec 22, 2009

Micheal “Mike”W. Garner, 61, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at St. Bernard's Medical Center from a ruptured brain aneurysm. Mike was born in Hayti, Missouri to Harry and Evelyn Dodson Garner. He was an active member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church serving as webmaster for the church and school. He was a 4th degree in the...

Florence Veronica Bigelis

Dec 20, 2009

Florence Veronica Bigelis, 94, of Ruther Glen, Virginia died December 20 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was formerly of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her son and his wife, John and Sharon Bigelis of Rapid River, Michigan; one daughter, Antonette Reedy of Ruther Glen, Virginia; two sisters, Anna Phillips and Josephine Yurkunas; three grandchildren,...

Dr. Donald E. Wright

Dec 20, 2009

Dr. Donald E. Wright, 77, of Jonesboro died Sunday Dec. 20 at his home. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. In June 1970, he came to Arkansas State University and served in the Department of Educational Administration where he taught many of the area’s educators. While at ASU, Dr. Wright held various positions including Associate Vice President...