Obituaries

May 5, 2008

Louis E. Spears Jr., of Jonesboro died Monday, May 5, 2008 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He was retired from Arkansas State University and was a member of the Church of God. Survivors include his wife Barbara Spears of the home: two sons, Staff Sergeant Nathaniel Spears of Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Bishop Jeremy Spears of Piedmont, South Carolina;...

May 4, 2008

Betty Sue Boehl, 52, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her father, Charley Marion Ward; brothers, G. B. and James Ward; sisters, Omierene Hicks and Brenda Ward. She is survived by her husband, James Boehl, of the home, sons, Brian Cooper, and James Alton Cooper; daughters Amanda...

May 4, 2008

Jerry Brandon Lemons, 60, of Jonesboro died Sunday at the VA Medical Center in Memphis. He was a member of the Nettleton Masonic Lodge #657 and was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of the home; two sons, Jeremy Williams and Kevin Lackey, both of Jonesboro; one daughter, Leah Bishop of Mississippi; three brothers, Jimmy and...

May 3, 2008

David Lenzy Howe, 47, of Jonesboro, died Saturday at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Jonesboro for 6 years, moving here from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. He was an Army veteran and of the Baptist belief. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl Howe of Jonesboro; sons, Joshua Howe and Caleb Howe, both of Houston; his mother...

May 2, 2008

Charles “Charlie” A. Keller, 74, of Jonesboro, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. He lived most of his life in Jonesboro and was a member and elder at the First Christian Church. Charlie was a past member of the Jonesboro Rotary Club, a Shriner and was on the Jonesboro City Council during the 1960’s. He...

May 2, 2008

John Henry Goldsmith, Sr. 88, of Jonesboro died Friday at St. Elizabeth’s Place. He was born November 4, 1919, at Memphis to Samuel and Julia Goldsmith. He had five siblings: Harriet, Frieda Mae, Julia Frasis, Rowan Causor, and Wilburn Causer. His life was defined by his exceptional accomplishments and endearing qualities. Not only was he a gifted athlete who...

May 1, 2008

Dorothy H. Peters, 82, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Thursday, May 1, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Stovall, North Carolina, Mrs. Peters was a devoted and faithful Navy wife who followed her husband, Dr. Earl R. Peters, through his 30 years of active duty service as a Pediatrician. She was a loving and dedicated mother....

Apr 30, 2008

HERBERT JOSEPH PARKER of Jonesboro died Wednesday, April 30 after a brief illness. He was 87 years of age. Herbert moved to Jonesboro in 1922 with his parents Olan and Elsie Parker, brothers Victor J. Stepka and Olan E. Parker and sister Hortense Parker (Cowles) and lived in Jonesboro for virtually his entire life. After graduating from Jonesboro High...

Apr 28, 2008

DeWitt Alan Roark, 35, of Jonesboro, died Monday evening from injuries sustained in a 2-vehicle accident south of Jonesboro. Born in Camden, Alan lived in Bryant before moving to Jonesboro in 2004. He was a pastor for nine years, serving the First Missionary Baptist Church of Mablevale and Calvary Baptist Church of Jonesboro. He currently worked as an insurance...

Apr 25, 2008

Ann Baxter, 55, of Jonesboro, died Friday, April 25, 2008 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro since 1995, moving here from Corning, Arkansas. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was active in fundraising for the NEA Clinic Hope Circle. Ann was also a member of the American Heart Association and...

Apr 25, 2008

Baili Karigan Crum, 9 year old daughter of Chris and Angelia O’Brien Crum of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Friday at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Jonesboro, Baili lived in Trumann before moving to Jonesboro last year. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ricky O’Brien, and Orbie and Louise Crum. In addition to her parents, survivors...

Apr 24, 2008

Paul M. Hardin, 70, of Marked Tree, Arkansas died Thursday, April 24, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Marked Tree most of his life and was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness of Marked Tree. He is survived by three sons, Tim Hardin and wife Joanne of Chapel Hill, Tennessee; Barry Hardin...

Apr 22, 2008

Alice Emma Bunch, 88, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at SkilCare Nursing Center. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Bunch lived in Mississippi County before moving to the Jonesboro area in the 1940s with her husband, Rev. John Carl Bunch who served as pastor in area churches before becoming Director of Missions for the Mount Zion Baptist Association....

Apr 21, 2008

Ronnie G. Wilson, 65 of Jonesboro died Monday at N.E.A. Baptist Hospital.

He was born and lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He was a General Contractor and of the Baptist belief.

Survived by three daughters; Rhonda Crater of Tinley Park, Ill. Sherrie Basham of Bradwood, Ill. and Melanie Mayfield of St. Louis, Mo....

Apr 19, 2008

William “Will” Heath Stallings, born into heaven on April 19, 2008 to the parents of Matt and Heather Stallings. Will is survived by his twin brother, Cooper “Coop” Lee Stallings, of the home. Also surviving are maternal grandparents, Jim and Sharlet Heath, Jonesboro; maternal great grandparents, Bob and Flo Heath, Charles Sharp, of Jonesboro and Iva Adams, Brookland; paternal...

Apr 19, 2008

Brisco Floyd Coots, 98 of Jonesboro died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Ohio Co. Kentucky on February 17, 1910 to Palestine and Viola Davis Coots. He was preceded in death by his wife Jennie Ruth Coots, his parents and by one son Vernon Clyde Coots, three grandsons, one granddaughter, five brothers and three...

Apr 17, 2008

Mrs. Johnnye Lou Westbrook, 77, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at SkilCare Nursing Center in Jonesboro. Born in Glenwood, Arkansas, near Hot Springs, Johnnye lived in Benton and Trumann before moving to Jonesboro in 1967. She graduated from Glenwood High School and Cosmetology School in Hot Springs. She was a member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church in...

Apr 16, 2008

Lavonda Bernice Wiest, 76, of Brookland, died Wednesday, April 16 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born in Sedgwick, Arkansas on September 19, 1931 to Mr. & Mrs. Jeff and Mae Lamb Lawson. Lavonda has resided in Brookland for the last seventeen years. Lavonda was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter Linda Marie, five brothers and one...

Apr 13, 2008

Kathleen Scott Hall Jonesboro-Kathleen Scott Hall, 88 of Jonesboro died on Sunday, April 13 at St. Elizabeth’s Place. She was born in Viola, Arkansas on April 26, 1919 to Mr. & Mrs. L. Talmage Scott. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her loving and devoted husband of 59 years, Mr. Ray H. Hall Sr. Mrs....

Apr 12, 2008

Martha Lou Burns was the eldest daughter of Homer and Jewel Burns, born March 12, 1929, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City. The family moved to Southern California before the beginning of World War II, looking for opportunities the California Coast offered in income, education and the warm...