Obituaries

Mar 20, 2008

Lavern Powell Smith, 81, of Batesville, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, at her home. She had lived in Batesville for the past twenty years, moving there from Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was a member of the Ruddell Hill Baptist Church and was known in the Batesville area as “Granny Smith” for her work in the Happy Day Preschool. She loved...

Mar 19, 2008

Floy M. Hynes, 87, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at her home. She moved to Fayetteville from Jonesboro ten years ago and was of the Baptist belief. Her activites included membership in the Order of the Eastern Star and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary She was preceded in death by her late husband Loren N Hynes, her...

Mar 18, 2008

Douglas A. Cobb, 84, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Gurdon, Coach Cobb moved to Jonesboro at the age of 9, following his father’s death. He was a teacher and coach for 42 years, serving 3 years at Egypt High School and the remainder in the Jonesboro School District....

Mar 18, 2008

On March 18, 2008, Amanda Joy See, 22, went to her heavenly home surrounded by family. She graduated from Brookland High School in 2005, and received the Principal Award her senior year. She is survived by her parents Jimmy and Sally Emerson of Jonesboro. Two brothers and sister-in-law (DD) David J. and Dolly See of Maynard, and JJ Emerson...

Mar 17, 2008

James R. Griffin, 60, of Jonesboro, died Monday March 17, 2008 at St. Bernard Medical Center. He was born and raised in Jonesboro and was a member of Big Creek Valley Church. He was preceded in death by his parents Tommy Griffin and Amie Daniel Griffin, two brothers; William and Troy Griffin and one sister; Marie Gregg. Survived by...

Mar 15, 2008

Sheryle O. Greene, 84, of Roland, Arkansas, died Saturday March 15, 2008 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. He was born in Greene County, Arkansas and lived in Roland, Arkansas for seven years, moving there from Jonesboro. He was a retired factory worker for General Electric and a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church in Jonesboro. He...

Mar 12, 2008

Cecil J. Hancock, 92, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Jonesboro since 1987, moving here from Mammoth Springs, Arkansas. Cecil was a lifetime member of the VFW, a member of the National Federation of Federal Employees and a US Army veteran of World War II. Cecil was a member...

Mar 11, 2008

Bobby Gene Travis, 69, of rural Paragould, died Tuesday at NEA Baptist Medical Center. Born in Bay, Bobby lived in Bay before moving to the Craighead-Greene County area in 1966. He worked several years for General Electric in Jonesboro and was a member of New Antioch Baptist Church where he drove the church van and taught Sunday school before...

Mar 9, 2008

Kenneth Boyd Cobb, 49, of Lake City, Arkansas died Sunday, March 9, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of the Lake City area and a member of the Lake City First Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Lake City High School and Arkansas State University. He was preceded in death by his grandparents,...

Mar 9, 2008

Paul Willard Lockhart, Jr., newborn son of Paul Lockhart & Kristin Fortenberry died March 9, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Besides his parents, he is survived by brothers and sisters, Taylor Edward Watkins, Andrew Nash, Cheyanne Fortenberry, Kayla Nash, all of Jonesboro; grandparents, Valerie Lockhart, Freeman Ples Lockhart, Alan Fortenberry; and great grandparents, Ralph & Joyce Jacks and...

Mar 7, 2008

Colonel Joseph F. Chambers, 92, of Jonesboro died Friday at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. He was a member of First Baptist Church. He was also a retired Colonel from the United States Air Force. He served the US in both World War II and Korea. After his retirement he taught at Southern Baptist College where he later served as...

Mar 6, 2008

Flora Lee Elizabeth Hampton, of Bay, died Thursday morning at her home. She had lived in Bay since 1991, moving there from Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and was a member of Nettleton Church of Christ. She loved to pass her time reading the Bible and making Bible markers.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law,...

Mar 3, 2008

Elouise Wilson, 62, of Harrisburg died Monday. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church and had lived in this area all her life. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Wilson, of the home; two sons, Dewayne Wilson of Harrisburg and Paul Wilson and wife Rhonda, of Harrisburg; two brothers, Thomas Qualls of Harrisburg and Arthur Qualls of...

Mar 3, 2008

Charles B. Davis, 83, of Jonesboro, died Monday afternoon at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Bernie, Missouri, Charles lived in Lake City and Trumann before moving to the Jonesboro area in 1943. He was a retired horse trader and attended Nettleton Church of God. Charles was known all over the region as an avid and active horse...

Mar 3, 2008

Emma Lee Lawson, 88, of Jonesboro, died Monday evening March 3, 2008 at her home. She was born in Blackville, Arkansas and lived in Jonesboro for thirty five years, moving here from Bay. She was a homemaker and a member of the Alsup Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl Alvord Lawson, her parents. James...

Mar 1, 2008

Berlin “GLENN” Waters, 84, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Glenn was born October 16, 1923, in Black Oak, Arkansas, but had lived most of his life in Jonesboro. He served 4 years in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Glenn was retired as a self-employed upholster known as Glenn’s Upholstering...

Feb 25, 2008

Jessie Griffith, 96, a lifelong resident of Bay, died Monday, February 25, 2008, at Trumann. She was a member of the Bay Church of Christ and survived by a step-son, Lacy Griffith, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Emerson Memorial Chapel with Tim Wilkes, officiating and burial to follow...

Feb 24, 2008

Jane Melugin Henry was born February 17, 1917 in Murray, Kentucky to Clifford and B Wall Melugin. She died February 24 at Hickory Woods Retirement Center in Murray, Kentucky, where she was lovingly cared for by Hospice, her dedicated caretakers and Miss Kitty. She graduated from Murray State Teachers College (now Murray State University) in 1937 and received a...

Feb 22, 2008

Danny H. Houston, 57, of Jonesboro, died Friday afternoon at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Jonesboro all of his life and was a member of Temple Baptist Church where he was an assistant Sunday School teacher. He was a Quality Assurance Analyst at Airtex and was a real estate broker. He is survived by his wife,...

Feb 21, 2008

Lanell C. Berry, 67 of Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at her home. She was a native of the Lake City area where she lived before moving to Mt. Pleasant five years ago. She was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant. Lanell was active in the women’s group of her church and...