Obituaries
Gene Layne
Feb 12, 2008
Gene O. Layne, 79, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at his home of natural causes. Born in Trumann, Gene worked in Michigan and Florida, but lived most of his life in Jonesboro. He was a heavy equipment operator in road construction and was also a farmer. Gene was a member of Brookland Church of Christ and was...
Gwendolyn Marie Gibson
Feb 12, 2008
Gwendolyn Marie Gibson, 86, of Jonesboro died Tuesday night, February 12, 2008 at her home. She was born in Kensett, Arkansas and had lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was a member of the Nettleton Baptist Church. As a graduate of Nettleton High School she went on to Arkansas State University where she received her Bachelors and...
Lloyd Jackson Byers
Feb 12, 2008
Lloyd Jackson Byers, 82, of Jonesboro and Calico Rock, AR, passed away in Jonesboro February 12, 2008 after a prolonged illness with emphysema and heart failure. Private burial in Spring Creek Cemetery near Calico Rock will be held at a later date. Lloyd Byers was born April 1, 1925, at the community of Gorby, in Izard County, AR. He...
Ben Fry
Feb 12, 2008
Benny L. Fry, 65, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday at his home of natural causes. Born in Walnut Ridge, Benny moved to Jonesboro in 1962. He was a home builder and a member of First Assembly of God in Jonesboro where he was a Deacon for 24 years. He had served as Chairman of the Deacons, Sunday School Superintendent, and...
Ruthie Mae Wade
Feb 9, 2008
Ruthie Mae Wade, 72, died Saturday at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Jonesboro. She is survived by her husband of 54 years and 3 days, Nelvan Wade; two sons, Nelvan Wade of Jacksonville, Illinois and Carroll Wade of Jonesboro; one daughter, Carrie Kinman of Jonesboro; three sisters, Ruby Payne of Jonesboro, Mildred Cunningham of...
Michael Anthony Sharp
Feb 9, 2008
Michael Anthony Sharp, 21, of Jonesboro, died Saturday morning. He was born in Jonesboro and lived here his entire life. He loved hunting, fishing, and horseback riding and was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. He is survived by his parents, Tony & Paula Sharp; his brother, Will Sharp, all of Jonesboro; his fiancée, Savana Smith, Cash; his...
Joe Jeffers Holt
Feb 9, 2008
Joe Jeffers Holt, 76, of Bay died Saturday in Bay, Arkansas. Born at Davis Spur Crossing, near Bay, Joe was the son of Troy Elmer Holt and Hattie (Spurlock) Holt. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean War. Joe was a retired farmer, high school math teacher and administrator. He taught in the Bay,...
David E. Frederick
Feb 9, 2008
David E. Frederick, 69, of Bay, died Saturday morning at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Bay since 1978, moving there from Jonesboro. He was a retired mail carrier for Pat Salmons & Sons and was of the Baptist belief. He loved metal detecting and especially liked to work on old lawnmowers. He is survived by his...
Beulah Mae Guthrie
Feb 8, 2008
“Lillie” Beulah (Redman) Guthrie, 70, of Caraway, died Friday, February 8, 2008 at the University Medical Center in Jackson Mississippi. She was born in Milligan Ridge, Arkansas and lived her life in Caraway. She was a member of the Caraway Church of Christ Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Wallace, one son, her parents and...
Herbert Ray Carpenter
Feb 7, 2008
Herbert Ray Carpenter, 79, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Thursday at Ridge Crest Nursing Center in Jonesboro. Born in Moulton, Alabama, Herbert lived in Los Angeles from 1951-1998. He lived in Florida from 1998-2003 before moving to Jonesboro. He was retired from Pacific Cold Storage in Los Angeles and was a Catholic. He was preceded in death by his wife:...
Steven Weldon Dalton
Feb 6, 2008
Steven Weldon Dalton, 49, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008. He was born on December 12, 1958, in Savannah, Georgia to Amanda Robinson Lane and Burness W. Dalton. He attended elementary school in Piggott and graduated from Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Alabama, where he was a state champion wrestler. He attended the University of Alabama. He was...
Ranuel L. Looney
Feb 4, 2008
Ranuel L. Looney, 70 of Bay, passed away Monday morning at his residence. He was born in Caraway, Arkansas and had lived in Bay since 1955. He was a retired cotton ginner and a member of the Alsup Baptist Church, where he was a deacon for five years. Was an avid hunter and fisherman, and loved A.S.U. Basketball games,...
Robert Hunter
Feb 4, 2008
Robert Hunter, 86, of Jonesboro, died Monday, February 4, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. A native and life-long resident of Jonesboro, Mr. Hunter was a retired building superintendent for Cooper Construction Company in Jonesboro. He was a member and elder at First Christian Church in Jonesboro and a U.S. Marines veteran of W.W. II. During his...
Jerry Lee "Frog" Cornwell
Feb 4, 2008
Jerry Lee “Frog” Cornwell, 60, of Brookland, Arkansas went to walk together with God on February 4, 2008. Born in Amagon, he had lived in Brookland for the past 12 years, moving there from Cash. He was a retired farmer and loved fishing and hunting. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran and a member of the Brookland Church of...
Pastor David E. Strait
Feb 3, 2008
Pastor David E. Strait, 59, of Jonesboro, died Sunday evening at his home of natural causes. Born in Rosedale, Mississippi, Pastor Strait lived in Trumann before moving to Jonesboro in 1980. He was the pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Jonesboro where he was a King James Bible Fundamentalist. Bro. Strait was a preaching, teaching, soul-winning, loving pastor at...
Deborah Lynn Hoy Davis
Feb 2, 2008
Deborah Lynn Davis, 44, of Jonesboro, died Saturday in Jonesboro. Born in Bremmerton, Washington, Debbie lived most of her life in Jonesboro. She worked several years for Jonesboro Health and Rehab Center in Jonesboro before becoming disabled two years ago. Debbie was a breast cancer survivor and a participant in the Susan B. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure....
Malvin Gatlin
Jan 28, 2008
Malvin Gatlin, 78, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Monday at Baptist NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Covington, Tennessee, Malvin lived much of his life in Memphis before moving to Jonesboro in 1995. He was retired from Kimberly Clark in Memphis and was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Malvin was a member of Walnut Street Baptist...
Dominick Curtis Chaney
Jan 28, 2008
Dominick Curtis Chaney, infant son of Jonathan Chaney and Deana Berry, died January 28, at St. Bernards. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Kaleb Berry of the home, and Sabastein and Casey Chaney both of Rockford, Illinois. Grandparents: Jim and Cindy Berry of New Orleans, Louisiana and Janice and Bill Morton of Rockford, Illinois....
Gladys Marie Sollis
Jan 27, 2008
Gladys Marie Sollis, 68, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at Baptist NEA Medical Center. She had lived in Jonesboro for the past six years, moving here from Evening Shade, Arkansas. She was a member of the Nettleton Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her first husband, Floyd Dean Smith, her parents and two sisters. She...
Eddie "Coonie" Cooper Jr.
Jan 27, 2008
Eddie “Coonie” Cooper Jr., 65, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday January 27, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born in Lake City and a lifetime resident of Jonesboro. He was a retired manager of thirty seven years for Big Star Grocery Store and a member of Nettleton Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife...
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