Obituaries

Jan 26, 2008

Clinton C. McElrath, 79, of Bono, died Saturday morning at St. Bernards Medical Center. He had lived in Bono for the past 30 years, moving there from Jonesboro. He was of the 7th Day belief. He had been a funeral director at Farmer’s Union Funeral Home in the 50s, and worked with the city utilities in Jonesboro and Mountain...

Jan 26, 2008

John H. Greer died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City, Arkansas where he had been a patient for four years and three months. He was 86 years old. He was a farmer and owned and operated a grocery store and Mobil station at Winesburg for a number of years. He was born in White...

Jan 25, 2008

Geneva (Tisdale) Hoodenpyle, 76, of Jonesboro died Friday at her residence. She had lived here for the past twenty years, moving here from Missouri. She was a member of Valley View Missionary Baptist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Jan Storz of Marathon, Florida; two grandchildren, Angela Brewer and Cassey Howard, both of Baldwin, Missouri; two great-grandchildren and...

Jan 25, 2008

Virginia Cook, 86, of Jonesboro died Friday, January 25, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Jonesboro and lived most of her life here, except when traveling with her husband during his military service. She got married on Sunday, October 4, 1943 at 8:15 AM, prior to the church service in El Paso, Texas.

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Jan 24, 2008

Clarence “Buddy” Adams, 65, of Brookland, died Thursday afternoon at St. Bernards Medical Center. He moved to the Jonesboro area from El Paso, Texas in 1984 and was a member of the Wood’s Chapel Baptist Church. A graduate of Lake City High School, Mr. Adams was a retired Master Sergeant in the Army, having served his country in Italy,...

Jan 23, 2008

Dr. Joseph “J.P.” Sweat Jr., 82, of Jonesboro, passed away Wednesday January 23, 2008 at his home of natural causes. He was born in Weldon, Arkansas and lived in Jonesboro since 1965, moving here from Memphis, Tennessee. He was retired chairman of secondary education and administration at Arkansas State University, where he worked for twenty five years. He also...

Jan 22, 2008

Cloma Bobbitt, 92, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday at Trumann Health and Rehab Center. Born in the LaNieve community near Paul Switch, Cloma lived many years in the area before moving to Jonesboro in 1971. She was a homemaker and worked several years for the Bono School District. Cloma was a member of University Baptist Church in Jonesboro, and a...

Jan 22, 2008

Charles E. “Chuck” Barnes Jr., 64, of Jonesboro died January 22, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born on April 18, 1943 at Commerce, Oklahoma, Ottawa County and moved to Jonesboro in 1980, from Southern California. He was a member of the Greensboro Road Church of Christ retired from the Operating Engineers in Southern California, and also...

Jan 22, 2008

Danny David Thomas, Sr., 61, of Trumann died Tuesday at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Thomas is survived by one son, Danny Thomas, Jr. of Trumann; three daughters, Debra Smith of Trumann, Karen Lacy of Emporia, Kansas, and Tabitha Ford of Flint, Michigan; two brothers, Ralph Thomas and Donald Thomas; three...

Jan 20, 2008

Jon W. Coleman, age 32, of Jonesboro, died Sunday morning at his home of natural causes. A native and life-long resident of Jonesboro, Jon was an attorney in Jonesboro. He was a graduate of Crowley’s Ridge Academy, the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, and the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. Jon was a member of Southwest Church of...

Jan 19, 2008

Sister Conrad Frankenberger, age 90, died at 7:55 a.m. on January 19, 2008 in Holy Angels Infirmary. She was born on October 20, 1917, in Bixby, Oklahoma to Albert and Emma (Schaetchel) Frankenberger. She was the second of three children. Her only surviving sibling is Sister Louise Frankenberger of Holy Angels Convent. She is survived by a sister-in-law and...

Jan 19, 2008

Wanda shed her earthly shell and ascended into the warm loving hands of our Master, January 19, 2008 following a brief illness at home in Jonesboro, never again to be bound by earthly ties, never again to feel the pains of advancing age. Wanda was born in Jonesboro, January 2, 1925 to Nellie & Armstead Coleman Being an only...

Jan 15, 2008

Mary Nelson, 64, of Tomah, Wisconsin and formerly of Arkansas, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 15, 2008, after a 2 year battle with breast cancer. She was born on April 27, 1943, to William and Ella Mae (Feezor) Slatton in Jonesboro. Formerly from Jonesboro, she lived a large amount of her life in Michigan...

Jan 13, 2008

John H. White, 53, of Jonesboro died Sunday at his home. He was a retired millwright and a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters/Joiners of America, Local 1043. A 1972 graduate of Jonesboro High School, he had lived much of his adult life in other states, moving back to Jonesboro 3 years ago to care for his mother...

Jan 11, 2008

Daniel George Toles, 76, of Jonesboro, died Friday January 11, 2008 at Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation. He was born in Flint, Michigan and lived in Jonesboro for four years, moving here from Illinois. He grew up in Walnut Ridge and traveled the United States. He was a retired T.V. repairman. Preceded in death by his parents Perry and Grace...

Jan 11, 2008

Billy J. Milbert, 80, of Jonesboro, died Friday, January 11, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, and had lived in Jonesboro for the past three years, moving here from Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge for the past forty-two years, and attended the Cornerstone United Methodist Church....

Jan 9, 2008

George F. Williams, 78, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday morning, January 9, 2008, at home in Jonesboro.

Born in Blytheville, George lived in Hillsboro, Missouri, near St. Louis for several years before moving to Jonesboro in 1977. He owned Warehouse Foods in Jonesboro for many years and was a member of First Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge....

Jan 8, 2008

Sister Genevieve McConnell, age 91, died at 2:35 p.m. on January 8 in Holy Angels Infirmary. She was born on February 11, 1916, in Knobel, AR to Frank and Sophie (Engel) McConnell. She was the second of five children—two boys and three girls—all of whom are now deceased. She is survived by nieces and nephews. She attended elementary school...

Jan 8, 2008

Harvey F. Newcom, 57, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday evening, January 8, 2008, in Jonesboro.

Born in Jonesboro, Harvey lived most of his life in the Bay and Jonesboro area. He was the owner of Newcom Body Shop in Jonesboro and was of the Baptist belief. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was...

Jan 6, 2008

Patsy L. Lucas, 80, of Jonesboro died early Sunday morning, January 6, 2008, at her home. She was born in Jonesboro and came back to live in Jonesboro in 1987, moving here from Kansas City, Missouri. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, She loved taking care of people, as a homemaker and as an LPN. She...