Robert Roy Mattingly, Sr. (05/07/08)
Robert Roy Mattingly, Sr., 72, of Jacksonville passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008 at Baptist Springhill Hospital in North Little Rock. He was born June 12, 1935 in Mt. Vernon, Ind. to the late William Chester and Elizabeth Ann Stone Mattingly. ...

Charles Clarence Willbanks (05/07/08)
Charles Clarence Willbanks, 83, of Keiser died May 3, 2008 in Oscoela. He was a retired civil engineer, an Army World War II veteran and a member of Brinkley Chapel Baptist Church. Willbanks was preceded in death by his parents, John W. Willbanks and Nancy Belt, five brothers and one sister...

Stanford "Buddy" Neal (05/07/08)
Stanford "Buddy" Neal, 58, of Lepanto died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at his residence. He was a member of Lepanto First Baptist Church where he was a loyal choir member. He was preceded in death by his father, Ted Neal...

Chester Aaron Perkins (05/07/08)
Chester Aaron Perkins, 91, of Marked Tree passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was born July 9, 1916 in Tyronza to the late Charles Oliver "Charlie" and Minnie Everett Lillard Perkins. He had lived in the Black Oak Community all his life...

Frances C. O'Flinn (05/07/08)
Frances C. O'Flinn, 80, of Osceola died April 30, 2008 in Blytheville. Born Oct. 31, 1927 in Guntown, Miss., Frances was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Osceola. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Lewis O'Flinn; her parents, Cliff Cannon and Mary Ruth Brown; and one sister, Peggy Cannon...

James Louis Starr (05/07/08)
James Louis Starr, 74, of Victorville, Calif. and formerly of Joiner, died April 21, 2008. He was born November 23, 1933 at Dean's Island. He was a retired factory worker and a member of the Baptist Faith...

Fred Davis Watson (05/07/08)
Fred Davis Watson, 57, of Little Rock died May 1, 2008 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born May 2, 1950 in Tyronza. He worked in the factory, a member of the Army and a member of the Baptist Faith...

Annalean Randall (04/30/08)
Annalean Randall, 66, of Trumann died on April 23, 2008 in Payneway. She was a Jehovah Witness. She is survived by one daughter, Judy Ann Stapler of Payneburn; five sons, Ricky Stapler of Wynne, Silas Ray Stapler of McCrory, Melvin Lee Stapler of Payneway, George Golden of Wynne and Gerald Golden of McCrory; six sisters, Janice Fitzgerald of Fayetteville, N.C., Melva Jean Armstrong of Three Rivers, Mich., Brenda Bauemister of Allclaire, Mich., Sandra Stroud of Long Beach, Calif. ...

Stephan "Steve" Wayne Elrod Sr. (04/30/08)
Stephan "Steve" Wayne Elrod Sr., 35, of Osceola died April 25, 2008 at SMC Regional Hospital in Osceola. Born April 16, 1955, in Bassett, he was a former Gilster Mary Lee Manager, Osceola Municipal Golf Course superintendent and of the Baptist faith...

Goldie Britt (04/30/08)
Goldie Lucille Britt, 75, formerly of Lepanto died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in Manila. She loved gardening and was a wonderful wife and mother. She was a member of the Assembly of God and was retried from American Greetings...

Ira M. Abbott (04/30/08)
Ira M. Abbott, 90, of Trumann died Friday, April 25, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Abbott was born in Lepanto and had lived in Trumann for the past 55 years and was formerly of Harrisburg and Lepanto. He was a retired welder for the former Singer Company and member of the Trumann Missionary Baptist Church...

Jerry Don Lovelace (04/04/08)
Jerry Don Lovelace, 67 of Steele, Mo., died March 23, 2008 in West Memphis. Born in October, 8 1940 he was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Ethel Lovelace. He retired after 36 years with the U.S. Postal Service. A member of the Retired Postal Workers, he was a 32nd degree Mason of the Scottish Rites out of St. ...

Gerald Landis York (04/04/08)
Gerald Landis York, 64, Clarksville, Tenn., died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Spring Meadows Health Care Center. The funeral was held at Neal-Tarpley Chapel with Brother Steve Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation was held at Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home. ...

Iris Jean Cox (03/27/08)
Iris Jean Cox, 65, of Marianna, died Saturday, March 22, 2008. She was born June 29, 2942, to Stanley Patton Gibbs and Dorothy Mae Crouch Gibbs of Memphis, Tenn. She worked as the manager of Ronnie's Dollar Store. She is survived by daughters Tammie Martin of Trumann and Diane Bowman of Marianna; sons Danny Thompson of Trumann and William Harrell Thompson of Greers Ferry; brothers Lawrence Gibbs of Tyronza and Archie Gibbs of Lepanto; sisters Marvene Ann Yarbrough of Jonesboro and Marie Marshall of Marked Tree; nine grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Frances M. Gallagher (03/27/08)
Frances M. Gallagher of Searcy, formerly of Harrisburg and Lepanto, departed this life on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at White County Medical Center at Searcy at the age of 62. She was born June 15, 1945, in Elizabeth City, N.C., the daughter of Francis Marion "F.M." May and Billy May Cady May, former teachers at Lepanto High School...

Velma Baker Snell (03/27/08)
Velma Baker Snell, a resident of Harrisburg, died March 20, 2008, at St. Vincent Medical Center in Little Rock at the age of 68. She was born April 7, 1939 at Calico Rock, the daughter of Kirby Henry Ball and Ella Mae Brown Hogan. She married Thomas Snell on June 27, 1980...

Stephen Glenn Cook Wages (03/27/08)
Stephen Glenn Cook Wages, 56, of Trumann died Monday, March 17, 2008 at the family residence. He was born in Forrest City and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a renowned musician and southern legend, member of the Steve Wages and the Bad Habit Band and attended the Revival Center Church in Lepanto...

Sylvester Cato (03/27/08)
Sylvester "Buck" Cato, 67, of Tulot died Wednesday, March 19 at his home. He was born Jan. 30, 1941 in Dyess, the son of Noah Cato and Delphi Brown Cato. He was a retired backhoe operator and mechanic and of the Pentecostal Faith. He married Delcie Randleas on Dec. 23, 1979 and they enjoyed 28 years together...

Babbie Irene Vermillion (03/27/08)
Babbie Irene Vermillion, 47, of Mayflower died Friday, March 14, 2008, at Conway Regional Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1960 in West Memphis the daughter of the late Edward Lee Moore, Sr. and Shirley Mae Sanders Stubbs. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Conway and was a former employee of Amtran and Kimberly-Clark in Conway...