Obituaries

Joey Ray Frazier (11/14/03)
Joey Ray Frazier, 39, of Bay died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the McCormick Baptist Church. Survivors include a wife Tammy Frazier of Bay; two sons, Joseph "Ty" Frazier and Ryan Frazier of Bay; parents Jim and Martha Frazier of Marked Tree; two brothers, Mike Frazier of Marked Tree and Jeff Frazier of Logansport, Ind...

Odle Harold Baker (11/14/03)
Odle Harold Baker, 73, of Osceola died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Osceola. He was of the Baptist belief. Survivors include one son, Odle H. Baker II of Phoenix; six daughters, Sandra Wallace of Cresthill, Ill., Cathy Garcia of Orland Park, Ill., Susan Zeffield of Plano, Ill., Deborah Baker of Warrenville, Ill., Cheryl Baker of Joliet, Ill., and Terri Clark of Algonquin, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren...

Lester Carroll (11/14/03)
Lester Carroll, 67, of Harrisburg, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a farmer and of the Baptist belief. Survivors include a wife, Pat Carroll of Harrisburg; two sons, Mark Carroll and Tony Carroll both of Marked Tree; and five grandchildren...

Willie Lourene Cates (11/14/03)
Willie Lourene Cates, 86, of Marion, formerly of Marked Tree, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was a member of the Church of God and the Order of Eastern Star. She had worked as a seamstress for Salant and Salant...

Vivian Allred (11/14/03)
Vivian Allred, 80, of Jacksonville, formerly of Tyronza, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at Arkansas Hospice in North Little Rock. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. Survivors include a son, Robert Howerton of Holden, La.; two daughters, Debra Tacker of Tyronza and Betty Leggit of Jacksonville; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

Queen Ester Harrison (11/14/03)
Queen Ester Harrison, 82, of Blytheville died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville. Born in Palestine, she was a homemaker, a resident of Mississippi County for 20 years and a member of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Blytheville...

Evelyn Newman (11/14/03)
Evelyn Newman, 75, of Blytheville died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville. Born in Marion, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one daughter, Earnestine Thompson, of Newnan, Ga.; two sons, Robert Newman of Virginia Beach, Va. and Kenneth Newman of Blytheville; 12 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren...

Tommie Powell (11/14/03)
Tommie Powell, 82, of Blytheville died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in Blytheville. He was of the baptist faith. Survivors include a wife Mary Powell ; one daughter, Lavera Kuykendall of Blytheville; He was preceded in death by his father Saul Powell...

Thurman Thompson (11/14/03)
Thurman "Pop" Thompson, 55, of Benton died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, in Benton. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include four brothers, Joe Thompson of Hope, Jimmie Thompson of Middleton, Tenn., David Thompson of Marie and Jerry Thompson of Dyess; and four sisters, Willie Ashburn and Sara Cooper, both of Joiner, and Betty Huskey and Charolotte Carmichael, both of Manila...

Felix Carpenter Jr. (11/26/03)
Felix Carpenter Jr., 94, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, at Regional Medical Center of NEA. Born at Mound Bayou, Miss., he was a farmer and school bus driver and was of the Baptist belief. Survivors include four sons, Felix Carpenter III, Joe Carpenter and Ulice Carpenter of Battle Creek, Mich., and Albert Carpenter of Elkhart, Ind.; two daughters, Phebie Hall of Pontiac, Mich., and Ester Mosby of Detroit; 19 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren...

Antoni Kieltucki (11/26/03)
Antoni Kieltucki, 88, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003, at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. He was a member of St. Norbert's Catholic Church in Marked Tree. Survivors include a son, Richard Kieltucki of Tucson, Ariz.; three daughters, Anna Reinhardt of Irving, Texas, Halina Teresa Hensley of Prescott, Ariz., and Rosalie Craig of Marked Tree; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren...

Sue Nash (11/26/03)
Sue Hunter Nash, 84, of West Memphis died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003, in a West Memphis hospital. Born Aug. 13, 1919, in Desha, she was the daughter of Frances Marion Hunter and Lou Kate Hunter. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two sons, Eddie Nash Sr. of Trumann and Dennis Nash of Marion; a daughter, Brenda Nash of Marion; three grandchildren, Eddie Nash Jr., Jonathan Nash and Shawn Nash; a great-grandchild, Matt Nash; and a step-great-grandchild, Valerie Cornwell...

Faye Earlene Pollard (11/26/03)
Faye Earlene Pollard, 70, of Caraway died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include six sons, Billy Pollard, Joey Pollard and Teddy Pollard, all of Caraway, Bobby Pollard of Evening Shade, Randy Pollard of Kilgore, Texas, and Earnest Pollard of Linn, Mo.; six daughters, Janet Calvert, Cynthia Pollard and Julia Barrett, all of Caraway, Rosetta Fagan of Trumann, Mechelle Weyer of Paragould and Tammy Walsh of Manila; two brothers, Wendell Hart of Keiser and Kendell Hart of Russellville; one sister, Nellie Faulkenberry of Osceola; 33 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.. ...