Obituaries

Gale Lee Adams (09/07/05)
Gale Lee Adams, 57, of Trumann, formerly of Marked Tree, died Saturday, Sept. 3, at his residence. He was a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in Pleiku, Vietnam. Survivors include two sons, Scott Adams and Tim Adams, both of Trumann; a daughter, Brandi McGuire of Trumann; four brothers, Danny Adams, Dennis Adams, Mike Adams and Glen Adams, all of Marked Tree; and 10 grandchildren, Josh Adams, Zack Adams, Dustin Sisco, Ethan McGuire, Loni Adams, Ariel Grooves, Evan McGuire, Daniel Kunkleman, Joseph Arnold and Amanda Kunkleman.. ...

Percy B. Boyce (09/07/05)
Percy B. Boyce, 64, of Osceola died Friday, Sept. 2, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Hughes, he was a truck driver and mechanic and a member of Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Luxora. Survivors include his wife, Louisia Boyce of the home; a daughter, Kendell Boyce of Osceola; a son, Percy Boyce Jr. ...

Stanley Eugene Craft (09/07/05)
Stanley Eugene Craft,53, of Bakersfield, Calif. died Aug. 25, 2005. Formerly of Marked Tree, Craft was born in Memphis. He served proudly as a United States Marine during the Vietnam conflict. Craft was survived by his wife of 35 years, Joy Lynn Craft; two sons: Richard J. Craft and Michael Craft; two brothers: Bill Craft of Marked Tree and Jim Craft of Donaldsville; one sister: Margaret Stems of Bakersfield, Calif; and four grandchildren...

Connie Mae Lung (09/07/05)
Connie Mae Lung, 70, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Healthcare and Rehab in West Memphis. Born at Lepanto, she was a homemaker and a 35-year resident of Healthcare and Rehab. Survivors include two sons, Roger Paul Lung of Panama City, Fla. and Douglas Lung of Marion; a sister, Shirley Stephens of Southaven, Miss.; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...

Kenji Darnell Marshall (09/07/05)
Kenji Darnell Marshall, infant son of Benjy and Shameka Marshall of Marked Tree, died Tuesday, Aug. 30. In addition to his parents, survivors include a sister, Makayla Marshall of Marked Tree; two brothers, Benjamin Marshall of Marked Tree and Malcolm Marshall of Jonesboro; his grandparents, Virgie Howard of Marked Tree and Joe T. and Carey Marshall of Jonesboro; and his great-grandparents, Mammie Robinson of Detroit, Savannah Nicks of Niles, Mich., and Dorothy Clark of Jonesboro...

Samp William Smith (09/07/05)
Samp William Smith, 80, of Trumann died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Florence, Ala. He was a retired farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Maudie Smith and Frank Smith; one brother, Dick Smith and one sister, Minnie Brown...

O'Neal Halsey (09/16/05)
O'Neal Halsey, age 84, of Marked Tree died Sunday, Sept. 11 at St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Marked Tree, the owner and operator of a restaurant in Payneway and a volunteer at Three Rivers Nursing Center...

Edna Louise Hatley (09/16/05)
Edna Louise Hatley, 61, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Church of God in Marked Tree. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Harris of Marked Tree; two sons, Eric Wayne Harris of Memphis and Keith Allen Harris of Marked Tree; three brothers, Bobby Hatley of Jonesboro, Tommy Hatley of Marked Tree and Charles Hatley of Marked Tree; a sister, Barbara Easton of Marked Tree; and five grandchildren, Ashley Williams, Layne Harris, Emily Harris, Addison Harris and Jessica Cockrell.. ...

Bertha Mae Hudson (09/16/05)
Bertha Mae Hudson, 95, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Tyronza, she was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Marked Tree. She was also an active part of the Marked Tree Senior Life Center...

Jack Kyle (09/16/05)
Jack Kyle, 69, of Fort Smith died Thursday, Sept. 8. He was born in Poinsett County and was the plant manager for the H.J. Baker company and a member of Abundant Life church in Sallisaw, Okla. He was a former cotton plantation manager at Hughes, gas plant manager in Nacogdoches, Texas, and retired from Tyson Foods in Van Buren in 2002...

Keaton Lee Pilgrim (09/16/05)
Keaton Lee Pilgrim, infant son of Brandon Pilgrim and Cynthia Gaddis of Lepanto, died Friday, Sept. 2. In addition to his parents, survivors include a sister, Courtney Benton of the home; his grandparents, Harry and Regina Long of the home, Gail Baine of Heafer, Lee Gaddis of Tyronza and Tim and Becky Hill of New Albany, Miss.; and his great-grandparents, Estylee Pilgrim and Maggie Wirth, both of Lepanto, and Johnnie and MaryLou Sanfratello of Horseshoe Bend...

Johnny Myrl Taylor (09/16/05)
Johnnie Myrl Taylor, 90, of Turrell died Tuesday, Sept. 6 at her home in the Heafer Community. She was a member of the Tyronza Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Thomas Taylor, Sr. Survivors include five daughters: Betty Kelley of Earle, Joyce Gilbert of Marked Tree, Janice Young and Carol Tacker, both of Tyronza and Kay Blagg of Turrell; and seven sons: Jimmy Taylor of Flushing, Mich., Allen Taylor of Turrell, Morris Taylor of Lepanto, Howard "Cotton" Taylor of Howe, Ind., Jerry Taylor of Lepanto, Donnie Taylor of Tyronza and Ronnie Taylor of Lagrange, Ind.; 29 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.. ...

Shady Vickers (09/16/05)
Shady Vickers, 55, of Trumann died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in Fresno, Calif., was a carpenter and veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by one sister, Judy Rust of Kansas City, Mo. and two brothers, Greg Vickers of Trumann and John Vickers of Leawood, Mo...

Valerie Cagle Barnett (09/22/05)
Valerie Cagle Barnett, 49, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Marked Tree, died Monday, September 19 at the Methodist Hospital. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Billy Don Barnett; her daughter, Brandi Wilson Michel of Holly Springs, Miss.; her son-in-law, Jake Michel; and her two grandchildren: Kendall and Jakob...

Hayden Dewitt Jr. (09/22/05)
Hayden Dewitt Jr., 61, of Black Oak died Monday, Sept. 12, at his residence. Born at Black Oak, he lived there all his life. He was retired from Coleson Caster in Monette and was a lifelong member and deacon at Black Oak Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Lanna Dewitt of Monette; two sons, Allen Dewitt of Monette and Aaron Dewitt of Black Oak; his stepmother, Ella Dewitt of Black Oak; a brother, Jesse Dewitt, of Black Oak; and two grandchildren...

John Earl Pritchett (09/29/05)
John Earl Pritchett, 72, of Lepanto died Thursday, Sept. 22, at Veterans Hospital in Memphis. A retired cotton ginner, he was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and was a past post commander of American Legion Post 26 in Lepanto. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Patterson of Maumelle and Julia Ryals of Mountain View; a son, Terry Pritchett of Lepanto; a sister, Delma Pritchett of Marked Tree; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild...

J.D. Nelson (09/29/05)
J.D. Nelson, 76, of Buffalo, died Sunday, Sept. 18, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. He was a truck driver and an Army veteran of the Korean War. Surviving include one daughter, Tracy Dawn Nelson of Ponca City, Okla.; a son, Jerry Dewayne Nelson of California; two sisters, Evalena "Kate" Freeman of Columbus, Ohio and Ada Tucker of Elon College, N.C.; a brother, Henry "Doc" Nelson of Huntington, Ore.; a grandson, Briston Nelson; and two step-granddaughters, Kellee Odle and K.C. ...

Ogal Earl Pate (09/29/05)
Ogal Earl Pate, 79, of Marked Tree died Friday, Sept. 23 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Caraway in 1926, Pate was a farmer. He was a veteran and a Pentecostal minister. Pate is survived by his wife, Rachel L. Pate of Lepanto; two daughters: Barbara Gossage of Mulberry and Linda Gossage of Payneway; three sons: Curtis Pate of Marked Tree and Johnny Pate and Kenneth Pate, both of Lepanto; one sister: Pearl Tucker of Harrisburg; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren...

Inez Speights (09/29/05)
Inez Speights, 50, of Lake Jackson, Texas, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Formerly of West Memphis, she was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two sons, Chris Speights of Victoria, Texas, and Scotty Speights of Richwood, Texas; a sister, Barbara Burch of Tyronza; two brothers, Ricky Furnish and Kenny Furnish, both of Hornlake, Miss.; and a grandchild, Carter Speights of Victoria...