Obituaries

J. P. Madden (05/04/06)
J. P. Madden, 81 of Tyronza, died Sunday morning at the family residence. Born in Hoxie, he had lived in Tyronza for the past 36 years and was formerly of Trumann. He was a fitter welder for Trumbo Manufacturing in Memphis, Tenn., and a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza...

Anna Starns (05/04/06)
Anna Starns, 76, of Marked Tree died Saturday, April 22 at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. She was born in Boulder, Co and was a homemaker. Survivors include one daughter, Colleen Smith of Paradise, Cali. and two sons, Pat Mullins of Northfolk, Virg. and Mike Mullins of Paradise, Calif...

Lucy Mae Taylor Tanner (05/04/06)
Lucy Mae Taylor Tanner, age 82, of Marked Tree died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro of heart failure. Born April 4, 1924 in Tennessee, she was a homemaker of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one cousin, Rosetta Lustor of Marked Tree...

Rachel Ellon Ezekiel (05/11/06)
Rachel Ellon Ezekiel, 59, of Tyronza died Wednesday, May 3, in St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Tyronza for more than 45 years. She was preceded in death by her father, J.T. McCorkle. Survivors include her husband, Colin Ezekiel of Tyronza; a son, Jeffrey Ezekiel of Tyronza; her mother, Jo Ellon McCorkle of Tyronza; and two grandchildren...

Birde Mae Devers (05/11/06)
Birde Mae Devers, 82, of Lepanto died April 26, 2006. Born January 15, 1924 in Bay, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Bulah Howard. At age 11, Devers confessed her hope in Christ at the First Baptist Church in Alto. She was secretary of the AME Methodist Church in Lepanto until she moved her membership to the First Baptist Church of Lepanto in 1992. She was a faithful member there until her heart failed her...

Russell Loyd (05/11/06)
Russell Loyd, 65, of Rotonda West, Fla., died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at his Charlotte County residence. He was born on Dec. 22, 1940, in Dyess Ark. Mr. Loyd had been a resident of Charlotte County for nine years coming from Oak Harbor OH. He is survived by his wife Anne Loyd of Rotonda West; mother, Edith E. Loyd of Marked Tree, Ark; two daughters, Lynn N. Gollihue and Lee R. Snashall both of Grove City, Ohio; and four grandchildren...

V.L. Pilgrim (05/11/06)
V.L. Pilgrim, 70, of Lepanto died Thursday, May 4, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. He was preceded in death by his father, Earnest Pilgrim, and a brother, Mack Pilgrim. Survivors include his wife, Mary Wirth Pilgrim; two daughters: Brenda Moore of Lepanto and Becky Pilgrim of Tyronza; four sons: Wayne Pilgrim of Caruthersville, Mo. ...

Orville J. Smith (05/11/06)
Orville J. Smith, 79, of Dyess died Saturday, May 6 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Davie Smith, two sisters and one brother. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Smith of Dyess; four sons, Steven Smith, David Williams, Michael Williams and Robert Halford; four daughters, Linda Long, Sonya Huddleston, Cindy Bass and Becky Halford; two brothers, Jack Smith and Delphred Smith; 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.. ...

William Johnny Worley (05/11/06)
William Worley, age 92, of Marked Tree died Saturday, May 6, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a longtime employee of Murphy Funeral Home and a member of the Church of God. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alberta Worley. Survivors include a son, Carroll Worley and his wife Rachel of Paragould; a daughter, Sue Payne and her husband Jim of Southaven, Miss.; one brother, Tommy Worley of Gary, Ind.; three sisters, Nell Ross of Tyronza, Ruby Mae Broadway of Bartlett, Tenn., and Julie Spears of Harrisburg; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.. ...

Garry "Tiny" E. Tyler (05/18/06)
Garry "Tiny" E. Tyler, age 57, of Lepanto died Friday, May12, at the VA Hospital in Memphis. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his parents, John and Mary Tyler, and a sister, Janie Elizabeth Barnet. Survivors include his wife Audry Humphrey Tyler of Lepanto; two sons, Gary Everette Tyler, II and Terry Tyler, both of Lepanto; five brothers, Larry "Buddy" Tyler, James Tyler of Jonesboro, Charles Tyler of Jacksonville, Donald "Pete" Tyler of Lepanto and David Tyler of Lepanto; three sisters, Mary Gibbs of West Memphis and Angela Mckinness and Shirley Tyler, both of Lepanto.. ...

Jimmy Earl Miller (05/18/06)
Jimmy Earl Miller, age 42, of Tyronza died Wednesday, May 10 at NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was employed by Afco Metals and was preceded in death by his parents Wesley and Mary Miller. He is survived by his daughter, Whitney Miller of Tyronza...

Larry Curtis Hutcheson (05/18/06)
Larry Curtis Hutcheson, 60, died on May 2, 2006 at the Kootenai Medical Center in Couer D'Alene, Idaho. He was born in Marked Tree on September 2,1945 to parents Curtis Leland Hutcheson and Luna Jane Simpson Church. He was a 1963 graduate of Marked Tree High, an air force veteran, retired union carpenter and commercial builder. He was also a business man in Pasco, Wash. and Rathdrum Idaho, before moving to Montana two years ago...

Leroy Armstrong (05/25/06)
Leroy Armstrong, 66, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, May 17 at his residence in Marked Tree. He was a retired supervisor at Mid South and a member of Sneed Street Baptist Church. He was president of the Harrisburg Hunting Club, an army veteran in the Korean War and preceded in death by his father Ancy Armstrong and two sisters: Ann Sweigart and Eula Carter...

J.A. "Mutt" Glisson (05/25/06)
J.A. "Mutt" Glisson, 81, of Harrisburg, formerly of Marked Tree, died Friday, May 19, at his home in Harrisburg. He was born November 3, 1924, in Mississippi, the son of James and Virgie Glisson. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist Faith. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding 4-wheelers and riding his motor-tricycle. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, J.L. Glisson, and a sister, Hazel Sharp...

Nola Jane Jarrett (05/25/06)
Nola Jane Jarrett, 18, of Clifty, formerly of Marked Tree, died May 19, near Best. She was born February 10, 1988 at Fort Smith. She was a 2006 graduate of Huntsville High School where she was active in drama, art and band. Survivors include her parents, William and Connie Johnson of the home; one brother, Kendrick Jarrett of the home; one sister, Mara Jarrett of the home; two stepbrothers, Will Johnson of Marked Tree and Patrick Johnson of Bella Vista; one stepsister, Shelby Johnson of Marked Tree; her grandfather Earl Tacker of Marked Tree and her grandmother, Nola Tacker of Heavener, Okla.. ...

Martha Ann Peifer (05/25/06)
Martha Ann Peifer of Harrisburg died on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 64. She was born February 4, 1942 in McCormick, the daughter of Clovis Totty and Lucille Haley Totty. She was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was a homemaker who enjoyed reading, shopping, and spending time with her grandchildren. She married Bobby Peifer on June 29, 1957 and they enjoyed 49 years together...

Alannah Grayce Robinson (05/25/06)
Alannah Grayce Robinson, four months old, of Marked Tree died May 15, 2006 at her home. Survivors include her parents, Thomas Robinson and Carmela Patrick both of Marked Tree; grandparents Nena and Rob Pogue of Ravenden and great grandparents Carmeta Bagwell of Ravenden, Esther and Lafie Jones of Hardy, Ray Gean of Maynard and Vera Gean of Marked Tree...