Obituaries

David Guy Bailey (09/05/06)
David Guy Bailey, 73, of Bullard died Sunday, Sept. 3 in East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Cuthand Cemetery with Rev. Bob Posey officiating. Wood Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements...

Alline P. Gray (09/14/06)
Alline P. Gray of Jonesboro died Thursday morning at her home. She was born April 8, 1922 at Poughkeepsie in Sharp County to Allen & Celia Gay. In 1952 she was married to James Phenix who preceded her in death in 1964. In 1971, she married C.J. Gray, of Marked Tree, who preceded her in death in 1993. She was also preceded in death by her twin sister, Emagene Johnson...

Frances Laverne Jones (09/21/06)
Frances Laverne Jones, 71, of Earle died September 14, 2006 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Born October 27, 1934 in Keiser, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ in Earle. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents; Whitten Armstrong and Ruth Armstrong; three sisters: Inez Miller, Opal Armstrong, and Edith Koslosk, and one brother; James Armstrong...

James Derrick Teague (09/21/06)
James Derrick Teague, 26, of Brookland, formerly of Marked Tree, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, at St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a manager for McDonalds and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, Dennis and Kathy Teague of Marked Tree...

Frank Wortham (09/28/06)
Frank Wortham, 46, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Sept. 19 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He a member of the Marked Tree Fire Department and served with the 875th Engineer Battalion of the National Guard. He attended the Sneed Street Baptist Church and served three years in the Army...

Ida Johnson Bettis (09/28/06)
Ida Johnson Bettis, 80, of Harrisburg died Monday, September 18, 2006. She was born Feb. 3, 1926 at Smithville, the daughter of Al Toney and Mary Baker Johnson. Bettis and her parents moved to eastern Poinsett County in 1938 and were cotton sharecroppers and tenant farmers. The family moved to Harrisburg in 1941 and she graduated Harrisburg High School in 1944 in a class of all girls. The boys were in active military service of World War II...

Cecil Bryant "Jackie" Richardson (09/28/06)
Cecil Bryant Jackie Richardson of Trumann died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006 at Riverbend Park in Hardy. He was born in the Promised Land Community near Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was currently self-employed having an in home repair and carpentry business. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a volunteer for the Trumann Fire and Rescue Unit and the ambulance service of Trumann...

Roger Paul Holt (09/28/06)
Roger Paul Holt of Harrisburg died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006 at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 19, 1953 in Marked Tree to Paul Vernon Holt and Elsie Faye Collins. Following high school he attended and graduated from the Delta Vo-Tech in Marked Tree. ...