Obituaries

Carlton "Nub" Armstrong (12/08/06)
Carlton "Nub" Armstrong, 73, of Mt. Pleasant died Dec. 3, 2006 in Melbourne. Born in Marked Tree, he was retired from the military and was a retired carpenter, mechanic and farmer. He served in the U.S. Army and the Marine Corp and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was of the Baptist faith and a member of the DAV and the VFW...

William "Bill" Wesley Foster (12/08/06)
William "Bill" Wesley Foster, 75, died Dec. 1, 2006 in Cherokee Village at his daughter's home. Legacy Hospice of Salem were the care givers in his final days. Formerly of Marked Tree, He was born April 10, 1931 in Lepanto. He retired from Mid-South Manufacturing Co. after 27 years as a quality control inspector...

Juanita V. Turpen (12/08/06)
Juanita V. Turpen, 79, of Marked Tree died Dec. 3, 2006, at her residence in Marked Tree. Turpen, the widow of Buford Turpen, was born in Harrisburg to the late Ruben and Mary (Taylor) Graham. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church. She is survived by four daughters and their husbands: Wanda and Tooter Gaddis of Marked Tree, Jackie and Robert Justice of Marked Tree, Carolyn and Boyce Cope of North Little Rock and Joyce Kay of Heth; one son and his wife, Richard and Debbie Turpen of Carencro; two sisters, Jeanette Morris and Mary Kay; two brothers, R.C. ...

Candice LeeAnn Sharp White (12/08/06)
Funeral services for Candice LeeAnn Sharp White, age 25, of Ozark, Mo. were held Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in the First Baptist Church in Tallulah, La. with Rev. John Rushing officiating. White died at her home. She was born in Delhi, La. and grew up in Tallulah where she graduated from Tallulah High School. She was a children entertainment receptionist...

Elbert Richardson Blackwood (12/13/06)
Elbert Richardson Blackwood, age 95, of Lepanto died Sunday, Dec. 10, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a farmer and a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Hyde Blackwood. Survivors include four daughters, Martha Ford of Lepanto, Freda Armer of Scottsdale, Ariz., Patsy McClain of Lepanto, Faye Hill of Memphis; one sister, Elsie Blackwood Smith of Medon, Tenn.; fourteen grandchildren; thirty-three great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.. ...

C.B. Hall (12/13/06)
C.B. Hall, 66, of Trumann, died Dec. 3, 2006 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born August 13, 1938, in Dundee, Miss. and was a state highway employee. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eddie Hall and Frankie Bass...

Jonathan Lewis (Jon) Tyler (12/13/06)
Jonathan Lewis (Jon) Tyler, age 31, of Lepanto died Tuesday, December 12. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lepanto. He was preceded in death by his mother, Cindy Tuggle Tyler in 2001 and his paternal grandfather, Otis Tyler. He was an avid duck and deer hunter...

Michael Douglas Pipes (12/13/06)
Michael Douglas Pipes, 43, of New Albany, Miss., formerly of Tyronza, died Dec.5 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Miss. Born January 3, 1963, he was a carpenter and a member of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Jappy Pipes; one sister, Pamela J. Moore; and one brother, Jerry W. Orr...

Candice LeeAnn Sharp White (12/13/06)
Funeral services for Candice LeeAnn Sharp White, age 25, of Ozark, Mo. were held Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in the First Baptist Church in Tallulah, La. with Rev. John Rushing officiating. White died at her home. She was born in Delhi, La. and grew up in Tallulah where she graduated from Tallulah High School. She was a children entertainment receptionist...

Patsy Pierce Carmichiel (12/28/06)
Patsy Pierce Carmichiel, age 80, of Dyess died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Survivors include four sons: Joel Carmichiel, Scott Carmichiel, David Carmichiel, all of Dyess, and Michael Carmichiel of Gosnell; one daughter, Christie Warhurst of Dyess; three grandchildren and six great grandchildren...

Jonnie Carroll (12/28/06)
Jonnie Carroll, 92, of Memphis, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at her residence. Born in Holly Springs, Miss., she grew up in Lepanto and at age 17 left for Memphis and then Chicago. During the early 1930's, she was a vocalist and sang on a Memphis riverboat, at the famous Chicago Blackhawk Restaurant, and on Chicago's WGN radio station for over two years with the Joe Sanders orchestra. She attended jam sessions with Fats Domino, Ozzie & Harriett Nelson, and Duke Ellington...

Clara Mae Thompson (12/28/06)
Clara Mae Thompson, age 87, of Keiser died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Survivors include five daughters: Betty Walley of Hombeak, Tenn, Carrolyn Thompson of Keiser, Nancy Gipson of Savannah, Ga,, Kathy Jones of Russelville and Margie Abemathy of Montgomery, Ala.; five sons, Bobby Thompson of Jonesboro, Lawrence David Thompson of Keiser, Scottie Thopmson of Tyronza, Ricky Thompson of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Kermit Thompson of Keiser; three sisters, Pauline Owens of Jonesboro and Christine Barber and Mary Catt, both of Lepanto; 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.. ...