Obituaries

Donald Edward Byram (01/04/07)
Donald Edward Byram of Trumann died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 59. Born in Lepanto, he lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired factory worker and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Woody and Edna Jennings Byram...

Claudy Rodger Duane Ferguson (01/04/07)
Claudy Rodger Duane Ferguson, 65, of Marked Tree died Dec. 30, 2006, at his residence. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include three sons: David Ferguson, Michael Ferguson and Mark Ferguson, all of Tyronza; three sisters: Maglene Moss of Pontotoc, Miss., Modena Brown of Illinois, and Artlena Chapman of Olive Branch, Miss.; one brother: Dewight Ferguson of Ecru, Miss.; and five grandchildren...

Hugh Ellis Richardson (01/04/07)
Hugh Ellis Richardson, 70, of Cordova, Tenn. died Dec. 29, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Formerly from Lepanto and Hughes, he was retired from Community Ford in Albany, Miss. where he was an auto dealership manager. Survivors include his wife, Wanda Richardson; three daughters: Kim Emery of Colleyville, Texas, Kelley Hughes of Farmington and Karen Richardson of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sons, Hugh E. ...

Ruby Jewell Tate Strickland (01/04/07)
Ruby Jewell Tate Strickland, 70, of Marked Tree, died on Dec. 23, 2006, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. Born June 25, 1936, in West Memphis, she was a care taker and a member of Church of Christ Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ora Lee Brewer; one son, Donnie Strickland; and two brothers, Marlin Giather and Gene Giather...

Marvin James Taylor (01/04/07)
Marvin James, 82, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 at the family residence in Marked Tree. Born in Patterson on Friday, March 7, 1924, he was the son of the late Robert James "Bob" and Effie Mae Dairl Taylor. He had lived most of his lifetime in the Weona and Marked Tree area. He was a farm manager for Hyneman & Associates, Inc. in Weona and a member of the Liberty Street Church of Christ in Marked Tree...

William "Billy" Lewis Hannah (01/16/07)
William "Billy" Lewis Hannah, 81, of Corpus Christi, Texas, died January 2 at the home of his son, Gary Hannah. Born on Jan. 18, 1925 in McMinnville, Tenn., Mr. Hannah was a longtime resident of Lepanto. He was the son of William Neal and Alberta Lewis Hannah...

Eva Maxine King Featherston (01/25/07)
Eva Maxine King Featherston, 89, died Jan. 14, 2007, in Memphis, Tenn. Born on May 11, 1917, in Ackerman, Miss., Featherston was the youngest of 10 children. She moved with her family at a young age to Northeast Arkansas. She graduated from Marked Tree High School and attended Arkansas State University. On Dec. 24, 1939, she married James Rodgers Featherston. They lived in Marked Tree until April, 2000, when they moved to Memphis, Tenn...