Obituaries

Norma Irene Hale (07/05/07)
Norma Irene Hale, 82, of Marked Tree died June 29 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marked Tree. She was employed at the American Greetings Factory in Osceola. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Hale and her parents, Ruben and Christine Ward...

Leland Edward Cates (07/05/07)
Leland Edward Cates, 89, of Heber Springs died Saturday, June 23 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Rock. Formerly of Lepanto, he was a pharmacist, a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Church of God in Heber Springs...

Mary Christine Guy (07/05/07)
Mary Christine Guy, 78, of Belleville, Mich., formerly of Lepanto, died June 30, 2007. She was the beloved mother of Judy Carrington and the late Chris Jean Smith; the dearest grandmother of James, Eddie, Lance, Van and Regina Smith; the great-grandmother of nine; and the loving aunt of Betty Kohl. She is also survived by her brother, John Wayne Spencer and her sister, Betty Jean Marshal...

James Eugene Kimery (07/05/07)
James Eugene Kimery, 86, of Marked Tree died June 30 at the VA Hospital in Memphis. He was a factory worker and served in World War II. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Marked Tree. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Andrew and Flora Gailey Kimery and two sisters, Dorothy Whatley and Ella Mae Gray...

C.R. Carter (07/10/07)
C.R. Carter, age 101, of Marked Tree died Saturday, July 7 at NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was the Assembly of God faith and a member of the Masonic Lodge #766 of Marked Tree. He was a Poinsett County Deputy Sheriff for an umber of years. He and his wife celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary on June 17...

Johnny Wayne Byrd (07/10/07)
Johnny Wayne Byrd, 56, of Byhalia, Miss., formerly of Tyronza and Marked Tree, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2007. Funeral services were Saturday, July 7, at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch, Miss., with interment to follow in Southwoods Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis...

Robin Paige Green (07/10/07)
Robin Paige Green, 36, of Chelford died Saturday, July 7 in Chelford. Born February 15, 1971 in Osceola, she was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church of Lepanto and a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Buford Green, two daughters Ariana Hudson and Eva Green all of the home; her parents, Billy Brooks of Rivervale and Shirley Brooks of Lepanto; sister Janet Brooks of Rivervale; and brother Nathan Brooks of Lepanto...

Alice Leona Griffin (07/10/07)
Alice Leona Griffin, 85, of Marked Tree died July 2, 2007. She was a home maker and a member of Baptist Faith Church. Survivors include her daughters, Ruth Lathrom of Marked Tree, Barbara Duvall of Marked Tree, and Jackie Herrera of Pensacola, Fla.; sons, Frank Griffin of Marked Tree, Mike Griffin of Marked Tree, Danny Griffin of Marked Tree and Billy Griffin of Dallas, Texas; sisters, Nora Faye Pitts of Marked Tree, Imogene Rule of Oklahoma City, Okla., Jo Day of Marked Tree and Louella Godwin of Heber Springs; 34 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and give great-great grandchildren.. ...

Clara Virginia Fulks Sanders (07/19/07)
Clara Virginia Fulks Sanders, 70, of Lepanto died Monday, July 9 at her home. Born February 2, 1937 in Alcorn County, Miss., she was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith. Her husband, Joe Sanders, preceded her in death. She is survived by, three daughters-Betty Royal of Littlefield, Ariz., April Biby of Eugene, Ore. ...

Robin Paige Green (07/19/07)
Robin Paige Green, 36, of Tyronza died Saturday, July 7 at her home. She was born February 15, 1971 in Osceola, was Pentecostal and a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Buford Green, two daughters Ariana Paige Hudson and Eva Rhiannon Green all of Chelford; her parents Billy Brooks of Rivervale and Shirley Brooks of Lepanto; one sister Janet Brooks of Lepanto; and one brother Nathan Green of Lepanto...

Franklin Delano (Sonny) Dixon (07/19/07)
Franklin Delano (Sonny) Dixon, of Bald Knob died July 13. He was born March 30, 1933 to the late Teddy and Elsie (Russell) Dixon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Dixon and a brother, Stanley Dixon. Survivors include sisters Brenda White and Sharon Watson both of Bald Knob, Sarah Vest of Patterson, Ark. Mary Harper of Adona, Ark., Zula McCain of Leachville, Dorothy Hicks of Jonesboro and Bonnie Harris of McCrory; and brother Leon Dixon of Lepanto...

Jackie Wayne Shempert (07/19/07)
Jackie Wayne Shempert, 52, of Lepanto died Sunday, July 8 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Survivors include one son, Corey Shempert of Franklin, Ark; his mother Mary Harper of Adona, Ark; four brothers, Melvin Shempert of Frenchman's Bayou, Ark, Ricky Shempert of Dyess, Charles Shempert of Gosnell and Ronnie Shempert of Trumann; five sisters, Florence Jackson of Adona, Ark, Linda McEvoy of Perryville, Ark, Judy Tyler and Teresa Shempert both of Jonesboro, Patti Hunt of Gosnell and three grand children.. ...

Mattie Sue Appling (07/19/07)
Mattie Sue Appling, 79, of Marked Tree died Thursday, July 12 at her home. She was born February 5, 1928 in McNairy County, Tenn. to Clarence and Versie Capooth who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her husband Henry Clay Appling, Jr., and two sisters Margret Lee Parker and Geneva Mae Hanna...

Ruth Braley Pyland (07/26/07)
Ruth Braley Pyland, born June 11, 1907 at Mangrum, Arkansas, joined her husband of 62 years in the presence of the Lord on July 19, 2007. She was the daughter of the late E.C. and Addie Braley. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Francis Pyland Miller; one grandson; and two sisters...

Joel Saddler, Sr. (07/26/07)
Joel Saddler, Sr. of Harrisburg departed this life Wednesday morning at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He had driven trucks for 42 years. He married Mary Isabell on November 28, 1958 and they enjoyed 49 years together. He enjoyed fishing and country music, but his life's passion was his family. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Harrisburg...

James Preston Meadows (07/26/07)
James Preston Meadows, 30, of Mechanicsville, Md., died July 17th, 2007 at his home. He was the loving husband of Amy Katherine Ford Meadows, formerly of Marked Tree, and the father of a daughter, Gabrielle Elaine Meadows of La Plata, Md., and son, Easton Greene Meadows, of Mechanicsville...

Evelyn M. Horton (07/26/07)
Evelyn M. Horton, former librarian for Turrell Library died Thursday, July 19 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center. She was 85. She was member of Tyronza Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Hugh Horton, Sr. and a son, Edward Hugh Horton, Jr...