Obituaries

Beulah Etta Barrier Daniels (10/04/07)
Beulah Etta Barrier Daniels, 93, died on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, at the St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker. She is survived by four sons: Ray Daniels, Henry Daniels and Greg Daniels, all of Tyronza and Randy Daniels of Marked Tree; one daughter, Peggy Preston of Tyronza; one sister, Wilma White of Savannah, Tenn.; 18 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren...

Charles G. "Chili" McDaniel, Sr. (10/04/07)
Charles G. "Chili" McDaniel, Sr., 80, died Sept. 28, 2007, at his home in Tyronza. He was a retired heating and air maintenance man of Tyronza. McDaniel was also a U.S. Navy veteran, retired founder and fireman of Tyronza Fire Department, charter member of the Tyronza Hunting Club and a member of the Tyronza First Baptist Church...

Willie Dallas Burns Jr. (10/11/07)
Willie Dallas Burns Jr., 63, of Marked Tree died Monday, Oct. 8, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. He was born in Tyronza on Feb. 20, 1944, into the family of Willie Dallas Burns Sr. and Mollie Phillips Burns. He was a tree trimmer and was of the Baptist belief...

Glen Evert Perkins Sr (10/11/07)
Glen Evert Perkins Sr., 89, of Monticello passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at his home. He was born Sept. 8, 1918 in Tyronza to the late Charles Oliver Perkins and Minnie Lillard Perkins. He was a farmer and owner of Perkins Farm Supply, a U.S. Army and Air Force Veteran of WWII and a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a 1950 graduate of U of A at Fayetteville, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture...

Larry Warren (10/11/07)
Larry Warren, 60, of Kennett, Mo. died on Sunday, Oct. 7 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Kennett and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Diane Warren. He is survived by one son, Bryan Warren of Springfield, Mo.; one daughter, Heather Warren of Kennett, Mo.; two brothers, Don Warren and Wilton Warren; one sister, Bonnie Warren all of Lepanto; and one grandchild, Jaxson Warren...

Lester McCorkle (10/11/07)
Lester McCorkle, 65, of Tyronza died Wednesday, Oct. 3 after drowning in a four-wheeler accident. He was a retired self-employed heavy equipment operator and of the Baptist faith. McCorkle loved his family very much and spent most of his days with his grandchildren of whom he was very proud. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He also was a great cook and always had a new recipe to be sample by all...

John Allen Jennings Sr (10/18/07)
John Allen Jennings Sr.,76, of Lepanto died Friday, Oct. 12, in NEA Medical Center at Jonesboro. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Elizabeth Jennings Milam, and a granddaughter, Casey Kay Milam. Jennings was the son of William and Martha Jennings, long time pioneers of Lepanto. ...

Michael Dewayne McClain (10/18/07)
Michael Dewayne McClain, 46, of Lepanto died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at his residence in Lepanto. He was a self-employed contractor and of the Pentecostal belief. He was preceded in death by a son, Josh McClain; and his father, Gene McClain. Survivors include his mother, Wilma McClain; girlfriend, Stacy Scott; and her son, Anthony Scott, all of Lepanto...

Pearl M. Young (10/25/07)
Pearl M. Young, 86, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Oct. 16 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Bassett on Sept. 15, 1921, she was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church in Marked Tree. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamine and Minnie Tyger; her husband, Frank W. Young; one son, Raymond Young; two brothers and three sisters...

Tyre Woodrow Gann (10/25/07)
Tyre Woodrow Gann, 88 of Trumann, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. Born in Lepanto, he had lived in Trumann for the past 21 years moving to Trumann from Imperial, Calif. He was a retired city employee of Imperial, CA. veteran of the U.S. Army and was of the Baptist faith...

Kim Bickerstaff (10/25/07)
Kim Bickerstaff, 41, of Smithville, Tenn., died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007 in Nashville. Formerly of Hughes, she was a transportation worker and a member of Central Baptist Church in Hughes. Survivors include her fiancé, Gerald Johnson of Smithville; one daughter, Courtney Daniel of Etowah; one son, Rodger Bickerstaff of Tyronza; his parents, Nancy Thorn and Dexter Thorn of Hughes; and one brother, Michael Thorn of Hughes...