Obituaries from December 2007

Elsie Geraldine Glidewell died Friday Nov. 30, 2007, at Trumann Health and Rehab. Mrs. Glidewell was born in Weona and was a lifetime member of the Trumann area. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim Frank and Delia Esther Thorn Smith...

Jimmy L. Brown, 68, died Monday, Nov. 26 in Jonesboro. Mr. Brown was born Aug. 29, 1939, in Lepanto. Survivors include sons, Larry Crow of West Memphis and Jimmy L. Brown Jr. of Branson, Mo.; daughters, Angel Smith of Sherman, Tex. and Pattie McWayne of Trumann; brothers, Bobby Brown of McDougal and Joe Brown of Corning; sister, Wanda Roark of McDougal; nine grandchildren; and many friends and relatives...

Cameron Cheyenne Swanner, infant daughter of Buster and April Swanner of Trumann, died at birth, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. In addition to her parents she is survived by a brother, Luke Aaron Swanner, of Trumann; grandparents, Julia Swanner of Jonesboro, Ronnie Norman of Michigan and Susan Norman of Trumann and great-grandparents, JD Swanner of Jonesboro and Ernestine Cossey of Trumann...

Mildred Norene Gaskin, 83, of Lake City died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1924 in Cross County. She married Chester Gaskins on Sept. 30, 1943 and they enjoyed 64 years together before his death on July 11, 2007. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of God in Harrisburg. She loved sewing and quilting...

Lois Marie Walker Gray Edge, 72, of Eaglecrest Nursing Center at Ashflat, died on Nov. 25, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by three daughters, Linda Gatewood Kenneth of Blytheville, Tinker Stobaugh (Jeff) of Armorel and Marie Huff (Tim) of Cooter, Mo.; six sons, David Gray (Linda) of Manila, Frankie Gray of Blytheville, Tommy Gray (Angela) of Blytheville, Julian Gray (Rhonda) of Cherokee Village, Gerald Gray, Jr. ...

Ima Faye Shafer, 77, of Marked Tree died on Nov. 27at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Shafer was born May 19, 1930 at Batesville and worked at the Café. Survivor is one brother, Perry Hobbs of Lepanto. The body was cremated.

Sonya Maria Huddleston, 51, of Dyess died Dec. 2, 2007 at the Med in Memphis. She was born Oct. 4, 1953 in Kankakee, Ill. She worked for the CNA and was a member of the Pentecostal Faith. She is survived by one daughter, Misty Mustion of Dyess; one son, Jonathan Mustion of Dyess; three sisters, Linda Long of Eddieville, Ky. Cinday Bass of Gosnell, Becky Halford of Dyess; and three brothers, David Williams of Harrison, Robert Halford of West Ridge and Michael Williams of Kuttawa, Ky...

Edna Francis Hawkins Popejoy, 91, of Marked Tree died Dec. 3, 2007 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on June 15, 1916, in Vandale and was a member of Corners Chapel Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Betty Hooker of Marked Tree and Margie Sullivan of Payneway; two sons, Jerry Hawkins of Hot Springs and Donald Hawkins of Hot Springs; two sisters, Mildred Ragan of Marked Tree, Lena Bolin of Jonesboro; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.. ...

Sandra Kay Smith Dobbins Weddle, 57, of Trumann died Thursday at Lawrence Hall Nursing Center in Walnut Ridge. Born in Harrisburg, she had lived in Walnut Ridge for the past few months and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith...

Albert L.D. Browder, 68, of Trumann died Dec. 14 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic for Great Dane Trailers and was of the Pentecostal Faith. Survivors include a loving friend Devona Browder Clairday; three sons, David Browder of Trumann and Jeff Browder of Trumann and Carl Browder of Mountain View; one daughter, Debroah Pratt of Mountain View; three brothers, Paul Browder, Jerry Browder and Eddie Browder, all of Marshall, Mo.; two sisters, Janice Browder and Shirley Meyers of Marshall, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.. ...

Geneva C. Farmer, 86, of Trumann, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Baldwyn, Miss., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired employee of the Singer Company and of the Assembly of God faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Farmer in 1983; a daughter, Meletta Gardner Putts; and her parents, Daniel L. and Mamie Stacey Whitaker...

Neva LaVerne Hickman, 86, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 at NEA Baptist Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Harrisburg and had lived most of her lifetime in the Central Community near Harrisburg before moving to Jonesboro in 2004. She was a housewife and member of the County Line Church of Christ...

Lois Ruth Lorine Adams, 78, of Trumann died Dec. 10, 2007 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonebsoro. She was born May 21, 1929 in Holcomb, Mo. She was a factory worker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elbert Lacy and Bertha Smith; her husband, James Franklin Adams; one son, Harold Marvin Adams; three sisters and two brothers...

Linda Barbara McCoy Stevens, 62, of Trumann, went to be with her savior on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. She was born in Rector, Ark. March 17, 1945 and lived in Trumann all of her life. She is a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church in Trumann, a graduate of Trumann High School, Arkansas State University and a retired registered nurse...

Shirley Ann Hatley, 54, of Marked Tree died Dec. 12, 2007, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born July 7, 1953 in Gilmore and was a homemaker. Hatley was a member of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include her mother, Evelyn Wood of Trumann; three sons, Chris Hatley of Lepanto, Tommy Hatley Jr. ...