Obituaries from April 2008

Tammy Michelle Cole of Jonesboro, 38, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the family residence. She was born on Saturday, September 20, 1969, the daughter of Bobby Wayne and Joyce Ann James Cole. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived in the Jonesboro and Trumann area during her lifetime. She worked in the housekeeping department at the Ridgecrest Health and Rehab in Jonesboro...

Maggie R. Wilson, 85, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Cherokee Village. She was born on Monday, October 16, 1922, daughter of the late Andrew and Elviria Crabtree Wilson. She was born in Hardy and had lived most of her lifetime in St. Louis, Mo., before moving to Jonesboro five years ago...

Mr. Leo J. George, 88, of Trumann, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Athens, Ala., and had lived in Trumann since 1994 and was formerly of Glenview, Ill. He was a retired inspector for Roseman Mfg. Company, veteran of the U.S. Army and World War II and of the Baptist faith...

Jerry Don Lovelace, 67 of Steele, Mo., died March 23, 2008 in West Memphis. Born in October, 8 1940 he was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Ethel Lovelace. He retired after 36 years with the U.S. Postal Service. A member of the Retired Postal Workers, he was a 32nd degree Mason of the Scottish Rites out of St. ...

Gerald Landis York, 64, Clarksville, Tenn., died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Spring Meadows Health Care Center. The funeral was held at Neal-Tarpley Chapel with Brother Steve Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation was held at Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home. ...

Ira M. Abbott, 90, of Trumann died Friday, April 25, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Abbott was born in Lepanto and had lived in Trumann for the past 55 years and was formerly of Harrisburg and Lepanto. He was a retired welder for the former Singer Company and member of the Trumann Missionary Baptist Church...

Doyle Ray Holt, 57, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Trumann on Monday, December 18, 1950, son of the late Allie "Cap" and Robbie Mae Pickering Holt...

Lonnie Donald Taber, 30, of Nacogdoches, Tex. died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. He was the son of Howard and the late Wanda May Williams Taber and was born on December, 9, 1977 in Wichita, Kans...

Miss Mildred Marie Walker, 91, died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born on Wednesday, May 17, 1916, the daughter of the late Doss E. and Mabel Irene Whaley Walker. Miss Walker...

Annalean Randall, 66, of Trumann died on April 23, 2008 in Payneway. She was a Jehovah Witness. She is survived by one daughter, Judy Ann Stapler of Payneburn; five sons, Ricky Stapler of Wynne, Silas Ray Stapler of McCrory, Melvin Lee Stapler of Payneway, George Golden of Wynne and Gerald Golden of McCrory; six sisters, Janice Fitzgerald of Fayetteville, N.C., Melva Jean Armstrong of Three Rivers, Mich., Brenda Bauemister of Allclaire, Mich., Sandra Stroud of Long Beach, Calif. ...

Ira M. Abbott, 90, of Trumann died Friday, April 25, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Abbott was born in Lepanto and had lived in Trumann for the past 55 years and was formerly of Harrisburg and Lepanto. He was a retired welder for the former Singer Company and member of the Trumann Missionary Baptist Church...

Goldie Lucille Britt, 75, formerly of Lepanto died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in Manila. She loved gardening and was a wonderful wife and mother. She was a member of the Assembly of God and was retried from American Greetings...

Stephan "Steve" Wayne Elrod Sr., 35, of Osceola died April 25, 2008 at SMC Regional Hospital in Osceola. Born April 16, 1955, in Bassett, he was a former Gilster Mary Lee Manager, Osceola Municipal Golf Course superintendent and of the Baptist faith...

Annalean Randall, 66, of Trumann died on April 23, 2008 in Payneway. She was a Jehovah Witness. She is survived by one daughter, Judy Ann Stapler of Payneburn; five sons, Ricky Stapler of Wynne, Silas Ray Stapler of McCrory, Melvin Lee Stapler of Payneway, George Golden of Wynne and Gerald Golden of McCrory; six sisters, Janice Fitzgerald of Fayetteville, N.C., Melva Jean Armstrong of Three Rivers, Mich., Brenda Bauemister of Allclaire, Mich., Sandra Stroud of Long Beach, Calif. ...