Obituaries from May 2008

Charles K. Childs, 83, of Trumann passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Childs was born in Pocahontas and was a lifelong resident of Trumann. He was a graduate of Trumann High School and Arkansas State College. ...

Rachel Hill, 83, died Monday, April 28, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on Wednesday, March 18, 1925, daughter of the late Robert and Emma Bruce Ishmael. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Harrisburg and LaPorte, Ind., before moving back to Trumann in 1997. She was a pattern maker for a furniture company in LaPorte...

Fred Davis Watson, 57, of Little Rock died May 1, 2008 at the V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born May 2, 1950 in Tyronza. He worked in the factory, a member of the Army and a member of the Baptist Faith...

James Louis Starr, 74, of Victorville, Calif. and formerly of Joiner, died April 21, 2008. He was born November 23, 1933 at Dean's Island. He was a retired factory worker and a member of the Baptist Faith...

Frances C. O'Flinn, 80, of Osceola died April 30, 2008 in Blytheville. Born Oct. 31, 1927 in Guntown, Miss., Frances was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Osceola. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Lewis O'Flinn; her parents, Cliff Cannon and Mary Ruth Brown; and one sister, Peggy Cannon...

Chester Aaron Perkins, 91, of Marked Tree passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was born July 9, 1916 in Tyronza to the late Charles Oliver "Charlie" and Minnie Everett Lillard Perkins. He had lived in the Black Oak Community all his life...

Stanford "Buddy" Neal, 58, of Lepanto died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at his residence. He was a member of Lepanto First Baptist Church where he was a loyal choir member. He was preceded in death by his father, Ted Neal...

Charles Clarence Willbanks, 83, of Keiser died May 3, 2008 in Oscoela. He was a retired civil engineer, an Army World War II veteran and a member of Brinkley Chapel Baptist Church. Willbanks was preceded in death by his parents, John W. Willbanks and Nancy Belt, five brothers and one sister...

Robert Roy Mattingly, Sr., 72, of Jacksonville passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008 at Baptist Springhill Hospital in North Little Rock. He was born June 12, 1935 in Mt. Vernon, Ind. to the late William Chester and Elizabeth Ann Stone Mattingly. ...

Charlie Anderson, 95, of McKenzie, Tenn., formerly of Marked Tree, died Thursday, May 1. He actively served at Anderson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church before his health prompted his move to Tennessee...

Dorman Ray Cooper, 26, of Marked Tree died May 12, 2008 in Trumann. Born August 8, 1981 in Memphis, Cooper was a security guard and a member of West Ridge Baptist Church in West Ridge. He was employed with Securitas in Trumann as was working at the Columbia Forrest plant at the time of his death...

Gerald Wayne Harris, Sr., 60, of Osceola died May 8, 2008. He was born April 11, 1948 in Hernando, Miss. He was a factory worker, a member of the Army, and a member of the Baptist Faith. He is preceded in death by both of his parents, Charles Henry Harris and Maudie Knight, one daughter, Tracy Lynn Harris, one brother, Charles Ricky Harris and one sister, Margaret Harris...

Frances Whitlow, 79, died Friday, May 16. 2008. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and of the Rotary Club in Marked Tree. She worked as a Vice-President of Tellers at the Marked Tree Bank...

Walter Mae "Mimi" Martin, 92, of Lepanto died at her residence Friday, May 16, 2008. She was born July 4, 1915, at Millington, Tenn., and was of the Baptist faith. Martin was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Martin; one daughter, Wanda Martin; three half brothers, Cal Finchum, Carl Finchum and Hodge Finchum; and one grandson, Wayne Rice...

Daisy Ruffin Johnson, 87, of Lepanto died Monday, May 12, 2008 at her residence. She was born June 17, 1920 in Tunica, Miss. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pete Ruffin and Ella Mae Bolden...

Dorman Ray Cooper, 26, of Marked Tree died May 12, 2008 in Trumann. Born August 8, 1981 in Memphis, Cooper was a security guard and a member of West Ridge Baptist Church in West Ridge. He was employed with Securitas in Trumann as was working at the Columbia Forrest plant at the time of his death...

Joe E. Houston, 68, of Trumann died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Parsons, Tenn. and had lived in Trumann for the past one and a half years. He was a retired cutting room supervisor for Salant and Salant, an avid outdoorsman and of the Baptist faith...

Everett Thomas Young, 92, of Marked Tree died Monday, May 26, 2008 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was the retired, the former manager of Bondsville Farms and a member of First Assembly of God Church in Lepanto...

Fannie Mae Williams, 59, of Blytheville died May 19, 2008 in Blytheville. She was born June 3, 1948 in Tyronza. She was a factory worker and a member of the Zion Chapel in Luxora. She is survived by her parents, Faye Morgan and Henry Williams, Sr. ...

Dale Wayne Talley, 49, of Marked Tree, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. He was a graduate of Marmon High School in Kansas City, Kansas. A member of Central Baptist Church in Marked Tree, he served in the Army during peacetime and was stationed in Korea...

John Redmond, Jr., 78, of Osceola died on May 15, 2008 at SMC Regional Medical Center in Osceola. He was born September 19, 1929 in Victoria. He is a retired factory worker, a member of the Army, served in the Korean Conflict, is a Korean War Veteran and a member of the Baptist Faith...

John Edward Huffins, 33, of Parkin died Sunday, May 18, 2008 in Fisher. He was born May 17, 1975 in Osceola. Huffins was a farmer and a member of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Huffins of Jonesboro and his brother, Ted Arthur Huffins of Jonesboro...

Edna Edwards, 82, of Marked Tree died May 16 at Three Rivers Nursing Center. She was born in Tyronza and lived nearly her entire life in Marked Tree. She was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church where she was very active...

Arthur Carl Austin, 68, of Tyronza died Friday at his residence. A Navy veteran, he was a retired armed security guard and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include wife, Barbara Austin; daughter, Patricia Humphrey; stepdaughters, Lisa Norton, Kim Teague, Sheila Ponson, Teresa Miller and Ashley Waldrop; stepson, Keith Waldrop; sisters, Antonia Anderson, Lee Fredrickson and Katie Liberty; brothers, Bruce and Allen Austin; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.. ...

Sgt. Major Doyle LaFayette Hancock, 81, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the family residence. He was born in Myrtle, Miss., and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 12 years and was formerly of Memphis...

Paul Wayne Stotts, 60, died Wednesday morning May 21, 2008, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born July 26, 1947 son of Fred Stotts and Lillian Lafarlette Stotts George. He was born in Jonesboro and was a lifelong resident of Trumann. ...

Rayna Charlize "Charlie" Henson, 21 days old, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. She was born on May 4, 2008 at White River Medical Center in Batesville to Larry and Ira Lee Barnett Henson...