Obituaries from July 2008

James Leroy Hood, 79, of Payneway died June 27, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Jan 29, 1929, to Alfred and Selita Hood, he was a retired farmer, a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza and an Army veteran of the Korean war...

Glenda Sue Miles, 59, of Lake City died Friday, June 27, 2008 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Oct. 15, 1948 in Oklahoma, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Miles. Survivors include three daughters: Betty Wright of Jonesboro, Brenda Manning of Grenada, Miss. ...

Sandra Lou Morrisett, 49, passed away at her residence on June 26, 2008. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church and was active in the farming operation with her husband. She was preceded in death by Wilmer and Ethel Jones Arval and Freda Mason, her grandparents...

Jimmy C. Turner, 83 of Trumann died Thursday June 26, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann, he was a farmer, and a U.S. Army veteran serving as technical sergeant at the Clark Air Force Base in the Manila, Philippines. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Willis and Jimmie Lee Glasgow Turner, and one brother, Richard A. Turner...

PARAGOULD -- Billy Earl Brewington, 74, of Paragould died Monday June 30 at his home. He was born Aug. 26, 1933, at Tyronza, the son of the late Harley and Inez Hindman Brewington. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Ann Beith...

Orlando Lee Burcham, 92, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, July 1, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Burcham was of the Baptist Faith and was one of the oldest living members of the Local Carpenter's Union. He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Burcham...

Sarah Moore Roy, 80, of Marked Tree died Sunday, July 13, 2008. Mrs. Roy was a member of United Methodist Church and a former teacher. Survivors include her husband, Densel Roy of Marked Tree; two daughters, Denise...

Dawson Lee Brown, three months, of Tyronza died July 11 at the Children's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born April 9, 2008 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. Survivors are his mother, Leandrea Brown of Tyronza; grandparents, Ricky and Joyce Brown of Tyronza; great grandmother, Betty Buckner of Trumann; two uncles, Kevin Brown of Tyronza and Hunter Pipes of Tyronza...

Everette Jones, Jr., 68, of Lepanto died July 12 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the Church of God and was retired from American Greetings. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucy Jones...

Harriet Elouise Cox, 91, of McCrory died Tuesday in McCrory. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Pitt Dickerson and Erna M. Sparks Dickerson; husband Purl D. Cox; daughter, Medora E. Goff; brothers, Eastman and Kaylor Dickerson; and sister Patsy Ingram...

LOST CANE -- Justin Cory Veach, 32, of the Lost Cane Community near Manila died Thursday, July 10, at Great River Medical Center at Blytheville. Born at Blytheville, he had been a lifelong resident of Lost Cane. He was valedictorian of the 1994 graduating class of Manila High School and later attended Arkansas State University...

Ross Holt, 21, of Holland, Mich. died Friday, July 11 at his home. Born May 21, 1987 in Holland, he graduated from Holland Christian High School in 2005. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Harvey Beelen and Mace Holt, and an uncle, Warren Beelen...

Densel Eugene Roy, 86, of Marked Tree died Saturday, July 19. Roy was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a veteran of the United States Air Force and World War II. He was the owner of J.H. Roy and Son Construction Company and farms...

Alvin Eugene Davis, 91, of East Prairie, Mo., formerly of Trumann, died at 5:55 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2008 in the Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Sept. 18, 1916 in Manila, to the late James Abner and Mamie Mary Elizabeth Smith Davis, he had lived in Mississippi County since 1966 moving from Trumann. ...

E.C. Dunman, Jr., 75, of Flint, Mich. died Friday, July 11 at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Flint. Funeral services were Tuesday, July 15, at Riegel Funeral Home in Flushing, Mich. Pastor Jerry Stoner officiated at the service. Burial was at Meadow View Cemetery in Davison, Mich...

Faye Ann Smith Faye Ann Smith, 95, of Marion died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Willowbend At Marion. She was born in Marked Tree and had lived in Marion for the past 5 years. She was formerly a resident of the Freer Community near A former sales clerk for Guy's Discount Center in Trumann, she was a member of the Avondale Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis...

Florence Loretta Ryan, 83, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Jonesboro Healthcare Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Trumann/Jonesboro area most of her life. She was a housewife and member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Ryan was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and three sisters...

Leslie Franklin Sliter, 86, of Trumann died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Arkansas, he had lived for the past 30 years in Trumann. He was a retired farmer and of the protestant faith. Sliter was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Thomas and Lilly Mae Warren Sliter...

Thelma Richmond Foster, 90, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Lepanto, died Monday, July 28, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Foster was a member of West Doniphan Full Gospel Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Richmond; one son, Jerry Wayne Richmond; one sister and one brother...

Jimmy E. Mangrum 60, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Marked Tree, he had lived in the Bay and Jonesboro area since 1984. He owned an appliance repair business, was a former lab technician and diesel mechanic and was a veteran of the Army National Guard and of the Baptist faith...

Mary Hazel McCorkle, 89, of Tyronza died on July 25 at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband Press McCorkle; one son, Lester McCorkle; one daughter, Brenda McCorkle and one granddaughter, Suzy Yeakley...

Dallas Collins, 69, of Trumann, died on Monday, July 21 in Memphis. He was born October 29, 1938 in Black Rock, the son of Elmer Collins and Florence Nice Collins. He was a lifetime resident of Poinsett County and retired from Hytrol in 2001 after 25 years of service. He was a member of the New Vision Worship Center in Harrisburg and loved to fish and hunt...

Loretta Waleszonia German, 81 of Jonesboro, died Sunday morning at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Roy, she had lived in Jonesboro for a short time moving there from Murfreesboro. She was a retired Lab Tech, a member of the Eastern Star, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro...

Jimmy E. Mangrum 60, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Marked Tree, he had lived in the Bay and Jonesboro area since 1984. He owned an appliance repair business, was a former lab technician and diesel mechanic and was a veteran of the Army National Guard and of the Baptist faith...

Mary Hazel McCorkle, 89, of Tyronza died on July 25 at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband Press McCorkle; one son, Lester McCorkle; one daughter, Brenda McCorkle and one granddaughter, Suzy Yeakley...

Loyd Franklin Reese, 74, of Trumann died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center at Jonesboro. Born at Bay, he had lived in Trumann for four years. He was the former director for the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden, a veteran of the U.S. ...