Obituaries from December 2008

Grover T. Stewart, 89, of Brookland, formerly of Cardwell, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 27, at St. Bernards Medical Center at Jonesboro. He was born July 14, 1919, in Dunklin County, Mo., the son of B.E. and Thula Farmer Stewart. Grover was a grocery store owner and chief of police in Cardwell, and a member of Cardwell Baptist Church...

Annie Mae Williams, 65, of Osceola died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born March 6, 1943 at Lake Conrad, Miss., she was a retired jailor and a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church...

Donna Louise Smith, 65, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born July 13, 1943, at Caraway to the late William and Lola "Bill" Adams. She retired from Caraway Apparel and was a member of Caraway First Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was also a homemaker, and the delight of her life was her granddaughter, whom she helped raise...

Freddie Gene Simpson, 73, of Etowah died Dec. 11 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti, Mo. He was born Aug. 29, 1935 at Monnette. Simpson was a member of the army and owned Simpson Grocery in Etowah for 40 years. He was professed his faith in Christ in November 2005...

Mickey McLaughlin, 62, of Manila died Dec. 13, 2008 at SMC Regional Medical Center in Osceola. Born Aug. 6, 1946 in Huntsville, Ala., he was a retired truck driver and of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mildred and Joe W. McLaughlin...

J.E. Crawford, 66, of Marked Tree died Sunday, Dec. 14, in St. Bernards Medical Center at Jonesboro. Mr. Crawford had been a Southern Baptist minister for 40 years and was serving Nodena Memorial Baptist Church as pastor. He was past president of the Marked Tree Junior Chamber of Commerce...

J.W. Barrington, 88, of Tyronza, died Dec. 10, at the Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis. He was a salesman and a rep for Dry Cleaning Chemical Company. Barrington is survived by his sister, Delores Bodry of Tyronza and several nieces and nephews...

Betty Jo Burress, 68, of Tyronza died Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, at Jonesboro. She was born Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1940, in Newellton, La. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, two sisters, two brothers, one grandson and nine nieces and nephews...

Roy Chapple, 92, of Lepanto died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at Willow Bend Nursing Home in Marion. He was a member of Lepanto Church of Christ and was preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Chapple. He is survived by his sons, Jerry Chapple of Marion and Roy Chapple Jr. of Southaven, Miss.; daughter, Betty Hill of Southaven; nine grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren...

Richard Lee Freeman Sr., 35, of Osceola died Sunday, Dec. 14 at St. Bernards Medical Center. Survivors include wife, Misty Freeman of Osceola; sons, Richard Lee Jr. and Robert Carl Freeman, both of Cooter, Mo.; parents, Linda and Wayne Freeman of Osceola; sister, Sherri Ann Edwards of Cherokee Village; and brothers, Wayne Jr. and Douglas Freeman, both of Osceola...

Florence Yvionne Owens, 68, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at the family residence. Born in Lepanto, she had lived in Trumann for the past 33 years and was formerly of England. Mrs. Owens was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God in Trumann...

William L. Pilgrim, 81, of Osceola died Dec. 21, in South Mississippi County Regional in Osceola. He was born June 24, 1927 in Caraway and was a retired Southwire factory worker of 31 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Viola Pilgrim; one sister, Guin Rainey; and one brother, Eldred Pilgrim...

James Michael Smith, 34, of Trumann died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at his residence. He was a graduate of EPC High School in Lepanto. He attended Arkansas State College and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife Kary Gibson Smith of the home; step-sons Seth and Tyler Mullins of...

Charles Homer Garrison, Sr.,77, of Marked Tree, died December 22, 2008, at VA Medical Hospital in Memphis. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a member of Lepanto American Legion. He was an army veteran of the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and...