Obituaries from December 2012

PARAGOULD - James Vance, 73, of Paragould, Ark., passed away Nov. 30, 2012, at his home. James was a 1957 graduate of Paragould High School and played football for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. James was retired from Foremost/Turner Dairies after over 50 years of dedicated service. He was a volunteer Paragould Youth Baseball coach for several years and he was a member of Eastside Baptist Church...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Kenneth Joy Baker, 84, of Trumann died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Oklahoma to the late Kenneth and Maggie Hall Cox. She lived in Trumann most of her life. She was a homemaker and of Church of Christ faith...

MANILA - Patricia Helen Kelley-Keating entered into eternal rest Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Manila Nursing Home in Manila. She was born May 23, 1937, in Pittston, Penn., to the late Dr. Gene and Helen Kelley. She preferred to be called Tia or Tia-Nana. ...

LAKE CITY - Mr. Kenneth Ira Dunman, 67, departed this life while walking with Jesus on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. Dunman was born in Lunsford to the late Charles and Betty Sutterfield Dunman. Ken was a retired farmer and banker. He taught vocational agriculture at Bay High School for many years, and was a member of the NEA Angus Association and member of the First Baptist Church in Bay...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Prisilla Ann Totty Horton, 63, of Trumann died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Georgetown, Texas. She was born in Michigan City, Ind., to the late Francis Earl and Aline Bundesman Yeakey and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Totty Horton was a homemaker and worked many years at Couch's BBQ in Trumann and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Trumann...

MARKED TREE - Marie Elizabeth Hitson of Marked Tree passed away at the age of 73. Mrs. Hitson was born to Henry Richards and Nora Ann Klutts Richards Jan. 23, 1939, in Trumann. Mrs. Hitson was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Jack Hitson...

TRUMANN - Mr. Larry Lenroe Moody, 58, of Trumann, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Aug. 18, 1954 in Trumann to the late Buford Lenroe and Emogene Dempsey Moody and had lived all of his life in Trumann. Mr. Moody was an electrician for Columbus Forest Products in Trumann and member of the Providence Baptist Church...

Hazel McGowan Clem, 72 of Trumann passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was preceded in death by her parents; Vernon and Thelma Birdsell McGowan; five brothers: Rubin, Harrison, Charles, Ralph and Edward; one sister: Louise. ...