Obituaries from January 2013

TRUMANN - Mrs. Ellen Lorene Creecy, 85, of Trumann died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Leachville, Ark., to the late Paul and Frances Lansford Nichols. She had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann and was a homemaker and of Pentecostal faith...

WYNNE - Jasper Carl Ford, 71, of Wynne passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. He was born Feb. 28, 1941, at Waldenburg to Jasper and Hazel Ford. Jasper was a retired factory worker as well as having served in the Navy and the Arkansas National Guard. Jasper was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Martha...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Patsy Diane Kelly of Trumann, Ark., departed this life Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 59. She was born Sept. 30, 1953 in Trumann, the daughter of Bobby Thomas and Dorothy Jones Thomas. Patsy was of the Baptist belief...

HARRISBURG (CENTRAL COMMUNITY) - Mr. Glen Russell "Mike" McMullin, 66, of the Central Community died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at NEA Baptist. He was born in Tyronza, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Central Community. Mr. McMullin was retired from DuPont Corp. and was a member of Central Community Church. Glen loved watching old westerns, his favorite Gunsmoke, and spending time with his family...

TRUMANN -- Chester Augusta Ross, 78, of Trumann died Dec. 24, 2012. He was born in Harrisburg to Ed Ross and Pearlie Mae Nolan. Mr. Ross was retired from the Marked Tree Co-Op. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bobbie Ruth Jackson; five sisters and four brothers...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Patricia Ann Spence, 65, of Trumann died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at the family residence. She was born in Pocahontas, Ark., to the late Elmer and Pearlie Cook-Reed and had lived her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Spence retired from Monroe Shocks in Paragould and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church...

TYRONZA - Van D. Woosley, 79, of Tyronza, Ark., died Jan. 7, 2013, at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. Mr. Woosley worked for the Arkansas State Highway Department as a road crew manager and was retired from the Air Force. Mr. Woosley is survived by one son, Dennis Woosley of West Memphis; two daughters, Vickie O'Connor (Thomas) of Tyronza and Jo Ann Counce (Danny Ray) of Marked Tree; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Duncan of Tyronza and Jannie Hubbard of Savannah, Tenn.; and one brother, Floyd White of Shiloh, Tenn.. ...

CHERRY VALLEY - Mr. Jose Carmen Arreguin-Juarez, of Cherry Valley, departed this life Jan. 2, 2013, at his home at the age of 48. He was born July 16, 1964, in Apaseo el Alto, Mexico, the son of Leandro Juarez and Angelina Arreguin Juarez. Jose moved to the United States in 1993 and has been the maintenance supervisor at Goose Farms in Cherry Valley for the past 10 years. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. James Fredrick Evans Sr., 66, of Trumann, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born July 9, 1946, to the late Elmer and Cora Shaw Evans in Trumann, Ark. He was a machinist for Bilco in Trumann, veteran of the Army National Guard and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church...

HARRISBURG - Mrs. Maxine Stewart Reeves, 84, of Harrisburg (Central Community), died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was born Jan. 21, 1928, to the late George Thomas and Selma Reed Stewart in Bay. She was a housewife and member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near Harrisburg...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Edith Irene "Sis" Shuburte of Trumann died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at the family residence at the age of 91 years, 8 months, and 21 days. She was born Saturday, April 16, 1921 in Savannah, Tenn., and had lived 50 years in Trumann. She was a housewife and retired employee of the former Singer Company and of the Pentecostal faith...

James Elmer Overbey, 67, of Payneway, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 in NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. He attended Centerview Methodist Church in Payneway. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Peggy Overbey, and his daughter, Susan Overbey...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Mary Orval Parnell, of Trumann died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 87 years, 3 months, and 14 days. She was born Saturday, October 3, 1925 in Corinth, Miss., to the late Bynam and Lillie Williamson DeLoach and had lived her lifetime in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Homer B. Carder Jr., of Trumann died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the family residence at the age of 75 years, 5 months, and 6 days. He was born Tuesday, August 10, 1937 in Leachville, Ark. and had lived in Trumann for the past 46 years. ...

Mr. Rufus Hamilton Jr., 62, of Turrell, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born in Panola, Miss., he was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Rufus Hamilton Sr. and his step-father, Cleophus Perry Sr.; three sisters, Cledia Perry, Rosetta Hamilton and Deborah Perry; and; one brother, Willie Lawrence...