Obituaries from March 2013

TRUMANN - Mrs. Donna Lee Swindle, 91, of Trumann, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her home in Trumann. She was born in Hardy, Ark., to the late Cleo and Maude Weaver Biggers and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Swindle was a homemaker and worked on the farm with her husband and was a member of Melton Avenue Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband Mr. Charley Gorden Swindle, and her parents...

Funeral services for Earl K. Tacker of Bates, Arkansas will be held at10:00 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2013 at Corners Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway. Interment will follow in the Tyronza Cemetery. Mr. Tacker, 77, passed away March 19, 2013 in Ft. Smith. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Barbara Lee Wilson, 70, of Trumann died Friday March 15, 2013 at the family residence. She was born in Silver Creek, Miss., and had lived in Trumann since 1960 coming from Keiser, Ark. Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker, Sunday school teacher and member of the Anderson Tully Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one sister, one brother and her parents, William and Cora Lee Dennis Dickerson...

TRUMANN - Mr. Walter Emil "Bud" Deiss, 74, of Trumann died Friday, March 15, 2013 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born on January 30, 1939 to the late Walter and Rachel Deiss. Mr. Deiss was born in Marvell, Ark., and had lived in Trumann for the past 38 years, was a retired owner/truck driver, sobriety member for 37 years of Alcoholics Anonymous and of the Catholic faith...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Mary Geneva Kirkland 76 of Trumann, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Hometown Nursing Center in Trumann, Ark. She was born and a lifetime resident of Trumann. Mrs. Kirkland was a former employee of Salant and Salant in Marked Tree, she retired from Rosecare Nursing Center and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by one sister, one brother and her parents, Avery Shotgun and Vivian Poff West...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Esta Lee O'Brien, 78, of Trumann died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Hometown Nursing Center in Trumann. She was born in Baldwyn, Miss., to the late Robert N. and Gracie May Harris Whitaker. She had lived in Trumann most of her lifetime, was a housewife and member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Trumann. Mrs. O'Brien was preceded in death by three brothers, Cordie, R.C. and Garvin Whitaker and her parents...

Betty Ruth Branch, 78, of Kaufman, Texas passed away March 1, 2013 in Sunnyvale, Texas. She was born January 24, 1935 to Houston Herby Dycus and Hazel Jewel Upton in Dyersberg, Tennessee and grew up in Trumann. Mrs. Branch was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Richard Branch; brother Fred Dycus; and grandson Eric Branch. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Lonnie Lee Timms, Sr., 65, of Trumann, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Hometown Nursing Center in Trumann. He was born in Lake City, Ark., to the late John and Myrtle Eaton Timms and had recently moved to Trumann after spending 45 years in St. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jessie Lorenzia Blair, Sr. died Friday, March 22, 2013 Flo & Phil Jones Hospice Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Sunday, January 22, 1933 in Hernando, Miss., to the late Nannie Busby Blair. He had lived in Trumann for the past five years and was formerly of Memphis, Tenn., was a welder, Korean War Army veteran and member of the Providence Baptist Church in Trumann. ...