Obituaries from July 2013

TRUMANN - Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Loveless Bandy died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Jonesboro at the age of 98. She was born May 21, 1915 to the late E.C. and Battie Elizabeth Sanderson Loveless. Mrs. Bandy was a homemaker and a member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Margaret Lee Wright Goodman, 67, of Trumann died June 27, 2013 at the family resident. Mrs. Goodman was born in Milligan Ridge, Ark. and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was an associate for Wal-Mart and a member of the Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Paul Goodman; one son, Patrick Alan Goodman; one sister, JoAnn Blunk and her parents, Earl William and Stella Buzzard Wright...

Bobby Jack Young, born March 1, 1935 in Tyronza, Arkansas passed away May 13, 2013 in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He is survived by his wife Dottie Young, children Cindy Gordon (Charles) of Hernando, Mississippi, John "Jack" Young of Baltimore, Maryland and Robert "Bob" Young of Berlin, Germany, grandchildren Dr. ...

TYRONZA - Vera L. Hindman, 85, of Tyronza, Arkansas, died Monday, June 24, 2013 at Conway, Arkansas. Mrs. Hindman was a homemaker and a member of the Tyronza First Baptist Church. She was born June 25, 1927 unto James Robert and Hazel King Hankins. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her husband Hardin Ray Hindman and, daughter Sandra Hood...

TRUMANN - John Wesley Booker, Jr., died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He is survived by his parents, Rev. John W. Sr., and Latasha Booker of the home, two sisters, Kamesha Harris and Heavenly Lofton both of Trumann, and two brothers, Karlos Booker of Bay and Demeco Booker of Minnesota...

Wanda Cooper, 66, of Tyronza entered into rest Tuesday, June 11, 2013. She was born July 4, 1946 in Lepanto to the late Otis Johnson and Mary Earline Webster Johnson. Mrs. Cooper was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lepanto and was a homemaker. ...

TYRONZA -- Jewel Mae Hardin left this world to be with Jesus June 30, 2013 surrounded by her second family at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree at the age of 84. Mrs. Hardin was born in Lepanto to Will and Bessie Smothers. She was preceded in death by her husbands Fletcher Heath, Gordon Manley and A.C. ...

Clay Shelton Brewer, 53, of Lepanto, died Friday, July 5, 2013, in St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a veteran in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of Garden Point Methodist Church and was preceded in death by a sister, Lisa Battles, brother, Don Battles and his grandmother, Frances Clay. ...

ETOWAH -- Mr. Carlon Odell Weathers died July 3, 2013 at his residence in Etowah at the age of 85. Mr. Weathers was born in Bradford, Ark. to Amos and Bertha Weathers. He was retired and a member of the Etowah Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son Mike Weathers; one sister Merlene Stokes; and two brothers Oather Weathers and Golden Weathers. ...

CARAWAY -- Georgia Alberta Howard of Caraway passed away July 3, 2013 at the age of 70. Mrs. Howard was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents George and Marie Hamilton. She is survived by her daughter Lisa Denise Howard of Caraway; son Randy Files of Monette; sisters Bonnie Morris of Paragould, Lou Rains, Martha Hickabottom, and Carolyn Smith all of Harrisburg, Sheila Key of Weiner, Shirley Smith of Oklahoma and Judy Moore of Oil Trough; brother Ricky Hamilton of Leachville; and 11 grandchildren. ...

Donald Ray Smith, 75, of Cordova, TN, died Tuesday July 9, 2013 in Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN. A graduate of Marked Tree High School, Class of 1955, and Mr. Smith attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Following his time at ASU, he served 6 years in the Army National Guard as a Sergeant. ...