Obituaries from September 2015

TRUMANN - Mrs. Kathryn Ruth Boyd died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 87. She was born in Saltillo, Miss., and had lived in Trumann for the past 61 years. She was a former employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. ...

Bobby Dean Langston, 57, of Jonesboro died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He had lived most of his life in the Jonesboro and Lepanto area. Bobby attended Nettleton Baptist Church. As a family man, his grandchildren were his world. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and anything to do outdoors. He had worked in construction most of his life. Bobby was preceded in death by his son, Brandon Langston; mother, Dorothy Langston; and grandson Hunter Coggins...

TRUMANN - Mr. James R. Forrester, age 88 of Trumann, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born October 24, 1926 in Walnut Ridge, he was the son of the late Cleveland Edward and Johnnie James Forrester. ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Mervin "Merv" Glenn Nichols Sr., age 75, of Grand Rapids, Mich., went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 after over a decade long fight with Alzheimer's. He was born in Lepanto on December 5, 1939. Merv faithfully served his country in the US Army. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Billie Jean Linton Fernandez died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 89. She was born Saturday, May 1, 1926 in Hector, Ark., to the late William "Bill" and Mae Waller Linton and had lived in Trumann for one year and was formerly of San Marcos, Texas. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cosme Fernandez in 2014; one sister, Berneze Osman; and her parents...

Barrie Lynn Golden of Jasper, Texas, died Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, at the age of 61. She was born Wednesday, June 30, 1954, in Trumann and had lived in Texas for the past nine years. Mrs. Golden was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lionel Gilman "Andy" and Lorene Christene Linam Anderson...

Monna Jean (Chaffin) Forbess, 81, died on Aug. 26, 2015, at her home in Corvallis, Ore. Monna Jean was born Oct. 29, 1933, in Trumann and received her high school diploma with the Class of 1951 at Trumann High School. Her parents were Mildred and Stanford Chaffin, both deceased...

Micheal David Brown of Trumann, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 41. Mr. Brown was born Friday, Aug. 23, 1974, in Jonesboro and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a disabled farmer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his grandparents, James and Alta Newell, David and Dorothy Brown, grandpa-in-law, Leroy Lairson...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Kathryn Ruth Boyd died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 87. She was born in Saltillo, Miss., and had lived in Trumann for the past 61 years. She was a former employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. James R. Forrester, age 88 of Trumann, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born October 24, 1926 in Walnut Ridge, he was the son of the late Cleveland Edward and Johnnie James Forrester. ...

Bobby Dean Langston, 57, of Jonesboro died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He had lived most of his life in the Jonesboro and Lepanto area. Bobby attended Nettleton Baptist Church. As a family man, his grandchildren were his world. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and anything to do outdoors. He had worked in construction most of his life. Bobby was preceded in death by his son, Brandon Langston; mother, Dorothy Langston; and grandson Hunter Coggins...

ROCHELLE, ILL. - Shirley M. Hutcherson, 72, of Rochelle, Ill., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Ill. She was born October 23, 1942, in Lake City to Eugene and Rhoda (Dewatt) Pierce. She is preceded in death by her parents and a son, Thomas Eugene Pierce...

HOT SPRINGS - Clara Sue "Susie" Shrum Lambert, 80, of Hot Springs, peacefully passed, August 31, 2015, from Alzheimer's. An Arkansas farm girl at heart, from Marked Tree, Arkansas, she eclipsed expectations of achievement, in her lifetime, for a woman from her generation. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Robert Doyal Walker, 70, of Trumann, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Bay and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann and was formerly of Mammoth Spring, Ark. He was a former police officer in Trumann, a farmer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Walker was preceded in death by one son, Wade Walker and his parents, Robert Dave Walker and Esther Leona Smith Walker Browder...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jimmy Dale Pruitt of Trumann, died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 61. Mr. Pruitt was born in Jasper, Ala., and had lived the last 25 years in Trumann. He was disabled and a member of Providence Baptist Church. Mr. Pruitt was preceded in death by his parents, Grover and Gladys Laid Pruitt...

MARKED TREE - James "Jimmy" Lawrence Shockley, Sr., 77, of Marked Tree, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at the NEA Baptist Hospital, in Jonesboro. James was born on June 2, 1938, in Imboden, Arkansas, to Statin and Nancy (Rainey) Shockley. James was a truck driver and was known by his fellow drivers as Po' Cat. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather...