Obituaries from March 2016

PARAGOULD - Bentley Leon Brinkley, 78, of Paragould, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. He was born May 7, 1937, in the Childress community of Monette, and resided in Potosi, Mo. and Paragould,. He was a member of 7th and Mueller Church of Christ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Bobby Lee Benson, 82, of Trumann went to his heavenly home Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. Mr. Benson was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and lived most of his life in Trumann. He was a farmer and a carpenter, but his favorite job was for the last 6 years as a kindergarten custodian for the Trumann School. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Kenneth W. Linton of Trumann died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 83. He was born March 30, 1932, in Hector, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired salesman, a veteran of U.S. Air Force and a member and a deacon of Trumann Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Linton was preceded in death by two sisters, and his parents, William "Bill" and Mae Waller Linton...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Edna Mooneyham of Trumann died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 82. Mrs. Mooneyham was born Sept. 17, 1933, in Water Valley, Miss., and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Junior Mooneyham; one son, Billy Wayne Mooneyham, one sister, one brother, and her parents, Ben Lee and Nancy Jane White Ross...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Mary Lou Pitts of Trumann died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 72. Mrs. Pitts was born Monday, March 15, 1943 in Sturkie, Ark., and lived in Salem before moving to Trumann 53 years ago. She was a housewife and a member of First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by one son, Randy Pitts; one son-in-law, Clay Buckner; two sisters, and her parents, Louie Earl and Vesta Petterson Ward...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Susan Dell Adams King, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 62. She was born in Jonesboro to the late Ernest Marlin and Charlene Morgan Adams and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was an RN for over 30 years and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann. Mrs. King was preceded in death by her parents...

Mr. Alvin Dee Mitchell of Trumann died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born Thursday, Jan. 2, 1947 in Tyronza, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired truck driver, a Army veteran of Vietnam War and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Mitchell was preceded in death by one brother, Wayne Mitchell and his father, W.D. Mitchell...

LEPANTO - Syble Modine Russell, of Lepanto, passed away March 6, 2016, at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree at the age of 89. Mrs. Russell was born in Alabama and was a retired Home Health worker. She was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Lepanto. ...

Mr. Tommy Milton Settlemire, Sr., 63, of Harrisburg, Ark. died Friday, March 4, 2016, at the family residence. Mr. Settlemire was born in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and Trumann area. He was a farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Settlemire and his father, Sam Milton Settlemire...

TYRONZA - Douglas E. Smith, 69, of Tyronza, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016. He was a member of the VFW in Lepanto, of Abundant Life Community Church, and he worked at Knight and Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Smith; his sons, Russell (Angela) Fenimore of Grand Prairie, Tex. and Phillip (Andrea) Fenimore of Jonesboro; his grandchildren, Jacob, Sarah, Douglas, Kimberly, Zachary, and JonMichael; and four sisters, Lucille Taylor, Wanda Lee Crutchfield, Vonnie Brewer, and Francis Head...

TRUMANN - Beloved Arthur (Hoot) Wells passed away March 13, 2016 at the age of 85 at his residence on Old Payneway Lane in Trumann. Hoot was born July 15, 1930 in Etowah to Arthur Wells Sr. and Marie Wells. Hoot received his nickname from his Grandfather in honor of his favorite actor Hoot Gibson. After his father's death, at age 16 he helped raise his younger siblings and run the family farm...

BAY - Mrs. Cleta Faye Pruitt Anschultz of Bay died Friday, March 11, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 63. She was born in Jasper, Ala., and had lived the past 39 years in Bay. She was a Medical Records Clerk for St. ...

TRUMANN - Beloved Arthur (Hoot) Wells passed away March 13, 2016, at the age of 85 at his residence on Old Payneway Lane in Trumann. Hoot was born July 15, 1930, in Etowah to Arthur Wells Sr. and Marie Wells. Hoot received his nickname from his Grandfather in honor of his favorite actor Hoot Gibson. After his father's death, at age 16 he helped raise his younger siblings and run the family farm...

Mr. Thomas Dean "Tom" Fuller, Jr., of Trumann died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the family residence at the age of 57. Mr. Fuller was born in Troy, Ohio, and had lived in Trumann for the past two years. He was a superintendent for the Schueck Steel Company in Osceola, veteran of the United State Army and of the Protestant faith. Mr. Fuller was the son of the late Thomas D. Fuller Sr. and Clara W. Root Fuller...

Mr. Pat Ryan of Trumann died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the family residence at the age of 82. Mr. Ryan was born Dec. 1, 1933, and is a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a contractor, a veteran of U.S. Army and Korean War and a member of Blessed Sacrament in Jonesboro. Mr. Ryan was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Rebel Ann Ryan, three sisters, three brothers and his parents, Stephen and Clara Heckman Ryan...

Mr. Charles E. Smith, Sr., 86, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 86. Mr. Smith was born Sept. 1, 1929, in Lepanto, and lived the last 51 years in Mountain Home, Ind. He was a retired Staff Sergeant for U.S. ...

Mr. Floyd Ray "Flookie" Walton of Trumann died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 77. He was born May 31, 1938, and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He owned and operated Walton's Liquor and Flookie's Bait Shop in Trumann for many years. ...