Obituaries from April 2017

TRUMANN - Mrs. Paula Kaye McHalffey, 51, departed this life on Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Med in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. McHalffey was born in Trumann, Ark. and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area.. She was the housekeeper for Central Ford in Trumann and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. . She was preceded in death by her parents, Theo O'Neal Austin, Jr. and Carolyn Hamric Austin...

TRUMANN - Glenda Kaye Gillette, 69, passed away Sunday April 2, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. among a host of loving and caring friends, family and loved ones. Glenda was born November 8, 1947 in Piggott, Ark. to Ed and Eunice Howard. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Judy Smart...

TRUMANN - Ms. Elizabeth Sue Morgan, 58, departed this life Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the family residence. She was born August, 8,1958 in Aurora, Ill. and lived in Trumann, Ark. for two years and was formerly of Princeton, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald Lee and Violet Marsh Dawson...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Syble Lee Watson, 86, departed this life on Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Shady Oaks Healthcare Center in Thayer, Mo. She was born in Kiefer, Okla. and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to Mammoth Springs, Ark., ten years ago. ...

MARKED TREE – Ms. Zelphia Moore departed this life Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the age of 71. Ms. Moore was born January 14, 1946 in Black Oak, Ark. To Sam Person and Earlie Mae Manis Jones. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Johns M.B. Church. She is survived by one daughter, Chiquita Woods of Marked Tree; one sister, Carolyn Willis of Killeen, Tex.; six brothers, Aaron Jones of Trumann, Jerry Jones of Marked Tree, Levander Jones of Jonesboro, Earl Jones of Marked Tree, Calvin Jones of Rochester, N.Y., and Donnell Jones of Racine, Wis.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. ...

MARKED TREE - Mr. Robert Lee Maness departed this life Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Jonesboro at the age of 67. Mr. Maness was born March 25, 1950 in Marked Tree to Hubert and Lillie Ruth Pace Maness. He was a retired farmer and of the Pentecostal faith...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jerry Franklin Brown, 74, departed this life on Monday, April 17, 2017 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, Ark. He was born in Lake City and lived most of his life in Trumann. Mr. Brown was a retired plant manager and a veteran of the Army National Guard. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Alline Lawrence departed this life on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 74. She was born Thursday, May 21, 1942 and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Lawrence was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby C. Lawrence; one daughter, Cathleen Lawrence; one sister, three brothers and her parents, Hubert and Elizabeth Canamore Byerly...

MARKED TREE - Eugene Arnold Gaddis, 67, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 at his home in Marked Tree, Ark. He was a radio dispatcher, of the Baptist Faith and an Army Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Wanda Gaddis of Marked Tree; two sons, Robert(Regina”)Gaddis and Eugene (Shannon”)Gaddis, Jr. ...

TENNESSEE - Sandra Gay “Sandi” Busby Martin, 64, of Eads, Tenn., died Tuesday, April 18 in Memphis after a short, fierce battle with cancer. A loyal friend and mentor, Sandi was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who loved to laugh, loved dancing, loved her family, and loved her friends, of whom there were many. ...