Obituaries from October 2017

TRUMANN - Mr. Gregory Scott “Scotty” Armstrong, 43, departed this life on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the family residence in Trumann, Ark. He was born in Jonesboro and lived his lifetime in Trumann. He was disabled and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by one son, Gregory Scott Armstrong II...

EVENING SHADE - Mr. David Wayne Byram, 63, departed this life Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at the family residence. He was born Tuesday, July 20, 1954 in Jonesboro, Ark., and lived in Evening Shade and was formerly of Jonesboro. He was a retired career Army Veteran and a welder and was a member of the Church of God Village Mission in Ash Flat. He was preceded in death by his father, Ollie Byram...

LEPANTO – Lamar Jesse Gray, 57, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2017 in Jonesboro. Mr. Gray served in the United States Army, was a farmer and a member of the Church of God in Christ. He is survived by his father, Jesse Gray; his mother, Elizabeth Madden of Lepanto; companion, Dorothy Gilmore of Lepanto; three brothers, Jerome Madden and Rubby Gray of Lepanto and Leander Gray of Fort Worth, Tex.; two sisters, Alma Young of Lepanto and Lila Hister of Marked Tree. ...

JONESBORO - Mrs. Wanda Dean Baldwin, 84, departed this life on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at St. Elizabeth Place in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born Wednesday, July 19, 1933 in Corning, Ark., and lived in Jonesboro for the last 20 years. She was a housewife and a member of Trumann First Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Baldwin, Jr., and her parents, James and Tressie Bracken...

TRUMANN - Mr. Walter Lee Johnson, 62, departed this life Monday, October 9, 2017 in Trumann at the family residence. He was born in Lepanto, Ark., and lived in Trumann since 1997 and was formerly of Clinton, Ark. He worked in the lawn service business and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Floyd and Ola Pearl Fahr Johnson...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Earlene Wiley, 75, departed this life on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Arlington Cove in Trumann. She was born Monday, November 3, 1941 in McCormick, Ark. and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and a member of Refuge General Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Wiley; two brothers; one daughter, Phyllis Wiley Fisher; one grandson, Jonathan Wiley and her parents, Earl and Eva McLemore Gann...

TRUMANN - Mr. Augusta Jerry Murphy, 79, departed this life on Monday, October 23, 2017 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born August 8, 1938 in Trumann, to the late A.G. and Gladys Smith Murphy and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired farmer and retired employee of Trumann Housing Authority for 17 years and was a member of Church of God of Prophecy on Christy. He was preceded in death by three sisters, three brothers and his parents...

METTER, GA. - Mary Christine Putt Qualls, 92, died October 24, 2017 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. The Mississippi native moved to Metter in 2006 from Jacksonville, Fla. One of nine children, she had lived most her life in Indiana and Arkansas. Mrs. Qualls is a member of the Metter First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and she and her husband, Jesse Coleman loved to fish. She was preceded in death by her husband, seven sisters and a brother...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Jewel Dean Creecy, 73, departed this life on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at her home in Trumann. Mrs. Creecy was born Sunday, February 27, 1944 in Jonesboro and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired cashier, loved to fish and was a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Curtis Green and Kenneth Green; one sister, Mary Green; and her parents, William and Della McCarty Green...