Obituaries from July 2018

FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS - Mr. Donald Nelson Goodin, 62, formerly of Lake City, Ark. passed away on May 26, 2018 at his home. He was born on March 1, 1956 in Memphis, Tenn. and was raised in Marked Tree and Trumann, the youngest of five children born to Herman and Georgia Goodin. ...

TRUMANN - James Robert Amick, 57, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born September 8, 1960 in Santa Cruz, Cal. to John M. and Dolores M.(Fuentes) Amick. He served in the United States Navy aboard the USS WM. ...

MARKED TREE - Rickey “Richey” Wayne Scott II, 49, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Memphis. He was born November 29, 1968 in West Memphis to Rickey Wayne Scott and Shirley Parrish. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Marked Tree. He enjoyed spending time with his granddaughter, Fallyn Cate, hunting and drinking coffee with his father, and was an avid Hog Fan...

TRUMANN - Mr. Gary Wayne “Red” Easter, 64, departed this life on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at the family residence in Trumann. He was born Wednesday, February 10, 1954 in Jonesboro and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a river boat deck hand and of the Pentecostal faith. Mr. Easter was preceded in death by his father, Noel Andrew Easter...

JONESBORO - Mr. Terry Joe Greer, 39, passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2018 in a car accident north of Bono, Ark. He was born July 21, 1978 in Jonesboro, was formerly of Brookland and Trumann. He was a maintenance worker for Mir Tech in Jonesboro. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lawrence and Betty Greer and William and Lela Jones, Aunt Bonnie Chandler and Aunt Mable Poe, Uncle Junior Jones, Uncle Larry Greer, Uncle Don Greer, and Uncle Buddy Greer...

LEPANTO - Jack Foote, 88, of Lepanto, departed this life Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Jonesboro. He was born September 29, 1929 to Oscar and Ara Tart Foote. He was a member of The First Baptist Church in Lepanto, where he served as a deacon; a United States Army Veteran during the Korean War; worked at Murphy Funeral Home and then Delancey-Murphy Funeral Home for 73 years, he has been a licensed funeral director since September 1957; served on the Lepanto Fire Department for 20 years, many of those years a Chief; the Grand Marshall for the Terrapin Derby in 2001 and 2012 and a member of the National Funeral Directors Association. ...

MARKED TREE - Freddie Lavell Thompson, 70, departed this life Friday, July 6, 2018. He was born September 23, 1947 to Roland Oscar and Thelma Louise West Thompson. He was a member of Red Oak Baptist Church, an Air Force Veteran, enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren...

TRUMANN - Mr. Barry Lynn Tinker, 49, departed this life Monday, July 2, 2018 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in DeKalb, Ill., grew up near Walnut Ridge, Ark. and moved to Trumann 22 years ago. Mr. Tinker was a fork lift driver for Quad Graphics and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Phyllis Ballard Tinker...

JONESBORO - Mrs. Edna Mae Staten, 79, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018 in Jonesboro, Ark., at the Jonesboro Health & Rehab. She was born Sunday, September 11, 1938 in Marked Tree, Ark. and had lived the majority of her life in Trumann, and lived in Richland, Wash., as well. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Willistine Kaler Norris, 94, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born Saturday, June 21, 1924 and was a lifetime resident of Trumann, a retired factory worker, and a member of The Church of God in Trumann. ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. - Mrs. Vivian Huckabee, 96, departed this life on July 8, 2018 at the family residence. She was born Saturday, March 11, 1922 in Lake City, Ark. and was a homemaker and a member of Valley Baptist Church in Searcy, Ark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cleo Huckabee; four brothers, one sister and her parents, James Willis and Ruth Jane Bryant Boling...

TRUMANN - Garland Wayne Smith, 79, passed away Friday at St Bernard’s Medical Center. He was born Wednesday, August 31, 1938 in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was retired from Trumann Police Department, Arkansas National Guard and a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Trumann. ...

NEWPORT - Ms. Brenda Kay Sartain, 66, departed this life Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Unity Health in Newport, Ark. She was born Friday, November 16, 1951 in Jonesboro, Ark. and had been a resident of Saint Michael’s Place Nursing Home in Newport for the past 6 years and was formerly of Trumann. ...

LEPANTO - Johnny Gann, 72, passed away July 15, 2018. He was born October 30, 1945 to Luther and Flaudie Mae Gann. Survivors include his daughter, Regina (Harvey) Roach of Lepanto; grandchildren, Harvey (Megan) Roach, Jr. of Lepanto and John Roach of Jonesboro; great-grandchildren, Casen Roach and Emma Roach of Lepanto, and brother, Winston “W.D.” (Sharon) Gann of Lepanto. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Gwindal Venita Upton Morgan, 74, departed this life on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Arlington Cove. She was born Thursday, May 4, 1944 in and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was preceded in death by two sisters, three brothers, and her parents, Drue Edward and Johnnie Gwendolyn Rogers Thomas...

INDIANAPOLIS - Mrs. Anna Carter Auberry, 86, left this life Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. She was born Tuesday, December 15, 1931 in Trumann to the late Elmer Carter and Mae Wagner Williams. Ann lived most of her life in Indianapolis helping her late husband build a very successful law firm. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. James Galen “J.G.” Roberts, 90, departed this life on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Thursday, November 3, 1927 in Marmaduke, Ark., and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a veteran of US Army, retired engineer with Singer Company and a member of First Baptist Church...

WILLIFORD - Mrs. Velma Louise Byram, 89, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Williford, Ark. She was born Saturday, March 2, 1929 in Savannah, Tenn. to Carl and Ocie O’Neal. Velma married Rev. Bill Byram and they enjoyed 49 years together until his death in 1994...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Elizabeth Marion Whitehead, 76, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was a Pharmacy Technician and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Sondra Stotts Ader, and her parents, James J. and Mettie Lucinda Render Hollis...

MEMPHIS, TENN. - Mrs. Jennifer Ann Long Causor departed this life Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. She was born Friday, October 5, 1979 in West Memphis. Jennifer was a Senior Instructional Designer with MAA. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas “Tommy” Long...

MARKED TREE - Curtis Dupree, 70, died July 27, 2018 at his home. He was born February 19, 1948 in Marked Tree to Earley and Freddie B. Mays Dupree, Sr. Mr. Dupree was a retired carpenter, a US Army Vietnam veteran and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Stanley Dupree and Allen Dupree and one sister, Carla Loveless. ...