Stories from Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Roy Belle Adams of Lake St. Louis, Mo. died on Dec. 25, 2008, at the age of 79. Devoted wife of George Adams; dear daughter of the late Roy Wyatt and the late Maggie Bell Wyatt; loving mother of Loretta (Dennis) Beard and Becky (Greg) Shearer; dear sister of Eunice Jane Wyatt; cherished grandmother of Scott (Amy) Wilson, Deana (Keavin) Blount, Joshua (Kristy) Shearer, Heather (Darren) Ambro, W. ...

Sharron Kay "Sybie" DeFord Wray was born on Tuesday, June 27, 1950, daughter of Bob and Wanda Benson DeFord. Wray died Feb. 25, 2009 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 58 years 7 months and 29 days. She was born in Memphis, and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a nurse and of the Baptist faith. Wray was preceded in death by her father, Bob DeFord and her brother, Paul Deford...

Stael Wigginton Gordon, 90, born to James and Ethel Hazel Wigginton, on March 2, 1919, of Trumann, formerly of Marked Tree, passed away on Sunday at NEA Baptist. She was a retired Marked Tree School district bookkeeper, a WWII veteran, and a Baptist...

Services for Gailand "Gabby" Ladd of Bonham Texas were held Feb 23, 2009 in the Dallas Ft. Worth National Cemetery. Mr. Ladd grew up in the Jonesboro area before joining the U.S. Army. He was a corrections officer at Choice Moore and a member of Bois' Arc Cowboy Church...