Stories from Friday, October 19, 2012

Fair Haven Farms will be having a Barn Boo event on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 3-5:30 p.m. on 16750 North Ozark Avenue in Trumann. The farm usually participates in other festivities around the area. This will be the first petting zoo at the actual farm...

Mrs. Linda Christine Benham, 40, of Manila, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at her home. Mrs. Benham was born Sept. 22, 1972, in Blytheville, to the late Linda Kay Eddings. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Manila, collected angels and porcelain dolls, enjoyed keeping up with events on Facebook, and she loved spending time with her family and friends...

Mr. Gussie Dewayne Aston, 49, of Trumann died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at the family residence. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. Mr. Aston was a factory worker and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Era Bo Aston...

Mr. William Crawford "Bill" Bishop, 85, of Trumann died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Trumann Health and Rehab Center. Mr. Bishop was born in Sylamore, Ark., to the late Albert and Nora Pinkston Bishop, and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the McCormick Baptist Church...

Mrs. Carla Faye "Skaggs" George of Bay died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, at the age of 70 years, nine months and 18 days. She was born in Ellington, Mo., Dec. 25, 1941, and had lived in Bay for the past three years and was formerly of Trumann. ...

Mr. Guy Clifton Henderson, 87, of Trumann, Ark. died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro, Ark. Guy lived his lifetime in Trumann and was a retired farmer and served on the board of the Poinsett County Farm Bureau. He was a member of the Church of Christ that meets at Melton Avenue in Trumann...

Mrs. Mable Florence Hammell, 80, of Trumann, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born in Weiner, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Hammell was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Iran Hammell, Jr., three sons, Louis Ivan Hammell III, Cecil Brent Hammell and David Trent Hammell; one daughter, Tina Carol Coker; four brothers; two sisters and her parents, Cecil Eastres and Lydia Durand...

Mrs. Janice Nadine Whitman of Trumann, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 at the family residence. at the age of 77 years 0 months and 0 days. She was born in Waterloo, Ala., to the late John Franklin and Pearl Lard Condrey. She lived in Trumann for the past 65 years and was formerly of Alabama. Mrs. Whitman was a retired factory worker and member of The Revival Center in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her son, Jerry Lynn Whitman and her parents...