Stories from Monday, April 28, 2014

TRUMANN - Harold Ray McMasters, 80, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born March 31, 1934 in Lunsford to the late Boyd and Cora Massey McMasters. He retired from Lincoln Manufacturing and attended Trumann Revival Center. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather who loved his LORD, family and baseball...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Murle Aliene May Smith of Trumann died Friday, April 18, 2014 at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City, Ark., at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 24 days. Mrs. Smith was born Monday, July 25, 1927 in Promised Land Community near Trumann and was a lifetime resident of the Trumann area.She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Ruben "Smitty" Smith and was the daughter of the late Raymond L. and Wilma "Tince" Hammonds May...

TRUMANN - Mr. Eddie Joe Wilson, Sr., of Trumann died Friday, April 18, 2014 in Jonesboro at the age of 66.He was born in Trumann and had lived his lifetime in Trumann. Mr. Wilson was a retired painter for Bilco Manufacturing, veteran of the U.S. Army and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Debra Paulette Kirkland Wilson, one granddaughter, Madison Elizabeth Wilson, two brothers, Ernest and James Wilson and his parents, Troy Wilson and Lorine Molsby...

BAY - Mrs. Betty Lou Foster of Bay died April 1, 2014 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.She was born in Marissa, Ill. and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann and Bay area. Mrs. Foster was a retired factory worker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald James Clark and Dorothy Dietz Gaubatz. ...

TYRONZA -- Gregory Allen Griffin, of Tyronza, died April 18, 2014 at the age of 36 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Blytheville to Jerry and the late Patricia Griffin. He was a road grader operator for Poinsett County Road Department and worked for the Harrisburg Police Department. ...

After a private hearing lasting nearly four hours Wednesday, April 16, the Trumann School Board decided not to renew Wanda Van Dyke's contract as high school principal for the 2014-2015 school year. This Fair Teacher Dismissal Proceeding was continued from Tuesday, April 8...