Stories from Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Elmer Joe Nichols, a native of Lepanto, passed away Dec. 29, 2014. Mr. Nichols was the son of Elmer and Lucille Nichols and was a graduate of Lepanto High School. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Freddie Nichols and Don Nichols; son Joe Nichols, Jr.; sister Phyliss Nichols; and two stepsons...

TRUMANN - Mr. Wayne Wesley Hinds, 77, of Trumann died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the family residence. He was born November 27, 1937 in Trumann where he remained a lifetime resident. He was the General Manager and Executive Secretary of Drainage District #7, and a member of the Lower Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Johnny Lane Montgomery, of Trumann died March 4, 2015 at the family residence at the age of 64. He was born in Mantachie, Miss., and had lived in Trumann for the past 29 years and was formerly of Marked Tree. He served in the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran, on the Resident Council of the Trumann Housing Authority, former member of the American Legion Post 42, former Mason, and of the Baptist faith. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jerry Chester "Check" Easter, 85, of Trumann, died March 7, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. Easter was born in Trumann and lived most of his lifetime in the Trumann and Marked Tree area. He was a former manager of the Federal Compress, a driver for Area on Aging, worked for the City of Trumann, and owned & operated the Pro Golf Shop in Manila, Ark., and of the Baptist faith. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Mildred Elizabeth "Nandy" McClung of Trumann died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 87. Mrs. McClung was born in Hazen, Ark. and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann, and was formerly of Harrisburg. ...

HARRISBURG - Donnis M. Brown, 69, of Harrisburg, passed away on March 9, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born March 4, 1946 in Harrisburg to the late Amos Monroe and Lucille Bernice Dorris Brown. Donnis worked for Parker-Hannifin in Trumann. She was of the Church of Christ belief and loved her sons and her pets...

TURMANN - George Eric Presley of Trumann passed away March 6, 2015 at the age of 42. Mr. Presley was born in Jonesboro to George "Buster" and Linda Presley of Trumann. He was a lifetime resident of Trumann, a truck driver and a member of N.R.A. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his grandparents J.C. and Aileen Rogers and Elbert and Evelyn Presley...

MARKED TREE -- Georgia Anne Barnett of Marked Tree passed away at Three Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Feb. 28, 2015 at the age of 80. She was born in Jefferson County, Ala. and was a homemaker. Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by one daughter Joyce Ann Self of Birmingham, Ala.; one son James Wade Smith of Acworth, Ga.; and one sister Francis Willis of Georgia. All services were private with Wilson Funeral Home of Osceola in charge of arrangements...

SMITHVILLE -- Billy L. Young, age 80, of Smithville, Ark. passed away March 2, 2015 at the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Mr. Young was born in Kentucky, was a truck driver and a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Smithville. He was preceded in death by three sisters Clella Young, Etta Young and Ola Young; and five brothers George Young, Willie Young, Roy Young, Estel Young and Denver Young. ...

MARKED TREE -- Billy Byrd, 82, of Marked Tree passed away at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro on Feb. 28, 2015. Mr. Byrd was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife Elsie Lucille Byrd; two step-daughters Doris Watkins and Marie Sipes; and one half-sister Betty Green. ...

MARKED TREE -- John Thomas Carson of Marked Tree, died Feb. 28, 2015 at Three Rivers in Marked Tree at the age of 98. Mr. Carson was born July 22, 1916 in Lepanto to Jess and Estella Robertson Carson. He was a Methodist. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Georgia Carson; one grandson Curtis Carson; one son-in-law Buckie Fires; two sisters Pauline Harris and Lucille Nash; and three brothers Chester, Carlos and Mann Carson. ...

LEPANTO -- Tiffany Nicole Benton of Lepanto passed away March 6, 2015 at the age of 27. Tiffany was the daughter of James Dale Jones of Lepanto and Lois Johnson of Paragould. She was born in Lepanto and was a homemaker. She is survived by her parents; her son James Wesley Benton of Lepanto; grandmother Vonetta Maness of Jonesboro; sister Crystal Gail Jones of Lepanto; two half-sisters Jamie Dawn Jones of Trumann and Melissa Ann Frre of West Virginia; and one half-brother Jeremy Jones of Trumann. ...