Stories from Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Trumann City Council approved to have a citywide cleanup during the week of Monday, March 30 through Friday, April 3. Trumann Mayor Barbara Lewallen said the cleanup is a part of the Great American Cleanup Initiative taking place in March and April...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Sarah Carolyn Thorn, 72, of Trumann died Monday, March 9, 2015, at the family residence in Trumann. She was born in Cash and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Thorn was a retired clerk and a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Thorn; three sisters; one brother; and her parents, Elmer Clarence and Carrie Alma Webster Dunman...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Vivian Hinds Presley, 90, of Trumann died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Place in Jonesboro. Mrs. Presley was born in Hergett, Ark. and lived most of her life in Trumann. She spent the last seven years as a resident of St. Elizabeth Place in Jonesboro. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. John Marvin Martin of Trumann died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Arlington Cove in Trumann at the age of 79. He was born July 10, 1935 in Desha and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was retired from the City of Trumann and Singer Company and a member of First Christian Church in Trumann. He was preceded in death by one sister, Marguerite Tatum Callison; and his parents, Lee Roy and Liona May Jones Martin...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Maggie Marquerite Tatum Callison, 85, of Trumann died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. Mrs. Callison was born June 9, 1929 in Desha and had live most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and of the Christian faith. Mrs. Callison was preceded in death by one brother, John Marvin Martin. She was the daughter of the late Lee Roy and Linda Jones Martin...

VESTAVIA, ALA. - Kathlyn, "Kacky", Williams Yarbrough, 83, of Vestavia, Ala. and formerly of Trumann, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 while attempting recovery from emergency surgery at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. She is survived by her son Tommy Yarbrough (Donna) of Cherokee Village and Ferrell Hinds (Jean) of Memphis; three granddaughters Ann Marie Karaki (Don) of the home, Elizabeth D'Alessandro (Adam) of Lillington, N.C. ...

HARLINGEN, TEX. - Evelyn F. Wood (88) passed away early Sunday morning March 15, 2015. She was a resident of Canterbury Court, Harlingen, Tex. She was born Easter Sunday, April 4, 1926 to Hugh and Thelma (Parks) Fowler at Ennis, Tex. She is survived by her husband of seventy-one years Winston Wood. ...

Mr. Warren Keith Swink of Trumann died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 62 years, 4 months and 8 days. He was born Monday, November 3, 1952 in Trumann, Ark., and had lived his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Viva Drive Church of Christ. Mr. Swink was preceded in death by his parents, J.L. and Gladys Tucker Swink, Jr...