Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 2015

TEXAS -- Troy Kelley, 81, passed on to his heavenly home on March 28, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Troy was to loving parents and was raised in Marked Tree as one of 12 children on a sharecropper's farm. In high school he earned All-State honors in football. ...

MARKED TREE - Patricia Ann Cone, 75, of Marked Tree passed away April 16, 2015. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Cone; her parents, Edward and Edna Charlton; and a grandson, Wesley Good. She is survived by four daughters, Virginia Johnson (Curtis) of Lowell, Ark., Sara Good (Warren) of Memphis, Tenn., Pamela Morgan of Marked Tree, and Sherry Williams (Patrick) of Turrell, Ark; seven grandchildren, Heather Milam, Jessica Fernandez, Brittany Hardin, Kiara Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Devin Williams, Patrick Williams; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Barbara Fili; and six brothers. ...