Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

TRUMANN -- Bobby Joe Sheppard, Sr., age 67, of Trumann passed away June 2, 2015 at his home. Mr. Sheppard was a groundskeeper and a member of the Pleasant Valley Church in Trumann. He was born to Lester and Ethel Sheppard in Trumann. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons Danny Riley and Christ Thomas; and two sisters Mary Phelps and Helen Purcell. ...

LAGUNA VISTA, TEX. - Winston Wood, 93, passed away early Friday evening, May 29, 2015 at his home in Laguna Vista, Tex. He was born in Tyronza on November 16, 1921 to Lewis Martin and Mary Lois (Wallace) Wood. Mr. Wood's wife of seventy-one years, Evelyn, passed away in March of this year. They were married in Chico, Cal. on June 19, 1943 while Mr. Wood was in training to be a B-17 Pilot in World War II -- European Theatre. During the War he flew thirty missions over Germany...

ST. ROBERT, MO. -- Zackary Hunter Elliott, infant son of Allen and Tracy Elliott of St. Robert, Mo., passed away May 28, 2015 at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Zackary was born May 11, 2015 in St. Louis, Mo. He was preceded in death by his grandfather James Yarbro. ...