Stories from Tuesday, June 30, 2015

TRUMANN - Mr. Michael Wesley Clanton of Trumann died Thursday, June 25, 2015 from injuries in an automobile accident near Harrisburg at the age of 37. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was an I.T. Tech for Satellite Doctors and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Oris Clanton, Jr...

TRUMANN - Mr. Franklin James "Frank" Stracener of Trumann., died Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the family residence in Trumann at the age of 65. Mr. Stracener was born in Paragould and lived in Trumann for the past 15 years and was formerly of California. He was a farmer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Stracener was preceded in death by two brothers; one sister; and his parents, Raymond and Emmie Dotson Stracener...

BETHEL SPRINGS, TENN. - Mary Frances James Tull was born November 4, 1927 in Caruthersville, Mo., the daughter of the late Jessie Tillman and Mary Ada Woods James. She was raised in Weona, graduating from Marked Tree High School in 1946. She attended Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Memphis, graduating in 1950. ...

MARKED TREE - Cecil R. Bearden, Sr., 93, of Marked Tree passed away on June 29, 2015 in Jonesboro. He is survived by his wife, Clara Edith Bearden; his children, Cecil Bearden, Jr. (Marion), Joyce Howard (Glynn), Becky Howe (Richard); a daughter-in-law, Becky Bearden; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren...