Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2015

TRUMANN - Mrs. Kathryn Ruth Boyd died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 87. She was born in Saltillo, Miss., and had lived in Trumann for the past 61 years. She was a former employee of the Singer Company in Trumann and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. ...

Bobby Dean Langston, 57, of Jonesboro died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital. He had lived most of his life in the Jonesboro and Lepanto area. Bobby attended Nettleton Baptist Church. As a family man, his grandchildren were his world. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and anything to do outdoors. He had worked in construction most of his life. Bobby was preceded in death by his son, Brandon Langston; mother, Dorothy Langston; and grandson Hunter Coggins...

TRUMANN - Mr. James R. Forrester, age 88 of Trumann, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born October 24, 1926 in Walnut Ridge, he was the son of the late Cleveland Edward and Johnnie James Forrester. ...