Stories from Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Mary and Jason Watts of Trumann are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Geri-Kay Grace Watts to James Robert Stone son of Jim and Lisa Stone, of Trumann. Both are graduates of Trumann High School. The bride's grandparents are Bobby and Grace Watts, Kay and Leon Rodgers, Robert Wright and Gerry Ann Hartoung. The wedding will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Freer Baptist Church in Trumann with Jim Stone performing the ceremony...

ROCHELLE, ILL. - Shirley M. Hutcherson, 72, of Rochelle, Ill., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Ill. She was born October 23, 1942, in Lake City to Eugene and Rhoda (Dewatt) Pierce. She is preceded in death by her parents and a son, Thomas Eugene Pierce...

HOT SPRINGS - Clara Sue "Susie" Shrum Lambert, 80, of Hot Springs, peacefully passed, August 31, 2015, from Alzheimer's. An Arkansas farm girl at heart, from Marked Tree, Arkansas, she eclipsed expectations of achievement, in her lifetime, for a woman from her generation. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Robert Doyal Walker, 70, of Trumann, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Bay and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann and was formerly of Mammoth Spring, Ark. He was a former police officer in Trumann, a farmer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Walker was preceded in death by one son, Wade Walker and his parents, Robert Dave Walker and Esther Leona Smith Walker Browder...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jimmy Dale Pruitt of Trumann, died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 61. Mr. Pruitt was born in Jasper, Ala., and had lived the last 25 years in Trumann. He was disabled and a member of Providence Baptist Church. Mr. Pruitt was preceded in death by his parents, Grover and Gladys Laid Pruitt...