Stories from Tuesday, March 1, 2016

PARAGOULD - Bentley Leon Brinkley, 78, of Paragould, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. He was born May 7, 1937, in the Childress community of Monette, and resided in Potosi, Mo. and Paragould,. He was a member of 7th and Mueller Church of Christ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Bobby Lee Benson, 82, of Trumann went to his heavenly home Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. Mr. Benson was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and lived most of his life in Trumann. He was a farmer and a carpenter, but his favorite job was for the last 6 years as a kindergarten custodian for the Trumann School. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Kenneth W. Linton of Trumann died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 83. He was born March 30, 1932, in Hector, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired salesman, a veteran of U.S. Air Force and a member and a deacon of Trumann Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Linton was preceded in death by two sisters, and his parents, William "Bill" and Mae Waller Linton...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Edna Mooneyham of Trumann died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 82. Mrs. Mooneyham was born Sept. 17, 1933, in Water Valley, Miss., and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Junior Mooneyham; one son, Billy Wayne Mooneyham, one sister, one brother, and her parents, Ben Lee and Nancy Jane White Ross...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Mary Lou Pitts of Trumann died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 72. Mrs. Pitts was born Monday, March 15, 1943 in Sturkie, Ark., and lived in Salem before moving to Trumann 53 years ago. She was a housewife and a member of First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by one son, Randy Pitts; one son-in-law, Clay Buckner; two sisters, and her parents, Louie Earl and Vesta Petterson Ward...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Susan Dell Adams King, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 62. She was born in Jonesboro to the late Ernest Marlin and Charlene Morgan Adams and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was an RN for over 30 years and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann. Mrs. King was preceded in death by her parents...