Stories from Thursday, March 10, 2016

Mr. Alvin Dee Mitchell of Trumann died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born Thursday, Jan. 2, 1947 in Tyronza, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired truck driver, a Army veteran of Vietnam War and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Mitchell was preceded in death by one brother, Wayne Mitchell and his father, W.D. Mitchell...

LEPANTO - Syble Modine Russell, of Lepanto, passed away March 6, 2016, at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree at the age of 89. Mrs. Russell was born in Alabama and was a retired Home Health worker. She was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Lepanto. ...

Mr. Tommy Milton Settlemire, Sr., 63, of Harrisburg, Ark. died Friday, March 4, 2016, at the family residence. Mr. Settlemire was born in Trumann and was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg and Trumann area. He was a farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Settlemire and his father, Sam Milton Settlemire...

TYRONZA - Douglas E. Smith, 69, of Tyronza, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016. He was a member of the VFW in Lepanto, of Abundant Life Community Church, and he worked at Knight and Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Smith; his sons, Russell (Angela) Fenimore of Grand Prairie, Tex. and Phillip (Andrea) Fenimore of Jonesboro; his grandchildren, Jacob, Sarah, Douglas, Kimberly, Zachary, and JonMichael; and four sisters, Lucille Taylor, Wanda Lee Crutchfield, Vonnie Brewer, and Francis Head...