Stories from Wednesday, May 24, 2017

TRUMANN - Mr. Larry Eugene Parsley departed this life on Friday, May 19, 2017 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 71. Mr. Parsley was born Sunday, June 10, 1945 in Muskegon, Mich., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Walter John Kieras, Jr. departed this life on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 66. Mr. Kieras was born Friday, January 19, 1951 in Chicago, Ill. and had lived in Trumann/Jonesboro for the past 10 years and was formerly of Illinois. ...

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. - Herchel Lee Lillard, of Daytona Beach, Fla. passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at his home at the age of 40. He was born December 23, 1976 in Springfield, Mo. and grew up in the Trumann and Jonesboro area and lived in Florida off and on from his teenage years through adulthood in Orlando, Davenport and Sebring. ...

TYRONZA - Shirley Ann Crockett Gill, 68, on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at her home.  She was born on June 7, 1948 in Tyronza to Cleo and Lillie Mae Malone Crockett.  She was a member of Barton Chapel Baptist Church, enjoyed making flower arrangements and arts and crafts and loved spending time with her family...

CEDAR PARK, TEXAS - Helen Naomi Goucher, 80, passed away on November 16, 2016. She was born on December 8, 1935 in Poinsett County, Ark., to the late William Harley Crowson and Goldie Lunsford Crowson. Mrs. Goucher was preceded in death by her husband, John Goucher, Sr; two brothers and one sister. ...