Stories from Monday, June 5, 2017

TRUMANN - Ann “Shorty” Penter, 74, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. She was born on May 23, 1943 in Black Oak to the Late Lawrence and Annis Berry. Shorty was a hard working woman who will be remembered for the love she gave to her family and the generosity she showed towards anybody she met. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. William Robert Crutchfield, Jr. departed this life on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. Mr. Crutchfield was born in Nashville, Ark. and lived in Trumann for the past 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a former pastor of the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Robert and Frances Marie Perry Crutchfield, Sr...

TRUMANN - Mr. Tommy Gene Fagan, 66, departed this life Saturday, June 3, 2017 surrounded by his family. He was born July 8, 1950 in Decatur, Ala. and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired veteran of the Marines serving in Vietnam and a member of the Providence Baptist Church. Mr. Fagan was preceded in death by three brothers, W.C. Fagan, Paul Glen Fagan, Shelby Fagan and his parents, William and Jessie Morris Fagan...