Stories from Wednesday, August 2, 2017

MARKED TREE –David Matthew “Matt” Canerdy, 36, died Sunday, July 16, 2017 at St. Bernards hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born December 10, 1980 in Memphis, Tenn. He was a Christian and a member of Peoples Faith Tabernacle Church in Hoxie, Ark...

TRUMANN - Mr. Leroy Cromwell, 76, departed this life on Friday, July 28, 2017 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. Mr. Cromwell was born Thursday, October 31, 1940 in Trumann and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a a former employee of Columbia Forrest and of the Church of Christ faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Daisy Irene Cromwell, two sisters, three brothers and was the son of the late Pinson and Nellie Metcalf Cromwell...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Lois M. Jones, 89, departed this life on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Arlington Cove Nursing Center in Trumann. Mrs. Jones was born Tuesday, December 27, 1927 in Amagon, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a housewife and a member of Providence Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett E. Jones; one sister; four brothers and was the daughter of the late George and Ruth Honey Cooper...

Mr. Thomas Jerry Jacobs, 86, of Harrisburg departed this life Friday morning at the St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro. He gained his heavenly home after a lengthy battle with health issues to join his parents, his sister Daisy Pelts and his son David...

Mr. Herman Walter Meister, Jr. of Cherokee Village, formerly of West Memphis and Harrisburg, departed this life Friday, July 28, 2017, at the Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree, at the age of 84. He was born April 11, 1933 in Poinsett County, Ark., the son of Herman Meister and Nettie Fae Newsom Meister...