Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2018

TYRONZA - Brenda Joyce Brewer was born January 28, 1955 in Tyronza, Ark. to Herschel and Mildred Staton Collins. She was a home health employee and of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Brewer passed away December 27, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. ...

BAY - Mrs. Wanda Lee “WeeWee” Martin, 91, departed this life on Friday, December 22, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born Thursday, February 25, 1926 in Ravenden Springs, Ark., and had live most of her lifetime in Bay, Ark. She was a housewife and a member of Bay Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Ray “Hambone” Martin; one son, Michael Martin; two sisters, five brothers and her parents, E. B. and Johnnie Rickman Cochran...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Vernie Louise Lane, 85, departed this life on Friday, December 22, 2017 at Advanced Care Hospital of White County in Searcy, Ark. She was born in Paragould, Ark., 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, Richard Troy Lane, Jr.; two brothers, Carlee Bushong, and William Lewis Bushong, Jr., and her parents, William Lewis and Gracie Shephard Bushong...

TRUMANN - Mr. Jerry Ernest Jones, 68, departed this life on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at the family residence in Trumann, Ark. He was born Monday, April 18, 1949 in Harrisburg, Ark., and lived his lifetime in Trumann. He was a graduate of Trumann High School class of 1967, served 17 years as a Reserve Police Officer for the Trumann Police Department, and worked 32 years at Roach Mfg. ...