Stories from Tuesday, July 10, 2018

LEPANTO - Jack Foote, 88, of Lepanto, departed this life Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Jonesboro. He was born September 29, 1929 to Oscar and Ara Tart Foote. He was a member of The First Baptist Church in Lepanto, where he served as a deacon; a United States Army Veteran during the Korean War; worked at Murphy Funeral Home and then Delancey-Murphy Funeral Home for 73 years, he has been a licensed funeral director since September 1957; served on the Lepanto Fire Department for 20 years, many of those years a Chief; the Grand Marshall for the Terrapin Derby in 2001 and 2012 and a member of the National Funeral Directors Association. ...

MARKED TREE - Freddie Lavell Thompson, 70, departed this life Friday, July 6, 2018. He was born September 23, 1947 to Roland Oscar and Thelma Louise West Thompson. He was a member of Red Oak Baptist Church, an Air Force Veteran, enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren...

TRUMANN - Mr. Barry Lynn Tinker, 49, departed this life Monday, July 2, 2018 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in DeKalb, Ill., grew up near Walnut Ridge, Ark. and moved to Trumann 22 years ago. Mr. Tinker was a fork lift driver for Quad Graphics and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Phyllis Ballard Tinker...

JONESBORO - Mrs. Edna Mae Staten, 79, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018 in Jonesboro, Ark., at the Jonesboro Health & Rehab. She was born Sunday, September 11, 1938 in Marked Tree, Ark. and had lived the majority of her life in Trumann, and lived in Richland, Wash., as well. ...