Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2018

A new volunteer organization, the Trumann Garden Guild, will discuss beautification projects at their first meeting set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, behind the Community House located at the corner of Poinsett Avenue and West Main Street.

JOPPA, ALABAMA - Mr. Hershel Lee Fitzgerald, 75, formerly of Harrisburg, departed this life Thursday, August 2, 2018. He was born April 3, 1943, the son of the late Johnny Claude Eithel Bell Burnett Fitzgerald. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Virginia Lucille Huffstutler Fitzgerald of Joppa, Ala.; two sons, Tony and Andy Fitzgerald and Adam, an adopted son; five daughters, Janis, Shannon, Jennifer, Angela and Sherry; 16 grandchildren and one great-great grandchild and anticipating the arrival of another great grandchild; five brothers, Jessie, Junior, Orval and Wayne, all of Harrisburg, and Odell Fitzgerald of Cherry Valley; three sisters, Ruby Camper of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Lou Dobbins of Cherry Valley, and Linda Dobbins of Harrisburg; several nieces, nephews, cousins and other family members and friends. ...

CHERRY VALLEY - Mr. Limuel Odell “Odie” Fitzgerald, 76, departed this earth in the loving arms of his three children, Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at his home. He was born October 30, 1941 in McCrory, Ark., the son of the late Johnny Claude Fitzgerald and Eithel Bell Burnett Fitzgerald...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Nita Jo Porterfield, 90, entered her home in heaven on Tuesday morning, September 4, 2018. She was born on February 29, 1928, in Belmont, Miss. She was the oldest of 7 children. Her early childhood years were spent in Belmont where she received much love and affection from her maternal grandparents, Charles and Laura Thorn. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. James Ray Davis, 63, departed this life Monday, September 3, 2018 in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born November 27, 1954 in Marked Tree, Ark., and lived the last 30 years in Trumann. He was a forklift driver and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his father, Bobby Ray Davis; three brothers, James Earl Davis, Bobby Lee Davis, and Danny Davis; two sisters, Janie Eldridge and Helen Renshaw...

TRUMANN - Mr. Charles Madison Williams, 76, was born on Friday, December 12, 1941 in Fayetteville, Tenn. to the late Mr. George and Annie Bell McWhirter Williams. Charles met our Savior on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 5:51 a.m. at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was married to (and survived by) his wife of almost 57 years, Joann on December 22, 1961 and lived most of his life in Trumann...

BAY - Mrs. Doris Faye Golden departed this life Thursday, September 6, 2018 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in Trumann and lived most of her lifetime in Bay. Doris was a heart monitor tech and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Golden; three sisters, Francis Frazier, Susie Carter and Mary Seay; one brother, James Young and her parents, James “Jack” Herman Young and Inez Harper Young...

STRAWBERRY - Mrs. Eva Pearl Moore Holt of Strawberry, Ark. departed this life Thursday, September 6, 2018 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in and had formerly lived in Marked Tree and had lived in Strawberry since 2006. She was a retired insurance agent and of the Church of God faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernest Monroe Holt; one brother, Charles Moore and her parents, Ollie Cleo and Eunice Huff Moore...