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Mrs. White
Mrs. Mary Elwanda White, 77, of Paragould, died Sunday at her
home. She was a retired nurse and was formerly the personnel
manager at a shoe factory. She was of the Baptist belief.
Survivors include one son, Stephen Johnson of Jonesboro; two
daughters, Brenda Laffoon of Paragould and Janie Perritt of
Houston, Texas; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon White.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 1 in the chapel of
Heath Funeral Home of Paragould, with Rev. Dennis Scudder
officiating. Burial will follow in Greene County Memorial Gardens
in Paragould.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 this evening at the funeral
home.
Richardson
Funeral
services for Robert P. "Jack" Richardson, 72, of
Paragould, will be this morning at 10:30 in the chapel of
Mitchell Funeral Home of Paragould, with Dennis Scudder, Sam
Stewart and Gene Smith officiating. Burial will follow in
Providence Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Junior Jernigan, Bill Burton, Brian
Richardson, Clint Richardson, Kevin Richardson and Rondal
Richardson.
Honorary pallbearers will include Bill Clark, Paul Greene,
Charles Northen, Wayne Brightwell, John Berry Dickey and Roy
Draffen.
Richardson died Wednesday at his home. Born in Marmaduke, he was
an Army veteran of World War II and was a retired employee of
White Printing Co. He was a member of the East Side Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Audrey Richardson of Paragould; two
sons, Jim Richardson and Jerry Richardson, both of Paragould; one
daughter, Regina Hicklin of Paragould; two sisters, Ella Batton
of Conway and Audie White of Paragould; three grandchildren and
one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by one brother and
one sister.
Russom
Jay Waylen Russom, 69, of Paragould, died Wednesday evening at
his residence. Born at Beech Grove, he was a farmer and was
retired from General Motors where he worked as a job setter. He
was a member of Delaplaine Baptist Church and was an Army veteran
of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Chlora Russom of Beech Grove; a
son, Gregory Russom of Paragould, and two sisters, Lavona
Huckabee of Paragould and Berniece Roberts of Mt. Morris, Mich.
He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 1 Saturday afternoon at
Heath Funeral Home's Colonial Chapel in Paragould, with Rev.
Charles Abanathy officiating. Burial will follow in Greene County
Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
The family requests that persons wishing to leave lasting
memorials consider Vines Chapel Baptist Church.
Dickey
John Berry Dickey, 75, of Paragould, died Thursday at home. He
was born in Water Valley, Miss.
He was an NASD broker/dealer and sole proprietor of John B.
Dickey & Co. He served on the Board of Directors of Baptist
Memorial Hospital, was a member of the Board of Trustees of
Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences, and a member of the
Board of Directors and executive Committee of Baptist Memorial
Health Care Foundation.
He graduated from what was Arkansas State College in 1949 where
he played football, basketball and baseball. He was inducted into
the ASU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. He officiated football
games for 30 years, and in 1961 officiated the Arkansas High
School All-Star football game. He was past president of the
Arkansas Officials Association, past president of the Paragould
School Board, past president of Rotary Club, Paul Harris Fellow,
on the Board of Governors of the National Association of
Securities Dealers District 5, and a charter member of the
Paragould Country Club. He was a veteran of World War II. He was
a member of East Side Baptist Church where he was a Sunday school
teacher, deacon and past chairman of the deacons.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nan Dickey of the home; two
sons, Bob Dickey of Germantown, Tenn., and Bruce Dickey of
Paragould; one brother, T.J. Dickey of Winsted, Conn.; and six
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Brightwell, Roy Davenport, J.W. Dial,
Ray Noel, Larry Price and Tommy Wofford.
Honorary pallbearers will include Men's Faith Bible Sunday school
class, Dr. George Allen Haynes, Tom Blossom, Don Perkey, Larry
Brewer and "Tite" Williams.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 at East
Side Baptist Church, with Dr. Charles DeVane officiating. Burial
will be at Linwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be this evening from 6 until 9 at Heath Funeral
Home of Paragould.
The family request that lasting memorials be sent to East Side
Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
Mrs.
Smith
Mrs. Opal Rayanna Mosley Smith, 58, of Corning, died Wednesday at
Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. She was born in Senath,
Mo.
Survivors include three sons, Edward Carter and Richard Carter,
both of Buckeye, Ariz., and Danny Mosley of St. Louis; three
daughters, Sharon Ping of Paragould, Sheila Hinkledey of Iowa and
Debbie Thompson of Oklahoma; three brothers, Dewey Mosley of
Oxford, Miss., Louie Mosley of Anchorage, Alaska, and Willie
Mosley of Buchanan, Mich.; three sisters, Frances Bowles of
Arbyrd, Mo., Nola Colburn of Senath, Mo., and Nancy Dyer of
Paragould; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 this afternoon at Brown's
Chapel Cemetery in Paragould, with burial to follow under the
direction of Heath Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from noon to 1 this afternoon at the funeral
home.
Mrs.
Charlsie Schug
Mrs. Charlsie Schug, 82, of Paragould, died Wednesday at the
Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born in Brookland, she
was a homemaker and a member of Seventh and Mueller Church of
Christ.
Survivors include one son, Sonny Schug of Schugtown; one
daughter, Doll Grant of Benton; one brother, Griffin Adams of
Jonesboro; one sister, Florence Ella Diel of Memphis; four
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Ray Schug, three brothers and three
sisters.
Funeral services will be at 2 Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Mitchell Funeral Home of Paragould, with Larry McFadden
officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Roy Davenport, Bob Rowe, Mike Schug, Ted
Schug, Terry Schug and Gary Baldwin.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
For lasting memorials, the family asks that consideration be
given to the Seventh and Mueller Church of Christ Mission Fund.
John
Parker Matheny
John Parker Matheny, 97, of Paragould, formerly of Marmaduke,
died Tuesday at the Paragould Nursing Center. He was a retired
farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two sons, Richard Matheny of Kanakakee, Ill.,
and L.C. Matheny of Alexandria, La.; one daughter, Betty Williams
of Beckley, W.Va.; one brother, George Matheny of Paragould;
eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Laura Leona Thornton
Matheny.
Funeral services will be this afternoon at 2 in the chapel of
Irby Funeral Home of Marmaduke, with Hershel Johnson officiating.
Burial will follow in Purcell Cemetery north of Marmaduke
Mrs.
Crawford
Mrs. Linda Lou Crawford, 57, of Paragould, died Tuesday at
Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. She was a homemaker and
a lifetime resident of Paragould. She was a member of the Calvary
Pentecostal Church.
Mrs. Crawford was preceded in death by her husband, Jack
Crawford, her parents, Alvin and Maxine Leisure, two brothers and
a sister.
Surviving are one son, Mac Crawford of Paragould; two daughters,
Jackie Steele and Kandi Crossno of Paragould; three brothers,
Danny Leisure and Sammy Leisure, both of Paragould, and Tommy
Leisure of West Memphis; three sisters, Bettye Wallace and Reba
Followell, both of Paragould and Maida McMillan of De Witt; and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this morning at 10:30 in the chapel
of Mitchell Funeral Home in Paragould. G.L. Ingram will
officiate, with burial in the Linwood Cemetery at Paragould.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 this evening at the funeral home.
Obituaries
Archive for Tuesday September 28, 1999
Condray
infant
Hunter Allen Condray, 19-day old son of Ronnie and Cathy Condray
of Beech Grove, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in
Memphis.
In addition to his parents, survivors include maternal
grandparents, George and Barbara Pappas of Victorville, Calif.,
and Robert Ray of Canton, N.C.; paternal grandparents, Joby
Condray of Beech Grove and Wanda Sipes of Paragould, and paternal
great-grandmother, Eufa Condray of Lafe.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the
Beech Grove Baptist Church, with Rev. Steve Bricker and Rev.
Harold Condray officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery
at Lafe, under the direction of Heath Funeral Home of Paragould.
Pallbearers will be Randy Condray, Keith Condray, Gary Condray
and Greg Condray.
Visitation will be Wednesday afternoon from 2 until services at
the church.
The family asks that lasting memorials be made to the NICU at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-East.
Mrs. Back
Mrs. Louise Back, 64, of Paragould, died Sunday at her home. She
was born in Paragould, was a homemaker and member of the Second
and Walnut Church of Christ.
Surviving are her husband, John Back of the home; one daughter,
Debra West of Paragould; one sister, Barbara Johnson of Butte,
Mont.; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 in the
Heath Funeral Home's Colonial Funeral Home, with Ed Dye and
Herbert Starr officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Knot
Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
Bailey
William Bailey, 62, Paragould, died Monday at his home.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Mitchell Funeral
Home of Paragould.
Williams
Funeral services for Vesta Gene Williams, 63, of Paragould, who
died Sunday at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould, will be at
10 Wednesday morning at Heath Funeral Home's Colonial Chapel,
with Rev. Kim Bridges and Rev. Terry Songer officiating. Burial
will follow in Brown's Chapel Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be William Edgin, Jerry McIntosh, Curt
Wheat, Larry Thompson, Donnie Reynolds and Glen Freeman.
Honorary pallbearers will include Gene Bennett, T.L. Jenkins,
Charles Thompson, Bill Rylant and Bill Beasley.
A retired farmer, he was an Army veteran and a Baptist.
Survivors include one son, Lance Williams of Lafe; one daughter,
Robin Exum of Paragould; his parents, Odis and Verna Williams of
Paragould; two brothers, Earl Williams and Ronnie Williams, both
of Widner, and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7 until 9 this evening at the funeral
home.
Obituaries
Archive for Wednesday September 22, 1999
Mrs.
Brown
Mrs. Zora Magdalene Brown, 82, of Paragould, died Sunday at
Arkansas Methodist Hospital. Born in Alabama, she was retired and
a member of East Side Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Joyce Dunavin of Lowell, Ind.,
and Lois Kucher of Davison, Mich.; one sister, Gretchen Harvey of
Paragould; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at 1 at Heath Funeral
Home Colonial Chapel, with Dr. Charles F. DeVane and Rev. Dennis
Scudder officiating. Burial will be at Linwood Cemetery.
Visitation will begin Thursday at noon at the funeral home.
Boyd
Carl Hulen Boyd, 75, of Paragould, died Tuesday in the Arkansas
Methodist Hospital in Paragould. Born in Beech Grove, he was a
Navy veteran of World War II and retired from the Postal Service.
He was a member of the Beech Grove Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Helen Boyd of the home; one son, Randy
Boyd of Little Rock; one daughter, Carla Ellington of Paragould;
one sister, Jo Thoele of St. Louis; and one granddaughter. He was
preceded in death by his parents, six brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 in the
chapel of Mitchell Funeral Home in Paragould, with Wayne Gould
officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Buddy Smith, Dee Williams, Galen
Williams, Jim England, Dale Horn and Chris Horner.
Honorary will be members of the Men's Sunday School Class of
Beech Grove Methodist Church.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 this evening at the funeral home.
For lasting memorial, the family request consideration be given
to the Beech Grove Methodist Church or a charity of your choice.
Ward
Funeral services for Derek Michael Ward, 23, of Paragould have
been scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon at Mitchell Funeral Home
chapel in Paragould, with Larry Bulla officiating. Burial will
follow at Harvey's Chapel Cemetery near Marmaduke.
Ward died Sunday at St. Bernard's Medical Center. A Baptist, he
was a Paragould native and an employee of McMillion Industry.
Survivors include his parents, Kenneth D. and Elaine Ward of
Paragould; a sister, Kena Brown of Hoxie; his paternal
grandmother, Oneida Ward of Rector; and several nephews.
Active pallbearers will include Adam Lyles, Michael Newberry,
Eddie Wheeley, Blake Nichols, Michael Bateman and Andy Waldon.
Honorary pallbearers will include Scott Brown, Jeff Wilson, Gary
Wilson, Cory Goff, John Barton, Stephen Ward, Randy Jones and
Dewayne Smith.
Mrs. Fry
Mrs. Florence Cora Fry, 91, of Paragould, died Monday at Greene
Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born in Belleville, Ill., she
was a homemaker and a member of Second and Walnut Church of
Christ.
Survivors include two sons, Bobbie Joe Fry of Memphis and Danny
Fry of Paragould; two daughters, Beverly Brewington of Paragould
and Peggy Keefe of Nashville; a brother, Harry Adams of Monette;
13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband, William Coy Fry, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister
and a grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 11 this morning in Heath Funeral
Home's Colonial Chapel of Paragould, with Herbert Knight
officiating. Burial will be in Greene County Memorial Gardens in
Paragould.
Pallbearers will include Robert Cooper, James Cooper, Zane Gray,
Chick Fields, Jack Taylor and Waylon Smith.
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Archive for Friday September 24, 1999
Mrs.
Mathis
Mrs. Faye Elizabeth Mathis, 72, of Paragould died Wednesday at
Arkansas Methodist Hospital. Born in Greene County, Mrs. Mathis
was retired from the Dr Pepper Bottling Co. and was a member of
the Immanuel Baptist Church in Paragould.
She is survived by her husband, Ben Mathis Sr. of the home; three
sons, Don Mathis, Bill Mathis and Ben Mathis Jr., all of
Paragould; one daughter, May Mooney of Garfield Heights, Ohio;
two brothers, James W. Stewart and Russell Stewart, both of St.
Louis; a sister, Ruth Barron of Halliday; 13 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at Mitchell Funeral Home chapel in
Paragould Saturday afternoon at 3, with Alton Holifield and Breck
Freeman officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Don Mathis, Bill Mathis, Leonard Baker
Jr., Ronnie Phelps, Tim Mathis and Michael Chastain.
Honorary pallbearers will include Terry Hendrix, Donald Stacy and
Scottie Wince Jr.
Visitation will be this evening at the funeral home from 6 to 9.
Pickering
infant
Bennett Reed Pickering, one-month-old son of Barry and Sarah
Pickering of Paragould, died Wednesday at Arkansas Methodist
Hospital.
He was born at Jonesboro.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his paternal
grandparents, Bill and Marcella Pickering of Jonesboro; two
brothers, Blade Pickering and Wiley Pickering, both of the home;
his maternal grandparents, Earl and Kathlyn Yarbrough of Trumann;
and his paternal great-grandmother, Gladis Holloway of Jonesboro.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 Sunday afternoon in the Mitchell
Funeral Home chapel at Paragould, with Larkin Enlow, Michael Cox
and Sam Estes officiating. Burial will follow in Jonesboro
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Tommy Yarbrough, Jeff Estes, Ben Estes and Brandon Wheeler will
serve as pallbearers. Eddie Bowles will be an honorary
pallbearer.
Mitchell Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Obituaries
Archive for Sunday September 26, 1999
Mrs.
Acuff
Mrs. Elnora Acuff, 84, of Paragould, died Friday at the Paragould
Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of First National Bank
of Paragould and was a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband, C.J. Acuff of the home; one son,
Jay Acuff of Paragould; one daughter, Diane Boyd of Cullman,
Ala.; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 2:30 at Mitchell
Funeral Home of Paragould, with Winfred Bridges and M.E. Prince
officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ray Boggs, Ralph Hughes, Charles
Bedsole, David Flanrey, Paul Ford and Jody Acuff.
Honorary pallbearers will include C.J. Acuff's Sunday School
class.
Visitation will begin at 6 this evening at the funeral home.
Brown
Funeral services for Wayne Douglas "Wimp" Brown, 67, of
Marmaduke, who died Thursday at St. Bernard's Regional Medical
Center, will be held at 3 this afternoon in the chapel of
McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett, Mo., with the Rev. Earl
McKelvey officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens
Cemetery in Kennett.
Active pallbearers will be James Godfrey, Lester Forbs, Charles Tippy, Bob Bost, Gary Franks, Doyne Shaw, Jim White and Wayne
Pelts.
Honorary pallbearers will include employees of McCaul's Kennett
and Pargould stores and Hulen Reddick.
He was a member of Free Will Baptist Church in Paragould.
Survivors include his wife, Wilda Brown of Marmaduke; one son,
David Brown of Kennett; four daughters, Susan Bridges of Kennett,
Donna Justus of Newport, Terry Taylor of Little Rock and Nita
Reed of Paragould; his mother, Bessie Brown of Kennett; five
brothers, Willard Brown of Green Valley, Ill., Burl Brown of
Dexter, Mo., Ronnie Brown of Tupelo, Miss., Jim Brown and Frank
Brown, both of Kennett; four sisters, Peggy Hill, Roberta Champ,
Norma Taylor and Teresa Tate, all of Kennett; and five
grandchildren.
Obituaries Archive for Saturday September 04, 1999
Mrs.
Campbell
Mrs. Savannah Campbell, 96, of Paragould, died Thursday. She was
a homemaker and member of Seventh and Mueller Church of Christ.
She is survived by two daughters, Maxine Nally of Charleston,
Mo., and Erma Bateman of Paragould; six grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her husband, James Gardner Campbell.
Funeral services will be Monday morning at 11 at the Ermert
Funeral Home in Corning, with Larry McFadden officiating. Burial
will be at Corning Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 until 8 Sunday evening at the funeral
home.
The family asks those wishing to leave lasting memorials consider
Compassion Outreach, Seventh and Mueller Church of Christ,
Paragould.
Letbetter
Randy Letbetter, 51, of Paragould, died Thursday at Arkansas
Methodist Hospital. He was born in Jonesboro.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mitchell Funeral Home
of Paragould.
Mrs.
Morrison
Mrs. Lucy Morrison, 95, of Peach Orchard, died Thursday at the
Lawrence Hall Nursing Home in Walnut Ridge. Born in Blytheville,
she was a homemaker and was a member of the Church of Christ in
Peach Orchard.
Survivors include three daughters, Hattie Coffell of Peach
Orchard, Jessie Bolton of Palestine, Texas, and Louise Coffell of
St. Louis; 19 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and several
great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband, J.L. Morrison, two daughters and a brother.
Graveside services will be at 2 Sunday afternoon at the Bond
Cemetery at Knobel. Burial will be under the direction of Ermert
Funeral Home of Corning.
Visitation will be from 6 until 9 this evening at the funeral
home.
Obituaries Archive for Monday September 06, 1999
Bailey
William "Bill" Bailey, 62, of Paragould died Monday at
his residence. Born in Mississippi County, he worked as a
shipping clerk for Valley Steel in Nebraska and was a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ozia Bailey and Ola
Skelton.
Survivors include four sons, Glenn Bailey of Ingalls, Kan., Paul
Bailey of Rantoul, Ill., Justin Bailey of Columbia, Mo., and
Steven Bailey of Paragould; two sisters, Marlis Sue Perry of
Paragould and Barbara Jo Holmes of Athens, Ala.; and seven
grandchildren.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 10 Thursday morning at
the Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Paragould, with Bob Lee
officiating. Burial will follow at Woods Chapel Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will include Bill Beasley, Gene Bozarth, Bill
Bridges, Charles Cleveland, Jim Ladyman and John Powers.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 this evening at the funeral home.
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