Obituaries

Gerald D. Eubanks

Gerald D. Eubanks

September 17, 2011

Gerald D. Eubanks, 90, Paragould, died Saturday, September 17, 2011, at St Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro. Mr. Eubanks was retired from the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department and was of Pentecostal belief. He was preceded in death by his wife of seventy years, Mozelle Eubanks, daughter, Rita Gail Eubanks, brothers, Mack, Ambers, and A.J. Eubanks, sister, Ruby Imler and...

Bonnie Jean Maxwell

Bonnie Jean Maxwell

September 16, 2011

Bonnie Jean Maxwell, 85 of Paragould, died Friday at her home. Bonnie was the retired co-owner of Maxwell Feed and a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Barney R. and Mable Burton Holcomb and sister, Kathlene Holcomb. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Willis Maxwell of the home; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy...

Pauline Hufford

Pauline Hufford

September 11, 2011

Pauline Hufford, 95, of Paragould, died Sunday, September 11, 2011, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1916 in Cardwell, Missouri the daughter of the late William and Willie O'Brian Ferguson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Hufford, brother, Herman Ferguson, sisters, Opal Johnson, Upal Curtis, grandchildren Anthony Hufford and Donna Day Jordan....

Dorotha Evyline Wilson

Dorotha Evyline Wilson

September 9, 2011

Dorotha Evyline Wilson, 85 of Paragould died Friday at Greene Acres Nursing Home. She was a homemaker, a “Prayer Warrior” and a member of New Covenant Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Shelton Raymond Wilson; parents, Luther Allen and Pauline Madison Hooks Thomason; brothers, Dallas and Paul O. Thomason. Survivors include daughters, Connie Ann Gilbert and...

Belinda Faye Wayman Benton

Belinda Faye Wayman Benton

September 9, 2011

Belinda Faye Wayman Benton, 51, of Paragould, died Friday, September 9, 2011, at her home. She was recently married to the late Gregory Benton at their church where she was recently saved and baptized. She was a 1978 graduate of Lafe High School. Starting in January 2012, she was enrolling to finish her Bachelor of Science degree at Arkansas State...

Henry "Bud" Edward Manuel

Henry "Bud" Edward Manuel

September 8, 2011

Henry Edward "Bud" Manuel, 66, of Paragould, died Thursday, September 8, 2011, at Advanced Care Hospital of White County in Searcy. He was born February 5, 1945 in Keiser, Arkansas the son of the late James William "Bill" and Della M. Edlemon Manuel. He was also preceded in death by sister Lottie Vallance and brother, James Andrews. He was retired...

Henry Clay Horton, Jr.

Henry Clay Horton, Jr.

September 8, 2011

Henry Clay Horton, Jr., 84 of Paragould died Thursday at his home. He was born December 14, 1926 in Steele, Missouri the son of the late Henry Clay and Goldie Fern Wible Horton. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Opal Horton, brothers, Arvil and Jess Horton, sister, Mildred Lester. He was a retired foreman with the Missouri...

Earlene Evans

Earlene Evans

September 7, 2011

Earlene Evans, 86 of Paragould died Wednesday at St. Bernard’s Medical Center. Earlene was a homemaker and a member of Paragould Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Glen Evans; parents, Osmer and Molly Thurman Stallcup; brother, Leon Stallcup; and sister Jean Snell. Survivors include son, Charles Evans of Paragould; daughter, Teresa Edwards of Judsonia, AR;...

Billy J. Edwards

Billy J. Edwards

September 6, 2011

Billy J. Edwards, 80, of Paragould, died Tuesday, in Jonesboro. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Martha Davidson Edwards, siblings, Ray, Houston and Clifton Edwards and Emma Stallcup. Survivors include his wife: Emma Jean Edwards of the home; son: Byron Edwards of Jonesboro; daughter: Lynn Boyd of Little Rock; granddaughter, Angela Boyd and grandson, Jason Boyd....

Judy Marie Kanneman

Judy Marie Kanneman

September 4, 2011

Judy Marie Kanneman, 63 of Paragould, died Sunday at UAMS in Little Rock. Judy was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and a former employee of Monroe Auto and Arkansas Methodist Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Kanneman; parents, Robert and Mary Hobbs, sisters Rayanna Rowland and Alice Wheeler and son-in-law Dennis Daniel. Survivors include...

Don Mac Dickinson

Don Mac Dickinson

September 3, 2011

Don Mac Dickinson, 76, passed away September 3, 2011, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro. Don was a lifelong member of the Marmaduke Church of Christ, where he served as an elder. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Lorene Dickinson and a brother Duane Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson was the owner of Dickinson’s TV Sales and...

Charles Witcher

Charles Witcher

August 26, 2011

Charles Witcher, 66, Paragould, died Friday, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. He was born February 1, 1945 in Truman, Arkansas. He was a retired jeweler and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. Survivors include his sons: Jeff Works of Pine Bluff, Stacy Witcher; daughter: Amanda Witcher; mother: Euva Fay Witcher; brothers: Danny Witcher, Dewayne Witcher, all of Paragould and five...

Ernie Dewayne Staires

Ernie Dewayne Staires

August 26, 2011

Ernie Dewayne Staires, 53, of Atkins, formerly of Marmaduke, died Friday, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born February 6, 1958 in Marmaduke. He loved hunting and was of Baptist belief. He was preceded in death by his father, Wayne Staires. Survivors include his mother, Georgia Staires of the home; sisters: Nita Staires of Marmaduke, Lisa...

Dr. Omer E. Bradsher

Dr. Omer E. Bradsher

August 23, 2011

Dr. Omer E. Bradsher, formerly of Paragould, 81, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home in Senath. He was born October 7, 1929 in Little Rock, AR the son of the late Omer Ethridge, Sr. and Ida Carpenter Bradsher. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Rose Howerton Bradsher, brother, Robert Bradsher, sisters, Martha Joffe and...

Ray Distretti

Ray Distretti

August 22, 2011

Ray Joe Distretti, 89, of Paragould, died Monday, August 22, 2011, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. He was born September 19, 1921, in Memphis, TN the son of the late Giovanni Battista and Maria Beltrami Distretti. Ray was a truck patch farmer before moving his family from Memphis in 1956. He made his first crop of grain in Greene County...

Paulett Stafford

Paulett Stafford

August 21, 2011

Paulett Stafford, 54, of Bono, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at St Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in San Bernadino, California the daughter of the late Paul Nathaniel and Ruby Thornton Chappel. She was also preceded in death by her son, Jimmy Dewayne Stafford. Paulett was of baptist belief and employed as a cashier at Wal Mart....

Barbara Cox

Barbara Cox

August 20, 2011

Barbara Gale Cox, 46, of Paragould died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge. She was born April 9, 1965 in Osceola, Arkansas the daughter of the late William Hardy Floyd, Sr. and Geneva Mae Goforth Floyd. She was also preceded in death by her brother, William H. Floyd. She was a homemaker and of baptist...

Wilma Joyce Newberry Stovall

Wilma Joyce Newberry Stovall

August 13, 2011

Wilma Joyce Newberry Stovall passed away Saturday morning, August 13, 2011, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Ruth Cato, her husband of 40 years, Wilborn Newberry and her husband of 15 years, Robert Stovall all of Paragould. She is survived by her five children: Phyllis Liversiedge of Southaven, MS, James L....

Flora Mae Dement

Flora Mae Dement

August 13, 2011

Flora Mae DeMent, 93, of Paragould died peacefully Saturday, August 13, 2011 in Keosauqua, Iowa, with family at her bedside. She was born February 23, 1918 in Brighton, AR the daughter of the late Clarence Jackson "Bud" and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzy" Nierstheimer Cupp. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Patric Shaw DeMent, step-children, Fred DeMent, Raymond DeMent,...

Verne Wesley Ellis

Verne Wesley Ellis

August 13, 2011

Verne Wesley Ellis, 92, of Paducah, KY, formerly of Paragould, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, KY. He was born March 8, 1919 in Greenleaf, Wisconsin to the late Bertha Russell Dishneau and Walter Eldridge Ellis. He was also preceded in death by his son-in-law, Allen Boren and siblings, Natalie, Russell and Muriel. He was a...