Arnold Eddie Joe age 49 (Venus,Fla) died Tuesday January 11
Truck Driver
Florida National Guard
2 sons Billy J. Arnold (Riverview,Fla) and Rocky Arnold (Venus)
mother Mary Sue Arnold (Riverview)
sister Peggy Pearce (Riverview)
granddaughter Brooke Elizabeth Arnold
father Benny Arnold (Deceased)
House-Gregg Funeral Home Walnut Ridge
Arnold Cemetery (Near Swifton)
Batie Ollie Lee age 72 (Jonesboro) died Sunday January 9
Born Shelby,Miss
Cook (Grandpa's Restaurant over 30 years)
Baptist, served on Mother Board
son Wilbert Batie (Memphis)
2 daughters Jane Batie and Vickie Batie (both Jonesboro)
4 sisters Pearlie Thomas (Jonesboro), Fannie McGhee (Gary, Ind), Daisy Sherrod (Chicago) and Florida Sinclair (Miami)
brother Douglas Thomas Sr.(Jonesboro)
4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren
husband Herbert Batie (Deceased)
Parents Joe Thomas Sr. and Vicky Thomas (Deceased)
(Deceased) 3 brothers and 2 sisters not named
Woodard Funeral Service
Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery
Bedwell John F. age 66 (Amagon) died Tuesday January 11
Retired Cross County Rural Water
Baptist
wife Eva Pena Bedwell (Amagon)
son Edward Brian Bedwell (Harrisburg)
3 daughters Denise Higging (Wynne), Mary Braden (Jonesboro) and Cherie Fisher (Pineville,Mo)
mother Delsa Whidden Bedwell (Amagon)
sister Rosemary Payne (Grand Haven,Mich)
9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild
father Leonard Bedwell (Deceased)
Jackson's Newport Funeral Home
Eighmile Cemetery
Bowles Marie age 84 (Brookland) died Wednesday January 12
Born St. Louis
Methodist
Husband Raymond Bowles (Brookland)
4 sons Steve Bowles, Harvey Bowles, Roy Bowles (all Brookland) and Danny Bowles (Myrtle,Mo)
sister Ruth Leslie (Tampa,Fla)
5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren
Emerson Funeral Home
Private Services
Childs Emma Lee age 80 (Millington,Tn) died Monday January 10
Retired Home Federal Savings and Loan
Baptist
son Herbert T. Childs (cordova,Tn)
2 daughters Karen S. Atkins-conway and Leslie A. Childs (Millington)
brother Irwin Barger (Bryant)
2 sisters Betty Joyce Tucker and Jo Ann Nelson (Lucerne Valley,Cal)
4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild
Husband Herbert J. Childs (Deceased)
parents Freeman S. and Bertha M. Barger (Deceased)
(Deceased) 5 brothers and 1 granddaughter not named
Memorials St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Cobb Funeral Home
Elmwood Cemetery (Blytheville)
Cliff Aaron "Josh" age 22 (Jonesboro) died Tuesday January 11
Born Jonesboro
Manager Gee Street Pawn Shop
Assembly of God
Mother Wanda Cliff (Jonesboro)
Father Junior Cliff (Jonesboro)
brother Adam Cliff (Jonesboro)
Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home
Cross Roads Cemetery
Cummings Cheryl Linette age 37 (Wynne) died Sunday January 9
Born Wynne
Worked Cross County Special Workshop
Baptist
Mother Linda Cummings (Wynne)
Brother christopher Cummings (Wynne)
2 sisters Traci Harris (Wynne) and Andrea Shipley (Collinsvill,Ill)
grandfather Wilbur E. Roy (Caldwell)
Memorials Cross County Special Workshop
Kernodle Funeral Home (Wynne)
Hughes Cemetery
Davidson James Henry age 54 (Paragould) died Wednesday January 12
Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home
Earwood Carolyn Germain age 59 (Blytheville) died Wednesday January 12
Nurse
Catholic
3 sons Michael Foster, Thomas Foster (Victoria) and James Thomas Earwood Jr. (New Orleans)
2 daughters Teresa Darlene Cunningham (Mandeville,La) and Melissa Karen Earwood (Blytheville)
Mother Lillie Mae Stone Clark (Memphis)
5 sisters Judy Thomas, Sherry Rios, Sandy Gillespie (West Memphis), Karen Cartwright and Cindy Rooks (Marion)
2 brothers Larry Cassidy (Turrell) and Robert Cassidy (Marion)
10 grandchildren
Husband James Earwood (Deceased)
Father Lawrence Cassidy (Deceased)
(Deceased) brother and granddaughter not named
Roller-Swift Funeral Home (Osceola)
Mississippi County Memorial Gardens
Easton Andrew age 96 (Jonesboro) died Wednesday january 12
Former Tax collector (Craighead county)
Gregg Funeral Home
Evans Renee age 25 (West Ridge) died Tuesday January 11
Murphy Funeral Home (Lepanto)
Forsyth Lavern age 89 (Blytheville) died Tuesday Janaury 11
Retired Case Worker (State Department of Human Services)
Worked Whitsitt's the Cupboard and Burge's Shoe Center
Red Cross Volunteer, Volunteer Election Polls
Stepdaughter anita Slayton (Blytheville)
Stepgranddaughter and 2 stepgreat-granddaughters
Husband Arkt Gatlin (Deceased) and Jim Forsyth (Deceased)
Parents William Cleve and Elsie Biggs Johnson (Deceased)
(Deceased) Brother and 2 sisters not named
Cobb Funeral Home (Blytheville)
Dogwood Cemetery
Girdner Charles William age 79 (Reyno) died Tuesday January 11
daughter Billie BArron (Reyno)
Son Ted Girdner (California)
4 brothers Martin Girdner (New Mexico), Alvin Girdner (Washington), Alex Girdner Jr. and Wayne Girdner (Missouri)
Sister Louvine McKenzie (California)
8 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
Wife Hazel Girdner (Deceased)
3 daughters Caroline Girdner (Deceased), Theresa Girdner (Deceased) and Linda McCrackin (Deceased)
(Deceased) Brother not named
Cox-Waymon Funeral Home (Pocahontas)
Cremation
Henderson James L. "Jack" age 75 (Hoxie) died Tuesday January 11
Born Randolph County
Retired Factory Worker (Ford Motor Co)(rockford Screw Co)
Pentecostal
Wife Linda Henderson (Home)
4 daughters rosanna Jackson (Pocahontas), Jackie Gay Henderson (Rockford), Dena McCormick, Debbie Hall (Michigan)
Stepdaughter Debbie Emison (Smithville)
2 stepsons Greg Miles and Randy Miles (Hoxie)
2 sisters Thelma Gipson (Hoxie) and Billie Gray (Pocahontas)
3 brothers Paul Henderson, Eugene Henderson (Little Rock) and Joe Henderson (Walnut Ridge)
2 halfsisters Betty Talman and Hazel Matchett (Little Rock)
3 stepbrothers Tommy Ray Davis, Bob Davis, and Ralph Davis (Hammond,Ind)
5 grandchildren 3 stepgrandchildren
1 great-grandchild
Parents James L. and Dealy Modena Davis Modean Henderson(Deceased)
(Deceased) 2 brothers not named
Higginbotham Funeral Service (Walnut Ridge)
Duty Cemetery (Randolph County)
Henry Dorothy Imogene age 77 (Manila) died Tuesday January 11
born Tiptonville,Tn
Owned/Operated Queen's Closet Clothing Store (Blytheville)
Baptist
Husband Charles Henry (Manila)
2 sons Tommy Clark (Ocala,Fla) and Ron Dotson (St. Charles, Mo)
daughter Glenda Ann Clark (DeQueen)
4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren
Howard Funeral Service (Manila)
Private Burial
Jackson Junie Ester age 85 (Franklin) died Sudnay June 9
Born Horseshoe Bend
Baptist
3 grandchildren Julie Ash Billingsley (Violet Hill), Gary Ash (Flippin) and Anthony "Tony" Ash (Virginia Beach)
8 great-grandchildren
Husband Auston jackson (Deceased)
Daughter Obie Jackson Ash (deceased)
Parents albert and Eva Ferguson Foreman (Deceased)
Higginbotham Funeral Service
Violet Hill Cemetery
Martin Effie Jane ae 92 (Pocahontas) died Wednesday January 12
Born Pocahontas
Daughter Glendola Schultz (Pocahontas)
Grandson Steve Schultz (Pocahontas)
great-grandchild D. J. Schultz (Pocahontas)
Husband Hiram Martin (Deceased)
McNabb Funeral HOme (Pocahontas)
Masonic Cemetery
Moore Rhonda Kay Priest age 53 (Detroit) died Monday January 10
Graduated Greene county Tech 1971
Husband Dick Moore (Home)
Father Henry Priest (Jonesboro)
Mother Mikie Lou Coates (Marmaduke)
5 brothers Marshall Preist,(Colorado), Thomas Priest, Charles Priest (Jonesboro), Allen Priest (St. Louis) and Mark Coates (Paragould)
Sister Ann Bryant (Paragould)
Cremation
Poe Lucille age 73 (Marmaduke) died Sunday January 2
Baptist
2 sons Ron Poe (Paragould) and Michael Poe (Mesa,AZ)
2 daughters Debbie Hoffman (Cave Creek,AZ) and Becky Broadway (Fayetteville)
2 brothers Gene Pinkston (Marmaduke) and Logan Pinkston (Rockford,Ill)
9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren
Husband Earl Poe (Deceased)
Parents Cleo and Jessie Hill Pinkston
Irby Funeral Service
Harvey's Chapel Cemetery (Marmaduke)
Roberts Willie Glenn age 91 (Franklin) died Wednesday January 12
Retired Franklin Postmaster
Son J. D. Roberts (Franklin)
6 grandchildren Lisa Brady (Judsonia), Loren Brents (Blytheville), Heath Williams (Mountain Home), Dawneacc Taylor (Melbourne), Amanda Williams and Jonathan Williams (Franklin)
5 great-grandchildren
Husband Wilbur Roberts (Deceased)
Parents Gurson and Addie Hames Gaston (Deceased)
(Deceased) 2 brothers and 1 sister not named
Qualls Funeral Home (Cave City)
Private Services
Townsend Gennie Lucille age 81 (Wynne) died Tuesday January 11
Baptist
3 sons Curtis William Coffin, Wallace Robinson (Wynne) and Herbert McCallister (Chicago)
6 daughters Sue Helen Jones (Wynne), Delorise Duff (Atlanta), Naomi Perkins, Willie Mae McGuire (Dallas), Debra Ann Smith (Newport), and Shirley Farr (marvell)
33 grandchildren and number of great-grandchildren
Woodard Funeral Service (wynne)
Wynne Cemetery
Twilley Ella M. age 92 (Ash Flat) died Tuesday January 11
Born Sharp County
Church of Christ
Son Eldon Twilley (Murfreesboro)
3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren
Husband Morris Twilley (Deceased)
Parents Asa N. McCord and Della Asher McCord (Deceased)
(Deceased) 3 brothers and 4 sisters not named
Tri-County's Cherokee Chapel (Highland)
Wiles Cemetery (Ash Flat)
