Obituaries
Obituaries for the Craighead County, AR Area
Janelle G. Seat
Feb 26, 2024
Janelle G. Seat, 71, of Jonesboro, went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 26, 2024. A life-long resident of Jonesboro, she was born on August 1, 1952, to Claude and Brownie Gibson. She served her community as a pastor’s wife and was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. She was an active member of Women’s Missionary...
John H. Headrick
Feb 26, 2024
John Howard Headrick, 90, of Bay passed from this life on February 26, 2024, at his home. Howard was born in Swifton on January 11, 1934, to the late William and Nonie Headrick. In addition to his parents, Howard is preceded in death by 3 brothers, 3 sisters, and 1 daughter.
Howard was a lifelong resident of northeast Arkansas. He served...
Laura W. Davis
Feb 26, 2024
Laura Willene Davis, 85, of Jonesboro, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2024.
Laura was born on December 31, 1938, to Lee and Woodsie Bailey in Walcott. After Laura graduated from high school, she went on to business school in Jonesboro. After graduating business school, she started her first job utilizing her skills. Later in life, she worked for two years...
Herbert L. Wicker
Feb 18, 2024
Herbert L. Wicker, 86, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.
He was born near Myrtle, Missouri, to Nathanial Andrew Wicker and Vertie Lois Armstrong Wicker. Herbert retired from the Jonesboro Fire Department as a captain with twenty years of service. He also served in the Arkansas National Guard. He loved to fish and hunt,...
Bobby Gene Evans
Feb 15, 2024
Bobby Gene Evans, 83, of Jonesboro, formerly of Trumann, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at home. He was born in Trumann on June 14, 1940.
Raised on a farm in Trumann, by parents Henry and Mary Evans, Bobby began his working career as a soda jerk at Campbell Drug while in high school. It was there...
Bernice A. Bates
Feb 13, 2024
Bernice Maglothin Bates died at Craighead Nursing Center on February 13, 2024, at the age of 91. She was born in Lake City to her parents Dessie and Arthur Lane. They lived in and around Trumann and she graduated from Trumann High School in 1950. She married her high school sweetheart, Ezra Maglothin and they were married over 25 years...
Jimmy Terrell
Feb 13, 2024
Jimmy Terrell, 71, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at his residence.
Jimmy was born in Newport and lived most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He was of the Methodist faith, a 1970 graduate of Jonesboro High School, and a U.S. Army veteran. Following discharge from his military service, Jimmy began his life's work...
Jerald D. Haun
Feb 9, 2024
Jerald D. Haun, 87, passed away February 9, 2024. He was born April 26, 1936, to Roy D. and Helen Faye Haun. Jerald served in the National Guard after graduating high school. He also obtained a bachelor's degree in business and with that degree he worked as a financial director for the city of Blytheville, where he later retired. Jerald...
William A. Higdon
Feb 9, 2024
William Aaron Higdon, 73, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2024. He was born August 1, 1950, in Bay, AR to Aaron I. and Ruth A. Higdon. William was a minister at the Alsup Pentecostal Church. He also owned his own business called William's Vending where he was known as the drink man. When he wasn't working, William was outdoors...
Hunter D. Faulkner
Feb 8, 2024
Hunter Don Faulkner, age 24, of Jonesboro departed from this life on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in Jonesboro. He was born to Mitchell Faulkner and Jamie Clark on August 15, 1999, in Memphis, TN. Hunter spent his entire life in Jonesboro and was a member of Central Baptist Church.
Hunter loved spending time with his children and his family. He held...
Paul A. French
Feb 8, 2024
Paul Alexander French, 95, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2024.
He was born August 15, 1928, in Jonesboro to the late Silas and Bessie Dupwe French. He sold and moved mobile homes. While in California, he and his dad and brother ran a full service station where he was the main mechanic. He was also happy and enjoyed spreading joy wherever he...
Gregory A. Walter
Feb 3, 2024
Gregory Alan Walter, 68, of Jonesboro passed away from this life on February 3, 2024, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born to Charles and Magdalene Walter on July 5, 1955, in Newport, Rhode Island. He was raised in Jonesboro and attended Nettleton High School where he played football, baseball, ran track, and graduated in 1973. He attended Arkansas State University...
Betty J. Grant
Feb 3, 2024
Betty Jean Grant, 86, of Jonesboro passed from this life on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She was born in Number 9, Arkansas on February 21, 1937, to the late Coy and Willie Mae Northcutt. Betty graduated from Blytheville High School in 1955, and in 1956, married her husband of 65 years, Roy...
Janie S. Ellison Dunn
Jan 31, 2024
Janie Ellison Dunn passed away on January 31, 2024, at the Flo and Phil Hospice House. She was born at St. Bernards on December 28, 1952, to Mack and Marie Ellison.
One of eleven children, Janie was raised in Cash on the family farm. She was a graduate of Westside High School and went on to work as a lead dispatcher...
Ida Mae Gray
Jan 26, 2024
Ida Mae Gray, 90, of Jonesboro, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 26, 2024. She was surrounded by her family at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House when she was called home. She was born in Imboden on June 28, 1933, to Elson and Mollie Stokes. She had lived in Jonesboro since 1954. Being a...
Peggy Ruth Crews
Jan 25, 2024
Peggy Ruth Crews, 81, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Born on August 20, 1942, in Lake City to Sylvester Richard Despain and Selma Ferrell Despain, Peggy dedicated her life to education and community service.
Peggy served as a beloved school teacher within the Jonesboro Public Schools system. She was an active member of the...
Hadleigh Raine Elrod
Jan 23, 2024
Hadleigh Raine Elrod, 5, of Trumann departed this life Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in Trumann. Hadleigh was born June 5, 2018, in Jonesboro and was a kindergartener at Trumann Elementary School. She was preceded in death by her mother, Haley Rouse Smith; great-grandparents, Doris Johnson, and Elex and Ora Jean Elrod, great-grandparent, Clifford Rouse; great-grandpa, Jesse Morrison; grandpa Mark Grimes;...
Haley Shea Smith
Jan 23, 2024
Haley Shea Smith, 26, of Trumann departed this life Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in Trumann. She was born in Jonesboro on September 14, 1997, to Greg Rouse and Melissa Morrison. Haley was a 2015 graduate of Trumann High School, a housewife and a member of Maple Grove downtown. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Hadleigh Elrod.
She is survived...
Billy Joe Wicker
Jan 23, 2024
Billy Joe Wicker, 89, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, passed away on January 23, 2024, at Craighead Nursing Center after complications from dementia.
Billy Joe was born on December 26, 1934, to the late William Earnest and Nellie Mae Phillips Wicker in Adamsville, Tennessee.
He had lived in Jonesboro most of his life and was a devoted long-time member and deacon of the First Freewill...
Thelma Kathryn Williams
Jan 22, 2024
Thelma Kathryn Williams, 93, peacefully passed away on January 22, 2024, at Arkansas Continued Care Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born on March 4, 1930, in Judsonia, Arkansas, to the late William Virgil and Mary H. Miller, Thelma spent her entire life in the Jonesboro area. She was a dedicated member of Greensboro Church of Christ and a devoted...
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