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West Memphis -- Rev. Marcellus White Jr., 88, former pastor of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, died Monday at Broadway Healthcare. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at West Memphis First Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Gardens in Edmondson. Anthony Funeral Home has charge. Rev. White, the husband of Clara White, also leaves four daughters, Cellestine Ousley of Springfield, Ill., Emma Williams of Dallas, Ga., Thedora Lemons of Memphis and Sharon M. Lewis of West Memphis; six sons, Walter White of Springfield, Rev. Samuel White of Sherwood, Robert White of West Memphis, Richard White of Dale City, Va., and Marcellus White III and Lee White, both of Memphis; three sisters, Camille Gibbs of Los Angeles, Naomi Brown of Chicago and Ruth Patterson of Grand Rapids, Mich., 60 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 10, 2005]
Blytheville -- Henry Johnson, 88, of Flint, Mich., formerly of Blytheville, died May 20 in Flint. Services will be at noon Saturday at Frenchmans Bayou First Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Garden in Edmondson. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He leaves six daughters, Bessie Evans of Edmondson, Jennie Johnson and Paristine Paige, both of Blytheville, Diean Johnson of Flint, Stella B. Washington of Crawfordsville and Alice Strickland of Indianapolis; five sons, Steve Johnson, Larry Johnson and Lee Amos Johnson, all of Flint, Charles Johnson of Bloomington, Ill., and Albert Lee Johnson of Chicago; two sisters, Viola Singleton of Bloomington and Ossie Jackson of Wisconsin; three brothers, James Johnson of Bloomington, Melvin Johnson of Florida and Thearthur Johnson of Kankakee, Ill., 52 grandchildren, 128 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated May 27, 2005]
Blytheville -- Thelma Lee Sipes, 76, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Elmwood cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Dogwood Road Church of Christ.
[Death Notice dated May 27, 2005]
West Memphis -- Bryan Henry, 75, of Sheridan, Ark., formerly of West Memphis, tractor mechanic, died Wednesday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forrest Park cemetery in Forrest City. Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors in Pine Bluff has charge. He was a Baptist, a former member of Hughes Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Henry, the husband of Mary Margaret Smith Henry, also leaves a daughter, Shelia Hobbs of Pine Bluff; two sons, Bobby Henry of Little Rock and Raymond Henry of Vanndale; two sisters, Doris Reaves of Starkville, Miss., and Thelma Dunagan of Merigold, Miss., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or the American Cancer Society Pine Bluff Chapter.
[Death Notice dated May 27, 2005]
Osceola -- Ella Mae Carroll, 84, homemaker, died Friday in Osceola. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Roller-Swift Funeral Home with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens. She was a member of First Assembly of God for 25 years. Mrs. Carroll, the widow of Edgar Earl Carroll, leaves a daughter, Mona Jones, and a son, Kenny Brown, both of Osceola, 14 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Assembly of God.
[Death Notice dated May 23, 2005]
West Memphis -- Virginia M. Steinek, 92, retired grocery store owner, died Friday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home has charge. She was a Methodist. She leaves a daughter, Susan McFalls of West Memphis; a sister, Sara M. Hart of Marion, and two grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated May 23, 2005]
Gosnell -- Bobbie Ann Presswood, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services were Saturday at Elmwood cemetery in Blytheville. Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville had charge. She was a Pentecostal. Mrs. Presswood, the wife of Ross Presswood, also leaves two daughters, Mitzie Rounsaville of Blytheville and Vickie Forehand of Shubita, Miss.; two sons, Ross Presswood Jr. of Blytheville and Sammy Presswood of Henning, Tenn.; four sisters, Doris Beck of Belleville, Ill., and Vickie Vernon, Mary Jewell and Nancy Del Rio, all of Blytheville; a brother, Sammy Jewell of Portland, Maine, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Death Notice dated June 5, 2005]
Blytheville -- Mary Elizabeth Haley, 75, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Memory Gardens. Wilson Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Christ Temple Baptist Church. Mrs. Haley, the wife of Jaffus L. Haley, also leaves three daughters, Joyce M. Doutherd of San Jose, Calif., Sylvia A. Cole of Blytheville and Blanche E. Barner of Los Angeles; five sons, Rev. Jaffus Haley Jr. of Las Vegas, Rev. Lawrence Haley of Blytheville, Rev. Larry C. Haley of Compton, Calif., Rev. Eric N. Haley of Modesto, Calif., and Rev. Arva O. Haley of Salem, Ore.; a brother, Jesse B. Reed of San Bernardino, Calif., 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 4, 2005]
Blytheville -- Avery Maurice Whitfield, 41, sheet metal worker, died Tuesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Memory Gardens. Wilson Funeral Home has charge. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist. Mr. Whitfield, the husband of Sandra Fay Williams Whitfield, also leaves a son, Andre Whitfield; his parents, Veola and Samuel Whitfield, and two sisters, Lori Moore and Yolanda Whitfield, all of Blytheville, and his grandfather, Jim Whitfield of England, Ark.
[Death Notice dated June 4, 2005]
Marion -- Lois Moore Fogas, 84, licensed practical nurse, died Thursday at Johnson-Hobson Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Leland-Stoneville cemetery in Stoneville, Miss. Boone-Wells Funeral Home in Greenville, Miss., has charge. Mrs. Fogas, the widow of Charles S. Fogas, leaves two daughters, Mary C. Mercer of Proctor and Lynn C. Parkerson of Arlington, Texas; a sister, Mildred Mitchell of Sherrill, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 4, 2005]
Proctor -- Dale S. Lucas, 62, forklift mechanic, died Thursday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Crittenden Memorial Park cemetery in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a member of Horseshoe Lake Baptist Church. Mr. Lucas, the husband of Maggie Lucas, also leaves two daughters, Regina Lancaster of Marion and Stephanie Lucas of Proctor; a son, Johnny Lucas of Marion; three sisters, Evelyn Guzman and Marie Nelson, both of Heth, and Shirley Reed of Horseshoe Lake; five brothers, Curtis Lucas of Jacksonville, Joe Lucas of North Little Rock, Cliff Lucas of Arkansas, Charles Lucas of Heth and Sherman Lucas of Somerville, Tenn., and two grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 4, 2005]
Manila -- Louise Marie Owens Dillard, 71, homemaker, died Saturday in Manila. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Roller-Swift Funeral Home in Osceola with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens there. She was a member of Osceola First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dillard, the wife of Lawrence T. 'Sonny' Dillard Jr. for 50 years, also leaves two daughters, Bonnie Dillard Wright of Jonesboro and Libby Dillard Barnes of Mountain Home; a son, L.T. 'Tom' Dillard III of McKinney, Texas; two brothers, Willis Owens of Tucson and Gary L. Owens of Morro Bay, Calif., and 10 grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated May 29, 2005]
West Memphis -- Dessie Erene Russell, 77, homemaker, died Friday at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Light Church of Christ. Mrs. Russell, the wife of Raymond G. Russell, also leaves three daughters, Glenna S. Hughes of Marion, Jacqueline Hughes of West Memphis and Tia Mia Adkinson of Tunica, Miss.; a son, Raymond G. Russell Jr. of West Memphis; three sisters, Lovene Mariott of Jonesboro, Modean Stoll of Orlando and Lucy Faye Hoggard of Brookland; a brother, Willis Liles of Light, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Crowley's Orphans Home in Paragould.
[Death Notice dated May 29, 2005]
Blytheville -- Flora Mae Sharp, 78, homemaker and former employee of Montgomery Ward, died Wednesday at Great River Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood cemetery. She was a member of TOPS and Blytheville Humane Society and a Sunday School teacher and worked with AWANA and Vacation Bible School at Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Sharp, the wife of Charles Sharp, also leaves two daughters, Linda Sharp Torrey of Carol Stream, Ill., and Sandra Sharp of Blytheville; two sons, Jeff Sharp of Little Rock and David Sharp of Dallas; a sister, Carolyn Walker of Blytheville, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
Crawfordsville -- Peggy Felker Boyd, 64, medical transcriber for Crittenden Memorial Hospital for 26 years, died there Wednesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home with burial in Crittenden Memorial cemetery. She was a member of Crawfordsville First Baptist Church. She leaves two daughters, Fannie Casalman of Earle and Emily Clowser of Crawfordsville; a son, Larry Zane Boyd, and a brother, Marcus Felker, both of Crawfordsville, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
West Memphis -- James Marshall Allen, 57, former office manager for Evening Times Publishing Co., died Wednesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Sunday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home with burial in Finley's cemetery in Huntingdon, Tenn. He was a Baptist and a member of Crittenden County Rescue Squad and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He leaves a daughter, Christy Catt of West Memphis; a son, Brandon Stuart Allen of Millington, Tenn.; a sister, Sandra Kay Hedge of Huntingdon; a brother, Danny Ray Allen of McKenzie, Tenn., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Make-A-Wish Foundation.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
West Memphis -- Era Price McCullough, 78, homemaker, died Wednesday at West Memphis Healthcare and Rehab. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery in Mantachie, Miss. She was a member of Missouri Street Church of Christ and a volunteer for Crittenden Memorial Hospital for 10 years. Mrs. McCullough, the wife of John Mack McCullough for 60 years, also leaves four daughters, Joyce Ann Bell of Burlison, Tenn., Deborah Lynn Griffin of Houston, Sherrie Faye Shelton of Norman and Terrie Renee Evans of Bryant; a son, John David McCullough of Benton; a brother, Elwood Price of Guntown, Miss., 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
West Memphis -- Doris Lanford McGehee, 80, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Park cemetery in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of West Memphis First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McGehee, the widow of Dr. H. G. Lanford and Maurice McGehee, leaves three daughters, Nancy Keyes of Little Rock, Jan Irby of West Memphis and Beverly Ritch of Chicago; a son, Dr. Gregory Lanford of Nashville, and nine grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to 8th Street Mission or West Memphis First Presbyterian Church.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
Nettie Linwood Mayfield Bruce, 76, of Euless, Texas, homemaker, died Wednesday in Bedford, Texas. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Philadelphia cemetery in Etta, Miss. Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, Miss., has charge. She was a member of Euless First Baptist Church. Mrs. Bruce, the wife of Webster Bruce, also leaves local survivors including a sister, Maryelyn Greer, and a brother, Jim Perritt Mayfield, both of Oxford, and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Philadelphia cemetery Fund.
[Death Notice dated June 3, 2005]
