Obituaries
Ronald James Mcdaniel
May 21, 2023
Ronald James McDaniel, 66, of Lafe, passed from this life on Sunday, May 21, 2023. He was born in Monette on June 4, 1956, to Bea and the late James McDaniel. Ron worked in the auto body and paint industry for many years. Ron had a fun personality. He was known to do the unexpected and was always the life...
Euva Faye Witcher
May 19, 2023
Euva Faye Witcher, 97, of Paragould, passed from this life on Friday, May 19, 2023. She was born in Stanford on April 15, 1926, to the late Monroe and Dona Ward Slatton. Euva worked at Belk Simpson as a seamstress for many years. After retiring, she provided those services from the comfort of her home. Euva loved to quilt. She...
Bobby Joann Wade
May 18, 2023
Bobby Joann Wade, 79, passed from this life on Thursday, May 18, 2023. She was born in Brookland on July 20, 1943, to the late Elmer and Flossie Luke. Bobby was a Pentecost and spent years working in a factory. She loved to watch soap operas. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Arvill Jewell; second husband,...
Edward Delone Wester
May 17, 2023
Edward DeLone Wester, 50, of Williford, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 18, 1973. Edward was a veteran having served his country in the United States Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Combat Engineer. Sgt. Wester was awarded many medals during his time in the Army which were...
Billie Marie Gray
May 12, 2023
Billie Marie Gray, 95, of Paragould, passed from this life on Friday, May 12, 2023. She was born in Walcott on December 2, 1927, to the late William and Mattie Grant. Billie was a homemaker for most of her life having worked a short time at Ely & Walker Shirt Factory. She loved flowers and gardening. She was very artistic...
Izabella Ruth Burge
May 11, 2023
Infant Izabella Ruth Burge is resting in the arms of Jesus. She was born on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Although she only blessed her family with an hour of life, it was an hour full of everlasting love. Izabella was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Jean Creel, and paternal grandmother, Vada Marie Burge.
Precious Izabella is survived by her...
Patricia Ann Akes
May 11, 2023
Patricia Ann Akes, 78, of Paragould, passed from this life on Thursday, May 11, 2023. She was born in Lake City on November 29, 1944, to the late Humphrey "Freddy" Edgar and the late Doris Davis Massingale. Pat worked at Dixie Cleaners for nearly 20 years. She loved to watch birds and go fishing. Pat enjoyed her occasional trips to...
Alice Faye Stallings
May 8, 2023
Alice Faye Stallings,73, of Paragould, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023. She was born in Senatobia, Mississippi on November 8, 1949 to the late Robert Strickland and Elizabeth Sturgeon. Alice was a CNA who loved to read, garden, collect owls and tinker. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bubba Strickland; and sisters, Nancy Carol, Rose, Betty, Jackie,...
Gordon Paul Baldwin
May 7, 2023
Gordon Paul Baldwin III, 71, of Helena-West Helena, passed from this life on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at his residence. He was born in Lafe, Arkansas, on February 23, 1952, to the late Gordon P. Baldwin, Jr. and Wanda D. Bracken Baldwin. Paul attended Knobel High School and graduated in 1970. He participated in the ROTC program which included some...
Phyllis A. Stallings
May 6, 2023
Phyllis Anastasia Stallings, 79, of Paragould, Arkansas, passed away on May 6, 2023, from natural causes. Phyllis was born on February 24, 1944, in Paragould to the late Roy and Helen Moseley. She was a 1962 graduate of Paragould High School. After meeting the love of her life and future husband, Paul Harold Stallings, in college, they married on January...
Bryant Elmer Copeland
May 5, 2023
Bryant Elmer Copeland, 70, of Paragould, passed from this life on Friday, May 5, 2023, one day shy of his 51st wedding anniversary. He was born in Paragould on January 7, 1953, to the late Elmer Eugene and Mary Francis Grisham Copeland. Bryant graduated from Lafe High School in 1971. He married Kathy Mitchell on May 6, 1972. Bryant was...
Rheba Jean Hunt
April 29, 2023
Rheba Jean Hunt, 92, of Paragould, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023. She was born July 22, 1930 to the late Luther Hunt and Emma Belle Sharley. Rheba retired in 1986 from Emerson Electric payroll department after 26 years of service. She loved to fish, garden, bake, and visit her three brothers in Flint, Michigan. Rheba is preceded in death...
April Vanaman Biggs
April 26, 2023
April Nicole Biggs, 40, of Paragould, passed away on April 26, 2023. She was surrounded by her family in a home full of love, as she closed her eyes one final time.
April was born in Paragould on June 1, 1982 to the late Charles “Chip” Vanaman and Lea Ann Vanaman Stidham. She was a graduate of Paragould High School and...
Elnore M. Raley
April 25, 2023
Elnore Mae Raley, 95, of Paragould, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. She was born in Little Rock on April 1, 1928, to the late John Andrew and Ellen Elizabeth "Betty" Lane. Elnore graduated from Paragould High School in 1946. She married James "John" J. Raley on April 8, 1961. Elnore was a switchboard operator for Southwestern...
Geraldine Ida Wall
April 18, 2023
Geraldine Ida Wall, 98, of Paragould, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. She was born in Greene County on December 31, 1924, to the late Clifford and Pearl Payne Tennison. Her family moved to Walcott when she was young. Geraldine married Hancil Wall, and she became a loving housewife. Geraldine enjoyed gardening, and she loved having company....
Timothy Wayne Tibbs
April 12, 2023
Timothy Wayne Tibbs, 59, of Paragould, passed from this life on April, 12, 2023. He was born in Jonesboro on June 8, 1963, to Bonnie Tibbs Rogers and the late Grady Tibbs. Tim was self employed as a handyman. He was a jack of all trades, and he could fix anything needing repair. Tim was an outdoorsman. He enjoyed swimming,...
Marsha Faye Freeman
March 30, 2023
Marsha Day Freeman, 81, of Paragould, celebrated her Heavenly homecoming on March 30, 2023. She was born in Marmaduke on November 7, 1941, to the late J.D. and Berniece Day. Marsha graduated from Marmaduke High School in 1959. She married the love of her life, Glen, on August 1, 1959. She and Glen owned Freeman's Grocery in Marmaduke from 1973-1985....
Rose Loyd
March 29, 2023
Rose Artelia Emmaline Benson Loyd was born on June 17, 1935 to Odessa and Luther Benson in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma. From her earliest days, she displayed a spirit of self-reliance, love, and insatiable curiosity for life, which continued with her until her final years. At 22 years old, Rose met her future husband, Audie Loyd, when he was attending school...
William Dean Mccandlish
March 22, 2023
William Dean McCandlish, he was born July 13, 1935 in Baltimore, MD. He was the son of the late Vernon and Marie (Stidman) McCandlish.
Bill graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Engineering, and received a Masters in Business at Missouri University. In 1959 he married Manning Wilbourn and they celebrated their 63rd anniversary in 2022. They moved...
Mary Pinion
March 22, 2023
Mary Virginia Pinion, 93, of Paragould, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Mary was born in Marmaduke on September 29, 1929, to the late Louis and Jewel Cooper. She was married to Bob A.C. Pinion for 51 years. Mary was a retired nurses aide and a proud long time member of Westview Baptist Church in Paragould. Mary...
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