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Blytheville -- Sherry Lou Hager, 50, mortgage loan processor, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home. She was a member of Antioch Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Shiela Whaley of Southaven, Miss.; her mother, Lucille Cook of Jonesboro; a brother, Gary Dean Hilburn of Mobile, Ala., and three grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
Blytheville -- Raymond Lee Wilkins, 85, retired vice president of American General Insurance, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with burial in Memorial Park South Woods there. He was a World War II Army veteran, recipient of the Bronze Star, 32nd degree Mason, former deacon at Park Avenue Methodist Church, and member of United Methodist Church and American Legion post 24. He leaves two daughters, Deborah Franklin of Germantown, Tenn., and Patricia Ann Wilder of Louisville, Ky.; two sisters, Barbara Ann Gregg of Scott and Dee Casavechia of North Little Rock; a brother, Billy W. Wilkins of Blytheville, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
Osceola -- Glenda Wheeler Atkinson, 64, nurse, died Friday at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens. Roller-Swift Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She leaves a son, Glen Atkinson of Collierville, Tenn.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
Osceola -- Dennis Lee Gibson, 67, landscaper, died Thursday at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home with burial in Sandy Ridge cemetery in Burdette. He was a Baptist. He leaves six daughters, Katie Gibson of Atlanta, Tosha Gibson and Kalasha Gibson, both of Osceola, and Demetrius Mitchell, Beverly Gibson and Keyonda Gibson, all of Chicago; four sons, Jimmy Gibson of Chicago, Dennis Gibson Jr. of Phoenix, and Danny Gibson and Prentice Gibson, both of Osceola; six sisters, Evelyn Lewis of Blytheville, Emma Kate Estell of Palmdale, Calif., Dora Alice Murray of Cleveland, Miss., Maebell Gibson of St. Louis, and Veola Broadnax and Lovelle Coleman, both of Osceola; two brothers, Julius Gibson of Osceola and Vedell Gibson of Tacoma, Wash.; a companion with whom he lived, Mary Palmer, and nine grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
Osceola -- Shellie Mae Koerner, 103, homemaker, died Sunday at SMC Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Roller-Swift Funeral Home with burial in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Ophelia Pauline Bowers of Osceola and Virginia Hamilton of Forrest City, and 16 grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
West Memphis -- Donald Neal Young, 50, owner-operator of K&D; Trucking Inc., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson with burial in Unity cemetery. Mr. Young, the husband of Kimberly Bishop Young, also leaves a daughters, Leah Michelle Young of Dallas; a son, Derek Dewayne Pritchett, and a sister, Deborah Ann Hickman, both of West Memphis, and two brothers, Alan Young of Henderson and Chris Young of Jacks Creek.
[Death Notice dated March 15, 2005]
Crawfordsville -- Vincent G. Plumbo, 82, retired professional baseball player, died Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. In 1942, Mr. Plumbo played on the conference-winning baseball team at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and St. Michael's Catholic Church. He leaves a daughter, Anntonia Magruder of West Memphis; a sister, Margaret Achman, and a brother, Raymond Plumbo, both of St. Paul, Minn., and two grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation in West Memphis.
[Death Notice dated March 12, 2005]
Blytheville -- Jack Bentley Elliott Jr., 39, heavy-equipment operator and musician, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood cemetery. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. Elliott, the husband of Jimmie Lou Slayton Elliott, also leaves two stepdaughters, Laura Duncan of Greenfield, Tenn., and Rachel Maynard of Mountain View; two sisters, Mary Johnson of Jacksonville, Fla., and Cindy Gibson of Little Rock, and a grandchild.
[Death Notice dated March 8, 2005]
Blytheville -- F.B. Riggs, 69, retired farmer and employee of Mississippi County Road Department, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood cemetery. He was a member of Main and 13th Street Church of Christ. Mr. Riggs, the widower of Linda Jo White Riggs, leaves two daughters, Dawana Riggs Hawk of Little Rock and Carla Riggs of Memphis; two sons, Ben Riggs of Dell and James Brandon Riggs of Memphis; two brothers, Eddie Ray Riggs of Blytheville and Maxie B. Riggs of Starkville, Miss., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 8, 2005]
Proctor -- Minnie Jane Hardin Wallace, 87, seamstress, died Feb. 25 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at noon Saturday at Lake Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Paradise Gardens in Edmondson. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves a daughter, Sandra Williams, and a sister, Adlea Hardin, both of Proctor, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 4, 2005]
West Memphis -- Nicolas G. Martinez, 69, farmer, died Wednesday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. today at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park cemetery in Marion. He was a member of West Memphis First United Pentecostal Church. Mr. Martinez, the husband of Cecila Hernandez, also leaves two daughters, Maria Martinez of Andrews, Texas, and Gloria Martinez of Marion; four sons, Benito Martinez, Randy Martinez, Genaro Martinez and Marcus Martinez, all of Marion; five sisters, Rosa Martinez of Texas, Epifania Martinez of Abilene, Texas, Eufracia Gonzalez of Denver, Pefana Martinez of Florida and Pacha Martinez of Texas; six brothers, Lupe Martinez, Luis Moreno, Mersedes Martinez and Roberto Martinez, all of Texas, Ynez Martinez of Colorado and Juan Martinez of Florida, 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to West Memphis First United Pentecostal Church.
[Death Notice dated March 4, 2005]
Denna Mae Warren, 85, of Hughes, Ark., homemaker, died Saturday at Johnson-Hobson Care Home in Marion. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Bethel Church of God in Christ in Hughes with burial in Paradise Gardens in Edmondson, Ark. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves local survivors including a daughter, Estella Edwards of Memphis, 67 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 4, 2005]
Marion -- Edward Robert Page, 86, carpenter, died Thursday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mississippi County Memorial Gardens in Osceola. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and a member of the American Legion. Mr. Page, the widower of Juanita Page, leaves two sons, Donnie Lee Page of Olive Branch, Miss., and Ferd Dale Page of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Disabled American Veterans.
[Death Notice dated March 6, 2005]
Blytheville -- Bob Lilly, 68, instructor for Cotton Boll VoTech in Burdette, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Dogwood cemetery. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Gosnell. Mr. Lilly, the husband of Judy Marie Zarnes Lilly, also leaves two daughters, Sherry Lilly Lawrence of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Kim Lilly Bullock of Sterling, Va.; three sons, Bobby Johnson of Howe, Okla., Tony Johnson of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Russell Holt of Little Rock; three brothers, William A. Lilly of Springfield, Ore., Lester Lilly of Steele, Mo., and Kenny Lilly of Searcy, and 11 grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 5, 2005]
Earle -- Bobbie Gene Bohanon, 55, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Whole Truth Gospel Church with burial in Marion Memorial cemetery. Anthony Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She leaves a daughter, Rachel Jackson of Memphis; two sons, Edward Bohanon of Memphis and Timothy Bohanon of Earle; seven sisters, Rose Ella Moore of Parkin, Luvenia Black, Edna Willis, Anna Bell Handy and Azela Perkins, all of East St. Louis, Ill., Shirley Williams of West Memphis and Lavaughn Henton of Memphis; six brothers, Eddie Bohanon of Earle, Lee Grant Handy of El Paso, Texas, Willie James Handy of East St. Louis, Rickey Hurt of Marion, Patrick Bohanon of Phoenix and Richard Hurt of West Memphis, and 12 grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 5, 2005]
Manila -- Lisa Camille Battles, 42, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lepanto United Methodist Church with burial in Garden Point cemetery in Etowah. Murphy Funeral Home in Lepanto has charge. She leaves two daughters, Megan Kylie McGinnis of Manila and Dana Lee Battles Ferguson of Etowah; a son, Philip Wade Oatsvall of Pascagoula, Miss.; her mother, Camilla Battles of Etowah; her father, Carl Don Battles of West Memphis; two sisters, Patti Battles Wicklund of Gosnell and Donna Battles Besinger of Lepanto; a brother, Clay Brewer of Lepanto; a companion with whom she lived, Donald Hensley, and four grandchildren.
[Death Notice dated March 5, 2005]
Marion -- Edward Robert Page, 86, carpenter, died Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mississippi County Memorial Gardens in Osceola. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and a member of the American Legion. Mr. Page, the widower of Juanita Page, leaves two sons, Donnie Lee Page of Olive Branch, Miss., and Ferd Dale Page of Memphis, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Disabled American Veterans.
[Death Notice dated March 5, 2005]
Proctor -- Nadine Peace, 85, retired service representative for BellSouth, died Friday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Crittenden Memorial Park cemetery in Marion. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. She was a member of Union Avenue United Methodist Church and Telephone Pioneers of America. Mrs. Peace, the wife of Luther Peace, also leaves two daughters, Donna McBryde of Memphis and Rita Underhill of Proctor; two half-brothers, Curtis Grant of Plaquemine, La., and Marshall Grant of Morgan City, La., five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Death Notice dated March 5, 2005]
Blytheville -- Morlie W. Tilley, 87, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Blytheville, retired self-employed automobile mechanic, machinist and antique car restorer, died Thursday at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cobb Funeral Home with burial in Dogwood cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran, a 50-year member of Blytheville Masonic Lodge, a member of Oddfellows and the American Legion and attended Huffman Church of God. He leaves three sons, Jimmie Tilley of Glenallen, Mo., Dr. Everett Tilley of Perryville, Mo., and Dr. Wendell Tilley of Marked Tree, 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the American Kidney Fund in Rockville, Md.
[Death Notice dated February 26, 2005]
