Stories from Monday, September 26, 2011

Mrs. Esther Mae Futrell, 83, formerly of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. She was born April 19, 1928, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Nathaniel and Amanda Thomas. She attended school in Gilmore and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age and sang with a gospel group. ...

Dorothy Austin, 82, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at Phil and Flo Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Ripley, Tenn., to the late William Robert and Virginia Ross, she was the widow of the Rev. Jim P. Austin, her husband of 47 years...

Mr. Robert Lynn Bell, 56, of Fayetteville, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, in his home. Born Feb. 28, 1955, to the late Pete Bell and the late Mayvelee Bell, he was a custodian at Fayetteville Public School of the Church of Christ faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Renee Bell; and three sisters, Mae Dilling, Fay Rubel and Margaret Marotti...

Mrs. Rosey Emily Meherg, 98, of Oxford, Miss., formerly of Osceola, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in her home. Born Jan. 7, 1913, to the late James Holmes and the late Adele Harris Holmes, she was a homemaker and member of the Osceola Church of God...

Blytheville all-state receiver Greg McKillion will miss Friday's homecoming game with Nettleton after suffering a mild concussion during last Friday night's 5A-East opening loss to Wynne, Chickasaw head coach Maurice Moody said Monday. McKillion will miss this week's activities, including practices...

Two Blytheville men were killed Sunday morning in a shooting that will likely end in no arrests.

An Arkansas State Police trooper who pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide in connection with a fatal car crash in 2009 has resigned from the force after a weekend car accident in which he was charged with driving while intoxicated.