Stories from Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mr. Jimmie Dale Butler, 66 of Arkadelphia, formerly of the Osceola area, passed from this life Friday, June 6, 2014, at the Heritage of Hot Springs Health and Rehab in Hot Springs. Born to Robert William and Edith Williams Butler in Blytheville, he was affiliated with the Church of The Lord Jesus Christ and was a retired Towboat deck hand...

He is survived by his parents; Two brothers, Brandon and William, both of Southaven, Miss.; His grandmothers, Tanya Fulgham of Conway and Gwen Godsey of Osceola; His great-grandmother, Louise Roberts of Osceola; Graveside service were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Bassett Cemetery. An online guest book is available at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com...

Mary Meadows, 68, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carney Funeral Home.

He is survived by his parents; Two brothers, Brandon and William, both of Southaven, Miss.; His grandmothers, Tanya Fulgham of Conway and Gwen Godsey of Osceola; His great-grandmother, Louise Roberts of Osceola; Graveside service were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Bassett Cemetery. An online guest book is available at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com...

A Blytheville Police Department lieutenant is frustrated with the way the city of Blytheville handled a wage withholding, saying the city failed to send in payments to a bankruptcy trustee. Lt. Charles Middlebrook said when the city did not remit the money taken from his check, his vehicle was repossessed. ...

Mrs. Donna Jo Weathers, 55, of Manila, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at her home. Born in Osceola, she was the daughter of the late Norma Faye Stone Watts and had lived most of her life in Manila. She was a retired certified nurses aide and a former employee of the Monette Manor and Manila Nursing Centers. In addition to her mother she was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Weathers in 2003; and a granddaughter, Ioanna Reese Marcus. in 2007...

Aubree Nicole Bragg, of Blytheville, died Monday, June 2, 2014, at Great River Medical Center.

Mr. Frankie Lynn Taber, 49, of Gosnell, died Friday, June 6, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born Dec. 7, 1964, to Peggy Thompson Veicht of Tullahoma, Tenn., and the late David Taber, he was a machinist and a member of the Baptist faith...