Stories from Monday, December 3, 2018

Mary Ellen Cagle of Lepanto was born June 12, 1939 in Lepanto to the late William Charles Cook and the late Lola Stevens. She was a retired teacher’s aide. Mrs. Cagle passed away on November 29, 2018 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 79. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lowell Cagle, seven brothers and one grandchild Addison Ainsworth...

Bobby Gene Acord, 83, of Manila, passed from this life Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Batesville, he was the son of the late Alice Hawkins Clark and had been a longtime Manila resident. He was a retired cotton ginner with Adams Land Company of Leachville and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Manila. ...

Thomas Alford Tegethoff, 88, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Thomas was born in Gibson, Tennessee to David and Myrtle Reeves Tegethoff. He was a retired civil service employee at Eaker Air Force Base and a member of North Tenth Street Baptist Church. After retirement, Thomas enjoyed building clocks. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather...