Stories from Monday, July 15, 2019

Melvin Dean Wood, 83, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, July 12, 2019, at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born June 22, 1936, in Caraway to the late William and Pearl Brandon Wood. Melvin served his country proudly in the United States Air Force. He was a founding member of the Caraway Community of Christ Church. He had worked in the printing industry for Boeing Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas and locally for Forrest Office Machines for 40 years. ...

Raymond (Bubba) Jennings Yates 67, of Jackson, Mo., succumbed to Alzheimer’s at Lutheran Home on July 11, 2019. He was born Jan. 3, 1952 in Blytheville and was a 1970 graduate of Blytheville High School. Ray was a member of New McKendree Methodist Church in Jackson, Mo. Also, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge...

Robert (Bob) Griggs, 68, won his twenty-eight year war with Parkinson’s disease on July 12, 2019, at his home, surrounded by family and loved ones. He was born August 11, 1950, to Billy Joe and Reba Howell Griggs of Campbell, Mo. Bob attended Holcomb High School, where he graduated as one of the most loved in his class. ...