Stories from Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Charlene Dennis, 75, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when complete. Cobb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Earnest Fowler, Jr., 73, of Blytheville passed away on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Great River Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1946, in Blytheville and was the son of Earnest and Addie Jenkins Fowler. Earnest was a farmer at Clearlake Farms and was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of New Faith Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Laddie Whaley...

Ruth Carlton Hale, 86, of Burdette passed away peacefully on Feb. 27, 2020. Ruth was born in Griffin, Ga., in 1934. She graduated from Blytheville High School in 1951 and then attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans. Later, she transferred to the University of Arkansas where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education and went on to receive a Master of Science in Library Service from Columbia University in New York City. ...

Terry Ann (Evans) Edwards Russell, 73, of Bella Vista, formerly of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Northwest Medical Hospital, Bentonville. Terry was born in Blytheville to Joseph Byrn and Ruth Dillahunty Evans. Terry spent all her life in Blytheville until moving to Bella Vista in 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents and her previous husband Harold Edwards...

William Aubry Sandage, 59, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, at Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. William, better known as Bill or Billy Bob, was a man who in so many ways was larger than life, a man with a booming voice, a strong will and an enormous heart. He was a hard worker, a father and friend. Most of all, he was a man who appreciated the simpler things in life, and taught us to do the same...

Dora Mae Smith, 68, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Dora was born in Joiner to Dewitt and Essie Woodard Smith and a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Dora attended Harrison High School and received her Associates Degree in Computer Science. ...

Jimmy Wells, 67, of Blytheville passed away Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was born April 1, 1952, in Blytheville and was the son of Willie James and Lula Lewis Wells. Jimmy was of the Baptist faith and was a member of New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church...

Friday night, the Holidome at the Holiday Inn in Blytheville was packed as people gathered to see country music’s James Otto and David Adam Byrnes who helped raise more than $12,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital during the 9th Annual Southern Bancorp Hope Concert...