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Rebecca Ann Caviness
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Rebecca Ann Caviness, 60, of Bono, passed away Sunday May 24, 2020, at her home. Rebecca was born in Blytheville to John and Eloise Bullard Roden. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Rebecca loved photography and enjoyed taking pictures of her family and making photo albums to share with them. Rebecca was a happy, free spirited person who always lit up the room. She loved her family and spending time with her children and grandchildren, who were the lights of her life...
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William “Bill” Haven, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
William “Bill” Haven, Jr., 77, of Blytheville, passed away May 16, 2020, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., following a long illness. He was born Feb. 23, 1943, in Nashua, N.H., to William Haven and Pearl (Nash)Haven, who preceded him in death. In 1965 he married Rosalind Bradshaw and they raised six children together. ...
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Betty Joe Suttles
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Betty Joe Suttles was born Jan. 6, 1966, in Osceola to the late Richard Roosevelt Suttles and Susie Mae Suttles. She departed this life Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 54. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard Roosevelt Suttles and Susie Mae Suttles, and her grandparents, Onie and Sirboner Stanley...
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Firemen battle vacant house fire
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Blytheville firemen were called to 21st Street to battle a vacant house fire. “Crews attempted to let it burn but it got to precarious in relation to the structure next to it,” Blytheville fire chief Mike Carney said. “The fire was extinguished. Both these houses last night have burned before.”...
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James Ronald “Ronnie” Anderson
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
James Ronald “Ronnie” Anderson, 71, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Ronnie was born in Blytheville to Jimmie and Jewel Wicker Anderson. He was a retired vice president of Union Planters Bank in Memphis and he loved animals...
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Judith Ann Parker
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Judith Ann Parker, 72, of Monette, died Saturday, May 23, 2020, at the Arkansas Continued Care Hospital of Jonesboro. Born and raised in Cardwell, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Sanford Alton and Imogene Harkey Southard and had attended Cardwell Public Schools. ...
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David Lewis Gowen
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
David Lewis Gowen departed this life Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro at the age of 74 years, four months and 15 days. He was born to Ed and Nell Gowen on Jan. 4, 1946. David joined the Navy in 1965 and served aboard the USS Glennon. After leaving the Navy he worked for Dupont and GE. He was a Mason and a proud member of the DAV...
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Teresa Fay Shinault
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Teresa Fay Shinault, 69, of Lepanto died May 15, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of First Assembly of God in Lepanto. She was born Feb. 12, 1951, in Halabault, Ala., to William Oscar and Ruby Riddle. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers Jimmy, Thomas and Morris...
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James Randall Wallace
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
James Randall Wallace of Blytheville was born Sept. 25, 1961, in Sikeston, Mo., to Billie Latham Wallace and the late Buddie Wallace. He was a resident of Mississippi County for the past 24 years. Mr. Wallace passed away on May 22, 2020, at his home in Blytheville at the age of 58. He was preceded in death by his father, Buddie Wallace...
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Jimmy Dale Nash
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Jimmy Dale Nash, 72, of Hardy, formerly of Leachville, died May 7, 2020, at his home. Most of his life was spent in Mississippi County. He was a truck driver, a U.S. Army veteran and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Nash was born April 19, 1948 in Etowah to Rush and Mildred L. Davidson Nash. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rush and Mildred Nash, and one sister, Betty Gail Harris...
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Yvonne Bassett
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
Yvonne Bassett, 85, of Old Appleton, Mo., and formerly of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Yvonne was born in Yalobusha County, Miss., to Rev. W.J. and Ivy Gadd Clayton. She worked for 45 years as a certified nurse’s assistant, and worked at Blytheville Hospital, Chickasawba Hospital and Baptist Hospital before retiring. ...
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County has second COVID-19 death
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
Mississippi County has a second reported COVID-19 death according to the Arkansas Department of Health. As of Tuesday morning, Mississippi County has 70 positive cases with 13 active cases, 55 recoveries, two deaths and 992 negatives tests. Throughout Arkansas the total positive cases 6,029 (up 417 from Friday) with 1,663 active cases; 4,249 recoveries and 117 deaths, an increase of four since Friday's report. ...
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