Stories from Thursday, November 19, 2020

Roosevelt Rinkins, 77, of Luxora died Nov. 11, 2020, in Osceola. He was a farmer and a member of New Salem MB Church in Luxora. Mr. Rinkins was born Dec. 29, 1942, in Holly Springs, Miss., to Clint Rinkins and Bessie Mosley Duncan. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Pauline Rinkins; two sons, Eric Taylor and Darryll Burtley; two brothers, Connie Duncan, Jr. and Wesley Duncan; and one sister, Bessie Duncan...

Norman Willis Clevenger, 80, of Birmingham, Ala., formerly of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at Princeton Baptist Hospital Center in Birmingham, Ala. Born at Manila, he was the son of the late Richard Willis and Ellen Nora Bell Mollett Clevenger and had been a resident of Birmingham the past 25 years. ...

Berkley Nicole Parnell was born into Heaven Nov. 16, 2020, at 11:25 a.m. Berkley was the daughter of Nathan and Jessica Parnell. She is survived by two siblings, Tyeson Parnell and Teagan Parnell; paternal grandparents, Terry and Louanne Copeland of Monette; maternal grandparents, Teresa Coles of Paragould and David Coles of Brookland; aunts and uncles, Corey and Shana Langer of Paragould, Robert and Kelsey White of Lepanto, Delicia and Lisa Parnell of Monette, Jonathan Coles of Paragould; three cousins, Madison, Sawyer and Brynlee of Paragould, and a host of other family and friends.. ...

Gail Whitsitt Tompkins, 83, of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Gail was born in Blytheville to Hugh F. and Martha Robinson Whitsitt. She was a graduate of the University of Arkansas where she was Pi Beta Phi Sorority. ...