Stories from Thursday, January 28, 2021

Brenda Louise Curtis of Edenton, N.C., formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life on Jan. 21, 2021, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C., at the age of 69.   She is preceded in death by her husband, Glen Curtis, and her sister, Sandra Roberts Dennis...

Johnny Gene Higgins, Sr. 84, of Obion, Tenn., passed away Jan. 26, 2021, at his home. He was a retired lifelong owner of H&S, Inc., he loved watching Nascar, working on cars and spending time with his family. He was a giver. Mr. Higgins was born Aug. ...

Virginia Lee Sellers, 85, of Gosnell, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Virginia was born in Reform, Ala., to Rufus and Clara Leavell Swedenburg and was a lifelong member of Gosnell Baptist Church. ...

Elvie Rose Wallace Penn, 79, of Gosnell, passed from this life on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born to Mike and Elvie Bailey Wallace in Henning, Tenn., she was a retired child care attendant and a member of H.I.S. Ministries. Rose was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Lisa Rose McGee; son in law, Richard Michael Branscum; granddaughter, Lindsey Brooke Branscum and grandson, Eric Vega and husband, Dewey “Gene” Penn...

Blytheville police have arrested three men suspected of stealing "thousands of dollars worth of merchandise" from Lowe's in Blytheville. Arrests were made on 37-year-old Johnathan Conder, 51-year-old Drexel Davis and 37-year-old Brandon Betts, all of Blytheville in connection to these thefts. All three men were arraigned in Blytheville District Court on Monday. Conders' bond was set at $50,000, while Betts and Davis’s bond were set at $20,000 by Judge Shannon Langston...

Julia Neal Moore, 92, of Osceola, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. She was born July 6, 1928, in Bondsville to George and Hazel Neal. She had a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and retired from teaching. She taught at Armorel, Promised Land, Blytheville Fairview, and Osceola West Elementary Schools. She was a member First Baptist Church in Osceola, Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma (teacher’s sorority). She enjoyed reading, travel and flea markets...