Stories from Friday, June 11, 2021

Olga Sue Deaton Barfield, of LaGrange, Ga., passed away June 8, 2021. She was born in Columbus, Miss., Dec. 29, 1942, to the late Vivian Benjamin Deaton and Virginia Holman Deaton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Barfield was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Terry Stratton. She was a graduate of Hinds Jr. College and George Peabody College...

Rickey Dean Bush, 64, of Fisher went to be with the Lord on the morning of June 3, 2021. He was born July 2, 1956, and was raised in Napa Valley, Calif. Eventually he would move to Arkansas where he spent the remainder of his life. He loved his family, fishing, hunting, nature and animals...

Willie Jackson “Jack” Welch of Kennett, Mo., was born Nov. 15, 1938, in Monticello, Miss., to the late Wiley Marvin Welch and the late Bertha Givens Welch. He was a retired factory worker and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Welch passed away June 9, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 82. He was preceded in death by his father, Wiley Marven Welch; mother, Bertha Givens Welch; two brothers, Lucky Hedgepeth and Marvin Welch, Jr.; and one sister, Minnie Effie Byrd...

Steven Michael Ada, 48, of Manila, passed from this life Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at his home. Born at the Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Miss., he was the son of the late Carolyn Hurst Ada and a 1990 graduate of Blytheville High School in Blytheville. He attended Albany Vo-Tech School near New Albany, Miss., where he earned his certification as a machinist. ...

Herbert Douglas Marshall, 73, of Luxora died June 6, 2021. Herbert was born April 5, 1948, in Walnut Ridge to Douglas and Susie (West) Marshall, who preceded him in death. Also preceding in death was his brother Aaron, and three sisters, Deloris, Connie and Sentra...

Mildred L. (Cromwell) Johnston, 95, of Red Bud, Ill., born July 9, 1925, in Harrisburg, Ark., died June 9, 2021. Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur Russell Cromwell and Mary nee Cleamer; a brother, Roy Cromwell; and a sister, Gladys French...