Stories from Monday, June 27, 2022

Ella Ermilee Jackson, 91, of Leachville, widow of Mr. Lenard Jackson, passed from this life Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Manila Nursing Center. Born in Peel, she was the daughter of the late Willis and Parazee Smothers Merriman and had been a Leachville resident the past 60 years. Ermilee was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Leachville. She enjoyed working puzzles, word search and baby sitting children. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Jackson Woods; four brothers, George Merriman, Russell Merriman, Joe Merriman, Guy Merriman; and two sisters, Mary Alice Layton and Joyce Jackson.. ...

Janie Battles, daughter of the late Clarence Renfro and Lula Mae White Renfro, was born Jan. 10, 1948, in Caraway and departed this life June 23, 2022, at her residence in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 74 years. Mrs. Battles was the first female police officer for Blytheville and the former city collector for Blytheville. She was of the Christian faith, enjoyed quilting and reading her bible...