Stories from Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Floyd Williams Jr., 71, of Blytheville, passed away Aug. 28, 2022, at Heritage Square Nursing Center in Blytheville. He was born March 27, 1951, to Lloyd and Norma Patterson. He was a retired salesman for the Dr Pepper Company, EOC bus driver for seven years and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Norma Patterson...

Susie Naomi Ashmore, 75, of Blytheville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at her home. Susie was born in Blytheville to Wilmer Ray Ashmore and Margie Lois Wilson Ashmore and was of the Pentecostal faith. She worked with the public at Blytheville Country Club, Katz Jewelry and spent her final years of employment at Hays. Susie loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them. She especially loved baking and always baked desserts for her family and friends during the holidays...

Theressia Lee Cooper, 82, of Luxora, passed away Aug. 26, 2022 at NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. She was a retired shipper with Texas Instruments and of the Baptist faith. Ms. Cooper was born April 7, 1940 in Kansas City, Mo., to Clarence Eugene Asher and Frances Faye Dunbar Stradley. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Richard Cooper; her son, Gregory Allen Bright; one daughter, Judith Ann Bright May; and one brother, Ralph Asher...

R.A. Davidson, 91, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at his home. Born in Thida, Ark., he was the son of the late Robert Allen and Laura Jane Bonum Davidson and had been a longtime Manila resident. R.A. began working with his family when they would travel to Michigan to pick apples. ...

Lorene L. “Dottie” Johnson was born Sept. 17, 1948, to parents Lacey and Emma Atkins in Hermondale, Mo. Lorene departed this life Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. She was preceded in death by both parents and three siblings. Lorene accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of Macedonia MB Church, she later became a member of Mt. Moriah MB Church and now under the leadership of Pastor Clark Phillips of New St. Paul MB Church. She was a member of the choir...

Cleda F. Powell of Blytheville, passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 at her home. Cleda was born in Paneway to Johnny and Martha McDaniel Gilbert. She was a homemaker and was a member of Dell Methodist Church. Cleda was a member of the Mississippi County and Craighead County Fair Associations. ...

Roderick (Mohammad) Jimel Hale, Sr. was born May 16, 1980, in Blytheville to the late Delia Hale and Wiley Hale, Jr. He had accepted Christ as his personal savior. Roderick departed this earthly life on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at Titus Regional Medical in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. He was preceded in death by his mother, Delia Hale; one son, Roderick Hale, Jr.; and his grandparents, Sine and Hattie Mae Woodard, Frankie Gray and Rosa Hale...

The Mississippi County Regional Chamber has announced it will hold a chamber clean-up Sept. 9 in Blytheville and in Manila. The chamber clean-up will be from 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in both cities. The public in Blytheville may bring their e-waste, paint cans, and tires to the chamber for disposal...