Stories from Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Carolyn Virginia Banks Crump, 73, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Carolyn was born in Blytheville at the old Walls Hospital, and was saved and baptized at the age of 11 in March of 1960 at New Liberty Baptist Church in Blytheville. ...

Wilma Dean Dyer, 84, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, at Gosnell Health and Rehab. Wilma was born in Mountain View to Otis and Clarcie Diffey Webb. She was a graduate of Armorel High School where she played basketball and she attended Arkansas State University. ...

Earvin Thomas, 65, of East Cleveland, Ohio, passed away Oct. 19, 2022, at University Hospital in East Cleveland. He was a caseworker for the State of Ohio and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Thomas was born Aug. 2, 1957, in Osceola to Elzie Combs, Jr. and Colliel Thomas. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Marvin Chuckie Robinson; and one granddaughter, Erica Thomas...

Kenneth Edward Fitgerald Reed Jr., 30, of Blytheville passed away Oct. 15, 2022, in Blytheville. He was a factory worker. Kenneth Reed was born March 4, 1992, in Jonesboro to Kenneth Reed Sr. and Gertrude Wilson Reed. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Edward Fitgerald Reed Sr...

Garrick DaQuan "Boo Dog" Hudson, 31, of Blytheville and Louisville, Ky., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. Mr . Hudson was born Sept. 24, 1991, in Blytheville to Casandra Frazier and Gary Hudson. Garrick will truly be missed by his family and friends...

Lottie Mae Gates, 66, of Blytheville passed away Oct. 21, 2022, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Lottie Gates was born on Oct. 6, 1956, to Jim Otis Gates and Georgia McClendon Gates. She was a retired factory worker, a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Georgia Gates; one daughter, Pamela Cody; two brothers, Shelby Gates and George Gates; two sisters, Aline Gates and Patricia Jimmerson...

Rickie Lee Bobo passed away at his home on Sept. 27, 2022. He was 63 years old. Rickie was born April 20, 1959, to Junior Lee Bobo and Corine Small Bobo. He was a 1977 graduate of Blytheville High School, attended Lane College and also received multiple certificates of training from Arkansas Northeastern College (formerly Mississippi County Community College) blueprint reading and technical diagrams, team building, problem solving and time management. ...

Patricia Ann Diamond, 70, of Blytheville passed away Oct. 23, 2022, at St. Bernards in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 2, 1952, to Eddie Lee and Georgia Mae Harris Booker Sr. She was a retired teacher, EOC worker and The First Lady of the Gospel Tabernacle Church of Blytheville. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Georgia Booker, and one sister, Mary Smith...

Dona Belle Easley, 74, of Monette, passed away at St. Bernards Medical Center on Oct. 21, 2022. She was born May 16, 1948 in Manila to Claude Carr and Georgia (Wright) Harper. Dona was a Christian and she attended the First Assembly of God Church in Manila for many years. She enjoyed cooking, baking, watching movies, going to yard sales, thrift shopping and helping animals...