Stories from Monday, July 31, 2023

Betty Jean Johnson, 54, of Luxora passed away July 23, 2023, at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born April 2, 1969, in Osceola to John Albert Childs and Willie Johnson Sanders. Betty was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, John Childs, and her daughter, Alicia Alexander...

Hobson Allen Elrod III, 76, passed away July 28, 2023, at his residence in Gosnell. He was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Bassett to Hobson Elrod Jr. and Helen Bennett. Mr. Elrod III retired from Tenaris as a factory worker and a member of the Jehovah Witness...

Deborah Walker, 65, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, July 24, 2023, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Deborah was born in Riverdale, N.D., to Willmer and Myra Froescher Weltz. She was a graduate of Blytheville High School and was the accounts receivable clerk at Great River Medical Center. Deborah loved working in her yard, watching comedies and has an interest in astronomy...

Gail Mathews Berry, 71, passed away in Nashville, Tenn., on July 26, 2023. Gail was born in Little Rock on July 14, 1952, to Robert E. Mathews and Marjorie Mathews. She married the love of her life, Kenneth L. “Sonny” Berry, on Aug. 7, 1971.  Gail is survived by her mother, Marjorie Mathews; her loving husband, Sonny; daughter, Allison Hadley; son-in-law, Benson Hadley; and granddaughters, Liza Hadley, and Emelia Hadley. ...

Robert Lee Fry, Jr., 62, of Blytheville passed away July 17, 2023, at GRMC in Blytheville. He was born April 29, 1962 in Black Fish Lake, Ark., to Robert Fry, Sr. and Vera Lee Driver. Mr. Fry was employed at Denso in Osceola where he took several training skills, was a class of 1981 Dell High School graduate, in his younger days ran 5Ks and enjoyed football. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert Johnson; two sisters, Linda Fry and Ernestine Fry...