Stories from Monday, August 7, 2023

Sister, wife, mother, and grandmother – a woman who loved and was well-loved; Thelma Norris passed away surrounded by family on Aug. 3, 2023, at the age of 81. Thelma was the second of four children born July 16, 1942, to William Edward Sr. and Dollie Dimple Stark in Butler County, Mo. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert “Red” Norris; and sisters, Dora (Frank “Babe”) Ciceraro and Lois Annette (Dwayne) Hatchel...

Lucretia Cecilia Horne McDonald was born Jan. 5, 1939, in Blytheville, to Cecil V. Horne and Annie Cora Hill Horne. Preceding her in death include her parents, her sisters Eula Spivey, Carolyn Horne, and Gwendolyn Horne to whom she referred to as her “beloveds”. Also her husband, Lavester, Sr., and son, Lavester, Jr., precede her in death...

Rosemary Sandusky, 91, of Manila, widow of Leonard Sandusky, passed from this life Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Sherwood. Born in Jonesboro, she was the daughter of the late Vinson and Mollie Moore Lay and had lived most of her life in northeast Arkansas. She was a 1950 graduate of Manila High School and was a retired bookkeeper for the former General Insurance Agency of Leachville. Rosemary was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church in Manila...