Stories from Thursday, August 17, 2023

A Blytheville man has been arrested in connection with a dog attack which eventually led to the death of an elderly woman.

Brenda Joyce Barber, 75, of Leachville, passed from this life Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at The Blossoms at White River in Newport. Born July 16, 1948, in Leachville to the late Edgar and Thomas Henryetta Newton Lawrence, she was a lifelong Leachville resident. ...

Peggy Bennett Kenner, 74, peacefully departed from this earthly realm to her eternal home on Aug. 15, 2023. Her brief battle with brain cancer came to an end in Blytheville surrounded by her loved ones. Peggy was born in Memphis, Tenn., on Sept. 2, 1948, to John Harold and Gladys Bennett. She married Billy, her high school sweetheart, Feb. 11, 1967...

Jeane Bennett, 93, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro. Jeane was born Feb. 23, 1930, in Harrisburg to Eugene and Lura Casebier Williams. She was a member of Main and 13th Church of Christ. ...