Stories from Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Alice Johnson, 59, of Blytheville, passed away March 30, 2024, at her residence. She was born May 16, 1964, to the late W.C. Meadows and the late Ruby Lee Brock in Osceola. Alice was a loving mother to five children and worked as a school nurse for the KIPP School in Blytheville. She was also of the Christian faith...

Shirley Temple Aldridge, 85, of Blytheville, departed from this life March 30, 2024, at Great River Medical Center. She was born May 17, 1938, in Dell to the late Freeman Hall and Bessie Beatrice Edwards. Shirley retired from Blytheville Compress where she worked in the cotton gin warehouse. She was an active member of New MT Olive M.B. Church in Blytheville, where she devoted her time as an usher and was a member of the Mother Board and the church choir...

Evelyn Sue Trible Beasley, 62 of Texarkana, Texas, formerly of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Christus Health Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Evelyn was born April 1, 1962, in Blytheville, the daughter of James Trible and Luzell Norton Trible. ...

Sandra Kay Combs, 62, of Blytheville, departed this life Saturday, April 6, 2024, to be with her soulmate. Born to Robert and Peggy Herron McMinn, Sandra was a homemaker. She loved all of her family with all of her heart. Sandra was a Cherokee Indian, and had a love for nature. Sandra collected anything with dragonflies and windchimes. She loved flowers and her favorite flowers were Bleeding Heart roses...