Wayne Vannada
Feb 10, 2015
Mr. Denver Wayne VanNada, 76, of Corning, AR., passed away near Piggott, AR., on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Mr. VanNada was born in Success, AR., on February 21, 1938. He was a truck driver, owner-operator. He enjoyed spending time with his family and grandchildren, working with horses and trucking. He married his wife of fifty-five years Barbara (Parker) VanNada on...
Jim Austin
Feb 9, 2015
Coach Jim Austin, 80, of Peach Orchard, AR., passed away Monday, February 9, 2015 from injuries sustained in a two car collision on Highway 304 near Pocahontas, AR. Coach Austin was born in Peach Orchard, AR., on June 14, 1934 to Pelham and Esther (Toler) Austin. Jim Austin’s affiliation with the Delaplaine School System began in 1940 at the Peach...
Ann White
Feb 4, 2015
Mrs. Mary Ann White, 81, of Paragould, AR., formerly of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, AR. Mrs. White was born October 27, 1933. She was a C.N.A. and a retired from Home Health Nursing. She enjoyed shopping and flea marketing. She was married to her husband Sterling White, he preceded...
Ruby Willis
Feb 1, 2015
Mrs. Ruby Geneva Willis, 91, of Walnut Ridge, AR., formerly of Saint Louis, MO., and Paragould, AR. passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Lawrence Hall Nursing Home in Walnut Ridge, AR. Mrs. Willis was born in Marmarduke, AR., on May 20, 1923. She was a homemaker, she enjoyed sewing and flower gardening. She is survived by four children Betty...
Kurt Zepecki
Jan 30, 2015
Mr. Stephen Kurtiss “Kurt” Zepecki, 47, of McDougal, AR., went peacefully to be with the Lord on January 30, 2015. He was born to Donna Delaney and Dr. Robert Zepecki on February 18, 1967 at the Air Force Hospital in Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH. A 1985 Corning High School Graduate, Kurt (known to many as the Kossak Warrior) was an...
Murriel Hester
Jan 28, 2015
Mrs. Virginia Murriel Hester, 76, of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Medical Center in Paragould, AR. Mrs. Hester was born in Moark, AR., on March 3, 1938. She was a bookkeeper and homemaker, she enjoyed playing the harmonica, playing cards, and going dancing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Corning,...
Opal Wells
Jan 25, 2015
Mrs. Opal Imogene Wells, 81, of Rector, AR., passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, AR., Mrs. Wells was born in Hickoria, AR., on February 23, 1933. She was a homemaker, she was an animal lover especially cats and dogs. She married her husband Richard Wells on July 2, 1953. He preceded her in...
Susane Lucas
Jan 25, 2015
Mrs. Susane Jane (VanNada) Lucas, 62, of Reyno, AR., passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Five Rivers Medical Center on Pocahontas, AR. Mrs. Lucas was born in Corning, AR., on January 9, 1953. She was a retired R.N. having worked many years for Corning Nursing Home. She enjoyed flowers and gardening. She was a member of the First Baptist...
Laymon Burkheart
Jan 22, 2015
Mr. Laymon Eugene Burkheart, 35, of Corning, AR., passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mr. Burkheart was born in Paragould, AR., on November 27, 1979. He was a Pipeline worker and member of Pipeliners Union # 798. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was of the General Baptist Faith and...
Betty Hancock
Jan 19, 2015
Mrs. Betty Ann Hancock, 88, of Knobel, AR., passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould, AR. Mrs. Hancock was born in Knobel, AR., on June 28, 1926. She was a retired teacher for the Corning and Knobel School Districts having taught for 35 years. She enjoyed crafting and playing cards. She was of the...
Mamie Ainley
Jan 16, 2015
Mamie (Street) Ainley was born September 15, 1915 in Biggers, Arkansas. Mamie was the sixth of nine children born to William and Maggie Jane (Merry) Street. Her father’s early death leaving a widow and nine small children created a family steeped in tradition of caring for one another and finding great honor in doing so. Mamie worked for Clay County...
Andy King
Jan 14, 2015
Mr. Jerrell "Andy" Andrew King, Jr., 56, of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mr. King was born in Jonesboro, AR., on August 1, 1958. He was a self-employed car dealer. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force. He is survived by his wife...
Kenneth Maynard
Jan 11, 2015
Mr. Kenneth Irvin Maynard, 69, of Corning, AR., passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at home. Mr Maynard was born in Boydsville, AR., on January 19, 1945. He worked for Ford Motor Company for many years as a Painter. He was a Jack-of-all-Trades, he enjoyed woodworking, carpentry, fishing, gardening, canning, flying airplanes, and teaching adult Bible classes. He was a...
Lillian Lewis
Jan 9, 2015
Mrs. Mary Lillian Lewis, 83, of Poplar Bluff, MO., passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mrs. Lewis was born in Corning, AR., on May 5, 1931. She was a homemaker. She married her husband of 47 years Everett Lewis on June 26, 1951, he preceded her in death on June...
Kenneth Hewlett
Jan 8, 2015
Mr. Kenneth Hewlett, 68, of Pevely, MO., passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015. Mr. Hewlett was born in Steele, MO., on September 11, 1946. He is survived by his only daughter Kristi and husband Dan Rowley of Midlothian, TX. one grandchild Ethan of whom he was very proud; seven siblings Betty Archer, Kay Kepner, Pat Howe, Bill Hewlett, Jim Hewlett,...
Bobby Lee Yates, Sr.
Dec 24, 2014
Mr. Bobby Lee Yates, Sr., 63, of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Saint Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, AR. Mr. Yates was born in Saint Louis, MO., on June 26, 1951. He was an Automobile Service Technician. A United States Army Veteran. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, racing and gardening. He attended the First Baptist Church...
Billy G. Allyn
Dec 23, 2014
Mr. Billy Gene Allyn, 85, of Knobel, AR., passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR. Mr. Allyn was born in Detroit, MI., on October 2, 1929. He was a self-employed farmer. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a non-denominational Christian. He married his wife Nina (Miller) Allyn on November 4,...
Bill "Dub" Tutor
Dec 23, 2014
Mr. William T. "Bill" "Dub" Tutor, 83, of Corning, AR., passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at home. Mr. Tutor was born in Harviell, MO., on July 3, 1931. He was self-employed, working in produce and merchandising. He proudly served his country as a member of the United States Army. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by...
Kenneth Richardson
Dec 22, 2014
Mr. William Kenneth Richardson, 99, of Hot Springs, AR., passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at his home. He was born to William Henry and Sarah Ellen (Henderson) Richardson on November 24, 1915. His parents and three siblings Eugene Richardson, Leslie Richardson and Gertie Canterbury preceded him in death. On September 16, 1939 he wed Mary Ella Mabry, a marriage...
Carolyn Veach-Barnum
Dec 18, 2014
Ms. Nancy Carolyn (Jackson) Veach Barnum, 76, of Corning, AR., passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. Ms. Veach was born in Dell, AR., on November 24, 1938. She was a retired Nursing Home Administrator, having operated the Corning Nursing Home for over 30 years. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
