Danny Bray
Mar 11, 2015
Mr. Danny Ray Bray, 68, of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Mr. Bray was born in the Stringtown Township of Corning, AR., on December 22, 1946. During his life time he farmed and worked at Black's Lumber Company in the mill. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and taxidermy. He...
Sally Ann Checkett
Mar 9, 2015
Mrs. Sally Ann Checkett, 65, of Corning, AR., passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at Corning Therapy and Living Center in Corning, AR. Mrs. Checkett was born in Datto, AR., on August 25, 1949. She was a medical records clerk for Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, MO. She enjoyed quilting, writing recipes and sewing. She married her husband Joseph "Joe"...
Rex Fitzgerald
Mar 1, 2015
Mr. Rex Fitzgerald, 78, of Biggers, AR., passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Corning Therapy and Living Center in Corning, AR. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Knobel, AR., on August 17, 1936. He was a well driller and carpenter who enjoyed golf and playing pool. He was of the Baptist faith. He married his wife Georgia Fitzgerald on August...
Estelle Ladd
Feb 25, 2015
Mrs. Estelle Orene Ladd, 73, of Corning, AR., passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, AR. Mrs. Ladd was born in Peach Orchard, AR., on March 12, 1941. She was a Nursing Home Social Worker. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, crafting, reading and fishing, She was of the Baptist Faith. She married her husband of...
Judy Hensley
Feb 23, 2015
Ms. Judith Ann Hensley, 65, of Corning, AR., passed away Monday, February 23, 2015 at home. Ms. Hensley was born Tipperary, AR., on August 24, 1949. She was a sandwich artist at Subway in Corning. She is survived by four sons Kevin Hensley of Corning, AR., Danny Hensley of Corning, AR., Nick Hensley of Corning, AR., Justin Hensley of Corning,...
Milburn Gambill
Feb 21, 2015
Mr. Milburn Lee Gambill, 94, of Wentzville, MO., formerly of Corning, AR., passed away at Parklane Care Center in Wentzville, MO. Mr. Gambill was born in Datto, AR., on January 21, 1921. He was owner and operator of Gambill Furniture Mart in West Alton, MO. He was a man that loved and served the Lord everyday of his life. He...
Fred Hooper
Feb 15, 2015
Mr. Fred Jack Hooper, Jr., 72, of Corning, AR., passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015 at home. Mr. Hooper was born in San Mateo, CA., on July 18, 1942. He was a barber and a retired Pentecostal minister; he was a very kind and generous Christian man. He is survived by his sister June Ariola of Corning, AR. He was...
Rex Phillips
Feb 13, 2015
Mr. Donald Rex Phillips, 87, of Corning, AR., went home to be with his Lord on Friday, February 13, 2015 at Spring Creek Nursing and Rehab in Cabot, AR. Mr. Phillips was born in Boydsville, AR., on December 7, 1927. He was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department. He proudly served his country as a member of the United States...
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...
