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Ruthie Lee Adams
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Ruthie Lee Adams was born Sept. 14, 1943, to the late Jack Sanford and Ada Mason in Jericho. She departed this life Jan. 22, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 75. She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter Joyce Adams...
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James Crenshaw
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
James Crenshaw was born March 30, 1941, to Cecil and Estelle White Crenshaw in Blytheville. James grew up in a large and loving family of nine brothers and eight sisters. James was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Benjamin. On Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, James passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 80...
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Samuel L. “Sam” Gilbert, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Samuel L. “Sam” Gilbert, Jr., 77, departed this life Jan. 29, 2022, at his residence in Marked Tree. He was born on Dec. 16, 1944, in Marked Tree to Samuel L, Sr. and Helen Frances Frazier Gilbert. He loved to fish and hunt deer and rabbits, teaching his family how to work on vehicles, loved riding the roads, he had a big heart and loved his family, especially his grandchildren...
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Roy L. Shaw
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Roy L. Shaw was born May 26, 1950, to the late Melvin Shaw Sr. and Mary Ann Shaw in Osceola. He departed this life Jan. 24, 2022, at South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center in Osceola at the age of 71. He was preceded in death by his parents...
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Joe Willie Williams
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Joe Willie Williams was born May 17, 1946 in Joiner, the son of Joe Edward and Lucille Wiley Williams. Joe attended Rosenwald High School. At the young age of 17, he was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served in the Vietnam War, 101st Airborne division as a platoon leader. ...
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Shakita Natasha Weaver
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Shakita Natasha Weaver of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., was born June 29, 1979, in Blytheville to the late Frankie Weaver and the late Mary Austin Rodgers. She was a homemaker and a member of Out for Life Ministries in Oakland, Fla. Mrs. Weaver passed away Jan. 22, 2022, at Westside R.M.C. in Plantation, Fla., at the age of 42. She was preceded in death by her father, Frankie Weaver; mother, Mary Austin Rodgers; stepfather, William Rodgers, Sr.; and one brother, Orlando Weaver...
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Larry Junior Buford
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Larry Junior Buford, 66, of Osceola passed away Jan. 24, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. He was a roofer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Buford was born April 11, 1955, in Turrell to Eugene Ware and Vera Buford. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary Crawford...
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Blytheville firemen battle apartment blaze
(Local News ~ 02/01/22)
Blytheville firemen battle a structure fire at Moultrie and McDaniel on Tuesday. Firemen were alerted to the fire around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, with reports of it being fully involved when they arrived. According to fire chief Mike Carney, the fire appears to have started in the living room of triplex apartment. He reported extensive damage throughout structure, and the cause of fire currently under investigation. No injuries were reported. No one was home at the time of the fire...
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Sharon R. Carpenter
(Obituary ~ 02/01/22)
Sharon R. Carpenter, 70, of Blytheville passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Sharon was born Feb. 4, 1951, to Paul J. Williams and Ida Mae (Scott) Williams Rogers in Tulsa, Okla. Sharon attended Smackover High School in Smackover. Sharon worked at the water department of Blytheville, Ouachita Nursing and Rehab and owned the Phillip’s 66 Gas station in Camden. ...
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