Stories from Monday, August 19, 2019

Charles Henry Dunn, 85, of Manila, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at his home. Born in Black Oak, he was the son of the late John and Cora England Dunn and had lived most of his life in Manila. Charles was retired from the former Brown Shoe Company in Leachville and later worked as a bus driver for Manila Public Schools. ...

Sylvia Mae Smith, 93, of Jonesboro, former Leachville resident, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at the Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Born in Sulpher Rock, she was the daughter of the late Commodore “CD” and Ella Lewis Gilmore and had been a longtime Leachville resident before making her home in Jonesboro in 1986. She was retired from the former Brown Shoe Company in Leachville and was a member of the Nettleton Church of Christ...

Logan Mark Lawrence, infant son of Kevin and Erin Field Lawrence, passed from this life Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Jonesboro. In addition to his parents, Logan is survived by one sister, Madalynn Lawrence of the home; his maternal grandparents, William Joseph and Shannon Field of Jonesboro; paternal grandmother, Martha Lawrence of Jonesboro; maternal great-grandparents, Bill and Joan Field of Jonesboro and Dennis and Peggy Kissinger of Bessemer, Ala...

Ricky Edward Stiles, 70, passed away in his Franklin, Tenn., home on Aug. 15, 2019. He was born in Blytheville to Edward Stiles and Vivian Flagg Stiles and was a graduate of Osceola High School. He served as vice president of his senior class. As a young man, he joined the ROTC and was employed at American Greetings in Osceola. ...

The Blytheville Police Department is investigating a body found feet away from Gethsemane Memorial Gardens cemetery. A Public Works mowing crew found the body while mowing and reported it to the police on Monday afternoon. No information about the cause or identification has been released yet...

Kenneth Leroy “Buck” Frasher, 79 of Arbyrd, Mo., passed from this life Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Scammon, Kansas, he served in the U.S. Army and had lived much of his life in the Chicago area. He was a retired truck driver and had lived in Arbyrd since 1997...