Stories from Thursday, June 11, 2020

Audran E. “Audie” Cavanaugh, 84, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Audie was born in Muskegon, Mich., to James and Myrtle Wood Cavanaugh. He was a retired insurance underwriter for Travelers Insurance and was a member of Gosnell Baptist Church. He served his country with honor in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Audie and his wife Agnes loved to travel the United States and abroad...

Randall Lloyd "Randy" Imler, 61, of Leachville, passed from this life, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at his home. Born in Monette, he was the son of the late Raymond Guy and Willie Mae Brown Imler and had been a lifelong resident of Leachville. He was a 1977 graduate of Leachville High School and had been employed by Tenneco Auto Parts Mfg. ...

In Loving Memory of Jacob Robert McHaffey Jacob Robert McHaffey, aka Jake, was born Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1986, the son of Scott McHaffey and LaDesta McCann in Birmingham, Ala. He departed this life Thursday, March 19, 2020, the son of Scott McHaffey and Sylvia Koonce McHaffey in Columbia, S.C. He formerly lived in West Memphis...

Peggy Jean Bratcher Tirey, 90, passed away Jan. 3, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born Sept. 19, 1929 in Blytheville, the first child of James Edward and Geraldine Sigers Bratcher. She was predeceased by her parents, a brother, Norman Ray Bratcher, and her husband, J. F. Cliff Tirey...

Harold Van Swink, 87, of Manila, passed from this life Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Leachville, he was the son of the late James Lanis "J.L." and Elna Milligan Swink and was raised in Trumann. Van was a 1950 graduate of Trumann High School and was a U.S. ...

Henrietta Watt, 65, of Blytheville passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, at her home in Blytheville. She was born in Fort Myers, Fla., Jan. 22, 1955, and was the daughter of Henry and Hattie Mae Lark Thompson. She was a 1972 graduate of Blytheville High School and was a graduate of Cotton Boll Technical College with an Associate Degree. ...

James Vernon "Jim" Davis, 92, of Hemet, Calif., passed from this life Sunday, June 7, 2020, at his home. Jim was born Jan. 28, 1928 in Leachville, the third of 10 children. He grew up in Leachville, moving to Missouri for a short time with his family. ...

William Garrett “Gary” Thomas, 88, of Blytheville, passed away June 9, 2020, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Gary was born in Springfield, Mo., to Joseph Edgar and Maude Garrett Thomas. He grew up in Monette and graduated from Monette High School where he played on the only football team Monette ever had. ...