Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2020

Hettie Lewis Moore was born July 2, 1925, in Crawfordsville to Lewis and Fairy Ephraim Margerum. A lifelong member of the Church of God In Christ, Mrs. Moore was the wife of Superintendent John Moore, Jr. and served as the First Lady at Nehemiah Temple Church of God in Christ in Blytheville, as well as Jones Temple Church of God in Christ in Gilmore. ...

William Charles “Bill” Wilson, of Broken Arrow, Okla., passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at the age of 81. He was born on Saturday, July 9, 1938, to Don and Euna (Grisham) Wilson in Pontiac, Mich. Bill grew up in Manila, Ark., where he graduated high school in 1957. ...

Richard Michael Branscum, 56, of Burdette, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020 at Ozark Health Medical Center in Clinton. Richard was born in Blytheville to Richard A. Branscum and Patty Jones Stribling. He was the owner of Branscum Enterprises and a member of H.I.S. ...

Melba June Ray, 84, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center. She was born in Dell to Clarence Allen and Minnie Lee Nolan DuVall on June 22, 1936. She had lived in Jonesboro since 2005, moving there from Blytheville. She was of the Pentecostal belief. She was an avid reader and enjoyed working crossword puzzles. She loved spending time with her family and was a great cook. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and four sisters...