Stories from Thursday, September 9, 2021

Robert Lee Sledge of Blytheville was born April 20, 1958, in Sweetwater, Tenn., to the late James Sledge and the late Carrie Brown Campbell. He was a machine operator for American Greetings and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Sledge passed away Sept. 1, 2021, at Regional One in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 63. He was preceded in death by his father, James Sledge; his mother, Carrie Brown Campbell; one brother, Larry Sledge; and two sisters, Elmira Sledge and Mary Sue Flowers...

Paul Nelson Maxwell, 56, of Earle passed away Sept. 6, 2021, at his home. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Maxwell was born Jan. 14, 1965, in West Memphis to Jesse and Margie Lewis Maxwell of Earle. He is also survived by one son, Matthew Maxwell of Texas; one daughter, Cossandra "Chia" Suriano of Earle; one brother, Philip Dean Maxwell of Osceola; one sister, Tracy Maxwell of Earle; two grandchildren, Dominic Peavy of Earle and Shyanne Morton of Ozark, Mo...

Virginia “Ginger” Faye Perkins Tacker, 77, of Tyronza, born Dec. 27, 1943 to Chester and Gladys Perkins, entered peacefully into Heaven on Aug. 17, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Carol June Perkins and Sandra Kay Green; her brother, Chester Aaron Perkins, Jr...

Shirley Mae Sumners Dodd was born on May 16, 1936 in Viar, Tenn., to William Grant Sumners and Betty Biggers Sumners Hager. She passed away on Sept. 1, 2021 in Manila at the age of 85. She graduated from Steele High School with Class of 1954. She married James Welton “J.W.” Dodd and had three children, Tommy, Tammy and Michael. ...

Jimmy Dority, Sr. was born in Frenchman’s Bayou on May 26, 1948, to Willie and Elise Malone Dority. Jimmy was a farmer and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents. Jimmy passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 73...

Mildred Smith Fultz of Jonesboro was born June 19, 1937, in Marshallville, Ga., to the late Peggy Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope M.B. Church for 50 years where she served on the mother board. Mrs. Fultz passed away on Aug. 29, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 84. She was preceded in death by her mother, Peggy Smith; her husband, John Lee Fultz, Sr.; one son, John Lee Fultz, Jr.; and daughters, Dorothy Guyton and Murry Soward...

Auburn “Midget” Hill, 76, of Gosnell, passed away Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, at his home. Auburn was born in Birmingham, Ala., to Royal Hill and Evelyn Mae Gould. He worked as a garage door installer and always enjoyed working. He loved buying, fixing and selling used vehicles, and playing Solitaire...

Angela Marie "Angie" Jackson, 38, of Manila, passed from this life Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Jonesboro, she was the daughter of the late Juan Rosales and had been a longtime resident of Jonesboro before making her home in Walnut Ridge then Manila in 2017. ...

Cornelius (Neil) Modinger III, 75, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life on Aug. 2, 2021. Born to Cornelius “Conny” and Helen Thompson Modinger Jr., in Blytheville, he was a graduate of Blytheville High School and served his country with honor in the United States Army where he achieved the rank of captain during his three years of service and served one year in Vietnam...

Lamont Brandon Rogers was born on Nov. 14, 1992, in Blytheville to his parents, Margaree Rogers Jones and John Benjamin McDaniel. Lamont graduated from Blytheville High School in the class of 2011 where he was well known as a young man that loved to smile and keep a smile on everyone's face. ...

On Thursday, Blytheville police chased a fleeing vehicle that exceeded 100 miles per hour and arrested the driver who lost control of the vehicle at the 63-mile marker of Interstate 55. The driver, 19-year-old James Johnson of Blytheville, faces several charges in the incident...