Stories from Monday, October 25, 2021

Johnny Lee Brown, 85, of Joiner passed away Oct. 21, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Brown was born Jan. 28, 1937, in Osceola to X.L. and Willie B. Brown. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Johnnie Mae Brown; one son, Steve Mitchell; one daughter, Faberlene Brown; two sisters, Leola Brown and Viola Brown...

Kavin Samone Coleman, 40, of Osceola, passed away Oct. 18, 2021, at his residence. He was a factory worker at Kagome and attended Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Osceola. Mr. Coleman was born Sept. 16, 1981, in Osceola to Willie and Lovelle Gibson Coleman Jr. He was preceded in death by his father...

Betty Jean McFarland, 83, of Osceola, passed away Oct. 15, 2021, at her residence. She was a retired factory worker, retired from Mississippi County E.O.C. and a member of Tabernacle M.B. Church in Osceola. Ms. McFarland was born Sept. 14, 1938, to Alex Young and Rosie Lee Smith England. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alex McFarland Sr.; two sons, Curtis Carbin and Oscar Carbin; two brothers, Eddie Thompson and Walter England; and one sister, Gloria Greenlow...

Lue Owens Reid, devoted daughter, wife, mother, sister and friend, died unexpectedly at her home in Blytheville on Oct. 21, 2021. Born in Blytheville, the daughter of Samuel Clifton and Laura Britt Owens, Lue remained true to her hometown for her entire life. ...

Bonnie Elaine Staggs, 68, of Marion, formerly of Paragould, passed from this life Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Born in Kennett, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Leonard Marler and a 1971 graduate of Rochelle Township High School in Illinois. ...

Kayla Ureka Travis, 35, of Osceola, passed away Oct. 19, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and attended Tabernacle M.B. Church in Osceola. Miss Travis was born June 18, 1986, in Osceola to Argy and Charlotte Jones Travis. She was preceded in death by her mother...

Norma Ann Brees, 52, of Gosnell, passed away Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Blytheville to Floyd and Jackie Christner White, Norma was a former employee of Thomas, Speight and Noble and of the Baptist faith. ...

John Wayne Cook, 70, of Dell, passed from this life Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Clovis, Calif., and raised in Fresno, he was the son of the late Robert James and Geneva Carmack Cook and had been a resident of Dell since 2008. ...

Paul Brown McCadney, 65, of Luxora, passed away Oct. 21, 2021, at his residence. He was a truck driver and a member of Oasis Club. Mr. McCadney was born Oct. 13, 1956, in Earle to Albert Lee and Lillian Morris McCadney. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Henretta Harrison...

On Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, Virginia Marian Reid, loving mother of three sons, passed away at the age of 70 in Fairhope, Ala. Virginia was born in Longview, Texas, to Walter and Eda Hampton. She grew up in Arkansas where she received her teaching degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro in 1972. She married twice and had three sons, Mark, Victor and Tommy. She retired from teaching at Blytheville High School in May of 2017. ...