Stories from Monday, November 15, 2021

Mr. Elgene Reed Hamilton, 88, of the Cole Ridge Community, passed from this life on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at his home. Born to Orel and Estelle Reed Hamilton in Hector, he was a faithful member of the Cole Ridge Baptist Church and a retired veteran of the United States Army. ...

James Roy Loyd, 93, of Blytheville, passed from this life Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born to Jesse and Grace Gibson Loyd in the Promised Land Community, he was a retired set-up person for Randall Company and a long-time member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Blytheville...

Rev. John Paul Maynard died Monday, April 27, 2020, at Lenoir Care Center in Columbia, Mo. He was born Aug. 13, 1937, to the late Rev. John Akriel Maynard and Hettie Birmingham Reeves Maynard in Monette. He and Linda Waters were married in 1962. After pastoring a short time in Arkansas, John went to Missouri where he was an Associate Member of the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church...