Stories from Thursday, November 18, 2021

Justin Bryan Johnson, 32, of Ripley, Tenn., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley, Tenn. Born in Jonesboro to Bryan Johnson and Janet Stevens Young, Justin was an employee of Atlas Tube. He was a collector of action figures and often wrote short stories about his figures. Justin was a member of the Kings Under the Mountain. He always put his family first and was a wonderful husband, father and son...

Mrs. Lou Taylor departed this life on Nov. 14, 2021. Lou was born Oct. 23, 1933, in Cottonwood Point, Mo., to William and Earline Carr of Cottonwood Point. She was united in marriage on May 6, 1953, to James Henry Taylor of Cottonwood Point, who passed away on Feb. 4, 2019...

William Henry Olive, 100, of Leachville, passed from this life Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Mayflower, and raised near Paragould, he was the son of the late Henry and Etta McPherson Olive. William had been a longtime farmer in the Bard community near Paragould before making his home in Leachville where he established Olive Grocery in 1971. ...