Obituaries

Kay Francis Sifford

Kay Francis Sifford, 82, of Pocahontas passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Kay was born June 29, 1939 in Okean to Henry and Ethel Cora Lance.

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Jon Robert Belford

Jon Robert Belford, 78, of Pocahontas, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at John J Pershing VA Medical Center. Jon was born July 14, 1943, to Alvin and Jane Carlson Belford in Grand Blanc, MI.

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Charles Hackworth

Charles Larry Sanford Hackworth, 76, passed away peacefully at his home in Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. He was born April 5, 1946, near Dalton, Arkansas to the late Wesley Owen “Ted” and Lena Mae King Hackworth. Larry was employed for most of his life as a sawmiller. He loved hunting and fishing, playing cards, going to the stock car races, and being with his family and friends.

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Mary Throesch

Mary Lee Throesch, 90, of Anderson, passed away on May 28, 2022 at Community Hospital in Anderson, IN following a brief illness. She was born on October 1, 1931 in Corning, AR to the late Omer and Nellie (Strobel) Arnold. Mary was a homemaker and drove a school bus for 15 years. She loved to play cards, hated to miss an episode of “Young and the Restless,” loved ice cream and started each day with a Honey Bun.

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Geraldine McPherson

Geraldine McPherson, 86, of Reyno, Arkansas passed away at Corning Therapy and Living Center in Corning, AR, on Saturday, June 4th, 2022. Geraldine was born on Sunday, September 8th, 1935, near Engleberg, Arkansas to Charles Edward Yancy and Lee McMurtry Yancy. Geraldine is preceded in death by her parents, Charles, and Lee; brother, El Yancy; sister, Pearl Yancy; and son, Danny Roy McPherson.

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Mary Ann Swann

Mary Ann Swann, 94, of Pocahontas, Arkansas passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at her home. She was born May 2, 1928, in Pocahontas, Arkansas to George and Mary Anna Thennes Sorg.

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Samuel Martin Smith

Samuel “Sam” Martin Smith, 70, of Pocahontas, Arkansas passed away at his home on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Sam was born on Wednesday, December 5, 1951, in Tyronza, Arkansas, to Clarence and Loletia Long Smith.

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