Stories from Monday, March 25, 2013

Wilma Jinks, 100, of Piggott died March 22, 2013, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Piggott, Ark. She was born December 7, 1912, on a farm two miles north of Piggott, the daughter of the late Nora (Smith) Lehman and Vernon Elwood Lehmen. She married Harold Jinks on Dec. 17, 1935. Harold preceded her in death on Sunday, Oct. 13, 1996. She had two brothers, Samuel Lehman and Clifford Lehman, as well as a sister, Mary Whitaker, who also preceded her in death...

Wanda Sue Marriott Nations Rippy, 68 of Marmaduke entered the Kingdom of Heaven on March 24, 2013 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. She died from heart failure due to complications from emphysema and COPD. She was born August 26, 1944 to the late Leamon and Georgiann Marriott of Ravenden Springs, Ark...