Stories from Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Lois Naomi Gilbert, 91, passed from the fullness of life on July 25, 2013. She is now resting in the arms of our Lord. She had a long and full life. Lois worked as a secretary for The Red Cross and was posted to Japan in 1947 after World War II and in Stuttgart, Germany in 1950. She traveled extensively while in Japan and Germany...

Virgie Lee Bozarth, 76 of Marmaduke, passed from this life on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on March 6, 1937, to the late Virgile and Una Loren (Wilson) Picklesimer in the Blue Cane community. She was united in marriage on June 14, 1958, to Leroy Bozarth in Alpaugh, Calif...

Doyne Dewayne Neeley, of McDougal, Ark., passed away July 25, 2013, surrounded by family at home in Flippin, Ark. He was born May 2, 1936, in McDougal, Ark., and was the son of the late Grover and Lula Neeley. He was united in marriage to Clara June Gettings on Oct. 25, 1955...

Vada Wofford, 89, of Paragould, passed away July 30, 2013 at the Phil and Flo Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was born April 13, 1924 in East Prairie, Mo., to the late Jess and Gladys Kerley. Vada learned how to paint late in life and fell in love with it. She also enjoyed puzzles, loved her grandkids thoroughly and was of the Pentecostal faith...