Stories from Monday, August 3, 2015

John Gettings, 48, of St. Louis, Mo., passed away July 28, 2015, at his home. He was born October 6, 1966, the son of John Gettings and the late Jeanette Gettings. He is survived by his father and step-mother, John and Joyce Gettings of Piggott, Ark.; three sisters, Tisha (Gettings) Patterson of Rector, Ark., Kim Gordon of St. Louis and Chrissy Rhodes of St. Louis; two sons, Austin Gettings and John Gettings; four grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends...

Cynthia Ann Shepard, 52, of Piggott, Ark., passed away August 1, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born on October 7, 1962, in Salina, Kan., and was the daughter of Stanley Orman and Irma Maxine Sprout. She is survived by her mother, Irma Maxine Sprout; two daughters, Skye Pratt of Rector, Ark. ...

Audra O. Luff, 86, of St. Francis, Ark., passed away July 31, 2015, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. She was born on February 4, 1929, in the Langley Community in Arkansas, and was the daughter of the late Burf and Lennie May (Boyd) Berry and Arch and Beulah Boyd, her uncle and aunt whom reared her...