Stories from Monday, August 22, 2016

Willie Velma (Caery) Whitney of Manila, Ark., was born at Black Water (now Blackwater), Ark., and died August 22, 2016, in Jonesboro, Ark., at age 87 after a full and amazing life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. Whitney, Sr.; a daughter, Dawn Whitney; her parents, Walter W. Caery, Sr. and Opal Billings Caery; three brothers, Charles Caery, Kenneth Caery and Walter Caery, Jr. and one sister, Wandara Caery Burgett...