Stories from Monday, April 2, 2018

James Lee Ward, 77, of Piggott, Ark., passed away March 31, 2018, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born on August 19, 1940, in McDougal, Ark., and was the son of the late Benjamin Aubrey Ward and Mamie Marie (Warbritton) Ward. He was united in marriage to Margie Lea Green on Aug. 9, 1958, and to this union five children were born...

Graveside services for Jimmy Neeley, 70, of Burleson, Tex., are scheduled for Friday, April 6, 2018, at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, with Pastor Ed Newton officiating. Neeley died in Burleson, on March 31, 2018, after a brief but fierce struggle with brain cancer...