Mr. James Halford Baty, age 74, of Widener, died Friday, April 6, 2001, at his residence.
Mr. Baty was a carpenter, a member of the VFW and Good Hope Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Florence Davis Baty of Widener; two daughters, Patricia Ann Sidle of Orlando, Fla. and Jeannie Furno of Culleoka, Tenn.; two sons, Jimmy Baty of Summertown, Tenn. and Timothy Baty of Widener; two brothers, Robert Baty of Marion and Leon Baty of Adrian, Mich.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Baty were held today, Monday, April 9, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Good Hope Baptist Church. Burial followed in Hughes Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Citizen Funeral Home in West Memphis.
Mrs. Jewel Cook Compton, age 81 of Stuttgart, died Saturday, April 7, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Compton was born Nov. 1, 1919, in Dalton. She was the daughter of James F. Cook and Addie Tilda Hall Cook. She was a cattle farmer.
Mrs. Compton was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph Cook and three sisters, Wildean King, Vada Jenkins and Cleva Jean Montgomery.
She is survived by three daughters, Julia L. Lee and Marcia L. Schultz, both of Stuttgart and Diana L. Holland of Conway; a brother, James Cook of Dalton; two sisters, Juanita Wilson of Pocahontas and Tiney Byrd of Waterford, Mich.; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Compton will be held Monday, April 9, 2001, from 5 to 8 p.m., at McNabb Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with G.W. Allison officiating the service. Burial will follow in Randolph Memorial Gardens under the direction of McNabb Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ethel Mae Jones, age 60, of Forrest City, died Friday, April 6, 2001 at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock.
Mrs. Jones was born March 29, 1941 in Elaine. She was the daughter of Tommy and Margaret McClendon.
Mrs. Jones is survived by three sons, Jerry Lee Jones of Markhamik, Ill, Michael R. Jones and David Jones, both of Forrest City; a sister, Margree Lacy of Forrest City; three brothers, David McClendon of Vero Beach, Fla., Roosevelt McClendon of Detroit, Mich. and Claude Boyd of Chicago, Ill.; and four grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Jones will be Tuesday, April 10, 2001, from 12 to 5 p.m. in the Chapel of Woodhouse Mortuary. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at noon at the Church of God with Elder James Jennings officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery under the direction of Woodhouse Mortuary.
Mr. George W. "James" McCombs, age 65, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, March 20, 2001, at Methodist Health Care in Memphis.
Mr. McCombs, born Nov. 21, 1935, in Georgia, was the son of James W. and Eddie Dossie McCombs. He was a member of St. Smyrna Baptist Church.
Mr. McCombs is survived by his wife, Ora Lee Forest Young McCombs of the home; two daughters, Kathy McCombs Smith and Marilyn McCombs Smith; two sons, Stephen McCombs and Chris Benning; two stepdaughters, Dianne Walker and Angela Watson; three brothers, Roosevelt McCombs, Jackie McCombs and Sidney McCombs; four sisters, Mattie Jackson, Bobbie Robinson, Emily Harmon and Bernice McCombs; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and a host of friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Sewell.
Funeral services for Mr. McCombs were held Saturday, March, 24, 2001, at St. Smyrna Baptist Church in Newnan, Ga., with Rev. J.W. Russell Jr. officiating under the direction of Sellers-Smith Funeral Home Inc., in Newnan.