Mrs. Ira Carruth, age 93, of Forrest City died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Carruth, born April 8, 1908, in Colt, was a retired housekeeper.
She is survived by a brother, Jimmy Lee Stegall of Forrest City; two sisters, Mattie Spearmon of Forrest City and L.B. Hannah of Detroit, Mich.; three grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation services for Mrs. Carruth will be held Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Clay Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, at St., at 1 p.m., at Paul M.B. Church . with Rev. Gay, officiating. Burial will follow at Forrest City Cemetery under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
Miss Gerldene Hatch, age 61, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis.
Miss Hatch, born May 16, 1940, in Crocketts Bluff, was a retired teacher's aid.
She is survived by a daughter Sonya Hatch of Glen Burnie, Md.
Funeral services for Miss Hatch will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at 11 a.m. at Salem M.B. Church. Burial will follow at St. Olive Cemetery in Crocketts Bluff. There will be two visitation services for Miss Hatch, the first held Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Clay Funeral Home. The second service will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Salem M.B. Church. Clay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lonnie Shockley Sr., age 78, of Cotton Plant, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at the White County Medical Center in Searcy.
Mr. Shockley, a United States Army veteran, was born Feb. 6, 1923, to James Dotson and Viola Shockley. He lived most of his life in the McCrory and Cotton Plant areas.
In 1944 Mr. Shockley marred Ernestine Austin, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by two children. He is survived by seven sons, Leonard Shockley of Des Arc, James Shockley, Frank Shockley, Lonnie Shockley and Sylvester Shockley, all of Cotton Plant, Melvin Shockley of Scotts Bluff, Neb. and Robert Shockley of Stuttgart; three daughters, Dorthene Chunn of Marshal Town, Iowa, Willie Mae Jones of Chicago and Geneva Shockley of Cotton Plant; a sister, Almond Thompson of Sherwood; 21 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Shockley will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at 11 a.m.. at Trice Chapel M.B. Church in Cotton Plant with Elder Robert Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Cotton Plant under the direction of McNeal Funeral Home, Inc. of Brinkley.
Mrs. Margarett E. 'Jean' Smith, age 70, of Forrest City, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest t City.
Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 2, 1930, in Little Rock and was the daughter of Hugh Blakely and Gertrude Baker Blakely. She lived in Forrest City for the past 52 years and was a retired bookkeeper. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Women of the Moose, was a Moose Heart Admission Representative and was member of the First Baptist Church.
She is was preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Smith in 1978. Mrs. Smith is survived by two daughters, Terry Smith and Barbara Hastings, both of Forrest City; two sons, Danny Smith and Johnny Smith, both of Forrest City; one brother, Grady Blakely of Searcy; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Smith will be held Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, from 6 to 7 p.m., at Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at 11 a.m., at Stevens Funeral Home with burial following in Forrest Park Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.