Mr. Carl Boyd, age 21, of Forrest City, died Friday Dec. 7, 2001, in Madison.
Mr. Boyd, born, Feb. 21, 1980, was the son of William Ingram of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Peggy Boyd of Forrest City. He was a laborer at Boar's Head Provisions.
Mr. Boyd is survived by his parents; a daughter, Kayla Boyd of Forrest City; a son, Jyland Boyd of Forrest City; five sisters, LaShunda Boyd, Teresa Lewis and Stephanie Goodman, all of Forrest City and Serena Ingram and Sheris Ingram, both of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; a brother, Earle Boyd, of Forrest City and grandmothers, Ima Ingram of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Geneva Boyd of Forrest City.
Visitation services for Mr. Boyd will be held, Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Kennedy Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at noon at New Light M.B. Church in Forrest City with Rev. Jessie McClure officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest City Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Kennedy Funeral Home.
Mr. Dylan "Da Da" Boyd, age 31, of Madison, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, in Madison.
Mr. Boyd, born Jan. 7, 1970, was the son of Huester Barton Sr. of Forrest City and Peggy Boyd of Forrest City. He was a truck driver.
Mr. Boyd is survived by his parents; a daughter, Kiesha Sandford of Forrest City; three sisters, LaShunda Boyd and Teresa Lewis both of Forrest City and Tanisha Young of Fort Worth, Texas; three brothers, Earle Boyd and Carlos Barton, both of Forrest City and Heuster Barton Jr. of Little Rock and his grandmother, Geneva Boyd of Forrest City.
Visitation services for Mr. Boyd will be held, Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Kennedy Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at noon at New Light M.B. Church with Rev. Jessie McClure officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest City Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Kennedy Funeral Home.
Mrs. Floreen Jones, age 85, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis.
Mrs. Jones was born Jan. 25, 1916, in Nuten, Miss. She was a retired farmer.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, Melvin Jones of Forrest City; and a sister, Coreen Brown of Forrest City.
Visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Clay Funeral Home. Funeral services Mrs. Jones will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at 1 p.m., at Riverside Baptist Church, with Rev. Marland Brown officiating the service. Burial will follow in Casteel Cemetery under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
Mr. James Robert Mitchell, age 83, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at his home.
Mr. Mitchell was born Dec. 18, 1917, in Pine Bluff, and was the son of William Clayton Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Johnson Mitchell. He lived in Forrest City most of his life, was a businessman, a veteran of World War II and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by a son, James Robert Mitchell Jr. of Little Rock; two daughters, Lee Mitchell O'Banion of Forrest City and Laura Mitchell Goodwin of Austin, Texas; a sister, Margaret Sellari of Southhaven, Miss. and six grandchildren.
Visitation for Mr. Mitchell will be held Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mr. Mitchell will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at 10:30 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church. A private burial will follow after the service with Stevens Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
The family request memorials be made in lieu of flowers to the First United Methodist Church.