Mrs. Verna Brown, age 40, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Brown is survived by a son, Will Hester III, of Forrest City; two sisters, Ormie Moore and Ivory Pennick, both of Austin, Texas; and a brother, Henry Harris Jr., of Heth.
Visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Rising Sun M.B. Church. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at 12 p.m., at Rising Sun M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Paradise Garden. Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Floyd Jones Jr., age 33, of Forrest City, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at his home.
Mr. Jones was a barber and a 1985 graduate of Forrest City High School. He is survived by his parents, Ethel Jones of Forrest City and Floyd Jones Sr., of West Memphis; his grandmothers, Helen Malone of Madison, and Lucy Marter of Little Rock; two daughters, Marinda Jones of Forrest City, and Keona Jones of Nashville, Tenn.; two sons, Carneighn Jones of Little Rock, and Marquies Jones, of Forrest City; four sisters, Helen Alexander of Pontiac, Mich., Pamela King and Constance King, both of Forrest City and Stephanie King of Marianna; nine brothers, Michael Alexander of Pontiac, Mich., Russell Malone, Marty Malone, and Derrick Malone, all of Madison, Bobby Malone Jr. and Randy Milbrook, both of Forrest City, Thomas Robinson of Madison, Kevin King and Bryant King, both of Marianna.
He was preceded in death by his father Bobby T. Malone and a brother Gregory Malone.
Visitation services for Mr. Jones will be held Friday, Jan. 26, 2001, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Kennedy Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at 2 p.m., at Salem M.B. Church with Rev. Felix Duckworth officiating and Elder Thurman Carter assisting. Burial will follow at Madison Cemetery. Kennedy Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Willie Reeves Jr., age 73, of Palestine, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, in Palestine.
Mr. Reeves was born on May 6, 1927 in Palestine. He was the son of Willie Reeves Sr., and Mable Jordan. Mr. Reeves was a veteran, a grocery store owner and a member of the Church of God.
Mr. Reeves is survived by his wife, Tommie Jackson Reeves of Brinkley; his mother, Mable Wilson of Conway; three daughters, Teresa Barnhill of Sheridan, Betty Wheeler and Brenda Self, both of Moro; a son, Roger Reeves of Palestine; two sisters, Pat Montgomery of Conway and Mary Jinks of Houston, Texas; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation service for Mr. Reeves will be held on Friday, Jan. 26, 2001, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Roller-Citizens Chapel, in Marianna. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at 10 a.m., at Roller-Citizens Chapel, with the Rev. Gene Craig officiating the service. Burial will follow at Salem Cemetery in Salem. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.