Mr. Billy Gene Beshears, age 64, of Wynne, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, near Hardy.
Mr. Beshears was born July 9, 1937, in Heber Springs and was the son of Press Beshears and Elner Mae Wingate Beshears. He was a resident of Cross County most of his life, he worked for Tri-Mac Trucking Co. in Memphis for the past eight years, he had been a 21-year employee of Henson Lumber Co. in Wynne and also worked at the Coors Rice Mill in Weiner. Mr. Beshears was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner and a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his father and is survived by one son, Don Beshears of Wynne; three daughters, Shelby Mitchell of Wynne, Sandy Mashburn of Cherry Valley and Neva Myers of Brinkley; his mother, Elner Mae Wingate Beshears of McCrory; five sisters, Sue Matthews of Greenville, Miss., Dorothy Garland Kirkland of Winnie, Texas; Martha Mann of Newport, Mary Smith of Vanndale and Betty Woolbright of Beedeville; Six brothers, Howard Beshears of Russellville, Virgil Beshears of McCrory, Eddie Beshears of Rosie, Gene Beshears, Albert Beshears and Luther Beshears, all of Beedeville and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne. Funeral services for Mr. Beahears will be held Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, at 2 p.m., at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Wynne with Rev. Dan Minton officiating the service. Burial will follow in Eight Mile Cemetery at Beedeville under the direction of Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of Wynne and McCrory.
The family requests memorials be made to the Shriner's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Mollie E. Moore, age 82, of Forrest City, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital -East, in Memphis.
Mrs. Moore, born March 19, 1919, in Caldwell. was a retired school teacher.
She is survived by a brother, Clarence Edward Euwing of Palmsdale, Calif.
Visitation for Mrs. Moore will be held Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Clay Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at 11 a.m., at St. Luke A.M.E. Church, with Rev. E.J. Outley officiating. Burial will follow in Casteel Cemetery under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
Mr. Jimmie Ray White, age 47, of Forrest City, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich.
Mr. White was born April 29, 1954, in Forrest City.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy White of the home; a son, Nicholas Wilson of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Vanity Wright of Forrest City; a step-mother, Susie White of Forrest City; three brothers, Elbert White Jr. of Russellville, James McDaniel of Marianna and Charles White of Detroit, Mich.; six sisters, Pearlie Mae Anderson, Elnora Blackwell and Joyce Martin, all of Muskegon, Mich., Bettie Brown of Detroit, Mich, Jeerlean Nesbitt of Forrest City and Teresa Hancock of Carrolton, Texas.
Visitation for Mr. White will be held Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Clay Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at 3 p.m., at Christ Temple Pentecostal Church with the Elder Thomas Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in Stanley Grove Cemetery under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.