Mrs. Nina Mae Mathes Cooney, age 78, of Ash Flat, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at White River Medical Center in Batesville.
Mrs. Cooney was born July 27, 1923, in Mountain View, and was the daughter of Herman and Liza Edding Mathes. She was a retired certified nurse's aid for Crest Park Nursing Home in Forrest City and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Evening Shade.
Mrs. Cooney was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene Harris Cooney; on infant son; one daughter, Florence Bell Cooney; two brothers, Claude Mathes and Marvin Mathes; and one grandson, Thomas Eugene Cooney.
She is survived by one son, Tom Cooney of Poughkeepsie; two daughters, Mary Louise Babitsch of Ash Flat and Dorothy Mae Peterson of Evening Shade; two brothers, Melvin Mathes of Cherokee Village and Norman Mathes of West Memphis; two sisters, Elizabeth Watts of Wynne and Flo Luker of Cherokee Village; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Cooney will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Qualls Funeral Home of Cave City. Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Mathes on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at 2 p.m., at Calvary Baptist Church at Evening Shade, with Bro. Carl Higgs officiating the service. Burial will follow in the Cooney Cemetery near Williford under the direction of Qualls Funeral Home of Cave City.
Mr. Charles Curtis "Tiger" Powell, age 31, of Drummonds, Tenn., died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, at the Med in Memphis.
Mr. Powell was an RVAC for Methodist Hospital Central in Memphis and was a member of Central Baptist Church in Brighton, Tenn.
He is survived by his wife, Lea Powell of the home; two sons, Cole Powell and Austin Powell, both of Drummonds, Tenn.; his mother and step-father, Becky Middleton and Eddie Middleton, both of Atoka, Tenn.; his father and step-mother, Frank Powell and Annie Powell, both of Moro; one sister, Rebecca Middleton of Atoka, Tenn.; one brother, Thomas Powell of Millington, Tenn.; five step-sisters, Connie Ostrander and Ruth Wheat, both of Atoka, Tenn., April Jones, Cheyanne Cassidy and Destiny Powell, all of Moro; two step-brothers, David Middleton of Middleton, Tenn. and Joey Parsons of Hughes.
Funeral services for Mr. Powell will be conducted on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at 10 a.m., at Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel, with burial following in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Drummonds, Tenn., under the direction of Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel.
The family request memorials be sent to the Building Fund at Central Baptist Church in Brighton, Tenn.
Mrs. Minnie "Pearl" Roberts, age 94, of Moro, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002, at her home.
Mrs. Roberts was born Nov. 30, 1907, and was the daughter of J.S. Hardin and Ada Nesbitt Hardin. She was a housewife and a member of the Moro Pentecostal Church.
Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Roberts in 1976; and one son, Richard "Dickie" Roberts in 1994.
She is survived by four sons, Danny Roberts and G.C. Roberts, both of Moro, Russell Roberts of Portland, Ore., and Ray Roberts of Marianna; four daughters, Linda Traylor of Marianna, Minnie Burroughs and Bessie Mobley, both of Eugene, Ore., and Christine Rutledge of Marianna; three sisters, Eldene Taylor of Brinkley, Jessie Thornsberry of California and Lydia Barnhardt of Florida; 26 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Roberts will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Morgan Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Roberts will be conducted Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at 3 p.m., at Moro Pentecostal Church, with Bro. Rick Needham officiating the service. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Marianna under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home.