Mr. Gary Lynn Fortenberry, age 48, of the Salem Community, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at his home.
Mr. Fortenberry was born Oct. 12, 1954, in Brinkley, the son of Franklin Fortenberry and Virginia Geisler Byrd. He lived in St. Francis County for most of his life and was a farmer. He was a member of Salem Methodist Church and attended First Baptist Church in Forrest City.
Mr. Fortenberry married Belinda Hutcherson in 1986, and she survives him along with two sons, Greg Fortenberry of the Salem Community and Terry Don Guthrie of Forrest City; one daughter, Tonya May of Wynne; his parents, Derward and Virginia Byrd, of the Salem Community; a sister, Karen Crisp of West Memphis; two brothers, Mike Fortenberry of Palestine and Alan Byrd of Little Rock; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation services for Mr. Fortenberry will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2003, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Chapel of Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Stevens Chapel with burial following in Salem Cemetery.
The family requests memorials be made to the Salem Cemetery or to the Salem Methodist Church building fund.
Mrs. Peggy Sue Wyatt, age 61, of Brinkley, died Sunday, March 23, 2003, at her home.
Mrs. Wyatt was born Sept. 29, 1941, in Haynes, the daughter of Willard and Eva Inez Parrish Presley. She was a retired nurse and member of the Broadmoor Baptist Church in Brinkley.
Mrs. Wyatt is survived by her mother of Haynes; her husband, James Wyatt of Brinkley; one daughter, Tonya Sandage of Brinkley; six sisters, Norma Jean Davis and Barbara Biddle both of Forrest City, Louise Cashion of Hernando, Miss., Betty French of Palestine, Donna Held of Haynes and Gail Oxner of Olive Branch, Miss., and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father and one brother, Leon Presley.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 2 p.m. in Morgan Chapel with Bro. Jim Owens of the Broadmoor Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Forrest Park Cemetery.