Ray Lee Neel, IV, 40-year-old resident of Doni-phan, departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Feb. 24, 1980 in Jacksonville, Ark. to Raymond and Cathy (Wittu) Neel. Ray had worked as a roofer. He had also finished training and received his CDL learner permit. He enjoyed fishing, carpentry, and modifying car stereos...

Ellsworth Calvin Moore, Jr., 68, of Fair-dealing, departed this life Thurs-day, Jan. 7, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Feb. 15, 1952 in St. Louis, Mo. to Ellsworth Calvin Moore, Sr. and Mina Lee (Huggins) Moore. Ellsworth en-joyed music and loved to play the guitar and sing. Family sing-alongs highlighted family get-togethers. He also liked to farm...

Harold W. Trube, 69-year-old resident of Doniphan, departed this life Jan. 4, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born June 13, 1951 in Omaha, Neb. to the late Delbert and Betty (Chambers) Trube, Harold had worked in the oil fields and on the smokestacks. ...

Kathleen Armour, life-time resident of Ripley County, departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Mrs. Armour, a daughter of Arthur C. and Ollye Randel Frederick, was born on Oct. 24, 1929 in Naylor. She was a homemaker, employed at Ozark Border, and then Sho-Me Power until her retirement. She was a member of the Naylor Christian Church since the age of 18, and she played the piano there for over 57 years. She enjoyed reading and watching the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team...

Obie O’Neal Duncan, 91, of Corning, Ark., passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at Five Rivers Medical Center in Poca-hontas, Ark. Mr. Duncan was born in Hickory Ridge, Ark., on Dec. 29, 1929. He was retired from rice and soybean farming, but during his life he had worked in construction, a heavy equipment operator, a cattle rancher and the Corning Street Superintendent. ...

Sara Gale Aaron, 38, of Valley Park and formerly of Doniphan, passed away Dec. 29, 2020 in the St. Clare Hospital at Fenton, Mo. She was born Dec. 10, 1982 to Shelby and Ruth Aaron. Services were held Jan. 2, at the Fowler and Sons Funeral Home at Neelvyille, Mo. with a graveside service in the Kinsey Cemetery near Harviell, Mo...

Wilbur Klenn Wylie, age 91, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Wednes-day, Dec. 30, 2020, at his home in Brandon, Miss. Wilbur was born March 14, 1929, in Doniphan, to Wilber J. and Nora Klenn Wylie. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Doniphan, graduated from Doniphan Schools, and attended Cape Girardeau Teachers College. He was proud of his years teaching in a one-room school house in rural Ripley County...

Nancy Jane Griffin, 80, of Siloam Springs, Ark. died Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 in her home. Nancy, daughter of Bud and Nell Porter was born Aug. 28, 1940, in Phoenix, Ariz. She married Wendell Emmitt Griffin on April 22, 1967, in Winter Haven, Calif. She was an operator for Mountain Bell until they split with AT&T. She worked at AT&T until her retirement in 1996. Shortly after retirement she and her husband moved to Doniphan...