Obituaries

Tammy Curtis, Publisher A Highland High School graduate and longtime educator drowned Sept. 6 around 9 p.m. at the 101 Boat Dock on Lake Norfork at Gamaliel in rural Baxter County. Bryan E. Russell, 65, who spent 32 years in education, including the final nine as the superintendent of the Valley View School District in Jonesboro, died in the incident. Sgt. Scott Thrasher with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Russell’s drowning…

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June 27, 1933 - April 11, 2025 Lelia “Lee” Marie Low, 91, of Highland, Arkansas passed away April 11, 2025 in a Springfield, Missouri hospital as a result of injuries in a car accident. She was born July 27, 1933 in Shakopee, Minnesota to Elmer and Ruth Tuell Dellwo. Lee loved people and living a full life. She had worked as a secretary for Whirlpool and was the business owner of Kelly…

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March 20, 1936- July 24, 2025 Della E. Jordan, age 89, of Edwards, Mo., passed away peacefully on Thurs. July 24, 2025, at Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia, Mo. She was born on March 20, 1936, in Hardy, Arkansas, the daughter of Pearl M. Robinson, Sr. and Martha Ellen (Johnson) Robinson. Della grew up in Hardy and graduated from Whitehall High School in Whitehall, Arkansas. On May 25, 1954, she was united in…

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Sept. 20, 1963- July 26, 2025 Teresa Elaine Lois (Dotson) Pickett, 61, of Poughkeepsie, Ark., departed this life Sat., July 26, in Batesville, Ark., after battling the autoimmune disease CREST syndrome for more than a decade. She was born Sept. 20, 1963, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., to Glenn L. and Bessie L. Perry Dotson. Teresa was of the Baptist faith and spent many years teaching Sunday school, playing the piano and serving…

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