Community Links

It is amazing how people come together at the time of a death. Many local businesses and organizations make themselves available to families during their time of need.

We will continue to grow the list and make you aware of these businesses and organizations that open their arms to those in a time when a death occurs within the community.

Flower Shops

In McCrory and Wynne we have florists who have skilled arrangers that are highly qualified to suit your floral arrangement needs. Most offering after hour services so if at the last moment you would like a arrangement all you have to do is call. The flower selections that these florist have created have received great reviews from the local population and their sympathy arrangements are colourful and give you something to remember.

Newspaper Guidelines

There are many ways to say farewell from formal funeral services to private home-setting celebrations. They all form a part of the way we say goodbye. Obituaries or death notices, however, are a public way we share our final farewell celebration. It is part of the way we say goodbye - the public posting of final words. Some obituaries indicate much thought and much reflection on the life that was lived.

A death notice is a minimal amount or notice. An obituary is usually a more detailed account of a person's life and is often prepared for the newspaper from a form that the family fills out. Obituaries are a written form of collective remembrances. They remind us of others as well as ourselves - parents or grandparents of friends, the young suddenly departing, the loss of "valiant struggles" against diseases not yet conquered.

When community members leave, whether we know them personally or not, we mark their time with us by publicly commemorating their passing. The final words are one way we say goodbye and the way we will remember. These final words are often the way survivors pay tribute, perhaps make amends, and express hope for immortality.

Woodruff County Monitor

  1. Runs a free obituary  with a picture in the weekly digital copy on Wednesday.
  2. Deadline is 10:00 a.m. Monday for publication on Wednesday.

Wynne Progress

  1. The Wynne Progress is distributed weekly on Friday.
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 3:00 p.m. Tuesday.
  3. The following charges apply: $50.00 for up to 170 words. There is a per line charge after 170 words. A photograph may be added for $10.00.

East Arkansas News Leader

  1. The East Arkansas News Leader is a weekly paper that is distributed on Wednesday.
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 4:00 p.m. Thursday
  3. The following charges apply: $134 for up to 170 words. There is a per line charge after 170 words. A photograph may be added for $10.00.

The Times Herald

  1. The Times Herald is a daily newspaper.
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 11:00 a.m. the day of.
  3. The following charges apply: $115.00 for up to 325 words with a picture. Call for quote over 325 words.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  1. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is a daily digital paper with print copies on Sunday. Obituaries run in one digital copy, and will run in the print copy the Sunday following.
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 3:00 p.m. daily for next day publications.
  3. The following charges apply: 50 free words are given to families, after that the charges is $.99 per word. A photograph can be printed for an additional $30.00.

The Jonesboro Sun

  1. The Jonesboro Sun is a daily paper
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 5:00 p.m. daily for next day publication.
  3. The following charges apply: $0.30/word with a minimum of 100 words, a photograph can be printed for an additional $30.00

Newport Independent

  1. The Newport Independent is a weekly paper, distributed every Thursday.
  2. The deadline for obituaries is 3:30 p.m. Tuesday for same week  publication.
  3. There is a charge of $60.00 for full obituaries, including a photograph.