Obituaries
Johnathan C. Allen
Johnathan Clay Allen, 31, of Hot Springs, Ark., transitioned on June 19, 2019.
Johnathan is survived by his parents, Rick and Melissa Waters, of Hot Springs, Ark.; his birth father, Edwin Allen, of Yazoo, Miss.; brothers, Micheal Meiners, of Rosenberg, Texas, Richard Lee Waters and wife Laura, of Donaldson, Ark., and Christopher (Kristen) Waters, of Erin, Tenn.; sisters, Sara Allen of Katy, Texas, Kayla Waters and fiancée Derrick McCants, of Willis, Texas, and Britney and Brandy Allen, of Houston, Texas.
Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019, at Samuel L. Vance & Sons Funeral Directors, 413 West Page Ave., Malvern, Ark., 337-0100
Services entrusted to Samuel L. Vance & Sons Funeral Directors. Guestbook at http://www. samuellvanceandsons.com
Michael D. Gibson
Michael Dale “Grampy” Gibson, age 72, of Hot Springs, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
Arrangements will be announced by Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Hot Springs.
Lee E. Jennings
Lee Edward Jennings, 57, of Hot Springs, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
Arrangements are by Hot Springs Funeral Home.
Online condolences at http://www.hotspringsfh.com
Martha J. Maner
Martha Jane Maner, 73, of Hot Springs, passed away July 2, 2019.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. on July 22 at Trinity Church in Hot Springs with service immediately following at 3 p.m.
Cassie E. Richards
Cassie Elizabeth Richards, 34, died Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Hot Springs, with the Rev. Allan Humphreys officiating.
Interment will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m., Friday. Guest registry at http:// www.davis-smith.com.
Clovis G. Swinney
JONESBORO — Clovis Gerald Swinney, 73, of Jonesboro, became a Saint for the second time on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, when he passed from this life at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Clovis was born on August
17, 1945, in Mexico, Mo., to Stanley Clarence Swinney Sr. and Nella Dorcas Fitzgerald Swinney. The son of a Southern Baptist Minister and an elementary school teacher, Clovis attended Junior High and High School in Jonesboro. Clovis also lived in New Orleans, Houston, New York, Hot Springs and Little Rock, but returned permanently to Jonesboro, the place he called home.
Clovis was a “bigger than life” figure to many who remember him as a tremendous athlete at Jonesboro High School where he won the Lowell Manning award in 1965 for his contributions to the Hurricane basketball and football teams. He went on to play football with the Arkansas State University Indians where he played in the Pecan Bowl in
1968 and 1969 and received the Most Valuable Defensive Player Award in 1969.
Clovis was awarded Most Valuable Defensive Player in
1969 while playing in the NorthSouth Shrine Game and Southland Conference Player of the Year in 1968 and 1969. He also made the Commercial Appeal All-Mid-South Team in 1969, SLC All-First Decade Team
(1964-73), All-Time ASU Team
(1909-1975), All-Conference First Team Player in 1967, 1968, and
1969, All-Time Letterman, and a team starter of the Arkansas State University All-Centennial Football Team. Clovis is a member of the Letterman’s Club and holds a place in the ASU Hall of Honor (1989 inductee). Drafted in the third round of the NFL draft in 1970 by the New Orleans Saints, Clovis went on to play professional football for the Saints, the New York Jets, the Houston Oilers, and the Southern California Suns for the next
7 years.
Clovis was a Golden Glove Boxer, played baseball, basketball and was an Arkansas Racquetball Champion for 8 years in a row. As an all-around athlete, he was an arm-wrestling champion, Tough Man Champion, and played tennis. In addition to sports, he served as a Deputy Sherriff for Jefferson Parrish in New Orleans and Pulaski County in Little Rock. Clovis worked as a car salesman for Abernathy Motor Company, managed a restaurant and sports bar, and even served as a substitute teacher at his alma mater in his later years.
In addition to his parents, Clovis was preceded in death by his son, Heath Swinney; his sister, Ruth Bratten; and a niece, Jill Maxfield Lawson. Clovis is survived by his daughter, Allyson Reed (Randy), of White Hall; two grandsons, Hunter Reed (Lacy), of White Hall, and Cade Swinney, of Paragould; two great-grandsons, Levi and Christian Reed, both of White Hall; a niece, Jan Maxfield Roberts; and a nephew, Jeff Maxfield.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Emerson Funeral Home with a Celebration of Life service at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019, at the Emerson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be private.
Online registry at http:// www.emersonfuneralhome.com.
Jimmy C. Wright Sr.
GLENWOOD — Jimmy C. Wright Sr., age 64, of Glenwood, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019.
Services are 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church in Glenwood, with interment in Mount Tabor Cemetery by Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood.
Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. today at the church.
Guest registry at http:// www.davis-smith.com.