Mr. William Edward “Shorty” Hargrove, of Trumann died Thursday, August 14, 2014 at the Arlington Cove Nursing Center in Trumann, AR., at the age of 99 years 9 months and 7 days. He was born Saturday, November 7, 1914 in Ardmore, Ala., to the late Buster and Emma Clem Hargrove, and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. Mr. Hargrove was a retired farmer, served on the Trumann City Council for 8 years and a member of the First General Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jessie Lee Hargrove in 1997, two daughters, Judy Wynne, Kathy Marie Cox, two sons, Steven Louis Hargrove and Billy Gene Hargrove. He is survived by two daughters, Barbara Burgess of Rochelle, Ill,, Brenda McCoy of Wynne; two sons, Charles Hargrove of Warrenton, Missouri and Wayne Hargrove of O’Fallon, Missouri; 16 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Darrel Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm. at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. Pallbearers will be Wally Bradsher, Leon Mott, James Baker, Gary Martin, Paul Gairhan and Daniel Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be John Sadler and Cliss Hopper. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.