Jimmy Dale Free

Jimmy Dale Free, 61, of Newport, died Wednesday. Survivors: mother, Oleta; his half-brother, Rick Mathis; children, Catherine Deatherage, and Richard Johnson; five grandchildren, Taylor Deatherage, Travis Deatherage, Reid Johnson, Miliegh Johnson, Pearson Johnson; one niece, Lauren Mathis. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday, Jackson's Newport Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Walnut Grove Cemetery. www.jacksonsfh.com.