Obituaries from April 2003

Lena Marlar (04/16/03)
Lena Marlar, 97, of Rector died Friday, April 4, 2003, at Rector Healthcare. She was born March 19, 1906, in Rector, the daughter of the late Emerson and Laura Jane Cox. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Rector Woman's Club and the United Methodist Women...

Paul Andrew Greene (04/16/03)
Paul Andrew Greene, 85, of Paragould died Tuesday April 8, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Nov. 20, 1917, in Knob, the son of the late Al and Eula Greene. He was a retired depot agent for the Cotton Belt Railroad and was currently a door greeter for Wal-Mart for 23 years...

John Henry Laxton (04/16/03)
John Henry Laxton, 61, of Rector died Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at the Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. He was born Feb. 2, 1942, in Paducah, Ky., the son of the late Henry Sherman and Sally Nell Williams Banning. He is survived by eight children, Larry Sherman Laxton of Clarkedale, Ark., J.D. ...

Grace Sylvia Cox (04/16/03)
Grace Sylvia Cox, 92, of Rector died Monday April 14, 2003, at Rector Healthcare. Mrs. Cox was born Sept. 7, 1910, at Neighbors Corner (Greene County), the daughter of the late James Robert Eagle and Mary Alice (Cate) Eagle. She was the granddaughter of William Zeffery Eagle and Matilda Catherene (Romines) Eagle and Welden Cato and Lydia Ann (Cruce) Cato...

Mildred Maureen Dorris (04/23/03)
Mildred Maureen Dorris, 82, of Rector died Friday, April 18, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born March 10, 1921, in Leachville, the daughter of the late Marion Monroe Cornelison and Dora Bell Deck Cornelison. She was a member of Blue Cane General Baptist Church...

Eva Angie (Glasgow) French (04/09/03)
Eva Angie (Glasgow) French, 97, of Rector died Friday, April 4, 2003, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Sept. 26, 1905, in Rector, the daughter of the late Marion Columbus Glasgow and Martha Virginia (Glass) Glasgow...

Lena Marlar (04/09/03)
Lena Marlar, 97, of Rector died Friday, April 4, 2003, at Rector Health Care. She was born March 19, 1906, in Rector, the daughter of the late Emerson and Laura Jane Cox. She was a homemaker and a member of the Rector Women's Club, the First United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women...

Mary Frances Williams (04/30/03)
Mary Frances Williams, 86, of Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett died Tuesday, April 22, 2003, in Kennett. She was born Sept. 17, 1916, in Clay County, the daughter of the late John Glaub and Sally Maria Brown. She was a retired schoolteacher, a member of the National Education Association, Arkansas Assoc. AEA, and was of the Catholic faith...

Delbert Foster (04/30/03)
Delbert Foster, 79, of Rector died Sunday April 27, 2003, at the V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Sept. 27, 1923, in Clay County, the son of the late Marvin Foster and Ruth Edwards Foster Pruett. He was a lifelong member of the community and was a farmer. He was a veteran of the Army and the Marines and was a member of Blue Cane General Baptist Church...

Charles Lewallen (04/30/03)
Charles Lewallen, 69, of Marmaduke died Friday April 25, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born July 20, 1933, in Cave City, the son of the late B.M. and Roena Lewallen He was a veteran of the Korean War and was retired from Darling Manufacturing. He was employed with Mitchell Funeral Home of Rector, was an avid hunter and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke...

Dewayne Stanley Forrest (04/30/03)
Dewayne Stanley Forrest, 54, of Queen Creek, Ariz, died Friday, April 11, 2003, at his residence. He was born April 18, 1948, in Qulin, Mo., the son of the late Robert and Marie Forrest. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Vietnam, and was a heavy equipment mechanic...

Clyde H. Bolton (04/30/03)
Clyde H. Bolton, 96, of Puxico, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at his home. He was born March 20, 1907, in Rector, the son of the John and Ella Bolton. Mr. Bolton was a mechanic at Glen Sain Motors and attended the First Church of God in Piggott...

Mary Ellen Johnson (04/30/03)
Mary Ellen Johnson, 62, of Marmaduke died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, in Paragould. She was born June 17, 1940, in the White Oak Community in Greene County, the daughter of the late Clarence William and Earlene Jones. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Stella Louise Smotherman...

Laura Speer Jetton (04/09/03)
Laura Speer Jetton, 86, of Greenway died April 1, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Nov. 16, 1916, in Greene County, the daughter of the late Joseph and Amanda Ramer Speer. She married Hershel Jetton on Sept. 10, 1938. To this union five children were born...

Austin Tyler Higdon (04/02/03)
Austin Tyler Higdon, the one-year-old son of Tyler Jade and Chantel Webb Higdon of Jacksonville, died Friday, March 28, 2003, in Little Rock. He was born March 22, 2002, in Palmer, Alaska. He was of the Baptist faith. Higdon was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Timothy Higdon...

Frances Imogene (Rogers) Green (04/02/03)
Frances Imogene (Rogers) Green, 77, of Rector died Saturday March 29, 2003, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. She was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Dyersburg, Tenn., the daughter of the late Montie and Bessie (Hicks) Rogers. She was a homemaker, a member of the Rector Pentecostal Church and had lived most of her life in the community...

Willine Rodden Anders (04/02/03)
Willine Rodden Anders, 70, of Marmaduke died Monday, March 31, 2003, at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1932, in Knobel, the daughter of the late William and Verneal Kesler Shook. She was preceded in death by husbands, Finnice Rodden and Vernon Anders; one son, Kenny Rodden; one brother, Farrell Johnson; and one grandchild...

Louisa Georgia Mansfield (04/02/03)
Louisa Georgia Mansfield, 79, of Troy, Mo., formerly of Campbell, Mo., died Friday, March 28, 2003, at the Troy Manor Nursing Home in Troy, Mo. She was born Feb. 22, 1924, the daughter of Robert and Emma Purdom Hefner. She married Claud Mansfield in 1940 in Piggott. He preceded her in death on July 24, 1973...

Floye E. Davis (04/23/03)
Floye E. Davis, 93, of Campbell died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, in Poplar Bluff. She was born Aug. 27, 1909, in Pollard to Sam and Emma Kirk Dudley. She was united in marriage to Elisha Davis and to this union four children were born. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church and a homemaker...

Jessie Lee Payne (04/23/03)
Jessie Lee Payne, 84, of Piggott died Thursday, April 17, 2003, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Aug. 18, 1918, in Carryville, the daughter of the late Jess and Lillie Rogers Neely. She was united in marriage to Virgil Doyle "Poodle" Payne. To this union four children were born...

Goldie Ezell (04/23/03)
Goldie Ezell, 86, of Dexter, Mo., died Saturday, April 19, 2003, in the Crowley Ridge Health Care in Dexter. She was born Dec. 12, 1916, in Dexter, the daughter of the late Harry and Delta Gaines Lee. She was united in marriage to George Ezell. He preceded her in death...

Orvil Trammell (04/23/03)
Orvil Trammell, 53, of Corning died Monday, April 21, 2003, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Oct. 15, 1949, in McDougal, the son of Fred Les and Ruby Weaks Trammell. He was united in marriage to Sharon Kay Schefer on March 10, 1969. To this union two sons were born...

Vernice Lamp Jones (04/30/03)
Vernice Lamp Jones, 82, of Piggott died April 28, 2003 in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Aug. 7, 1920, in Carryville the daughter of the late Samuel and Lena Myers Lamp. She was united in marriage to Victor Lee Jones July 11, 1955...

"Barney" Billy Frank Gidcomb (04/30/03)
"Barney" Billy Frank Gidcomb, age 72, of Roscommon, Mich., died Monday, April 21, 2003. Mr. Gidcomb was born in Leachville to Bryan and Geneva Hurst Gidcomb. He graduated from Piggott High School in 1947 and later moved to Waterford, Mich., where he met Susan A. Hadley. They married on June 5, 1980...

Sarah Dee Washburn (04/30/03)
Sarah Dee Washburn, 27, of Greenbrier died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Conway Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 9, 1975, in Rockford, Ill. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Joe Washburn; and an uncle, Joe Wayne Washburn. Ms. Washburn loved hunting and fishing and was an organ donor...

Clyde H. Bolton (04/30/03)
Clyde H. Bolton, 96, of Puxico, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at his home in Puxico. He was born March 20, 1907 in Rector to John and Ella Bolton. Mr. Bolton was a mechanic at Glen Sain Motors and attended the First Church of God in Piggott...

Laura Speer Jetton (04/02/03)
Laura Speer Jetton, 86, of Greenway died Tuesday, April 1, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2003, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Boyd Wicker and Otis Book officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery near Paragould...

Larry Joe Gilbert (04/09/03)
Larry Joe Gilbert, 55, of Monaca, Pa., died Monday, April 7, 2003, in the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born May 23, 1947, in Piggott, a son of the late Gordon and Mary Gilbert. He was an employee of US Airways for over 30 years. Mr. Gilbert was a loving and caring person who found great love in his work, family, and friends...

Lee Hulen Pollard (04/16/03)
Lee Hulen Pollard, 73, of Piggott died April 11, 2003, at the UT Bowld Hospital in Memphis. He was born on Jan. 26, 1930, in Clay County. The son of the late Ray and Ellen Lee McAvley Pollard. He was united in marriage to Christene Mayberry on June 30, 1951. To this union two daughters were born...

Elbert Ray Reed (04/02/03)
Elbert Ray Reed, 57, of Mount Morris, Ill., died Thursday, March 20, 2003, in Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Mount Morris. He was born March 21, 1945, in Piggott, the son of the late Edger and Mildred Arehart Reed. Mr. Reed married Judith Schrader Freeze on Sept. 29, 1989, in Oregon, Ill...

Leota Seal (04/02/03)
Leota Seal, 84, of Jonesboro died March 27, 2003, at Jonesboro. She was born Sept. 07, 1918, in Holcomb, Mo., the daughter of William Burl Swan and Francis Matilda Cooper. She was united in marriage to Nuel Lee Seal on Sept. 4, 1937, in Kennett. Mrs. ...

Louisa Georgia Mansfield (04/02/03)
Louisa Georgia Mansfield of Troy, Mo., formerly of Campbell, died on Friday, March 28, 2003, at the Troy Manor Nursing Home in Troy, Mo., at the age of 79 years, one month, and four days. She was born February 22, 1924, to Robert and Emma Purdom Hefner...

Linda Sue Fyte (04/02/03)
Linda Sue Fyte, 52, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at her residence. She had been in declining health for the past year. Ms. Fyte was born June 5, 1950, in Hammond, Ind. She was a graduate of Gavit High School in Hammond, and a graduate of Indiana University, Dupage College, Ill., where she majored in horticulture. She was self-employed as a landscape designer...

Laura Speer Jetton (04/09/03)
Laura Speer Jetton, 86, of Greenway died April 1, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born November 16, 1916, in Greene County, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Joseph and Amanda Ramer Speer. She was united in marriage to Hershel Jetton on September 10, 1938. To this union five children were born...

Emma Bradford (04/09/03)
Emma Bradford, 86, of Piggott died Sunday, April 6, 2003, in Knoxville, Tn. She was the wife of Carl Bradford. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2003, in the Piggott Cemetery in Piggott. Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home of Piggott is in charge of the arrangements...

Patsy Ruth Boyd (04/09/03)
Patsy Ruth Boyd, 75, of Pollard died Tuesday, April 1, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Sept. 20, 1927, in Little Rock, the daughter of the late David and Myrtle Leath Sarver. She was united in marriage to Leo J. Boyd on December 29, 1964...

Kenneth Lee Garver (04/09/03)
Kenneth Lee Garver, 65, of Jonesboro, formerly of McDougal, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born April 19, 1937, in Detroit, Mich., the son of the late Willis Ezra and Laverna Read Garver. He was united in marriage to Doris Roach on November 25, 1957. To this union one daughter was born...

Nita DeMay (04/09/03)
Nita DeMay of Campbell died Friday, April 4, 2003, at her home at the age of 65 years and seven months. She was born Sept. 4, 1937, in Piggott, the daughter of George Henry DeMay and Ida Ebble Daugheette DeMay. She was of the Christian faith. She was self-employed as a bar owner and was a member of the Painter's Union in Indiana...

Glenda Beatrice Urton (04/09/03)
Glenda Beatrice Urton, 62, of Piggott died Saturday, April 5, 2003, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born July 20, 1940, in Piggott the daughter of Milo and Lovie Davidson Wilson. She was united in marriage to Robert Urton...

Emma Bradford (04/16/03)
Emma Bradford, 86, of Sevierville, Tn., formerly of Piggott died Sunday, April 6, 2003, in the Fort Sanders Sevierville Medical Center. She was born Jan. 25, 1917, in Senath, Mo., the daughter of the late George and Isabelle Braden Gower. She was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters, Ethel Montgomery, Maudie Branson, Monroe Gower, Edgar Gower, Ernest Gower, Melvin Gower, Jim Gower, a twin brother, Carl Gower, who was deceased at birth, and Jack Gower...

Glen Donald Spradling (04/16/03)
Glen Donald Spradling, 67, of Gravesville, Ark., died April 10, 2003, at the Conway Regional Medical Center in Conway. He was born June 30, 1935, in Poplar Bluff, the son of the late Dines and Bessie Pennington Spradling. He was united in marriage to Mary Hamilton on Oct. 6, 1961, and she survives to treasure his memory...

Narene Mowery Glover (04/16/03)
Narene Mowery Glover, 91, of Piggott died Monday, April 14, 2003, in the Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Ark. She was born Aug. 1, 1911, in Piggott, the daughter of the late John T. and Nellie Morgan Mowery. She was united in marriage to James Earl Glover on May 1, 1938. To this union two daughters were born...

Steve D. Scheffler (04/02/03)
Steve D. Scheffler, 50, of Batesville died Friday March 28, 2003, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born July 10, 1952, in Piggott to Carl Eugene and Viola Mae (Brewer) Scheffler. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Eugene and Viola Mae Scheffler; two brothers, Darrell Scheffler and Mack Scheffler; and one grandson, Jonathan Scheffler...

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