Obituaries from May 2003

Mattie Lee Thrasher (05/28/03)
Mattie Lee Thrasher, 89, of Rector died Thursday, May 22, 2003, at Franklin Health Care in Rocky Mount, Va. She was born April 3, 1914, in Van Buren County, Ark., the daughter of the late Joe and Rosa Cates Dillard. She was united in marriage to Thomas Thrasher on Feb. 5, 1932. To this union four sons were born...

Ruby Lenora Loveless (05/14/03)
Ruby Lenora Loveless, 69, of Rector died Monday May 5, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Senath, the daughter of the late Odie Franklin and Lena Edwards. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Loveless, and one brother, Elmer Edwards...

Sue Bucy (05/14/03)
Sue Bucy, 70, of Searcy, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, May 11, 2003. She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Al and Audrey Long. She was employed by Harding University from 1969 to 1995 as personnel insurance clerk, and she was selected as staff member of the year in 1988...

Charley S. Barker (05/14/03)
Charley S. Barker, 77, of Hamburg, Ark., died Sunday, May 11, 2003, at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was a native of Rector and had been a resident of Hamburg for the past seven years. He was a former resident of Fairview Heights, Ill. He retired from the Continental Grain Company in 1990 after 33 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the Fairmont City Baptist Church...

L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal (05/14/03)
L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal, 74, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., died May 11, 2003, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born Oct. 31, 1928, in Greenway, the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Ida (Ragsdale) Griffith. Mrs. Seal was a member of the Washington Avenue Church of Christ in Evansville, Ind. She was an insurance agent for several years...

Glenn W. Layer (05/14/03)
Glenn W. Layer, 79, of Jonesboro, formerly of Kennett, died Sunday May 11, 2003. He was born April 16, 1924, in Rector, the son of the late Floy and Maude Layer. He was a veteran of World War II and was a retired agricultural teacher. He was a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church...

Muriel Porter Bell (05/14/03)
Muriel Porter Bell, 78, of Walnut Ridge died Sunday May 4, 2003, at Walnut Ridge. She was born March 15, 1925, in Dexter, Mo, the daughter of the late Bud and Sarah Porter She was preceded in death by her husband, Allie Bell. She was of the Pentecostal faith...

Laurel Michelle McBride (05/21/03)
Laurel Michelle McBride, 23, of Rector, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, May 12, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Her death was sudden and unexpected. She was born Aug. 21, 1979, in Poplar Bluff and was of the Catholic faith. She graduated from Marmaduke High School, where she excelled in softball and basketball...

Eva Elizabeth Mitchell (05/21/03)
Eva Elizabeth Mitchell, 89, of Kennett died Sunday May 18, 2003, in Kennett. She was born in Rector, the daughter of the late Mose and Ora Catherine Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Mitchell and two sons, Bobby and Otho Mitchell...

Alberta Phillips (05/21/03)
Alberta Phillips, 87, of Rector died Sunday, May 18, 2003, in Monticello, Ark. She was born July 31, 1915, in Kennett, the daughter of the late Monroe and Dora Cornelison. She was a housewife and a former employee of Mitchell Funeral Home in Rector. She was of General Baptist faith and had been a member of the Blue Cane Church for 57 years...

Bobby Jean Harber (05/21/03)
Bobby Jean Harber, 72, formerly of Rector, died Monday, May 12, 2003. He was born Feb. 1, 1931, in Clay County, the son of the late Louie and Grace Harber. At a young age of 24, he accepted the call to God's ministry and since that time had touched thousands of lives. He has pastored many churches during this tenure. In 1976 he made a commitment to serve the wonderful people who were refugees of the Vietnam War "H'Mong, Lao, Thai, Cambodian."...

Sue Bucy (05/21/03)
Sue Bucy, 70, of Searcy died Saturday, May 10, 2003, after a long period of health problems. She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Al and Audrey Long. She attended public schools in St. Louis, Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas before graduating from Rector High School in 1949. Prior to moving to Searcy, she was employed at Title I Coordinator for the Rector Public Schools...

Ruth Jane "Janie" Jones Worley (05/21/03)
Ruth Jane "Janie" Jones Worley, 52, formerly of Rector and mayor of the City of Carnesville, Ga., died early Friday morning, May 16, 2003, at the Grandview Nursing Center in Athens, Ga, after an extended illness. Born Nov. 9, 1950, in Kennett, she was the daughter of Maxine Beaver Jones and the late James Maurice Jones...

Brittani D'Shea Rudkin (05/21/03)
Brittani D'Shea Rudkin, five months, of Beech Grove died Friday, May 16, 2003, in Hot Springs. She was born Nov. 18, 2002, in Paragould. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by her parents, Robert Harold Rudkin and Jacquline Darlene Rogers; one brother, Christopher Derobaun of Branson, Mo; one sister, Breeanna Rogers of Beech Grove; paternal grandparents, Joyce Rogers and Tom McLaughlin of Marmaduke; maternal grandparents, Linda and Kenneth Smith of Beech Grove and Frankie and Louise Rogers of Henderson; paternal great-grandparent, Aline Adair of Hot Springs; maternal great-grandparents, George Gibson of Marion, Ky. ...

Robert "Bob" Ingram (05/28/03)
Robert "Bob" Ingram, 70, of Rector died May 21, 2003, at his home. He was born Nov. 28, 1932, in Patterson (Clay County), the son of James K. Ingram and Cleo Mae Ingram. He was a retired funeral director and manager of Mitchell Funeral Home of Rector for 28 years. He was also a farmer and was of the Baptist faith...

Laurel McBride (05/14/03)
Laurel McBride, 23, of Rector died Monday, May 12, 2003. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff...

Orvil Trammell (05/07/03)
Orvil Trammell, 53, of Corning died April 21, 2003, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Oct. 15, 1949, in McDougal, the son of the late Fred Les Trammell and Ruby (Weaks) Trammel. He married Sharon Kay Schefer on March 10, 1969. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie Trammell and Dub Trammel, and three sisters, Fronte Bopp, Pauline Tyson and Velma Marie Carpenter...

Carl William Eaton (05/07/03)
Carl William Eaton, 81, of El Paso, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Mr. Eaton was a 37-year resident of El Paso following his retirement from the military. He served his country honorably as a 22-year veteran in the U.S. Army, serving in both World War II and the Korean War as well as tours in Germany and France. During his career, he was honored as Soldier of the Year and Father of the Year...

Clyde H. Bolton (05/07/03)
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 late John and Ella Bolton. Mr. Bolton was a mechanic at Glen Sain Motors in Rector and attended the First Church of God in Piggott...

Lucy E. Healey (05/07/03)
Lucy E. Healey, 82, of Rockford, Ill., died April 24, 2003, at Alden Nelson Debes Sub-acute Facility. She was born May 20, 1920, in Piggott to Druey and Tennie Edwards. She married Herbert C. Healey, Jr., April 15, 1950. To this union one son was born. She was the loving mother of Herbert C. Healey, III...

David Pierce (05/07/03)
David Pierce, 46, of Corning died May 3, 2003, at Three Rivers North in Poplar Bluff. He was born Nov. 2, 1956, in St. Louis to Ruth Mae (Cooper) Cavitt and Donald Pierce. Mr. Pierce was a land surveyor and truck driver. He served the McDougal community as a member of the volunteer fire department...

L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal (05/14/03)
L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal, 74, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., died May 11, 2003, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born Oct. 31, 1928 in Greenway, the daughter of Fred and Mary Ida (Ragsdale) Griffith. Mrs. Seal was a member of the Washington Avenue Church of Christ in Evansville, Ind. She was an insurance agent for several years...

Garry Lynn Mollencup (05/07/03)
Garry Lynn Mollencup, 53, of Pocahontas died Monday, May 5, 2003. He was born January 28, 1950, in Pocahontas to Inell Molencupp and Clead Molencupp. He was preceded in death by his father, Clead Molencupp. He is survived by his mother, Inell Molencupp of Maynard; his wife, Ruth Molencupp of Pocahontas; two sons, Jeremy and Joshua Molencupp of Pocahontas; one daughter, Jamie Bell of Pocahontas; one grandson, Dustin Shorts of Rockford, Ill.; one twin brother, Jerry Molencupp of Piggott; two sisters, Peggy Amann of Pocahontas and Gina Sisson of Piggott.. ...

Robert W. Parker (05/28/03)
Robert W. Parker, 75, of Piggott died Friday, May 23, 2003, in the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Oct. 11, 1927, in Piggott, the son of the late Henry Clay and Ethel Ward Parker. He was united in marriage to Erma Nell Byrd on Oct. 8, 1949. To this union one daughter was born...

Mattie Lee Thrasher (05/28/03)
Mattie Lee Thrasher, 89, of Rector died Thursday, May 22, 2003, in the Franklin Health Care in Rocky Mount, Va. She was born April 3, 1914, in Van Buren County, Ark., the daughter of the late Joe and Rosa Cates Dillard. She was united in marriage to Thomas Thrasher on Feb. 5, 1932, to this union four sons were born...

Venus Christine Sherman (05/28/03)
Venus Christine Sherman, 48, of Delta, Ohio, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Highland Park, Mich., on Aug. 5, 1955, to Howard and Betty (nee Parker) Cain. She worked for Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center for the past 15 years as a rehabilitation aide...

Vonda Lee Hinkle (05/07/03)
Vonda Lee Hinkle, 77, of Piggott died May 3, 2003, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Greenway to John and Lela (Bradford) Davis. She was united in marriage to Bill Hinkle. Mrs. Hinkle retired from the Brown Shoe Factory. She was a member of the South Thornton Church of Christ...

Delores Lydia Ellen Johnson (05/07/03)
Delores Lydia Ellen Johnson, 68, of Pollard died Saturday, May 3, 2003 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 19, 1934, in Clay County, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Van Buren Rodery, Sr., and Della Mable Smith Rodery...

Peggy Rushing (05/07/03)
Peggy Rushing, 35, of Senath died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, in Senath. She was born Nov. 15, 1967, the daughter of Mary Sproal Burgess and the late Thomas Harland Isbell. She was united in marriage to Bobby Rushing on August 27, 2002. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Rushing of Senath; two children, Berry Andrew Turner of Kennett and Brandee Renee Rushing of Senath; two step-daughters, Bobbie Brooks and husband, Chris, of Senath and Jennie Hunter and husband, Michael, of Senath; two step-sons, Robbie Rushing and wife, Vonda, of St. ...

Mayzell Permenter (05/07/03)
Mayzell Permenter, 82, of Piggott died Thursday, May 1, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born June 5, 1920, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Dennis T. and Piny Elizabeth Mayo Green. She was united in marriage to Jesse H. Permenter on January 12, 1937. To this union three daughters were born...

Claude Jones (05/14/03)
Claude Jones, 78, of Piggott died Wednesday, May 7, 2003, in the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Jan. 30, 1925, in Poplar Bluff, the son of the late Thomas and Alice Marie Parsons Jones. He was united in marriage to Dorthy Souders on March 19, 1946. To this union two children were born...

Mozelle Richardson (05/14/03)
Mozelle Richardson, 91, of Campbell died Sunday, May 11, 2003, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born November 26, 1911, in Campbell, to James Richard Richardson and Emma Jane Derryberry Richardson. She was a member of the Campbell Church of Christ...

Robert Dale Akers (05/14/03)
Robert Dale Akers, 59, of Lexington, Tn., died May 11, 2003 in Lexington. He was born August 28, 1943, in St. Louis to Nelldean Akers and P.H. Akers. Mr. Akers was an Engineering Manager for Mark IV Automotive. He is survived by his parents, Nelldean and P.H. ...

Opal Jenny Morrisett (05/14/03)
Opal Jenny Morrisett, 97, of North Little Rock, formerly of Piggott, died Friday, May 9, 2003, in Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation in North Little Rock. She was born July 22, 1905, in Pollard, the daughter of the late John Andrew and Georganna Latta Permenter...

Altie Mallard (05/14/03)
Altie Mallard, 91, of Piggott died Monday, May 12, 2003, in the Westwood Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. She was born May 26, 1911, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Sanfred and Phinie Mooney Reed. She was united in marriage to Walter Joseph Mallard on August 13, 1932, to this union five sons were born...

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