Obituaries from August 2003

Mary Lucille Baker (08/27/03)
Mary Lucille Baker, 92, of Rector HealthCare died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 3, 1911, in Broken Arrow, Okla., the daughter of the late James Monroe and Iona Jenkins Cooper. She married Radius Henry Baker on Jan. 9, 1927. He preceded her in death in 1979...

Bud James Shaw (08/27/03)
Bud James Shaw, 84, of Rector died Saturday August 23, 2003. He was born Oct. 7, 1918, at Hargrave Corner, the son of the late James Marion and Louissia Shaw. He was a farmer and was of the General Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Zachary and Bob Shaw, and two sisters, Lottie Tucker and Lydia Myricks...

Fidel Merin Rodriguez (08/27/03)
Fidel Merin Rodriguez, 29, of Rector died Thursday August 21, 2003, in an automobile accident on Highway 84 West in Kennett. Born May 30, 1974, in Obrajuele Acambaro-GTO, Mexico to Samuel Rodriguez and Juana (Merin) Rodriguez, he had been a member of the community for 10 years. He was a roofer/foreman for Quality Roofing and was of the Catholic faith...

Steven Ray Taylor (08/27/03)
Steven Ray Taylor, 46, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 1, 1956, in Kennett, the son of Edward and Ozella Bowman Taylor. He was united in marriage to Alice Darlene Johnson on April 7, 1978, in Piggott...

Irvin Verdane (I.V.) "Doc" Stahl (08/27/03)
Irvin Verdane (I.V.) "Doc" Stahl, 76, of Rector died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical in Jonesboro from complications stemming from lung cancer surgery. He was born March 8, 1927, in Greene County, the son of the late Alonzo Orabin and Wilma Bertie Ratledge Stahl. His father preceded him in death in 1981 and his mother in 1983...

Nancy Ann Boyd Webb (08/06/03)
Nancy Ann Boyd Webb, 59, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 3, 1944, in Leonard, the daughter of the late John William "Bill" and Flora Jesse Elrod Boyd...

Freeda McKay Dodd (08/06/03)
Freeda McKay Dodd, 58, of Lonedell, Mo., formerly of this area, died July 24, 2003, at her home. Survivors are her husband of 42 years, Jerry Dodd of Lonedell; two daughters, Melissa Lawrence of Sullivan, Mo., and Kim and Jason Vogelsang of Union, Mo.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff and Kerry Dodd of Indiana and Curtis and Diana Dodd of St. ...

Henry Riley Morris (08/14/03)
Henry Riley Morris, 76, of Rector, formerly of the Pollard area, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 4, 1926, in Fagus, Mo., the son of the late Ersel and BirdieWatson Morris. He married Norma Jean Wright on May 27, 1949, in Piggott...

Raymond W. Braman (08/14/03)
Raymond W. Braman, 82, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs. He was born May 18, 1921, in Clay County, the son of the late Ernest and Pearl Kitchen Braman. He married Christine Poppe on July 6, 1942...

Randell Neal Little (08/20/03)
Randell Neal Little, 52, of Rector died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003, at his home. He was born June 22, 1951, in Rector, the son of Bob and Ellene Dudley Little. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Ella Dudley and Ben and Effie Little. He was a rural mail carrier and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Miles Edward King (08/20/03)
Miles Edward King, 75, of Ash Flat, formerly of Rector, died Saturday Aug. 16, 2003, at Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System. He was born Sept. 1, 1927, in Rector, the son of the late Marie and Jewell King. He was a retired riverboat worker and was retired from the railroad. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and of the Baptist faith...

Gordon Arlen Nutt (08/20/03)
Gordon Arlen Nutt, 61, of Rector died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003. He was born Aug. 6, 1942, in Blue Earth, Minn., the son of the late Gordon Nutt and Dolores Nutt. He married Karen Marie Hardin July 4, 1975 in Caruthersville. He was a retired machinist and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Rector...

Robert E. Householder (08/20/03)
Robert E. Householder, 86, of Trumann, formerly of Rector, died Aug. 14, 2003, in Rose Care Nursing Home in Trumann. He was born Oct. 16, 1916, in Clay County, the son of the late Henry Householder and Stella (Freeman) Householder. He was a grain elevator operator and a farmer and was of the Methodist faith...

Ruby E. Vaden (08/06/03)
Ruby E. Vaden, 89, of the Paragould Nursing Center died Sunday Aug. 3, 2003, at the center. She was born July 9, 1914, in Clay County, the daughter of the late William Nichols and Rosie Settlemire Nichols. She was a homemaker and was of Baptist faith...

Johnny W. Mills (08/06/03)
Johnny W. Mills, 91, of Rector died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at Rector Healthcare. He was born June 26, 1912, in Malden, Mo., the son of the late William Arthur and Ida Kreigle Mills. He was first married to Edith Lovelady, who preceded him in death in 1932. He then married Carlene Moore, who preceded him in death on May 30, 2002...

Nina Gogue Richmond (08/06/03)
Nina Gogue Richmond, 61, of Oak Hill, Va., formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003, in Washington, D.C. She was born Nov. 26, 1941, in Rector to the late Harold Eugene and Rheda Aline Gogue. She was a program manager for American System Corporation in Virginia and was of the Baptist faith...

Joan Lilly Cannon (08/06/03)
Joan Lilly Cannon, 69, of Blytheville, the widow of Minor Lilly and Jim Cannon, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born June 1, 1934, in Pollard, the daughter of the late John and Martha Kirk Barkemeyer, she was a longtime Blytheville resident and a retired secretary of the Engineering Dept. at the Randall Corp...

Mildred Margarett Johnson (08/06/03)
Mildred Margarett Johnson, 92, of Shreveport, La., formerly of Marmaduke, died Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at Christus Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport. She was born April 16, 1922, in Marmaduke, the daughter of the late Tom and Sylvia Vestal. She was a homemaker and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke...

Violet Higgins (08/06/03)
Violet Higgins, 81, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Monday Aug. 4, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Aug. 12, 1912, in Paragould, the daughter of the late Hill and Della (Taylor) Smith. She was a homemaker and was of Methodist belief...

Murley Burke Price (08/06/03)
Murley Burke Price, 69, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, July 28, 2003, at Ripley County Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 4, 1934, in Rector, the daughter of the late Abner and Evaline (Utley) Vowell. She was a member of the Doniphan Lionesses and a lifetime member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She was also a member of the Doniphan United Methodist Church and was a businesswoman...

Steven Ray Taylor (08/27/03)
Steven Ray Taylor, 46, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2003, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 1, 1956, in Kennett, the son of Edward and Ozella Bowman Taylor. He was united in marriage to Alice Darlene Johnson on Apr. 7, 1978, in Piggott...

Amy Katherine Pace Dollins (08/27/03)
Amy Katherine Pace Dollins, 31, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003, in Las Vegas. She was born Oct. 9, 1971, in Piggott, the daughter of Steve Pace and Bobbi Hughes Johnson. She was united in marriage to Rick Dollins on Oct. 19, 1991...

Anna B. Cochran (08/27/03)
Anna B. Cochran, 83, of McDougal died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center (formerly Piggott Nursing Center) in Piggott. She was born June 29, 1920, in Crockett, the daughter of the late Ollie and Orpha Cochran Lawson...

Daisy Morris (08/27/03)
Daisy Morris, 89, of Campbell died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born July 12, 1914, in Campbell, to George Washington and Artie Leona Schaffer Taylor. She was united in marriage to James Homer Morris on March 28, 1931, in Piggott. He preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1980...

Lois Wiedeman Ellis (08/27/03)
Lois Wiedeman Ellis, 58, of Kennett died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett. She was born May 5, 1945, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of Richard and Julie Kondakor Wiedeman. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Wiedeman...

Geletza Langford (08/20/03)
Geletza Langford, 81, of Piggott died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born June 29, 1922, in Piggott. The daughter of the late Clarence Frederick and Nettie Emmaline Vaughn Jaggers. She was united in marriage to Lavelle Rieves in 1942, he went down with his ship in the South Pacific Ocean on July 6, 1943. She married Morris Langford on Dec. 15, 1945. To this union three children were born. He preceded her in death on May 28, 1989...

Raymond W. Braman (08/20/03)
Raymond W. Braman, 82, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs. He was born May 18, 1921, in Clay County, the son of the late Ernest and Pearl Kitchen Braman. He married Christine Poppe on July 6, 1942...

Frances Virginia Sanders Biles (08/20/03)
Frances Virginia Sanders Biles, 82, of Salem, Ark., daughter of the late Hyman and Nettie Sanders, was born Dec. 25, 1920 in Piggott. She died Friday morning, Aug. 15, 2003 at Mari-de-Villa Retirement Center in St. Louis. She was united in marriage to Owen Harris Biles on June 15, 1944, in Piggott...

Doyne Woods (08/06/03)
Doyne Woods, 66, of Corning died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at Three Rivers Healthcare North in Poplar Bluff. He was born Nov. 14, 1936, in Hickoria, Ark., the son of Willie Thomas and Ida Madge Pemberton Woods. He was united in marriage to Charlene Annitta Mayes on July 26, 1975, in Oxly, Mo...

Thelma Marie Parker (08/06/03)
Thelma Marie Parker, 79, of Malden died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. She was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Gideon, Mo., the daughter of the late Peter David Mitchem and Eula Robertson Mitchem. She was a member of the Full Gospel House of God Church in Malden...

Verlie Lee Wiley Warren (08/06/03)
Verlie Lee Wiley Warren, 92, of Piggott died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Sept. 14, 1910, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Nettie Williams Wiley. She was united in marriage to Fate Warren Sept. 29, 1929. He preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 1975...

Mary Ann Rochon (08/06/03)
Mary Ann Rochon, 64, of Clarkston, Mich., formerly of Nimmons, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. Ms. Rochon had retired from Farmer Jack Groceries after 30 years of service. She was a member and former Union Steward of UFCW Local 876. She loved her grandchildren, bowling, Las Vegas and country music...

R.E. "Punk" Mann (08/06/03)
R.E. "Punk" Mann, 81, of Piggott died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center (the former Piggott Nursing Center) in Piggott. He was born Dec. 5, 1921, in Piggott, the son of the late Robert Earl and Zelphia Hutchison Mann. He was the youngest of 12 children...

Darrell Timothy Armour (08/06/03)
Darrell Timothy Armour, 47, of Hardy, Ark., died in an automobile accident in Willow Springs, Mo., Thursday, July 31, 2003. Mr. Armour was born on March 13, 1956, in Memphis and formerly worked for Schering Plough in Memphis as a Senior Research Technician. ...

William Roy Brady, Sr. (08/14/03)
William Roy Brady, Sr., was born April 7, 1916, at Piggott. He died at the Piggott Community Hospital Aug. 5, 2003, at age 87, following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Curtis T. and Mary Gossett Brady. He was united in marriage to Alma Ruth Nettles on July 22, 1939, in Piggott. To this union two children were born...

Thomas Robert Hardin (08/14/03)
Thomas Robert Hardin, 39, of Pollard died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003. He was born May 4, 1964, in St. Louis, the son of Doyne and Roberta Ayres Hardin. He was preceded in death by one sister and one brother. He is survived by both of his parents, Doyne and Roberta Hardin of Pollard; three brothers, James Cooper of Lebannon Junction, Ky., Michael Hardin of Pollard and Danny Lee Hardin of Lexington, Ky.; one son, Kyle Hardin of Piggott; Kyle's mother, Melinda Graves of Piggott; her children, Brad and Sara Graves of Piggott; and other relatives and friends.. ...

Loys Cate (08/14/03)
Loys Cate, 72, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003, in the V.A. Hospital in Memphis. He was born Feb. 28, 1931, in Clay County, the son of the late Norris and Arietta Crawford Cate. He was united in marriage to Zilla Mae Goodman on June 24, 1950, in Piggott...

Henry Riley Morris (08/14/03)
Henry Riley Morris, 76, of Rector, formerly of the Pollard area, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 4, 1926, in Fagus, Mo., the son of the late Ersel and Birdie Watson Morris. He married Norma Jean Wright on May 27, 1949, in Piggott...

Roger Clay Nettles (08/20/03)
Roger Clay Nettles, 67, a resident of Poplar Bluff since 1994, died Monday, July 28, 2003, at Three Rivers Healthcare-North Campus. His death was sudden and unexpected. Mr. Nettles was born Jan. 22, 1936, in Detroit, Mich. By the time he was school age, his family had moved to Piggott. ...

Mary Ann Reed (08/20/03)
Mary Ann Reed, 48, of Festus, Mo., died Aug. 13, 2003, in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 29, 1954, in Piggott, the daughter of the late John and Margaret Bean Belle. Mrs. Reed worked as a lead packer at Indeeco Industrial Engineering and Equipment in St. Louis...

Roy (Trey) Grantham, III (08/20/03)
Roy (Trey) Grantham, III, 19, of Crossett, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Sept. 13, 1983, in Flint, Mich. He was a resident of Crossett for all of his life. He graduated from Crossett High School in 2002 and was a member of the Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Grantham was an avid hunter and fisherman and he loved water skiing...

Bobby Hendon (08/20/03)
Bobby Hendon, 64, of Dyess, Ark., died Aug. 18, 2003, in Memphis. He was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Keiser, Ark. The son of John S. and Ollie Hendon. Mr. Hendon was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Mississippi County. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Dyess, Ark. He was also a member of the South Mississippi County Sportsman Club...

Larry Eugene Lane (08/20/03)
Larry Eugene Lane, 52, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, in Lubbock, Tx. Mr. Lane was born Nov. 2, 1950, in Ranger, Tx., to Roy and Ernestine Lane who preceded him in death. He was a graduate of Eastland High, Home of the Mavericks, and was an associate with Wrigley Gum Company for many years...

Tommie Jackson (08/06/03)
Tommie Jackson, 83, of Piggott died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at his home in Piggott. He was born Jan. 11, 1920, in Kennett, the son of the late James Edward and Neeley Ann King Jackson. He was preceded in death by five sisters and three brothers. Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Cora L. Woolf on Feb. 24, 1940...

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