Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries from February 2004

Hershel Lee Wilson (02/25/04)
Hershel Lee Wilson, 88, of Paragould, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at Regional Medical Center of Northeast Arkansas. He was born Nov. 16, 1915, in Clay County to the late Elmer and Carrie Wilson. He was a retired farmer and a member of Center Hill Church of Christ...

Blanche J. Calvin (02/25/04)
Blanche J. Calvin, 91, of Rector died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 7, 1913, in Halliday to the late Lewis McLain and Addie (Boling) McLain. She was a housewife and of the Methodist faith...

Jasper Otis Merideth (02/25/04)
Jasper Otis Merideth, 76, of Rector, died Sunday Feb. 22, 2004. He was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Rector to the late Enon Thomas and Ada Merideth. He was a carpenter, a veteran of the Korean War and a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Arlene R. Merideth...

Madelene Chiles Clark (02/25/04)
Madelene Chiles Clark, 85, of Jonesboro, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at her home. She was born in Greenway and lived in West Memphis before moving to Jonesboro in 1951. She was a school teacher for the Jonesboro Public School District for over 20 years before her retirement; a graduate of Arkansas State University, where she obtained a B.S.E. ...

Jerry Rue Agee (02/25/04)
Jerry Rue Agee, 61, of Hillsboro, Mo., formerly of Pocahontas, died Feb. 20, 2004, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 14, 1942, in Pocahontas to Eugenia (Harris) Agee and the late Rue Agee and was married June 3, 1972, to Shelia Redmon Agee, who survives...

Dorothy Todd (02/18/04)
Dorothy Todd, 65, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born April 11, 1938, the daughter of the late Louie "Doc" and Mary Bell Grissom Eason. She was united in marriage to Hershal Eddie Todd on Dec. 8, 1996...

Willow Irene LeGrand (02/18/04)
Willow Irene LeGrand, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, at Cedar Gate Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. She was born Feb. 14, 1916, in Conway to the late Marvin and Pearl Gore. She was employed with Busman Fuse Company of St. Louis and was of the Baptist faith...

Stanley Carey (02/25/04)
Stanley Carey, 60, of Corning died Feb. 20, 2004, at his home. He was born Oct. 5, 1943, in Arkansas to Mary Pauline (Warren) Carey and the late Thomas Carey and was married Oct. 27, 1984, to Catherine Faye (Diggs) Carey, who survives. He was a factory worker and welder and was employed at Darling Store Fixtures. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and family barbecues. He was of the Baptist faith...

Felix Jefferson Edwards (02/18/04)
Felix Jefferson Edwards, also known as Billy Joe Simmons, 71, of Pocahontas, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis. He was born July 29, 1932, in Rector to the late Desie (Riley) Edwards and Thomas Edwards. He was a welder...

Alma Wood (02/25/04)
Alma Wood, 64, of Corning, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 8, 1939, in the Ring Community of Clay County. She was retired from Headstart and worked at Basler Electric. She attended the Corning Y Pentecostal Church...

Madeline Carol Forbs (02/25/04)
Madeline Carol Forbs, 47, of Rector, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born July 1, 1956, in Jonesboro. She was a retired licensed practical nurse and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one son, Colby Leon "Lee" Forbs...

Myrtle McDaniel (02/18/04)
Myrtle McDaniel, 94, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at Rector Healthcare in Rector. She was born Dec. 7, 1909, in Antlers, Okla., to the late Euell and Motlney Low. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Arlie McDaniel...

D. Glenn Bennett (02/11/04)
D. Glenn Bennett, 61, of Springfield, Mo., a native of Boydsville, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at his home. He was born Sept. 9, 1942 in Boydsville, the son of Willie G. and Ruth E. Bennett. He lived in Boydsville until the age of five, then moved to Bunker Hill, Ind. He graduated brom Bunker Hill High School in 1960...

Bobby Wayland Romine (02/11/04)
Bobby Wayland Romine, 66, of Piggott died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 9, 1937, in Crockett, to the late Rudy Eugene and Sadie Cochran Romine and was married Feb. 21, 1962, in Pocahontas to Donna Jones Romine, who survives...

Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller (02/11/04)
Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller, 74, of Piggott died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Sept. 16, 1929, in Crockett, the son of the late George Riley and Verlie Mae Grissom Weller. He was united in marriage to Gladys Fern Woods on Dec. 7, 1949. To this union four children were born...

Martha Oneda "Sweet" Hampton (02/04/04)
Martha Oneda "Sweet" Hampton, 84, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. A retired beautician, she was born July 26, 1919, in Rector to the late Sylvester and Adelia Hampton. She also was preceded in death by three brothers, Gaylon, Lewis and Doyle Hampton, and one sister, Pauline Smart...

Oran "Buddy" Johnson (02/04/04)
Oran "Buddy" Johnson, 76, of Rector, formerly of Manila, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at his home. Born at Manila, he was the son of the late Oran and Ethel Davis Johnson and a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He was a retired carpenter and had been a longtime resident of the Rector Community...

Harold Broadway (02/04/04)
Harold Broadway, 77, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born Nov. 18, 1926, in Nimmons, to the late James Henry and Laura Elizabeth Howell Broadway and was married Dec. 13, 1947, to Lawanda Virginia Turner, who preceded him in death in 2002...

Wilma Johnson (02/04/04)
Wilma Johnson, 88, of Marmaduke died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. A homemaker and lifelong resident of this area, she was born March 30, 1915, in Rector to the late Lee and Lydia Benson. She was married to Gilbert Johnson, who died in March 1992...

Bill Hopper (02/04/04)
Bill Hopper, 70, of Hardy, a native of Rector, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, at his home. An Air Force veteran, he was born Jan. 22, 1934, in Rector to Eula Lee (Beal) Hopper and the late Carson Bishop Hopper. He was married March 30, 1958, to the former Sally Long of Rector. They formerly owned and operated the Sears Store in Rector...

Dorris Edward Cox (02/11/04)
Dorris Edward Cox, co-founder of Cox Planing Mill and Lumber Company, died Feb. 10, 2004 in the Piggott Community Hospital. He and three brothers formed a partnership to begin the lumber company in 1948, with Dorris managing the planing mill. After the death of his brother Doyle Cox, he became president until he retired...

Madelene Chiles Clark (02/25/04)
Madelene Chiles Clark, 85, of Jonesboro, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at her home. She was born in Greenway and lived in West Memphis before moving to Jonesboro in 1951. She was a school teacher for the Jonesboro Public School District for over 20 years before her retirement; a graduate of Arkansas State University, where she obtained a B.S.E. ...

Evelyn Gunn (02/25/04)
Evelyn Gunn, 78, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Ms. Gunn was born Feb. 4, 1926, in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Pentecostal faith and was a retired nursing home nurse's assistant...

James W. "Bill" Dickerson (02/25/04)
James W. "Bill" Dickerson, 77, of Piggott died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born May 14, 1926, in St. Francis, the son of the late Ambers Edgar and Ada Knox Dickerson. He was united in marriage to Pat Mowery on Aug. 17, 1957, to this union one son was born...

Helen Forrest Lankford (02/25/04)
Helen Forrest Lankford, 90, of Piggott died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born Jan. 31, 1914, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Samuel W. and Mattie Pollard Forrest. She was united in marriage to Rudy Lankford on Aug. 29, 1935, to this union three sons were born...

Madeline Helton (02/18/04)
Madeline Helton, 86, of Bay City, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, in the Carriage House Nursing Home in Bay City. She was born July 11, 1917, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Jesse T. and Hazel Parker Brown. She was united in marriage to Edd Elvin Helton on Oct. 13, 1934. To this union nine children were born...

Dorothy Todd (02/18/04)
Dorothy Todd, 65, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born April 11, 1938, the daughter of the late Louie "Doc" and Mary Bell Grissom Eason. She was united in marriage to Hershal Eddie Todd on Dec. 8, 1996...

Christine Cates (02/18/04)
Christine Cates, 96, of Farmington, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington. She was born Feb. 3, 1908, in Pocahontas, the daughter of the late John and Eva Hampton Beard. She was united in marriage to James Frank Cates. He preceded her in death on April 4, 1981...

Lavada Leona Rainey Cash (02/18/04)
Lavada Leona Rainey Cash, 86, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. She was born Jan. 1, 1917, in Formosa, Ark., to Thomas Richard and Willie Myrtle Oates Rainey. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Richard and Willie Myrtle Oates Rainey; her husband, Robert James Cash; her daughter, Bette Joan Cash; her brother, Raymond Richard Rainey; and two sisters, Thelma Jean Rainey Gordon and Gwendolyn Ramona Rainey Hilley...

Carole Peterson Nutall (02/11/04)
Carole Peterson Nuttall, 68, of Piggott died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Jan. 14, 1936, the daughter of the late William Arthur "Otto" and Rutha Elnora Coyle Peterson. She was united in marriage to Robert Nuttall in June of 1967...

Harold Broadway (02/04/04)
Harold Broadway, 77, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born Nov. 18, 1926, in Nimmons, the son of the late James Henry and Laura Elizabeth Howell Broadway. He was united in marriage to Lawanda Virginia Turner on Dec. 13, 1947, to this union four children were born...

Bobby Wayland Romine (02/11/04)
Bobby Wayland Romine, 66, of Piggott died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 9, 1937, in Crockett, the son of the late Rudy Eugene and Sadie Cochran Romine. He was united in marriage to Donna Jones on Feb. 21, 1962, in Pocahontas. To this union four children were born...

Dorris Edward Cox (02/11/04)
Dorris Edward Cox, co-founder of Cox Planing Mill and Lumber Company, died Feb. 10, 2004 in the Piggott Community Hospital. He and three brothers formed a partnership to begin the lumber company in 1948, with Dorris managing the planing mill. After the death of his brother Doyle Cox, he became president until he retired...

Larry Williams (02/04/04)
Larry Williams, 59, of St. Louis died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, at his home in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 25, 1944, in Kennett, the son of the late Louis Franklin and Martha Sue Harmon Williams. He was united in marriage to Margaret Stewart on July 31, 1965. To this union four sons were born...

Zelma Smith Jeffrey (02/04/04)
Zelma Smith Jeffrey died Jan. 19, 2004, in Port Charlotte, Fla. She was born Jan. 30, 1916, in Walcott, Ark., the daughter of Virgil and Nora Smith of Piggott. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Drucilla Burnett, Tressie Harrell and Beatrice Hutchison, all of Piggott; and two children, Bud Jeffrey and Patricia Bormus...

Jean Katherine Johnson (02/11/04)
Jean Katherine Johnson, 76, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in the Magnolia Manor in Metropolis, Ill. She was born Feb. 25, 1928, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Clint and Edna Williams Davis. She was united in marriage to Edmon Johnson and to this union one daughter was born...

Winston Dix Stallings (02/11/04)
Winston Dix Stallings, age 70, of Russellville, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. A son of the late Albert Eugene and Melrose Winston Stallings, he was born July 21, 1933, in Piggott. He was a 1951 graduate of Piggott High School and a 1955 graduate of Arkansas Tech University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. ...

Joseph Alcantara (02/11/04)
Joseph Alcantara, 73, died Jan. 28, 2004, in Sun City West, Ariz., after a long illness. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict at the Chosin Reservoir and was a member of the Chosin Few Band of Fraternal Brothers. He is survived by two brothers, Frank Alcantara and wife, Laura, of Glendora, Calif., and Robert Alcantara of San Diego, Calif.; three daughters, Vicky Sherman and husband, Anthony, of Rena Lara, Miss., Sharon Lucas and husband, Jim, of Piggott and Gay Kreinbrink and husand, Don, of Jackson, Miss.; eight grandchildren, Dane Moorman of Greenville, Miss., Nicholas Starling of Lubbock, Texas, Jason Simpson and wife, Tiffany, Chris Simpson and Brian Simpson, all of Piggott, Crystal Scott and husband, Craig, of Paragould, Brenee and Amber Kreinbrink of Jackson, Miss.;and six great-grandchildren.. ...

Louise T. Worthington Kneitz (02/11/04)
Louise T. Worthington Kneitz died Feb. 6, 2004. She was the beloved wife of the late John A. Holahan, Fred Wilcoxson, Newt Blackwell and Henry Kneitz. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Edward, John and Arthur Worthington. She is survived by one son, Jack Holahan and wife, Maria; one sister, Kathryn Lodwick; four grandchildren, Kelly Murtaugh, Carmen, Duncan and Ashley Holahan; one special great-grandchild, Dylan Murtaugh; and nieces, nephews and cousins...

Geraldine Davis (02/11/04)
Geraldine Davis, 86, of Piggott died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born June 27, 1917, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Louis Frank and Kate H. Hutchison McLeskey. She was united in marriage to Earl H. (Scott) Davis on Sept. 16, 1939. To this union three daughters were born...

Todd Moffitt (02/11/04)
Todd Moffitt, 25, of Campbell died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. He was born Nov. 29, 1978, in St. Louis, the son of Stanley L. and Kim K. Smith Moffitt. Mr. Moffitt worked as a truck driver. He was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Betty Smith and Joan Duff...

Richard Earl Randolph (02/11/04)
Richard Earl Randolph, 59, of Dexter died on Jan. 1, 2004, at his residence in Dexter. He was born Jan. 30, 1944, in Piggott, the son of Donald Eugene and Lona LaVern Randolph. He was united in marriage to Shirley Lee Rogers on March 19, 1965. To this union two children were born...

Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller (02/11/04)
Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller, 74, of Piggott died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Sept. 16, 1929, in Crockett, the son of the late George Riley and Verlie Mae Grissom Weller. He was united in marriage to Gladys Fern Woods on Dec. 7, 1949. To this union four children were born...

Willa Dee Brandon (02/04/04)
Willa Dee Brandon, 79, of Piggott died Feb. 2, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Jan. 19, 1925, in Illinois. She moved to Piggott as a child with her parents, the late Emery and Clarice Gross Peters. She was united in marriage to Ray Brandon on June 28, 1946. They were the parents of one daughter, Carolyn Alford...