Obituaries from April 2004

Willie Ray James (04/09/04)
Willie Ray James, 84, of Gosnell died Thursday, March 18, 2004, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1919, in Kennett, to the late Aaron Moses and Marganie Limbaugh James. He was married to Seena James, who preceded him in death, and later married Patsy Ann James...

Ralph Earl Crain Sr. (04/09/04)
Ralph Earl Crain Sr., 61, of Jonesboro died Monday, April 5, 2004, in his home. He was born Jan. 6, 1941 in Ravenden Springs, son of Cletus and Mary Crain. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a tool and die maker with World Color until retirement...

Rev. Leonard Bunch (04/09/04)
Rev. Leonard Bunch, 74, of Black Oak, died Sunday, April 4, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis. He was born in Black Oak, but lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He also lived in Piggott before moving back to Black Oak four years ago...

Bertha Lee Wilder (04/09/04)
Bertha Lee Wilder, 72, of McDougal died Tuesday morning March 30, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born in Gunterville, Ala., and moved to McDougal two months ago. She was a retired sectionizer with Ben Hill Griffin and was of the Baptist faith...

Clovis R. Shultz (04/22/04)
Clovis R. Shultz, 84, of Rector died Sunday, April 18, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born March 3, 1920, in Rosalie, Ala., to the late Joe and Olier Shultz. He joined the Air Force, serving during World War II as an aircraft mechanic on basic trainers. While serving at Walnut Ridge Air Base, he met his future wife, Demetra Elsass. They would have been married 60 years in July...

Brandon Lee Chilcutt (04/15/04)
Brandon Lee Chilcutt, infant son of Jimmy Lee and Angel Christine Chilcutt of Piggott, died Saturday, April 10, 2004 at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on March 25, 2004. Funeral services will be held at Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home. Arrangements are pending...

Beverly Jean (Cossey) Easton (04/22/04)
Beverly Jean (Cossey) Easton, age 52, of Fayetteville, a native of Rector, died Feb. 2, 2004, in the Washington Regional Medical Center at Fayetteville after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Feb. 26, 1951, in Rector to Lola Grace Cossey and the late Bobby Gene Cossey. She grew up in the Rector area and was a 1969 graduate of Rector High School, where she was the 1969 Homecoming Queen...

Claudean Bolen (04/22/04)
Claudean Bolen, 82, of McDougal, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, in Hardy. She was born Nov. 1, 1921, in Murphysboro, Ill., the daughter of the late Arlie Lee and Elvira Elizabeth Jane Coffer Herring. She was united in marriage to Silas Robert Bolen on Jan. 21, 1939...

Euba Bessie Maloney Wofford (04/15/04)
Euba Bessie Maloney Wofford, 88, of Jonesboro, formerly of Paragould, died Monday, April 5, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 13, 1915, in Greene County to the late Lola Maloney Arnold and Walter Maloney. She was retired from the Paragould Home for the Golden Years as a nurse's aide and formerly operated a restaurant in Marmaduke. She was a member of the Second and Walnut Church of Christ...

Retired Master Sgt. James M. Winn (04/15/04)
Retired Master Sgt. James M. Winn, 83, of Lawton, Okla., died Saturday, March 27, 2004, in Lawton. He was born April 24, 1920, in Paragould to the late Albert and Addie Bolen Winn. He graduated from Alexander High School in Paragould. He married Jean Rodgers on April 1, 1943, in Kennett...

Gary Gilkison (04/15/04)
Gary Gilkison, 50, of Paragould died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Sept. 25, 1953, the son of Jerry Gilkison and Nellie Deweese. He was united in marriage to Karon Cheshire on April 12, 1975...

Roy Jessie Wilcoxson (04/15/04)
Roy Jessie Wilcoxson, 83, of Lafe, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born April 8, 1920, in Lexington, Ala., to the late William Jessie Wilcoxson and Viola (Michael) Wilcoxson. He was an auto mechanic and attended Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church...

Billy Ray Robertson (04/15/04)
Billy Ray Robertson, 76, of Raymoor, Mo., formerly of the Simmons Chapel community, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Raymoor. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nannie (Vowell) and W.W. Robertson of Rector; five brothers, Tilrey, Oren, Deward, Harold and Doyle Robertson, and two sisters, Syveda Wayland and Wilma Becker...

Clifford "Pa" Hoyt Barnhart (04/09/04)
Clifford "Pa" Hoyt Barnhart, 91, of Marmaduke, died Sunday April 4, 2004, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. He was born Aug. 26, 1912, in Greene County to the late Lilburn Barnhart and Lena (Smith) Barnhart. He was retired from the Greene County Road Department after 31 years of service, was a newspaper deliverer in Marmaduke for the Paragould Daily Press and a Marmaduke city employee. He was a lifelong member of the community and a member of Marmaduke General Baptist Church...

Bettie Jane Dudley (04/09/04)
Bettie Jane Dudley, 71, of Piggott died March 29, 2004, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 21, 1932, in Leonard, the daughter of Onnie and Mary Hill Cooper. She worked as a bookkeeper at Piggott Mortuary-Irby Funeral Home and a lifelong member of the community...

Daphne Joyce Bullington (04/01/04)
Daphne Joyce Bullington, 75, of Corning, died Friday, March 26, 2004, at her home. She was born Feb. 25, 1929, in Delaplaine to the late Harry Augusta Fairchild and Mazie Mae (Davis) Fairchild. She was a homemaker, a gardener and had been a member of the Knobel Church of Christ since 1945...

Luda Layne (04/01/04)
Luda Layne, 90, of Doniphan, Mo., died Saturday, March 27, 2004, at Current River Nursing Home in Doniphan. She was born May 24, 1913, in Van Buren County, Ark., to the late John Emery and Della Bradley. She was a homemaker. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Leo Layne, and a son-in-law, William Edward Wooldridge...

Ara Sara Sparks (04/15/04)
Ara Sara Sparks, 92, of Rector died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Feb. 15, 1912, in Hugo, Okla., to the late John and Willie Ann Robinson. She was a housewife, mother and a member of the First General Baptist Church of Rector...

Brandon Lee Chilcutt (04/22/04)
Brandon Lee Chilcutt of Piggott died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born March 25, 2004, in Paragould, the son of Jimmy Lee and Angel Frederick Chilcutt. He is survived by his father and mother; grandmother, Katy Chilcutt of Piggott; great-grandmother, Catherine Risinger of Piggott; and other relatives and friends...

Roy Jessie Wilcoxson (04/22/04)
Roy Jessie Wilcoxson, 83, of Lafe, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born April 8, 1920, in Lexington, Ala., to the late William Jessie Wilcoxson and Viola (Michael) Wilcoxson. He was an auto mechanic and attended Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church...

Gary Gilkison (04/22/04)
Gary Gilkison, 50, of Paragould died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Sept. 25, 1953, the son of Jerry Gilkison and Nellie Deweese. He was united in marriage to Karon Cheshire on April 12, 1975...

Evelyn Payne (04/22/04)
Evelyn Payne, 89, of Columbia, Ill., died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She was born May 26, 1914, in Monette. Mrs. Payne was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. She had formerly been a member at the Fagus General Baptist Church before moving to Poplar Bluff. She also was a member of the Poplar Bluff Garden Club. She enjoyed gardening, needlework and reading the Bible...

Billie (Bill) E. Shelton Sr. (04/22/04)
Billie (Bill) E. Shelton Sr., 60, of Cherokee Village, a native of Rector, died Friday, April 16, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born May 17, 1943, in Rector to Burl and Erma (Guthrie) Shelton of Paragould and was married July 6, 1963, to Rita (Morris) Shelton...

Thelma Gertrude Layer (04/01/04)
Thelma Gertrude Layer, 89, of Corning Health Care, a native of the Rector area, died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at Corning Health Care. She was born Sept. 11, 1914, in the Leonard community near Rector to the late Richard Owens and Lela (Glass) Owens. She was a homemaker and a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church...

Mary Maglene Banks (04/01/04)
Mary Maglene Banks, 76, of Rector died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Dec. 20, 1927, in Friendship, Mo., to the late John Alfred and Rosie Lemmons. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, J.E. ...

Allie Eugene Parrish (04/01/04)
Allie Eugene Parrish, 64, of Rector died Saturday, March 27, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. A farmer, he was born May 11, 1939, in Greene County to the late Ovel and Annie (Clayton) Parrish. He was married Sept. 27, 1958, to Dorothy Sue Cavaness Parrish...

Leona Mae Conaway (04/30/04)
Leona Mae Conaway, 78, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piggott, died Friday, April 23, 2004, in Three Rivers Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born March 12, 1926, in Carryville, the daughter of the late Marion Wilson and Orah Allman Young. She was united in marriage to Curtis Edward Conaway Sr. on August 13, 1943. To this union six sons were born...

Earl Smith (04/30/04)
Earl Smith, 77, of Galena, formerly of Piggott, died in his home on Friday, April 23, 2004. He was born June 3, 1926, in Waterloo, Ala., the son of Arthur Herbert "Hubbard" Smith and Katie Lou Stricklin Smith. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On Oct. 9, 1954, he was united in marriage to Lavern Moore...

Brandon Lee Chilcutt (04/30/04)
Brandon Lee Chilcutt of Piggott died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born March 25, 2004, in Paragould, the son of Jimmy Lee and Angel Frederick Chilcutt. He is survived by his father and mother; grandmother, Katy Chilcutt of Piggott; great-grandmother, Catherine Risinger of Piggott; and other relatives and friends...

Marty Edward Hoggard (04/14/04)
Marty Edward Hoggard, 41, of Piggott died Thursday, April 1, 2004, at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis. He was born July 22, 1962, in Piggott, the son of Cornelious "Punk" and Joyce Gatlin Hoggard. He was united in marriage to Laura Speer on December 14, 1996, to this union two sons were born...

Pleas Henderson Akers (04/09/04)
Pleas Henderson Akers, 81, of Piggott died at the VA Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff on Monday, April 5, 2004. He was born in Kennett on July 6, 1922, son of Pleas A. and Florence Henderson Akers. He married Nelldean Smith on Nov. 1, 1941. He was a veteran of World War II where he served in the Old Hickory Division. He was wounded in action and taken as a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge...

William E. Bell (04/09/04)
William E. Bell, 89, of Decatur, Ind., died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at Bluffton Regional Medial Center. He was born Dec. 10, 1914, in Piggott, the son of Clarence Bell and Lennie Underwood. He married Letha Bell on Oct. 14, 1939. He is survived by one son, Gerald Harmon of Enterprise, Okla.; two daughters, Linda Shaw of Liberty Center, Ind., and Shirley Davis of Piggott; one brother, Earnest Bell of Piggott; one sister, Martha Blalack of Paragould; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.. ...

Billie Lee Golden (04/14/04)
Billie Lee Golden, 72, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, April 7, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Alexandria, La., she lived in Fayetteville before moving to Jonesboro in 1966. She was a retired high school business education teacher and taught in Prairie Grove, Piggott and Paragould. She was a graduate of Arkansas State University and earned a master's degree in business education from the University of Arkansas...

Marty Edward Hoggard (04/09/04)
Marty Edward Hoggard, 41, of Piggott died Thursday, April 1, 2004, at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis. He was born July 22, 1962, in Piggott, the son of Cornelious "Punk" and Joyce Gatlin Hoggard. He was united in marriage to Laura Speer on December 14, 1996, to this union two sons were born...

Almeda Nettles Woodard (04/09/04)
Almeda Nettles Woodard, 85, of Campbell died Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in the National Health Care in Franklin, Tenn. She was born March 3, 1919, the daughter of the late Harvey and Grace Warren Gower. She married Bynum Borden Nettles on June 18, 1938. He preceded her in death in 1978. She married Orlie Woodard on March 5, 1988. He preceded her in death in 1996...

Arthur Louis Baggett Jr. (04/09/04)
Arthur Louis Baggett Jr., 27, of Campbell died Tuesday, March 30, 2004. He was born Jan. 20, 1977, in Poplar Bluff, the son of Arthur Louis Baggett Sr. and Brenda Lee Paul Baggett of Campbell. He married Lisa Christine Innes on Oct. 1, 2002, in Piggott...

Rev. Leonard Bunch (04/09/04)
Rev. Leonard Bunch, 74, of Black Oak, died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis. He was born in Black Oak, but lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He also lived in Piggott before moving back to Black Oak four years ago...

Odell Toombs (04/14/04)
Odell Toombs, 80, of Piggott died Saturday, April 10, 2004, in the Firefighters Regional Burn Center in Memphis. He was born Feb. 4, 1924, in Senath, the son of the late Lewis Angus and Rosa Hester Wallace Toombs. He was united in marriage to Jessalie Settlemoir Gossett on Feb. 11, 1950...

Gary Gilkison (04/21/04)
Gary Gilkison, 50, of Paragould died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Sept. 25, 1953, the son of Jerry Gilkison and Nellie Deweese. He was united in marriage to Karon Cheshire on April 12, 1975...

Gary Gilkison (04/14/04)
Gary Gilkison, 50, of Paragould died Thursday, April 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Sept. 25, 1953, the son of Jerry Gilkison and Nellie Deweese. He was united in marriage to Karon Cheshire on April 12, 1975...

Francis Bare (04/14/04)
Francis Bare of Piggott died Monday, April 12, 2004, in Jonesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2004, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel in Piggott. Viewing will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2004. Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home of Piggott is in charge of the arrangements...

Frances Belle Bare (04/21/04)
Frances Belle Bare, 81, of Piggott died Monday, April 12, 2004, in Jonesboro. She was born May 21, 1922, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Minnie Cheatam Neely. She was united in marriage to Thomas Joe Bare on August 31, 1946, to this union three sons were born...

Claudean Bolen (04/21/04)
Claudean Bolen, 82, of McDougal, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, in Hardy. She was born Nov. 1, 1921, in Murphysboro, Ill., the daughter of the late Arlie Lee and Elvira Elizabeth Jane Coffer Herring. She was united in marriage to Silas Robert Bolen on Jan. 21, 1939...

Brandon Lee Chilcutt (04/21/04)
Brandon Lee Chilcutt of Piggott died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born March 25, 2004, in Paragould, the son of Jimmy Lee and Angel Frederick Chilcutt. He is survived by his father and mother; grandmother, Katy Chilcutt of Piggott; great-grandmother, Catherine Risinger of Piggott; and other relatives and friends...

Carl Amberse Book (04/21/04)
Carl Amberse Book, 72, of Mexico, Mo., died Tuesday, April 13, 2004, in Mexico. He was born Jan. 2, 1932, in Carryville, the son of the late Floyd Ellis and Ernesteen Wright Book. He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. He is survived by three brothers and two sisters...

Onard Greene (04/21/04)
Onard Greene, 60, of Piggott, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Nov. 26, 1943, in Crockett, the son of the late Eddie and Minnie Reagan Greene. He was united in marriage to Dolly Wallis on June 22, 1961. To this union four children were born...

Evelyn Payne (04/21/04)
Evelyn Payne, 89, of Columbia, Ill., died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at the Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She was born May 26, 1914, in Monette. She married D.C. Payne on Nov. 17, 1936. Mrs. Payne lived in Columbia for the past eight years. Before moving to Columbia, she lived in Poplar Bluff for 13 years and lived in Fagus for about 30 years prior to that...

Brandon Lee Chilcutt (04/14/04)
Brandon Lee Chilcutt, infant son of Jimmy Lee and Angel Christine Chilcutt of Piggott, died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on March 25, 2004. Funeral services will be held at Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home. Arrangements are pending...

Barbara Sue Hines (04/21/04)
Barbara Sue Hines, 66, of Selmer, Tenn., died Monday, April 19, 2004, in Selmer. She was a retired production worker for Brown Shoe Company and Owens-Corning. She was a member of the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Clay and Ethel Ward Parker; two sisters, Lila Leigh Parker and Lois O'Connor; and three brothers, Earl Parker, Harold Parker and Robert Parker...

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