Obituaries from July 2004

Mildred Smith (07/28/04)
Long-time Piggott resident Mrs. Mildred Smith died on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. Mrs. Smith was 106-years-old. She was born March 9, 1898, in Clay City, Ill., the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Hannah Blessing Brissenden. The Brissendens moved to Piggott in 1905 when she was just seven-years-old...

Ann Benson (07/28/04)
Ann Benson, 83, of Rector died Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Senath, Mo. She was born Nov. 22, 1920, in Gibson, Mo., to the late John Eaton and Emma Melvina Piercy. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Glessner Benson; one son, David Benson; two brothers, Johnny Piercy and Raybourn Wright, and one sister, Minnie Kroeker...

Mildred F. Morrisett (07/28/04)
Mildred F. Morrisett, 82, of Rector died Friday, July 23, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 8, 1922, in Nevada County, Ark., to the late Richard Stone and Priscilla Walker Stone. She was a homemaker and a member of Leonard United Methodist Church...

Wesley Franklin Beck (07/15/04)
Wesley Franklin Beck, 54, of Rector died Sunday, July 4, 2004, in the Baxter County Regional Hospital in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born Nov. 20, 1949, in Piggott, the son of the late Carl F. Beck Sr. and Beatrice Morris Beck. He was united in marriage to Janice Kay Arant on Nov. 4, 1972, they had three children...

Carroll "L.C." Strader (07/15/04)
Carroll "L.C." Strader, 82, of Missouri, formerly of Rector, died Friday July 2, 2004. He was born July 22, 1921. He operated a grain elevator at Leonard with partner, Pete Boyd, for a number of years before moving to Missouri. He will be remembered by several friends and acquaintances...

Doris Pauline Huggins (07/07/04)
Doris Pauline Huggins, 89, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector and Paragould, died Friday July 2, 2004, at Skill Care Nursing Center in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 13. 1914 in Rector to the late John William Medlin and Alta Lou (Miller) Huggins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Walnut Ridge First Baptist Church...

Willa Jones (07/07/04)
Willa Jones, 79, of Kennett, Mo., died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Rector, to the late Ernest and Sadie Long Gatewood and was married June 7, 1947, to William S. Jones Jr., who preceded her in death Nov. 19, 1984...

Mildred Rosalee Hause (07/07/04)
Mildred Rosalee Hause, 81, of Paragould, died Saturday July 3, 2004, at her residence in Paragould. She was born Oct. 5, 1922, in Rector to the late Reuben Louis Davison and Sarah Elizabeth Ray Davison. She was owner/operator of a grocery store and a member of the Church of Christ...

Henry Dewayne Jackson (07/07/04)
Henry Dewayne Jackson, 81, of Paragould, died Friday, June 25, 2004, at his old home place in the middle of the woods. Born on Nov. 15, 1922, in Greene County, he was a believer in Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord. He was a World War II veteran who served in the Army...

Eula Lee Hopper (07/07/04)
Eula Lee Hopper, 94, of Ash Flat, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Eastern Ozarks Health System in Cherokee Village. She was born Oct. 10, 1909, in Clay County to the late William Thomas Beal and Lula Trantham Beal. She was owner and operator of Eula's Grill and also supervisor of the Rector School lunchroom. She was a member of the United Methodist Church...

Faye Harrison (07/01/04)
Faye Harrison, 55, of South Amboy, N.J., formerly of this area, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. She had worked as a nursing assistant at Monroe Village, Monroe. Born in Busy, Ky., she lived most of her younger years in the Blooming Grove Community near Rector. She was a graduate of Greenway High School. She lived most of her adult life in Bayonne, N.J., before moving to Spotswood, N.J., and then to South Amboy four years ago...

Bernice Williams (07/01/04)
Bernice Williams, 77, of Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould, died Thursday, June 24, 2004, in Paragould. She was born Feb. 1, 1927, in Clay County to the late Claud McMillin and Anna Kreigle McMillin. She was a homemaker, a lifelong member of this community and of the Baptist faith...

Donnie Walker (07/01/04)
Donnie Walker, 53, of Reyno, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Dec. 26, 1950, in Knob to Verba Lee (Farley) Walker and the late E.J. Walker. He was a retired bindery supervisor for Corning Publishing...

Wayne Estes Phillips (07/01/04)
Wayne Estes Phillips, 89, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at NHC in Kennett. Born Dec. 15, 1914, to the late Alvie Phillips and Beaulah (Province) Phillips, he was a farmer, a lifelong member of this community and a member of the Church of Christ...

Mary Magdalene Hill Carpenter Orr (07/15/04)
Mary Magdalene Hill Carpenter Orr, 85, a resident of the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell died July 12, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Feb. 4, 1919, in Boydsville, the daughter of the late James Ephrey and Lois King Hill...

Novella Kathern Nelson (07/23/04)
Novella Kathern Nelson, 83, of Holcomb, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Nov. 4, 1920, in Bell City, Mo., daughter of William Allen Neal and Clara Emma Lowery Neal. She married Robert Edward Nelson on Nov. 24, 1935, at Forty and Eight, Ark. Her husband preceded her in death on Jan. 23, 1997...

Les Russell (07/15/04)
Les Russell, 93, of Corning died on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Clay Healthcare in Corning. He was born March 29, 1911, in Greenway, the son of Thomas Adron and Jennie Belle Latta Russell. He was united in marriage to Anna Raye Blackwood on Jan. 7, 1940, in Poplar Bluff...

Naomi Faye Reed (07/15/04)
Naomi Faye Reed, 64, of Paragould, died Thursday, July 8, 2004, in the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 14, 1940, the daughter of the late Eddie and Minnie Reagan Greene. She was united in marriage to James C. Reed on Feb. 19, 1958, and they had three children...

Dorothy M. Gillian (07/23/04)
Dorothy M. Gillian, 69, of Campbell died Monday, July 12, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born January 16, 1935, in Colusa, Calif., the daughter of the late Thomas Earl and Sophie Myers Tucker. She is survived by one daughter, Traci Carpenter of Campbell; five grandchildren, Jeremie Watts, Joshua Carpenter, Savannah Yount, Pierce Yount and Sierra Yount; two brothers, Thomas Tucker of Redding, Calif., and Robert Tucker of Colusa, Calif.; one sister, Barbara Alves of Bakersfield, Calif.; and other relatives and friends.. ...

Garland Mayo (07/23/04)
Garland Mayo, 59, of Piggott died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Jan. 16, 1945, in Piggott, the son of the late Ivory C. and Ethel L. Brandon Mayo. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Madolyn Turner and Betty Mayo...

Opal Rodery (07/01/04)
Opal Rodery, 84, a longtime resident of Carryville died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born April 29, 1920, in Carryville, the daughter of the late Alex and Ercria Lee Butler Madison. She was united in marriage to Floyd Rodery on Sept. 21, 1941. They had six children...

Winifred E. Harris (07/01/04)
Winifred E. Harris, 86, of Albion, Mich., died Saturday, June 26, 2004, at Tendercare-Albion. She was born Sept. 11, 1917, in Hunter, Ark., to Homer Ray and Minnie Beulah Pipkin Strickler. She worked at Union Steel and Corning Glass in Albion for many years before marrying Bernice Harris and moving to Chicago in 1958. She moved back to Albion after her retirement in 1984...

Emily Allen Hopkins (07/01/04)
Emily Allen Hopkins, 60, of Ripley, Tenn., died June 13, 2004, in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. She was born July 21, 1943, in Boydsville, the daughter of the Eugene King Allen and Wilma Phillips Allen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian Vaughn Hopkins; one brother, David Taylor Allen; and her father, Eugene King Allen...

Mae Runyon (07/01/04)
Mae Runyon, 97, of Saint Charles, Mo., died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at her residence. She was born Dec. 16, 1906, in Athens, Ala., the daughter of the late Robert W. and Delphia S. Sharp Smith. She was united in marriage to Henry O. Runyon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Runyon; two sons, Delbert and Connie Runyon; five brothers, Jimmy, Ted, Shorty, Paul and Lawrence Smith; two sisters, Dolly Penrod and Mary Drusella Smith...

Florence Davis (07/07/04)
Florence Davis, 89, of Piggott died Wednesday, June 30, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Feb. 9, 1915, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Henry Clay and Virgie Pollard Nettles. She was united in marriage to Ernest Gower and they had two children. She was united in marriage to V.L. Davis who preceded her in death on Dec. 12, 1980...

Henry Dewayne Jackson (07/07/04)
Henry Dewayne Jackson, 81, of Paragould died Friday, June 25, 2004, at his old home place in the middle of the woods. Born on Nov. 15, 1922, in Greene County, he was a believer in Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord. He was a World War II Veteran who served in the army...

Eunice Maxine Howard (07/07/04)
Eunice Maxine Howard, 75, of Piggott died July 3, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 4, 1928, in Clay County, the daughter of the late Glen and Floretta Mosbey Malone. She was united in marriage to Charles Edward Howard on Jan. 17, 1947, in Piggott, they had two children...

Mary Imogene Underwood (07/07/04)
Mary Imogene Underwood, 87, of West Melbourne, Fla., died July 2, 2004, at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla. She was born June 6, 1917, in Pollard, the daughter of Samuel Richard and Nora Johnson Pillow. Mrs. Underwood was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a charter member of the Normandy Road Baptist Church...

Wayne Mowery (07/07/04)
Wayne Mowery, 49, of Piggott died Friday, July 2, 2004, at his residence. He was born Aug. 25, 1954, the son of Kenneth and Rita Manzanares Mowery. He was united in marriage to Pat Estes on Nov. 6, 1976, and they had two children. He was preceded in death by his mother, Rita Mowery; and his grandparents, Orvall and Mildred Mowery...

Scot E. Akers (07/01/04)
Scot E. Akers, 37, of Jonesboro died Friday, June 18, 2004, at his residence. Born in Kennett, the son of Robert D. and Nancy Terry Akers, he was a police officer with the Jonesboro Police Department. He had received a degree as a medical laboratory technologist. He attended the Southwest Church of Christ in Jonesboro...

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