Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries from August 2004

William Paul Foulk (08/25/04)
William Paul Foulk, 82, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 16, 1921, in Stanford, Ark., the son of William Judson Foulk and Myrtle Elizabeth Hutchins Foulk. Foulk was a life-long farmer and until his death also owned and operated Foulk's Two-Way Radio Supply...

Lilly C. Shockley (08/25/04)
Lilly C. Shockley, 80, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004, at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. She was born April 11, 1924, in Butler County, Mo., to the late James Thomas Merritt and Margaret Callow Merritt. She was a homemaker and of the General Baptist faith...

Ernestina Vienna "Tina" McCartney (08/18/04)
Ernestina Vienna "Tina" McCartney, 78, of Las Vegas, Nev., died March 17, 2004, at her home. She was born July 6, 1925, in Rector to the late Jesse and Grace Edwards and was married May 2, 1942, to Wayne McCartney. Known affectionately as "Tene," she was the second child of three girls and three boys who grew up in the Hopewell community near Rector. ...

Harold David (Top) Thompson (08/18/04)
Harold David (Top) Thompson, 67, of Morongo Valley, Calif., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, July 29, 2004, at his home. He was born April 7, 1937, in Rector to the late Fred and Mattie Thompson. He also was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Kimberly; one brother, J.W. Thompson; and one sister, Freda Thompson Roley...

Emogene Simpson Irby (08/18/04)
Emogene Simpson Irby, 91, of Piggott died Aug. 15, 2004, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a faithful and loyal member of the South Thornton Church of Christ. She was happiest spending time with her family and attending her church. Her hobbies included sewing, cooking, playing golf and traveling. She worked with her husband through many successful business ventures...

Sheila Jean Rohrer (08/18/04)
Sheila Jean Rohrer, 42, of Rector died Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 9, 1961, in Rockford, Ill., to the late Max Rodden and Norma Jean (Cantwell) Rodden. She was a housewife, of the General Baptist faith and had lived most of her life in this community...

Gerald Lee Crum (08/18/04)
Gerald Lee Crum, 53, of Jonesboro, died Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, in Jonesboro. He was born Feb. 18, 1951, in White Oak to Fred Lee and Bobbie Jean Crum, now of Rector. He was a veteran of the National Guard and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by one son, Garth Lee Crum; his grandfather, Fred Crum, and grandmother, Etta Vinson...

Wilma Dale Presson (08/18/04)
Wilma Dale Presson, 68, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004, at Rector Healthcare. She was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Leachville to the late William Dewey Jeter and Irene Jeter. She was married to James Guthrie, the father of her daughters, and to the late Larry Presson...

J.W. Bookout (08/12/04)
J.W. Bookout, 80, of Rector died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, at his home. Born in Rector, he was a funeral director and was retired as the manager of Irby Funeral Home. He later worked part-time for Mitchell Funeral Home. He was a member and former trustee of the Rector First United Methodist Church. In his early years, he was a volunteer fireman. He was the Grand Marshal for the Rector Labor Day Picnic Parade in 1994 and received a Community Service Award...

Mary (King) Fry (08/05/04)
Mary Fry (nee King), 92, of Cahokia, Ill., a native of Rector, died Saturday, July 31, 2004 at Belleville Memorial Hospital. She was born April 18, 1912, in Rector to the late C.H. and Solphi Burford King. She was a 50-year member of the Eastern Star of Rector, a former member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem of East St. Louis, Ill., and a member of the Maplewood Church of Christ in Cahokia...

Dencial E. Crews (08/05/04)
Dencial E. Crews, 71, of Piggott, died Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at his home. He was born Dec. 2, 1932, in Boydsville, the son of the late Virgil and Flossie McElyea Crews. He married Norma Harrell on Nov. 9, 1951, and they had three children. He was preceded in death by one sister, Sue Staggs...

Kenneth Howard Harmon (08/25/04)
Kenneth Howard Harmon, 72, of Melber, Ky., died Friday, Aug. 13, at his residence. He was a farmer, a member of New Concord Baptist Church, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a lifetime member of Plymouth Rock Masonic Lodge No.47 in Michigan...

Omer Meade (08/25/04)
Omer Meade, 86, of Piggott died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at the Murphy Health Care in Piggott. He was born Jan. 5, 1916, in Piggott, the son of the late Robert and Annie Mae Lindley Meade. He was preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Meade in 1993; one son Homer Meade Jr.; one sister; Dovie Crittenden; two brothers, Dewayne Meade and Lennis Meade...

Wallace B. Lewallen (08/25/04)
Wallace B. Lewallen, 76, of Corning died Aug. 19, 2004, at the Med Center in Memphis. He was born Sept. 24, 1927, in Alicia, Ark., the son of Bill and Carrie Dobbs Lewallen. He was united in marriage to Freida Oneita Sauls on Sept. 3, 1947. Mr. Lewallen was of the Methodist faith and a member of a Masonic Lodge in Hoxie. He was a retired farmer...

William Paul Foulk (08/25/04)
William Paul Foulk, 82, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 16, 1921, in Stanford, Ark., the son of William Judson Foulk and Myrtle Elizabeth Hutchins Foulk. Foulk was a life-long farmer and until his death also owned and operated Foulk's Two-Way Radio Supply...

James Clifford Glidewell (08/18/04)
James Clifford Glidewell, 76, of Caraway, died Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 2004, at his home. He was born in St. Francis and lived most of his adult life in Caraway. He was a retired depot agent with Cotton Belt Railroad, a member of the Eastern Star Masonic Lodge 207 in St. Francis and a member of the First Baptist Church in Caraway, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher...

Eugene M. "Bud" French (08/18/04)
Eugene M. "Bud" French, 80, of Pollard died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born April 15, 1924, in Piggott, the son of the late Barney and Arabell Doty French. He was united in marriage to Charlene Palmer on Jan. 14, 1950. They had four children...

Jackie Eldon Stahl (08/18/04)
Jackie Eldon Stahl, age 64, of Mulkeytown, Ill. died Aug. 12, 2004, at Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion, Ill. Mr. Stahl was born Oct. 1, 1939, to the late Eldon and Opal (Neeley) Stahl. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eldon and Opal Stahl; one brother; Bob Stahl; and one grandson, Terry Lynn Roth...

Emogene Simpson Irby (08/18/04)
Emogene Simpson Irby, 91, of Piggott died Aug. 15, 2004, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a faithful and loyal member of the South Thornton Church of Christ. She was happiest spending time with her family and attending her church. Her hobbies included sewing, cooking, playing golf and traveling. She worked with her husband through many successful business ventures...

Zora M. Watson (08/05/04)
Zora M. Watson, 95, of Piggott died Saturday, July 31, 2004, in the Westwood Hills Health Care in Poplar Bluff. She was born Sept. 26, 1908, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Lenzey Vard and Lula Belle Johnson Underwood. She was united in marriage to Loy Roosevelt Watson on Dec. 24, 1924, and they had three children...

Stephen Douglas Pollock (08/12/04)
Stephen Douglas Pollock, 57, died June 15 after an 18-month struggle with cancer. He was the grandson of the late James W. and Sylvania Throgmarton and the late Thomas Kyle and Ardelia Mayo Pollock, who will be remembered by older Piggott residents...

Joey Fry (08/05/04)
Joey Fry, 39, of Piggott died Wednesday, July 28, 2004, in Little Rock. He was born Nov. 14, 1964, in Piggott, the son of James Dallas and Genetta Parks Fry. He is survived by one son, Chad Allen Fry of Hardy, Ark.; his mother, Genetta Fry of Piggott; his father, James Dallas Fry and wife, Sharon, of Campbell; three brothers, Benny Fry and wife, Susan, Lynn Fry and wife, Pam, and Todd Fry, all of Piggott; and many other relatives and friends...

Dencial E. Crews (08/05/04)
Dencial E. Crews, 71, of Piggott, died Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at his home. He was born Dec. 2, 1932, in Boydsville, the son of the late Virgil and Flossie McElyea Crews. He married Norma Harrell on Nov. 9, 1951, and they had three children. He was preceded in death by one sister, Sue Staggs...