Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries from November 2005

Charlie Shelby (11/30/05)
Charlie Shelby, 88, of the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector and Piggott, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. He was preceded in death by his wife, Veda Shelby, on Oct. 19, 2005; his parents, Lemuel Washington and Hattie Mae Shelby; a daughter and son-in-law, Martha Vangilder Rogers and Charles Vangilder, and three sisters, Grace Copeland, Willie Shelby and Pauline Shelby...

Doyle Wheat (11/30/05)
Doyle Wheat, 81, of Rector died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005, at the VA Hospital in Memphis. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Wheat, on Dec. 30, 2003; his parents, Oscar Lloyd and Audrie (Eagle) Wheat, and two sisters, Murel McDaniel and Christine Wheat...

Eva Gilbee (11/23/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Heaven Petrice Wofford (11/23/05)
Heaven Petrice Wofford, five-months-old, of Paragould died Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, in Paragould. She was born June 7, 2005, in Kennett. She is survived by her father, Jerrod Wofford of Paragould; mother, Crystal Quintanilla of Paragould; grandparents, Gabriel Lopez and Patty Lamas, both of Victoria, Texas, and Dale and Tonnie Wofford of Piggott; great-grandparents, Bob and Marsha Burns of Rector and Vada Wofford of Paragould; aunt, Bobbie Jo Lamas; and many other relatives and friends...

Kristie Telani McConnell (11/23/05)
Kristie Telani McConnell, 48, of Rector died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at the Med in Memphis following a car accident. She was an organ donor and helped to save three lives. Born Oct. 17, 1957, in Flint, Mich., she lived in Memphis prior to moving to Rector. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Rector, a member of the church choir and a guest gospel singer in several area churches. She was employed by Paragould Nursing Center...

Eva Gilbee (11/16/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Charles Richey (11/16/05)
Former Marmaduke school board member Charles Richey died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at his home at age 67. Richey, a farmer, also had served on the Greene County Quorum Court and on the board of Delta Cotton Coop and the Production Credit Association (PCA)...

James Ray Chadwick Moore (11/09/05)
James Ray Chadwick Moore, 63, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, in Rockford, Ill. He was a well known shoeshine boy for local barber shops and was an avid sports lover. He attended Rector High School and also served in the Arkansas National Guard...

Ozie Turner Burkheart (11/02/05)
Ozie Turner Burkheart, 99, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Piggott. She was born July 1, 1906, in Crockett, the daughter of the late Jimmy and Dora Foster Grissom. She was united in marriage to Cecil Charlie Turner, he preceded her in death on April 29, 1962. She married Dillard Burkheart and he preceded her in death in 1990...

Wilma Faye Sonney Tucker (11/02/05)
Wilma Faye Sonney Tucker, 72, of Rector died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Paragould. Born Nov. 24, 1932, in Rector to the late O.C. and Mae Graham Sonney, she worked in home health care. She also was preceded in death by four brothers, Roy, Junior, Charles and Jim Sonney, and one sister, Mary Sonney...

Geraldene Venita Beal (11/16/05)
Geraldene Venita Beal, 86, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A homemaker, she was born Jan. 10, 1919, in Clay County to the late Robert and Lul Edwards Travillian. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Van Beal, who died in December 1986, and two brothers, Dewayne and Doyle Travillian...

Everett Wiley Ellis (11/02/05)
Everett Wiley Ellis, 69, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Monday Oct. 24, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Nov. 28, 1935, in Clay County to the late Lois Hubert Ellis and Ruthie Marie Dalton Smith, he worked in the maintenance department for the Sun Beam factory and was of the Baptist faith...

Clyde Donahue (11/09/05)
Clyde Donahue, 95, of Piggott died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel (Cowgill) Donahue; his parents, Charlie Donahue and Florence (Lack) Donahue; and one son, Lee Roy Donahue...

Charlie Shelby (11/30/05)
Charlie Shelby, 88, of the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector and Piggott, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. He was preceded in death by his wife, Veda Shelby, on Oct. 19, 2005; his parents, Lemuel Washington and Hattie Mae Shelby; a daughter and son-in-law, Martha Vangilder Rogers and Charles Vangilder, and three sisters, Grace Copeland, Willie Shelby and Pauline Shelby...

Ruth "Evetta" Willis-Huffman (11/30/05)
Ruth "Evetta" Willis-Huffman, 80, of Granite City, Ill., died on Friday, Nov. 25, 2005, at Stearns Nursing and Rehab in Granite City. She was born Aug. 7, 1925, in Thompsonville, Ill., a daughter of the late Ameal and Ada (Lambly) Johns. She married George W. Willis on May 29, 1942, in Jackson, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Aug. 31, 1988. She then married Howard Huffman in July of 1990 and he also preceded her in death...

Billie Evelyn (Smith) Hayes (11/30/05)
Billie Evelyn (Smith) Hayes, 86, died on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at her daughter's home in Indian River, Mich. She was born on Christmas Day 1918 to William and Grace Smith in Piggott. Mrs. Hayes grew up with one sister and three brothers, moving to Flint, Mich., after graduating from Piggott High School in 1935. ...

Edna Louise Gill (11/23/05)
Edna Louise Gill, 60, of Campbell died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 28, 1944, in Beaver, Ohio, the daughter of Charley Bradley and Bertha Stevens Bradley. She was united in marriage to Roy Gill on Dec. 7, 1988, in Lancaster, Ohio...

Heaven Petrice Wofford (11/23/05)
Heaven Petrice Wofford, five-months-old, of Paragould died Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, in Paragould. She was born June 7, 2005, in Kennett. She is survived by her father, Jerrod Wofford of Paragould; mother, Crystal Quintanilla of Paragould; grandparents, Gabriel Lopez and Patty Lamas, both of Victoria, Texas, and Dale and Tonnie Wofford of Piggott; great-grandparents, Bob and Marsha Burns of Rector and Vada Wofford of Paragould; aunt, Bobbie Jo Lamas; and many other relatives and friends...

Elsie E. Haywood (11/23/05)
Elsie E. Haywood, 90, of West Memphis, Ark., formerly of Malden, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at Crittendon County Memorial Hospital. Born in Oran on July 30, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Robert Henry Mobley and Myrtle Jane Eskridge. She was united in marriage to Ray Haywood, who preceded her in death on May 11, 1967...

Eva Gilbee (11/23/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Ozie Turner Burkheart (11/02/05)
Ozie Turner Burkheart, 99, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Piggott. She was born July 1, 1906, in Crockett, the daughter of the late Jimmy and Dora Foster Grissom. She was united in marriage to Cecil Charlie Turner, he preceded her in death on April 29, 1962. She married Dillard Burkheart and he preceded her in death in 1990...

Gary Ballard (11/16/05)
Gary Ballard, 47, of Pollard died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005, at his home. He was born June 20, 1958, the son of the late Freeman and Deloris Campbell Ballard. He was raised by Ralph and Marie Trout. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Leroy...

Hershel Alvin Nichols (11/16/05)
Hershel Alvin Nichols, 89, of Piggott died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Conway. He was born Nov. 13, 1915, in Piggott, the son of the late Joe and Lora Lewis Nichols. He was united in marriage to Christola Kirk on June 7, 1941. They had two children...

Eva Gilbee (11/16/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Eleanor Joy (Sentell) Westbrook (11/16/05)
Eleanor Joy (Sentell) Westbrook, 74, of Qulin died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, at the Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born July 12, 1931, in Qulin, the daughter of the late Joe Edward Davis and Stella Mae Huff Davis Burk. She was first married to Harley Sentell on Dec. 17, 1947. He preceded her in death on May 2, 2003. She married James C. Westbrook Sr. on June 2, 1997, in Qulin. He survives...

David Watson (11/09/05)
David Watson, 53, of Corning died on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Aug. 26, 1952, in Piggott, the son of Norman Leon Watson and Roberta Lee (Baker) Watson. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Shelton on June 29, 1972, in Corning...

Clyde Donahue (11/09/05)
Clyde Donahue, 95, of Piggott died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel (Cowgill) Donahue; his parents, Charlie Donahue and Florence (Lack) Donahue; and one son, Lee Roy Donahue...

Carolyn J. Settlemoir (11/02/05)
Carolyn J. Settlemoir, 57, of Piggott died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, in the Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 19, 1948, in Pollard, the daughter of George Brown and Blanche Kemper Brown. She was united in marriage to Don Settlemoir on April 11, 1968. They had two children...