Obituaries from June 2006

Denver "Pat" Patrick (06/28/06)
Denver "Pat" Patrick, 80, of White House, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Monday, June 5, 2006, at his home. Born April 20, 1926, in Rector to the late Wyatt "Pat" Patrick and Flora Mae Patrick, he attended Rector Elementary School and was a graduate of Jonesboro High School and Arkansas State University...

Nelldean Akers (06/28/06)
Nelldean Akers, 81, of Piggott, died Friday, June 23, 2006, at her home. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Datto, to the late Randall and Ora Henderson Smith and was married Nov. 1, 1941, in Kennett, Mo., to Pleas "P.H." Henderson Akers, who preceded her in death April 5, 2004...

Jimmy V. Fielder (06/21/06)
Jimmy V. Fielder, 72, of Marmaduke, died Sunday, June 18, 2006, at Marmaduke. Born July 15, 1933, in Paragould to the late Meryle and Beatrice Fielder, he was retired from the military, having served in Vietnam. He had worked for Smoot Mobile Homes...

Karen Elizabeth (Manning) Capraro (06/21/06)
Karen Elizabeth (Manning) Capraro, 46, of St. Charles, Mo., died Monday, June 12, 2006, at Bianchette Nursing Home in St. Charles. She was born Oct. 13, 1959, in St. Louis to Troy Manning and Betty Sue (Jenkins) Manning. She was of the Mormon faith...

Glenda Faye (Mills) Lovely (06/21/06)
Glenda Faye (Mills) Lovely, 72, of the Paragould Nursing Center died Saturday, June 17, 2006, in Paragould. She was born May 4, 1934, in Rector to the late Loyd Alvin Mills and Rosie Lee (Adams) Mills. She was employed by Emerson Electric and was a member of Grace United General Baptist Church in Paragould...

Jimmie Robert Travillian (06/28/06)
Jimmie Robert Travillian, 77, of Rector died Saturday, June 24, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born July 13, 1928, in Rector to the late Robert Newton Travillian and Lula (Edwards) Travillian, he was a service man and meter reader for the Clay County Rural Water Association. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of Hitts Chapel General Baptist Church...

Mary Elizabeth Sanford (06/28/06)
Mary Elizabeth Sanford, 88, of Marmaduke, died Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at Evergreen Health and Rehab in Rector. Born Jan. 17, 1918, in Denver, Colo., to the late James Olson and Nellie Mae Brott Olson Cole, she was a homemaker, a longtime member of the community and a member of New Home Missionary Baptist Church...

Joyce Lee Burr (06/28/06)
Joyce Lee Burr, 67, of Niles, Mich., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, June 22, 2006, in Memorial Hospital at South Bend, Ind. She was born June 23, 1938, in Paragould to the late Everett Highfill and Audie Walker and was married Dec. 22, 1984, to Jack Burr. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Adam James Hess (06/28/06)
Adam James Hess, 24, of Wynne, great-grandson of Hughey and Mary Linam of Rector, died Tuesday, June 20, 2006, in St. Francis County. He was born Nov. 26, 1981, at Wynne to James Henry Hess Jr. and Pamela Gayle Mulholland Hess. He married Miss Jennifer Leigh Taegtmeyer on Jan. 24, 2006...

Colonel Pat B. Gray (06/14/06)
Colonel Pat B. Gray (retired), USAF Medical Service Corps, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at age 79. Col. Gray was born March 17, 1927. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arch and Inez Gray; his wife, Joan Twitty Gray, and son, Pat B. Gray II. He is survived by his son, Gary and wife Arlene of LaVernia, Texas; one daughter, LeeAnn, of Warner Robins, Ga.; one sister, Carolyn Johnson of White Bear Lake, Minn.; nephew, Leland Blackshare of Rector, and cousin, Rosie Akers of Rector...

Denise P. Bowman (06/07/06)
Denise P. Bowman, 49, of Marmaduke died Sunday, May 28, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born June 19, 1956, in Memphis, Tenn., to Nolan Bowman and Nettie Faye Bowman, she was a long time area resident and a member of the First Baptist Church of Marmaduke...

Lola Marie Donaldson (06/07/06)
Lola Marie Donaldson, 95, of Forrest City, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, June 1, 2006. Born April 26, 1911, in Greene County to the late William Ahlf and Emma (Wyatt) Ahlf, she was a florist and had owned and operated Donaldson's Flowers. She was of the Methodist faith...

Robert Melvin "Bobby" Edwards (06/07/06)
Robert Melvin "Bobby" Edwards, 66, of Forrest City and Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Nov. 25, 1939, in Greene County to the late Jesse Edwards and Grace (Ahlf) Edwards, he was a grocer and of the Missionary Baptist faith...

James Harold Lankford (06/07/06)
James Harold Lankford, age 65, of Searcy, a native of Rector, died Saturday, June 3, 2006. He was born Nov. 13, 1940, in Rector to James Howard and Ivalene Vangilder Lankford. He was retired from the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Glenda Faye Sullivan, and one niece, Kristi Sullivan Small...

James Harold Lankford (06/14/06)
James Harold Lankford, age 65, of Searcy, a native of Rector, died Saturday, June 3, 2006. He was born Nov. 13, 1940, in Rector to James Howard and Ivalene Vangilder Lankford. He was retired from the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Glenda Faye Sullivan, and one niece, Kristi Sullivan Small...

Helen Webster (06/28/06)
Helen Webster, 90, of Piggott died Saturday, June 24, 2006, at the NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Aug. 23, 1915, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Poley Dow and Daisy Francis (Moore) Simpson. She was united in marriage to Silas Webster on Oct. 14, 1933. He preceded her in death in 1985. They had four children...

Lorene Eloise Baker (06/28/06)
Lorene Eloise Baker, 85, formerly of Pollard, died Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley, Miss. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer William Baker; parents, Charlie and Lula (Richardson) Ellis; one son, Gary Baker; two sisters, Thela Jane Stinett and Beatrice Thompson; and two brothers, Charlie Ellis and Bill Ellis...

Rebecca Lorene (Haywood) Staples (06/28/06)
Rebecca Lorene (Haywood) Staples, 81, of Piggott died Friday, June 23, 2006, at the Med Center in Memphis. She was born April 9, 1925, the daughter of the late Herbert and Neatie (Edwards) Haywood. She was united in marriage to Wayne Staples on Dec. 26, 1945. They had three children...

Jimmie Harold White (06/28/06)
Jimmie Harold White, 68, of Piggott died Thursday, June 22, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Dec. 25, 1937, in Pulaski, Tenn., the son of the late Millard Boyd and Ovie Mae (Dugger) White. He was united in marriage to Nellie Weller on Dec. 25, 1981...

Nelldean Akers (06/28/06)
Nelldean Akers, 81, of Piggott, died Friday, June 23, 2006, at her home in Piggott. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Datto, the daughter of the late Randall and Ora Henderson Smith. She was united in marriage to Pleas "P.H." Henderson Akers on Nov. 1, 1941, in Kennett. He preceded her in death on April 5, 2004...

Olive Piland (06/14/06)
Olive Piland, 94, of Piggott died June 10, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 31, 1911, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Samuel and Isadora Ellis Haley. She was united in marriage to Boman Ralph Piland on Dec. 25, 1932. They had two children...

Jonothan Christopher Ray Baker (06/21/06)
Jonothan Christopher Ray Baker, 25, of Pollard, died Friday, June 16, 2006. He was born Sept. 25, 1980, in Poplar Bluff, the son of Melvin Leon Baker and Pamela Kay Vinson Baker of Pollard. He attended the United Voice of Zion Church in Malden. He was preceded in death by one sister, Angela Vinson; and his paternal grandparents, Melvin and Florendia Baker...

Flora E. Milde (06/21/06)
Flora E. Milde, 92, of Piggott died Saturday, June 17, 2006, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born March 14, 1914, in Anniston, Mo., and was the daughter of the late William B. and Mary Aliphant Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Patricia Presson; two sons-in-law, David Presson and Dallas Hatcher; and three sisters and one brother...

Eva Norene Braden (06/21/06)
Eva Norene Braden, 81, of Pollard died Saturday, June 17, 2006, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born April 21, 1925, in Pollard, the daughter of the late John Henry and Florence Crocker Brawner. She was united in marriage to Nolan Braden on May 2, 1942. They had three children...

Raymond Chadwell (06/14/06)
Raymond Chadwell, 76, of Piggott died Sunday, June 11, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born March 11, 1930, in Flint, Mich., the son of the late Raymond and Mildred Lane Chadwell. He was united in marriage to Claudine Rimmer in 1948 and they had five children. She preceded him in death in 2003. He was then united in marriage to Marie Roark on May 14, 2005...

Ewell Edgar Baker (06/14/06)
Ewell Edgar Baker, 83, of Piggott died Sunday, June 4, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on Oct. 16, 1922, in Lawrence County, the son of the late Oscar and Alberta Herring Baker. He was united in marriage to Lois Rowland on June 17, 1940. They had four sons...

Marvin Owen (06/28/06)
Marvin Owen, 72, of Piggott died Thursday, June 8, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born June 13, 1933, in Nimmons, the son of the late Vessie and Mary Williams Owen. He was united in marriage to Betty Sue Evans on June 29, 1951. They had three children...

Anna Janie King (06/07/06)
Anna Janie King, 75, of Sugar Grove, Ill., died Thursday, May 25, 2006, at Provena Mercy Center in Aurora, Ill. She was born Dec. 11, 1930, in Smithville, the third child of the late Thomas O. and Thelma J. Flowers Coyle. She graduated from high school at Hardy and went on to attend Southern Baptist College at Walnut Ridge...

Emma Katherine Book (06/07/06)
Emma Katherine Book, formerly of Piggott, died Sunday, June 4, 2006, in Lake Orion, Mich. She was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Vincennes, Ind., to the late Fred and Althea Chambers. She was united in marriage to Amos Book on Jan. 15, 1945. He preceded her in death on Jan. 13, 1990...

Lorenia Mae Cato (06/07/06)
Lorenia Mae Cato, 85, of Qulin died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born on May 26, 1921, in Qulin, the daughter of the late Alonzo Thomas Fonville Jr. and Rhoda Mae Jordan Fonville. She was united in marriage to William Arthur Cato Sr. on May 14, 1939, in Qulin. He preceded her in death on July 28, 1989...

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