Obituaries from August 2006

Enos Oscar Pollard (08/31/06)
Enos Oscar Pollard, 86, of Rector, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born Jan. 29, 1920, in Carryville to the late Ray and Lee Pollard, he was a farmer and of the Church of Christ faith. Also preceding him in death were his wife, Flossie Pollard; five brothers, Joe, Sylvester, Duward, Floyd and Hulen Pollard; one sister, Mary Bell Pelts, and one grandchild...

Jay Cletis Bounds (08/31/06)
Jay Cletis Bounds, 64, of Paragould died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006. He was preceded in death by his wife, Katrinka (Story) Bounds; his parents, Shirl and Wilma Bounds; brothers, Doyle and Clifford, and a sister, Pauline (Penny) Oglesby. He was of the Pentecostal faith...

Jewell Doyne Hayes (08/31/06)
Jewell Doyne Hayes lost his battle with cancer Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at the age of 62. He was born Sept. 2, 1943, in Rector to the late Ira and Mozell Smith Hayes. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1964. In addition to his basic training, he also completed Airborn School, Officer Candidate School and Army Flight School...

Doyle Wayne Presson (08/16/06)
Doyle Wayne Presson, 74, of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, in Jonesboro. He was born March 23, 1932, in Mounds, to the late Jesse G. and Elsie Presson. He was a farmer and a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. Also preceding him in death were seven brothers, Loy, Willie, Leon, Arlon, Durward, Leo and Donald Presson, and one sister, Neoma Presson...

John Cassius Bulley (08/16/06)
John Cassius Bulley, 89, of Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rector, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Nov. 16, 1916, in Marine City, Mich., to the late Clarence and Louise (Biscorner) Bulley. A veteran of the Coast Guard, he was of the Catholic faith and worked as a master welder for General Motors...

Hison "Buddy" Boswell (08/16/06)
Hison "Buddy" Boswell, 75, of Marmaduke died Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at his home. Born June 3, 1931, in Blytheville to the late Oliver Boswell and Tina McBride Minick, he was a member of Pine Hill Full Gospel Church. He was retired from Atlas Asphalt and, according to his family, one of his favorite pastimes was "playing with his gravel truck and backhoe."...

Jessie Clara (Parham) Moore (08/25/06)
Jessie Clara (Parham) Moore, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at Curry Good Samaritan Center in Brookings, Ore. She was born Dec. 29, 1914, to the late J.A. (Archie) and Mary E. Parham in Conway. She lived in Rector for years before moving out west...

Leveeda Whitehorn (08/25/06)
Leveeda Whitehorn, 83, of Hot Springs, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, in Hot Springs. The daughter of the late Cynthia Nettles and Charlie Williams, she was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Clay County and was married Jan. 12, 1945, to Raymond Whitehorn, who preceded her in death March 1, 1995...

Betty Miller (08/25/06)
Betty Miller, 84, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. Born June 2, 1922, in Mobile, Ala., she was retired from Brown Shoe Company and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Miller...

Velma Stout Atwell (08/09/06)
Velma Stout Atwell, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., sister of Dorothy Gatewood of Rector, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Atwell was born Feb. 26, 1921, in Harviell, Mo., to the late George Everett and Florence (Bruce) Stout. She attended the Lord's Chapel Church and had retired as an assistant cafeteria supervisor. She enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing, gardening and reading...

Margaret Ann Lale (08/09/06)
Margaret Ann Lale, 67, of Alice, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Aug. 5, in a Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital after a long illness. She was born Jan. 17, 1939, in Clay County to the late Riley Calvin Banks and Mary McDowell of Rector and went to school in Rector. She was a longtime resident of Alice, where she was manager of Sunset Terrace Apartments for many years. She loved people, gardening, playing bingo, going to casinos and traveling with her family...

Bobby J. Stewart (08/09/06)
Bobby J. Stewart, 73, of Lemay, Mo., brother of Glen Stewart and Sue Watson of Rector, died Thursday, July 20, 2006, in Lemay. He was born July 15, 1933, in Greene County to the late W.F. Stewart and Floye Light Stewart. He also was preceded in death by one brother, Charles, and two sisters, Ovela Sheffield and Louise Nichols...

Thomas Woodrow Jones (08/09/06)
Thomas Woodrow Jones, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born June 11, 1916, in Sikeston, Mo., and was a retired farm laborer and a member of White Oak General Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by one brother, Clarence William Jones, and four sisters, Bertha Cantrell, Lucille Moore, Rosa Lee Tolbert and Martha Webb...

Donald G. Edwards (08/02/06)
Donald G. Edwards, 55, of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Jan. 24, 1951, in Rector, to the late John Henry and Helen (Crews) Edwards. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Junior Edwards and Dennis Ray Edwards...

Joan (Mallet) Jenkins (08/02/06)
Joan (Mallet) Jenkins, 63, of Paragould, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Born Oct. 17, 1942, she was a retired high school teacher and was active in the Center Hill Church of Christ. She taught 17 years at Rector, 16 years at Crowley's Ridge Academy and two years at West Memphis Christian School...

Joseph Michael Jones Jr (08/02/06)
Joseph Michael Jones Jr., 30, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Friday, July 28, 2006, at his home. He was born Dec. 22, 1975, at Paragould. He was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Linda Thomas Griggs...

Francis Pauline Morris (08/02/06)
Francis Pauline Morris, 61, of Rector, died Friday, July 28, 2006. Born July 13, 1945, in Rector to the late Arthur and Pauline Morris, she was a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. Also preceding her in death was one brother, A.L. Morris...

Clarence "Wimpy" Coye Thomas (08/25/06)
Clarence "Wimpy" Coye Thomas, 83, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, at the Veterans' Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born July 20, 1923, and was the son of the late Millard and Laura (Lands) Thomas. He was united in marriage to Opal F. Easterwood on Nov. 29, 1947. They had three children...

Clara Bell Grissom Baker (08/25/06)
Clara Bell Grissom Baker, 90, of Piggott, passed away Aug. 17, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Oct. 1, 1915, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Pearl and Eva Dovey (Simmons) Grissom. She was united in marriage to Henry Dallas Baker on Sept. 23, 1939. He preceded her in death in 1979...

Mary Jane McKeel (08/31/06)
Mary Jane McKeel, 77, of Kennett died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 26, 1929, in Russellville, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Silas T. and Charles Earle Pennington Redmond. She was united in marriage to William H. McKeel on May 30, 1952. The couple had two children...

R.A. Simpson (08/02/06)
R.A. Simpson, 89, of Casa Grande, Ariz., died on Saturday, July 8, 2006. He was born Sept. 24, 1916, at Greenway, the son of the late Elmer and Laura Cox Simpson. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and a 50-year Mason. He was a lifelong farmer and...

Bobby J. Stewart (08/02/06)
Bobby J. Stewart, 73, of Lemay, Mo., died on Thursday, July 20, 2006, in Lemay. He was born July 15, 1933, in Greene County, the son of the late W.F. Stewart and Floye Light Stewart. Mr. Stewart was the former owner of three Kwikway Restaurant's and four Stewart bars, Lemay Bowl and was a real estate agent for Coldwell Banker Realtors...

Bernice Moore (08/02/06)
Bernice Moore, 95, of Piggott died Sunday, July 30, 2006, in the N.H.C. Healthcare Center in Kennett. She was born Jan. 29, 1911, in Morganton, the daughter of the late Omer and Bessie Allison Graddy. She was united in marriage to Hudson Moore on Jan. 10, 1932. They had five children...

Lonnie E. Starks (08/02/06)
Lonnie E. Starks, 57, of Idalia, Mo., died Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. He was born May 1, 1949, in Piggott, the son of the late Joseph Lonnie and Sarah Lee (Holifield) Starks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Josie Lee Mauldin; and a nephew, Jackie Wayne Mauldin...

Donald G. Edwards (08/02/06)
Donald G. Edwards, 55, of Campbell died Thursday, July 27, 2006, in the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell. He was born Jan. 24, 1951, in Rector, the son of the late John Henry and Helen (Crews) Edwards. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Junior Edwards and Dennis Ray Edwards...

Ora Modena Potts (08/09/06)
Ora Modena Potts, 84, of Bartlett, Tenn., formerly of Greenway and Paragould, died Monday, July 10, 2006, at her residence. She was born on Oct. 3, 1921, in Guy, the daughter of the late James Elmer and Cora Ann (Hooper) Steward. She was of the Baptist faith...

Ella Christine Whiteside Davis (08/16/06)
Ella Christine Whiteside Davis, 90, of Campbell, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born June 11, 1916, in Piggott. She was first married to Paul Byron Whiteside on Oct. 3, 1936, in Holcomb, Mo. He preceded her in death on Feb. 19, 1974. She later married Ezra Davis on March 7, 1977, in Broseley, Mo...

Steve Edwards (08/09/06)
Steve Edwards, 44, of Piggott died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on Oct. 18, 1961, the son of Lester and Louise Allgood Edwards. He was united in marriage to Melissa Brawner on May 23, 1987. They had three daughters...

Glen McDoniel (08/09/06)
Glen McDoniel, 75, of Cookeville, Tenn., formerly of Piggott, died on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, in NHC of Cookeville, Tenn. He was born Nov. 6, 1930, at Tuckerman, the son of the late James Robert "J.R." and Clara Fortenberry McDoniel. Mr. McDoniel graduated from David Lipscomb College (now University) with his bachelor's degree in 1952. He was united in marriage to Marian Milhoan on June 5, 1953...

Ernest Lee "Dick" Hall (08/02/06)
Ernest Lee "Dick" Hall, 78, of Piggott died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 12, 1928, in Morrilton, the son of the late Andy and Claudia Cook Hall. He was united in marriage to Patti Casper on Sept. 18, 1959. He was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Piggott...

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