Obituaries from June 2007

Wilburn Mullins (06/28/07)
Wilburn Mullins, 63, of Knob died Thursday, June 21, 2007, at his home. He was born July 11, 1943, in Paragould to the late Charley Seymour and Lucy Perkins Mullins and was married Oct. 13, 1958, to Altie Bell Mullins, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Alvin Mullins of McDougal and Wade Mullins of Knob; three daughters, Pam Mullins, Danica Lane and Carrie Tidwell, all of McDougal; three brothers, Burnis Mullins of San Jacinto, Calif., Alton Mullins of Corcoran, Calif., and Wayne Mullins of Knob; one sister, Cleda Andrews of Tyler, Texas, 11 grandchildren and many friends and relatives.. ...

Bobbie Jean Crum (06/20/07)
Bobbie Jean Crum, 74, of Rector, died Thursday, June 14, at Evergreen Healthcare in Rector. Born May 11, 1933, in Beebe to the late Thomas and Myrtle Horn, she was a housewife and member of Antioch Baptist Church. Also preceding her in death was her husband, Fred Crum, and one son, Gerald Crum...

Danny Donaldson (06/20/07)
Danny Donaldson, 71, of Palestine, died suddenly and unexpectedly Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at the Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City. Born May 19, 1936, in Rector to the late Byron and Lola Ahlf Donaldson, he had lived in Forrest City most of his life. He was a retired vice president of operations for G.E.S., Inc., a veteran of the Army and a member of the First Baptist Church in Palestine...

Thomas "Tom" Walker Pratt (06/14/07)
Thomas "Tom" Walker Pratt, 86, of Lake City, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Lakeside Nursing Center. Born Jan. 25, 1921, in Brigton, Ark., to the late W.W. Pratt and Katie Bell Shatley Pratt, he was a carpenter and painter. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Gilkerson Pratt, in April 2005, and one sister, Ollie Edgin...

Paul Michael Nordmeyer (06/14/07)
Paul Nordmeyer, 28, of Marmaduke died Monday, June 11, 2007, at his home. He was born Aug. 22, 1978, to Donald and Carol Nordmeyer. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his mother, Carol Nordmeyer; one son, Michael Nordmeyer; one brother and sister-in-law, Patrick and Kim Nordmeyer of Rector, and two sisters, Pamela Jenkins of Marmaduke and Penny Boozer of Rector...

Mamie Seen Glover (06/14/07)
Mamie Seen Glover, 92, of Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott, died Friday, June 8, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1914, in Piggott, to the late Oscar Olen and Nola Green "Davis" Gordon. She was married to Ural Lester Glover, who also preceded her in death, as did three brothers, Marshall Gordon, Delbert Gordon and Eldridge Gordon, and two sisters, Myrl Gordon and Lee Gordon Newman...

Glenda Lucille Rutledge (06/20/07)
Glenda Lucille Rutledge, 76, of Rector, died Monday, June 11, 2007, at her residence. She was born March 8, 1931, in Peach Orchard to the late Charlie and Eve Vallance. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Earl Rutledge Sr.; a grandson, Andrew Corniel, and a granddaughter, Kai Lei Rutledge...

Kevin Dewayne Warner, Jr. (06/20/07)
Kevin Dewayne Warner, Jr., 14, of Rector, died Sunday June, 17, 2007 at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. Born Sept. 9, 1992 in St. Louis, he was a student at Rector High School and attended The First Baptist Church in Rector. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Carolyn Warner...

Frank Ralph Woods (06/20/07)
Frank Ralph Woods, 82, of Columbiana, Ala., died Sunday, June 11, 2007, in a hospital in Birmingham. He was the husband of Ruth Woods, daughter of the late Donald and Doma McCluney of Rector. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank Sr. Woods and Berniece Woods McDonald, and his first wife, Ruth...

Helen Marie Farmer (06/28/07)
Helen Marie Farmer, 76, of Marmaduke died Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Sept. 7, 1930, in Lepanto to the late Cecil Bryan and Novella Katherine Guntharp. She was a homemaker and a member of the Marmaduke Church of Christ...

Lola Esther Gunn (06/28/07)
Lola Esther Gunn, 87, of Rector, died Monday, June 11, 2007, at Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation in Rector. Born Jan. 21, 1920, in Rector to the late William H. and Ludie May, she was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and was very active in her church work...

Lawrence Junior Miller (06/28/07)
Lawrence Junior Miller, 83, of Hazelwood, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at his home. Born Dec. 21, 1923, in Rector to the late Lawrence F. Miller and Georgia Fisk Miller, he was a tool and die maker. Also preceding him in death was a son, Lawrence F. Miller III...

J.W. Batten (06/28/07)
J.W. Batten, 78, of Rector, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation in Rector. Born May 24, 1928, in Clay County to the late Henry Batten and Beatrice Huckabay Batten, he was a farmer, a lifelong member of the community and of the Baptist faith...

Billy J. Tracer (06/28/07)
Billy J. Tracer, 80, of Rector died Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born May 2, 1927, in Michigan to the late R.C. Tracer and Bessie Tracer, he was a retired farmer and a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ...

Wilma Frances Stokes (06/06/07)
Wilma Frances Stokes, 74, of Mountain View, a native of Rector, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, in Mountain View. She was born Jan. 11, 1933, in Rector to the late Alonzo Orbin and and Wilma Bertie (Ratledge) Stahl. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers, George, Gerald, Olan, Orville and Irvin "Doc" Stahl...

Lenora Geraldean (Gordon) Rowlett (06/06/07)
Lenora Geraldean (Gordon) Rowlett, 83, of Rector died Sunday, May 20, 2007, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Mrs. Rowlett was born March 14, 1924, in Rector. She married Carl Edward Rowlett, also of Rector, on Jan. 10, 1945. He preceded her in death Nov. 1, 1993...

Eric William Jones (06/28/07)
Eric William Jones, 89, a life long resident of Piggott died Saturday, June 16, 2007, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Nov. 21, 1917, the son of A.N. and Ethel "Williams" Jones. Eric was a member of the Thornton Street Church Of Christ, worked 28 years as a warehouse manager for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, was an employee of Irby Funeral Home for years, was a member of the VFW and he was a World War II army veteran...

Charles Lawrence Cate (06/28/07)
Charles Lawrence Cate, 91, of Salem, Oreg., formerly of Boydsville, Ark., died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Born in Boydsville to Elder T.L. and Nora (Sidebottom) Cate, he married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Woodard on Aug. ...

Martha Jane Leggett (06/28/07)
Martha Jane Leggett, 82, died on June 24, 2007 in Memphis. Born June 4, 1925 in Piggott, she was the daughter of Eric A. and Ruth A. Parrish. She was a former resident of Piggott and Las Vegas, Nev. Survivors include a son, Thomas P. Leggett of Little Rock; four grandchildren, Meredith Rogowski and her husband, Christopher, of Evanston, Ill., Thomas J. ...

Goldie Mae Walker (06/20/07)
Goldie Mae Walker, 98, died Thursday, June 14, 2007, at her daughter's home in Piggott. She was born April 21, 1909, in Hornersville, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Jake and Alice Weeks. She was married to Charlie Walker on Nov. 24, 1924, and to this union four children were born. In June 2000, after being married for seventy-six years, her husband Charlie preceded her in death...

Nada Maxine Emberton (06/14/07)
Nada "Maxine" Emberton, 81, of Piggott, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, at the North East Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. She worked as a switchboard operator for many years and was of the First Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Edith Sale Douglas; one sister, Jeanette Douglas; and half brother Jackie Douglas...

Mamie Seen Glover (06/14/07)
Mamie Seen Glover, 92, of the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott, died Friday, June 8, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1914, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Oscar Olen and Nola Green "Davis" Gordon. She was married to Ural Lester Glover. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Wright's Chapel Methodist church in Piggott...

Eulalia Haywood (06/14/07)
Eulalia Haywood, 84, of Greenway, died Friday, June 8, 2007 in Murphy Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Piggott. She was born on April 2, 1923, in Rector, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Ida Bain Sinko. She was married to Glen Dale Haywood on Oct. 12, 1941 and they had two children. He preceded her in death on March 30, 2000...

Linda Hendon (06/14/07)
Linda Hendon, 59, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piggott, Arkansas, died Friday, June 8, 2007 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Linda was born Dec. 12, 1947 in Kennett, the daughter of James W. and Wanda V. Henson Hendon. She was preceded in death by her father James and one brother, Tony...

Kathryn Wilcox (06/14/07)
Kathryn Wilcox, 81, died Sunday, June 3, 2007, after a battle with Parkinson's Disease. Mary Kathryn Wilcox was born Aug. 5, 1925, to Ed and Bessie Curtis Wright in Rector. She was preceded in death by her parents, her spouses and her sister. Wilcox lived and worked in Paragould the majority of her life. ...

Johnny "Bill" Mulherin (06/14/07)
Johnny "Bill" Mulherin, 79, of Flint Mich., died Friday, May 25, 2007 at the Genesys Hospice Care Center in Goodrich, Mich. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 29, at the Swartz Funeral Home with the Rev. Gerald St. Cin officiating. Burial was in the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. Masonic services were conducted Monday, May 28 at the funeral home chapel...

Kenneth E. Spicer (06/14/07)
Kenneth E. Spicer, 62, of Lauderdale, Miss., died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, in Meridian, Miss. He was born on Jan. 23, 1945 in Detroit, Mich., and was the son of the late J. W. "Pete" and Mildred Martin Spicer. He is survived by his wife Peggy; one son, Kenneth W. ...

Charles Lawrence Cate (06/20/07)
Charles Lawrence Cate, 91, of Salem, Oreg., formerly of Boydsville, Ark., died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Born in Boydsville to Elder T.L. and Nora (Sidebottom) Cate, he married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Woodard on Aug. ...

Irene Janes (06/06/07)
Irene Janes, 86, died May 24, 2007, at Columbia Manor Care Center in Columbia, Mo. Irene was born September 3, 1920, in Lafe, Ark., to James M. and Cleora Hill Arnold. She married Ernest Janes on April 27, 1941. For a good part of their married life, they lived and farmed near Pollard...

Noah Edward "Paul" Hargrove (06/06/07)
Noah Edward "Paul" Hargrove, 81, of South Beloit Ill., formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in Illinois. He was born November 17, 1926 in Hornersville, the son of the late Thomas and Georgia Russell Hargrove, and preceded in death by his parents and by brothers Thomas Loren and James Ernest Hargrove...

Delmar Grissom (06/06/07)
Delmar Grissom, 86, of Hardin, Ky, formerly of Piggott, died May 15, 2007, at his home. He was a retired police officer from Wayne County, Mich., a veteran of World War II, and was a member of the Unity Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Mary Alice (Verbie) Grissom; a brother J.T. Grissom; and a sister Flora Whaley...

Charlton Francis Brady (06/06/07)
Charlton Francis Brady, 95, died Sunday, May 27, 2007 after a brief illness. He was born to Curtis Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Brady, along with identical twin brother John Frederick, on September 26, 1911 in Piggott. He was united in marriage to Mary Ardath Hogard on Dec. ...

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