Obituaries from January 2008

Arvilene Marcelle (Bradsher) Hardin (01/30/08)
Arvilene Marcelle (Bradsher) Hardin, 80, of Piggott, formerly of Marmaduke, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. Mrs. Hardin was born Feb. 9, 1927, to the late Arvin and Cleoffie Starnes Bradsher. She had lived in this area all of her life. She was of the Methodist faith and enjoyed writing poetry, singing and volunteering at nursing homes...

Larry Murrell Cook (01/30/08)
Larry Murrell Cook, 65, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Jan. 27, 1943, and had worked as a billing clerk for a bonding company in Michigan. He was preceded in death by his father, Murrell Luther Cook. He is survived by his mother, Irene (Geauaway) Cook, of the home...

Edith Irene Chapman (01/30/08)
Edith Irene Chapman, 95, of Cordova, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at the Memphis Jewish Home in Cordova. Born July 14, 1912, to the late Herbert and Mary Ann French, she was a seamstress by trade, of the Methodist faith and a member of the Central Non-Denominational Church in Collinsville, Tenn...

Myrtle Bible (01/30/08)
Myrtle Bible, 97, of Paragould, formerly of Marmaduke, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Bible was born Sept. 23, 1910, to the late Samuel and Mable Bostick. She enjoyed crafting and quilting and made sure all her grandchildren had quilts made by her before she died...

Kenneth David Knoble (01/30/08)
Kenneth David Knoble, 89, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A native of Wisconsin, he was born March 26, 1918. Mr. Knoble recently was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Crow Knoble, retired school teacher, librarian and former co-publisher of the Clay County Democrat, who died Nov. 14, 2007...

Mark Wilson (01/10/08)
Mark Wilson, 41 of Rector, formerly of Conway, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, at UAMS in Little Rock. He was born Dec. 18, 1966, in Pasadena, Texas, and worked as a mason brick layer. He was of the Baptist faith and was a veteran of the National Guard...

Raymond Travis Clark (01/17/08)
Raymond Travis Clark, 83, of Paragould died Thrusday, Jan. 3, 2008. Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at Irby Funeral Home in Marmaduke.

William Orville "Mac" McCord (01/17/08)
William Orville "Mac" McCord, 79, of O'Fallon, Mo., a native of Rector, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. He was born Feb. 23, 1928, in Rector and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a retired member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local #25 and was an avid fisherman and gardener...

Euro Elonzo "Bud" Stone (01/17/08)
Euro Elonzo "Bud" Stone, 95, of Rector, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1912, in Clarita, Okla., to the late W.E. and Mattie (Hoover) Stone. He is survived by his wife, Pat (Nunnery) Stone of the home; one son, Joe Kelly Stone McCarty of Clarita, Okla.; one daughter, Shirley Milner of Montana; three brothers, William Newell Stone, Allan Stone and Loyd Stone, five grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends...

Nelma Rhea Waugh (01/17/08)
Nelma Rhea Waugh, 74, of Rector died Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. She was born May 29, 1933, in Blue Cane to the late Arnold and Ivera (Layne) Hicks. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend and a faithful member of Blue Cane General Baptist Church...

Ruby Bell Williams (01/17/08)
Ruby Bell Williams, 94, formerly of Marmaduke, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, at Evergreen Health and Rehabilition in Rector. She was born July 2, 1913, in Greene County to the late Oliver and Joyce Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Williams...

Scott Alan Farmer (01/17/08)
Scott Alan Farmer, 34, of Marmaduke died Friday, Jan. 11, at his home. He was born in Paragould on Jan. 29, 1973, to Dennis and Barbara (Runyan) Farmer. Farmer was of the Baptist faith, worked at Emerson Electric in Paragould as a machine operator for 12 years and will be remembered as an avid hunter and fisherman...

Wanda Lee Gatewood Hardin (01/24/08)
Wanda Lee Gatewood Hardin, 79, of Marmaduke died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at her home. She was born in Lafe to the late James and Nancy Belle (Beaton) Stephens and was a member of the Gravel Hill General Baptist Church, but attended the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke...

Andrew E. "Andy" Niederkorn (01/24/08)
Andrew E. "Andy" Niederkorn, a 1976 graduate of Greenway High School, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. He was born May 5, 1958, in Paragould and moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in May 1976. He was the owner of Hard Times of Jax long haul trucking company...

Maurice Humphrey "Hump" Ray (01/10/08)
Maurice Humphrey "Hump" Ray, 80, of the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, formerly of Marmaduke, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2008 at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 7, 1927, in Marmaduke to the late Shad Ray and Reba (Graves) Ray, he was manager of a service station in California, of the Baptist faith and was in the Marines...

Nadine Lanelle Wilson (01/10/08)
Nadine Lanelle Wilson, 88, of Greenwood, Ind., a native of Rector, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. She was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Rector to the late Thomas Owen and Madge (Fitzgerald) Harp. She was a graduate of Rector High School and had worked in the Lines and Transmission Planning Departments of Indiana Bell for over 25 years before retiring in 1980. While at Indiana Bell, she was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America...

Valerie A. Ergle (01/10/08)
Valerie A. Ergle, 56, of Mapleton, Ill., died Monday, Dec. 24, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. Born Nov. 6, 1951, in Lafe to Osborn and Mary Reynolds Wilcoxson, she attended grade school and two years of high school in Rector. She was employed as a school teacher for Manual High School in Peoria for 29 years, retiring in June 2007...

Rachel Lee (Hampton) Carroll (01/10/08)
Rachel Lee (Hampton) Carroll, 91, of Marmaduke died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Carroll was born Jan. 13, 1916, to the late William Hall and Flossie Pearl (Starnes) Hampton. She was orphaned at age two and was raised by her maternal grandparents, Moses and Belle Starnes...

D. M. (Buster) Morris (01/24/08)
D. M. (Buster) Morris of Paragould died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Morris was born on March 15, 1913, near Rector. He was the son of Melvin and Grace Easton Morris. His father preceded him in death while the family was fairly young and his mother was remarried to W.J. Rogers, a man Morris admired greatly. That marriage joined two families together with a wide age range...

Manson Ardell Heath (01/02/08)
Manson Ardell Heath, 92, of the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 28. Born Nov. 28, 1915, in Rector to the late Manson Everett and Susan Rosie (Yancey) Heath, he was a 1935 graduate of Rector High School, a member of the Poplar Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis and had worked as a welder-pipe fitter...

Lowell Mae Lindsey (01/02/08)
Lowell Mae Lindsey, 86, of Rector died Monday, Dec. 24, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. Born March 7, 1921, in Ponotoc, Miss., to the late Wilson D. and Anna Bell Turner Lindsey, he was married to Margaret Rutledge on May 22, 1942...

Rose Zetta Rogers Sheffield (01/02/08)
Rose Zetta Rogers Sheffield, 85, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at her home. She was born March 12, 1923, in Rector to the late William and Cordie Thrasher Rogers and grew up here. She had worked in sales at a department store and was a member of the West Side General Baptist Church in St. Ann, Mo...

Abigail Braman (01/30/08)
Abigail Braman, 48, of Kennett, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, in Baptist East Medical Center in Memphis. She was born Aug. 21, 1959, in Piggott. She is survived by three children, Carlene Hickman, Damien Tinsley and wife Linda, and Carrie Tinsley, all of Kennett; seven grandchildren, Tyler Mantz, Cody Mantz, Parrish Mantz, Sebastian Stokes, Tehya Tinsley, Amethyst Pittman and Tinnasha Pittman; her parents, Belle and Jim Cauble; three sisters, Vicky Owens of Piggott, Karen Benson of Holcomb and Elizabeth Branter of Kennett; five nieces and three nephews; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Ira Fautheree (01/30/08)
Ira Fautheree, Jr., 39, of Piggott, died Jan. 27, 2008. He was born Jan. 17, 1969, in Baton Rouge, La., and was the son of Ira and Betty Ardoin Fautheree. He is survived by his parents, Ira and Betty Fautheree of Piggott; twin sons, Trey and Troy; a daughter, Kayla Fautheree of Illinois; a sister, Yolanda Hatten of Mississippi, and many other relatives and friends...

Dwight Denver Gribble (01/30/08)
Dwight Denver Gribble, 85, of Garden City, Mich., died Jan. 20, 2008, in Michigan. He was born Sept. 8, 1922, in Boydsville and was the son of the late William R. and Myrtle Carpenter Gribble. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Dennis Gribble...

Bonnie Todd (01/30/08)
Bonnie Todd, 65, of Hardy, formerly of Piggott, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, at the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 23, 1942, in Piggott, the daughter of Marion Thomas and Ruth Harvill Harmon. She was united in marriage to Marion Leroy Todd on Dec. 1, 1961. The couple had three sons...

Andrew E. "Andy" Niederkorn (01/23/08)
Andrew E. "Andy" Niederkorn, a 1976 graduate of Greenway High School, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. He was born May 5, 1958, in Paragould and moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in May 1976. He was the owner of Hard Times of Jax long haul trucking company...

Loretta J. Wagster (01/02/08)
Loretta J. Wagster 65, of Piggott, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born April 7, 1942, in Cooter, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Iver and Myrtle Crow Glenn. She was united in marriage to Dallas Wagster on May 10, 1960...

Jimmie L. Hoggard Sr. (01/17/08)
Jimmie L. Hoggard Sr., 71, of Piggott, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2008, at the Grand Manor Nursing Home in St. Louis. He was born September 9, 1936, in Milligan Ridge, Ark., and was the son of the late Nelson S. and Augusta Lindley Hoggard. He was preceded in death by four sisters: Mary Benefield, Alta Millingan, Lucy Ridley, and Gladys Nash; and five brothers: Nelson, Homer, Robert, Druey, and Jess Hoggard...

Mona Rose Gossett Bare (01/10/08)
Mona Rose Gossett Bare, 73, of Piggott, died Monday, December 31, 2007. She was born January 1, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Millage Baxter and Mildred Marie Campbell Gossett. Mona was a loving daughter and sister, a very giving, generous person with many wonderful talents. She loved the Lord and shared His gift of salvation with many people...

Charles Rutledge Dalton (01/17/08)
Funeral services for Charles Rutledge Dalton, 42, Rocky Mount, N.C., were held Jan. 3 at Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in Lawton, Okla., with Rev. Wi Pyo Hong, pastor, Korean First Baptist Church, officiating. Mr. Dalton died Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, in Rocky Mount...

Billy Shields (01/10/08)
Billy Shields, 63, of Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Born March 27, 1944, in Drain, Ore., he attended Rector High School. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and served on the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier...

Joan Evelyn McCarty (01/10/08)
Joan Evelyn McCarty, 53, of Pollard, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born September 1, 1954, in Brinkley, and was the daughter of the late Ruben and Evelyn Marie Johnson Duncan. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jessica McCarty and her brother, Charles Duncan...

Margie Mae Jones (01/10/08)
Margie Mae Jones, 86, the daughter of the late Riley and Lottie (Parton) Book of Durand, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at the McLauren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Mich. She was born March 20, 1921 in Greenway. She was married to the Rev. Forrest C. Jones in Kennett on June 10, 1939. The couple had seven children. He preceded her in death on Dec. 5, 2006...

Willie "Bill" L. Hubbard (01/10/08)
Willie "Bill" L. Hubbard, 77, of McDougal, died Thursday, January 3, 2008, in the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born February 2, 1930, in Tuckerman, and was the son of the late Clarence and Tommie Prysock Hubbard. He was united in marriage to Ruth Parrish and Omagene McDowell. They both preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters...

Delores J. Gossett (01/10/08)
Delores J. Gossett, daughter of the late Otis Johnson and Clara Kirk Johnson, was born Feb. 20, 1934 in Crow, W. Va., and died at her residence in Dexter, Mo., on Dec. 29, 2007, at the age of 73 years. Mrs. Gossett was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter, Order of the Eastern Star and Missouri Southern Healthcare Auxiliary...

Helen Norene Byrd (01/10/08)
Helen Norene Byrd, 88, of Pocahontas, passed away January 6, 2008, in Randolph County Nursing Home in Pocahontas. She was born January 14, 1919, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Emma Battles Conley. She was united in marriage to Shirley Byrd on February 27, 1934...

Leland D. Fletcher Sr. (01/10/08)
Leland D. Fletcher Sr., age 86, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at the Capital Region Medical Center. He was born December 13, 1921 in Pollard, the son of William and Ada Stairs Fletcher, both deceased. He was married on June 8, 1941 in Rector to Euvila Jane Carpenter who survives at the home...

D. M. (Buster) Morris (01/23/08)
D. M. (Buster) Morris of Paragould died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Morris was born on March 15, 1913, near Rector. He was the son of Melvin and Grace Easton Morris. His father preceded him in death while the family was fairly young and his mother was remarried to W.J. Rogers, a man Morris admired greatly. That marriage joined two families together with a wide age range...

George Michael Richter (01/23/08)
George Michael Richter, 88, of Chicago died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, in Crystal Lake, Ill. He was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Junction City, Wis., and was the son of the late Stephen and Anna Skibiki Richter. He was united in marriage to Erma Lee Perry on Sept. 8, 1945, and the couple had three children...

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