Obituaries from February 2008

Stanley C. Smith (02/28/08)
Stanley C. Smith, 77, of Holts Summit, Mo., a native of Rector, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Rector, a son of Collie B. and Clara E. Williams Smith. He attended Rector Public Schools. He was married Aug. 20, 1947, in Bakersville, Mo., to Claudia Louise Norman, who survives...

Walter Leamon Glasgow (02/28/08)
Walter Leamon Glasgow, 85, of Marmaduke, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Born Dec. 12, 1922, in Mo-Ark to the late Orbon and Mary (Hinkle) Glasgow, he was a farmer and cattleman most of his life and of the Baptist faith. He also was preceded in death by his first wife of 53 years, Sarah Alice (Smith) Glasgow; step-mother, Emeline (Hinkle) Glasgow; five brothers, Johnny, Earl, Jack, George and Dick Glasgow, and two sisters, Mary Viola Glasgow and Imogene (Glasgow) Dees...

Violet Marie Hampton (02/28/08)
Violet Marie Hampton, 77, of Mason, Mich., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at her home. She was born April 3, 1930, in Kennett, Mo., to Joe and Sarah Ella (Brown) Smith and was married in 1954 to Bill Hampton. The Hamptons moved in 1964 to Michigan, where she worked for Michigan Bell Telephone until her retirement in 1986 with 27 years of service...

Freeda Marcenia Duffel Landrum (02/28/08)
Freeda Marcenia Duffel Landrum, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. She was born Dec. 1, 1917, in Rector to the late John and Janie Tyler and was a faithful Christian all her life. She was married Dec. 1, 1937, to Rev. Henry E. Duffel, with whom she shared 42 years. After Rev. Duffel's death, she married Truman Landrum, adding four step-children to her family. Mr. Landrum also preceded her in death...

Virginia Hamra "Jena" Robertson (02/28/08)
Virginia Hamra "Jena" Robertson, 85, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Feb. 24, at a Nashville area hospital following a brief illness. Born May 15, 1922, in Gibson, Mo., Mrs. Robertson lived in Rector from 1953 to 1964. A talented pianist and organist, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rector, where she taught a Sunday School class...

David Keith Price (02/14/08)
David Keith Price, 51, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at his home. Keith was born March 30, 1956, to the late John and Lavern Price at Paragould. He was married to Robin Wheatley in 1975. He was a loving father, grandfather and friend to many...

Brenda Kay Newman McEntyre (02/14/08)
Brenda Kay Newman McEntyre, 54, of Paragould died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born July 16, 1953, in Kennett, Mo., to the late George and Sarah Newman, she was a homemaker and a member of First Assembly of God Church...

Irene Thomas Brashear (02/21/08)
Irene Thomas Brashear, 92, of Rector died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at the Senath (Mo.) Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 26, 1916, to the late Robert and Hettie Jackson in Greene County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey "Slim" Brashear; a brother, Robert Jackson, and two sisters, Juanita Gibb and Laverne Bland...

G.D. "George" Newman (02/21/08)
G.D. "George" Newman, 75, of Paragould, brother of Ricky Newman of Rector, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. He was born June 19, 1932, in Senath, Mo., and was a lifetime farmer in Greene County. He was a member of the Assemblies of God, where he always enjoyed attending...

Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney (02/14/08)
Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney, 88, of Rector died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Raney was was born May 7, 1919, to the late Charlie and Bithie Jane (Brannon) Hale. After the death of her mother in 1921, she was raised by her mother's sister, Mary Brannon Ellis, from the age of 21 months until she married Jimmie Raney on Oct. 5, 1935. Her husband preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 1988...

Grover Baker (02/21/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Lula Watson Baker. He was united in marriage to Winona Hale on Oct. 14, 1953...

James Ray Gardner (02/07/08)
James Ray Gardner, 79, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at his home. He was born March 12, 1928, to the late Luther and Vergie Myrick Gardner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lavern Gardner. He was the pastor at Christian Life Fellowship Church...

Verba Lee Walker (02/07/08)
Verba Lee Walker, 85, of Rector died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Oct. 1, 1922, to the late Albert and Mae Farley in the Boydsville community. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Boydsville...

Keith Price (02/07/08)
Keith Price, 51, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at his home. He was a 1974 graduate of Rector High School. Arrangements with Irby Funeral Home of Rector are incomplete. A full obituary will appear in next week's edition...

Kenneth David Knoble (02/07/08)
Kenneth David Knoble, 89, of Rector, a retired Wisconsin rural electric cooperative executive, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Rector since 1988 after his marriage to Elizabeth (Betty) Crow. Mr. Knoble was born March 26, 1918, in Gays Mills (Crawford County), Wis., to William F. and Letta J. Riddiough Knoble...

Margaret Whitehorn (02/20/08)
Margaret Whitehorn, 80, of Piggott, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at her home. She was born March 24, 1927, in Piggott and was the daughter of the late Frank and Millie Warren Causey. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Whitehorn; two sons, Buiell and Garry Whitehorn; a half-sister, Jan Rose Holcomb, and her step-father, Clifford Smith...

Greg Conaway (02/28/08)
Greg Conaway, 54, of Cadet, Mo., died Feb. 21, 2008, at his residence. He was born on Oct. 24, 1953, at Fagus, Mo., the son of Curtis Conaway Sr. and the late Leona (Young) Conaway. Those who remain to mourn his passing are his children, Rebecca Stallings and husband Mike of Paragould, Allison Hitt and husband Ron of Greenwood, Ark., Jeff Conaway and wife Melissa of Paragould; father, Curtis Conaway Sr. ...

Darrell Vaughn (02/28/08)
Darrell Vaughn, 71, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 7, 1936, in Greenway. He was the son of the late Floyd A. and Thelma Simpson Vaughn. He was united in marriage to Virginia Rogers on Nov. 12, 1960...

Carl Glover (02/28/08)
Carl Larry Glover, 67, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Feb., 23, 2008, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center at Paragould. He was born in Piggott on July 11, 1940, the son of Ural and Mamie (Davis) Glover. They preceded him in death. He was a Navy veteran and spent his working years with the Ford Motor Company...

Lester Reynolds (02/20/08)
Lester Reynolds, 82, of Corning died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a farmer, operated a service station and was a member of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Corning. He was born May 26, 1925, in Faulkner County, the son of the late Roy and Zera (French) Reynolds...

Juanita Bell Gibson (02/20/08)
Juanita Bell Gibson, 81, of St. Francis died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Oct. 7, 1926, in Mounds City, Ill., the daughter of the late Scott and Carrie Trammell Craft. She was united in marriage to Dennis F. "Slim" Gibson on Dec. 4, 1943.He preceded her in death in 1998...

Verna Elda Dora Ellis (02/20/08)
Verna Elda Dora Ellis, 87, of Hazelwood, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff and Qulin, died Feb. 11, 2008, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo. Mrs. Ellis was born Dec. 5, 1920, at Bethlehem, Mo., and was the daughter of the late August and Maggie Jaeger...

Wanda Brent (02/20/08)
Wanda Brent, 84, of Pollard died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born March 30, 1923, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Clay and Nancy Adeline Baker Permenter. She was united in marriage to Robert Eugene "Bob" Brent on March 9, 1945. The couple had one daughter...

Grover Baker (02/20/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Lula Watson Baker. He was united in marriage to Winona Hale on Oct. 14, 1953...

Carl Dean "Pete" Hoggard (02/07/08)
Carl Dean "Pete" Hoggard, 67, of Piggott, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Feb. 9, 1940, in Milligan Ridge, Ark., the son of the late Druey and Opal Nash Hoggard. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Doffis Jr. Hoggard and Vernon Wayne Hoggard...

Robert Delaine "Red" Willie (02/07/08)
Robert Delaine "Red" Willie was born June 28, 1929, at Greenway, the son of Edgar and Flara (Dover) Willie. He died at Piggott Community Hospital on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at the age of 78. He had come to know the Lord in the past few years. He was an electrician by trade. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and had combined his occupation into a hobby by stripping copper wires...

Grover Baker (02/14/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, February 11, 2008 at Pollard. Visitation will be held beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Hoggard and Son's Funeral Home in Piggott. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the Hoggard and Son's Chapel with burial to follow in New Hope Cemetery at Pollard...

Limuel Oscar Blurton (02/14/08)
Limuel Oscar Blurton, 67, of Ellsinore, Mo., formerly of Wardell, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 15, 1940, in Swift, Mo., the son of Oscar Blurton and Ella Mae (Petty) Blurton. He married Martha Blurton on July 16, 1966, in Wardell, and she preceded him in death April 15, 2006...

Wanda Brent (02/14/08)
Wanda Brent, 84, of Pollard died Tuesday, February 12, 2006. Visitation is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Hoggard and Son's Funeral Home in Piggott. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 in the Hoggard and Son's Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery at Pollard...

Leland D. Johnson (02/14/08)
Leland D. Johnson, 84, of St. Charles, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. He was the son of the late Ed and Clara Johnson of Piggott. He was the devoted husband of Blanche B. (Presley) Johnson, the father of Carl E. Johnson and Jennifer Pierce, the grandfather of Karen Pierce and the father-in-law of Jeff Pierce...

Cledis Maddux (02/14/08)
Cledis Maddux, 80, of Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott died Jan. 27, 2008. He was born Nov. 18, 1927, in Boydsville, the son of the late Cleve and Mary (Townsell) Maddux. He was a five-year Army veteran and was an avid camper. He was married to Ruby Burdin in 1952. They divorced and were re-married in 1994...

Louise (Allman) Willey (02/14/08)
Louise (Allman) Willey, 76, of St. Charles Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in St. Charles. She was born Oct. 7, 1931, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Selby and Ira Elizabeth Allman. She married Randall F. Willey June 16, 1951, in Piggott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Fuller, and a brother, James Allman...

Edith Irene Chapman (02/07/08)
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...

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