Obituaries from June 2008

Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles (06/26/08)
Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles, 88, Manhattan, Kans. died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in the Meadowlark Hills/Collins Landing in Manhattan. He was born September 9, 1919 at Piggott, the son of William James Nettles and Luella Latta Nettles. He grew up in Piggott, where he attended the local schools and was a star football player for Piggott High School, graduating in 1941...

Donald W. Blake (06/26/08)
Donald W. Blake, 75, of Piggott, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. He was born Aug. 28, 1932, in Piggott, the son of the late Eric E. and Gladys R. Polhamus Blake...

Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder (06/26/08)
Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder, 68, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Corning, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at his residence. He was born Feb. 15, 1940, in Sioux City, Iowa. He began his career in design and sale of monuments with the Clay County Monument Co. ...

Dwight Little (06/25/08)
Dwight Little, 58, of Rector died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was born March 6, 1950, to the late Lawrence and Neva Mae (Ellis) Little. He was a Master in the Rector Masonic Lodge and was employed by Motors Appliances in Blytheville. Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Brian and Terri Little of Holcomb, Mo., Farren and Kimber Little of Holcomb and Doug Lockard of Detroit, Mich.; one daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and David Blount of Rector; a brother, Gaylon Raney of Mountain Home; three sisters, Dorothy Boozer and Frances Raney, both of Piggott, and Sharlon Marble of Rector; six grandchildren, Josh Atnip, Brandon and Kocaina Blount, Jacqueline and Scott Stirnman, Matthew Blount, Zoey Blount and Mackenzie Little; one great-granddaughter, Izabella Blount, and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Willo Mae McKeel (06/18/08)
Willo Mae McKeel, 90, of Rector, died Friday, June 13, 2008. Born Feb. 27, 1918, in Lafe to the late Charlie "C.O." and Rosa Lee Webb, she was a homemaker. She also was preceded in death by two sons, John Franklin and Jimmy McKeel, and one brother, Fred Webb. Survivors include her husband, James C. ...

Charles Douglas Matheny (06/18/08)
Charles Douglas Matheny, 75, of California, Mo., a native of Boydsville, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo. He was born April 3, 1933, in Boydsville, the oldest son of Orville Ray and Evelyn Faye Simpson Matheny, who preceded him in death...

Cooper Mack (06/18/08)
Cooper Mack, 26, of Rogers, son of Rector native John Mack and his wife, Harriet, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, succumbing to an advanced acute leukemia. He emerged as one of the most talented young architects with an exceptionally original mind for the arts. He was and always will be a man of extraordinary ability who lived a short but extraordinary life...

Rev. George Kelly Jr. (06/18/08)
Rev. George Kelly Jr., 90, of Jonesboro died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at an area hospital. A native of Pennsylvania, Rev. Kelly lived many years at Rector, where he was pastor of Wesleyan Evangelical Methodist Church at Hargrave Corner for 20 years. In addition to Rector, he served as pastor of churches in Pennsylvania and Missouri. He recently moved to Jonesboro after over 20 years in Huntsville, Ala., where he was a member of Calvary Bible Church...

Robert "Larry" Dukes (06/18/08)
Robert "Larry" Dukes, 68, of Marmaduke died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 7, 1940, in Transylvania, La., to the late C.B. and Letha (Fritch) Dukes and was married Aug. 19, 1961, in Lake Providence, La., to the former Willodean Massey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Nathan Dowdy...

Darrel Neeley (06/18/08)
Darrel Neeley, 62, of Forrest City died suddenly Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Forrest City Medical Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1945, at Boydsville, and was the son of Robert Earl Neeley and Virginia (Ethridge) Neeley. He had lived in Forrest City since 1972. He was a milkman and a member of the New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church at Colt...

Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman (06/18/08)
Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman, 83, of Athens, Ga., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Athens. She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of the late Boyd and Flora Webster Potter...

Billie June Stephens Hon (06/18/08)
Billie June Stephens Hon, 82, daughter of the late Zelmar Forrest and Lessie Emma (Webster) Forrest of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Pollard, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center...

Dewey Don Verni Diggs (06/18/08)
Dewey Don Verni Diggs, 72, of Lakeland, Fla., died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida. He was born April 1, 1936, at Nimmons, the son of the late Charles Franklin Diggs and Alma Dell (Nation) Diggs...

Robert C. Foster (06/18/08)
Memorial services for Robert C. Foster, 79, who died June 6, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M., were held Friday, June 13, at the Irby Funeral Home Chapel in Piggott. Burial followed in the Cummings Chapel Cemetery at Pollard...

Thomas Ray Gower (06/18/08)
Thomas Ray Gower, 72, of Pollard, died Monday, June 2, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on March 27, 1936, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Ernest Gower and Florence Nettles Gower Davis...

James Harold "Jimmy" Hanna (06/18/08)
James Harold "Jimmy" Hanna, 55, of Plano, Texas, died Monday, June 9, 2008, at the Vitas In-patient Hospice Unit in Irving, Texas. Hanna was born June 11, 1952, in Piggott, to Harold and Wanda (Gurley) Hanna...

Mary Ada Bozark (06/11/08)
Mary Ada Bozark, 67, of Piggott, died Wednesday June 4, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 22, 1941, in Rector, the daughter of the late Tommy and Opal Hawkins Whitehorn...

Samuel Beauford Miller (06/11/08)
Samuel Beauford Miller, 63, of Pollard, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born October 18, 1944, in Kennett, the son of the late J.B. and Mattie McCamey Miller...

Horace Douglas Bishop (06/11/08)
Horace Douglas Bishop, Jr., 79, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, May 23, 2008, at the VA Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1928, in Poplar Bluff and was of the Protestant faith. He was a self-employed sign painter and a deputy sheriff. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean War. He enjoyed gardening, fishing and hunting...

Samuel Beauford Miller (06/04/08)
Samuel Beauford Miller, 63, of Pollard died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Oct. 18, 1944, in Kennett, the son of the late J.B. and Mattie McCamey Miller...

Tom Gower (06/04/08)
Tom Gower, 72, of Pollard died Monday, June 2, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Kevin Murray officiating...

John N. Speer (06/04/08)
John N. Speer, 77, of Oak Park, Mich., a native of Rector, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at his home. He was born April 5, 1931, in Rector, to the late John H. and Ida Speer. He retired from Consumers Power after 42 years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Cleatus Luster Crain (06/04/08)
Cleatus Luster Crain, 96, a charter member and deacon of White Oak General Baptist Church in Rector, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born April 3, 1912, to Arthur and Maudie Huffstutler Crain in Dunklin County, Mo., he was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 74 years, Mary Anna Farmer Crain; two sons, Ralph E. ...

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