Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries from July 2008

Brian Keith McKenney (07/31/08)
Brian Keith McKenney, 35, of Rector died Friday, July 25, at his home. Born April 20, 1973, in Joplin, Mo., to Lowell and Deanne (Hardin) McKenney, he was of the First General Baptist faith and was a farmer...

Maxine (Poochie) Griffin (07/31/08)
Maxine (Poochie) Griffin, 74, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born Nov. 25, 1933, to the late Hurtis and Edith (Church) Brewer. She was a piece worker at Bussman Fuse Plant for many years and an avid flea marketer...

Florence Rowlett Cavaness (07/31/08)
Florence Rowlett Cavaness, 84, of Bono, died Thursday July 24, 2008, in Jonesboro. She was born in Guy, Ark., on Aug. 1, 1923, to the late Earl and Ruth (Dodd) Rowlett and was married to the late Ralph Cavaness May 3, 1943. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Lillie Mae Bradsher (07/31/08)
She was born June 12, 1915, in Clay County to the late James Orear and Ruth (Gore) Stallings. Also peceding her in death was her husband, Gwyn Oscar Bradsher; two brothers, Permer Stallings and Billy Stallings; two sisters, Mable Stallings Quick and Imogene Puxley, and a grandson, Brian Kelly Duffel...

Marion D. Parks (07/31/08)
Marion D. Parks, 72, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at his home in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Cooter, Mo., and was the son of the late Homer D. and Bessie (Parham) Parks. Also preceding him in death were his sisters, Eva Dee and Hazel May...

Lisa Sue Montana (07/31/08)
Lisa Sue Montana, 44, of Malden, formerly of Piggott, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Nov. 29, 1963, in Rockford, Ill., and educated at Jefferson High School and Rock Valley College...

Brian Keith McKenney (07/31/08)
Brian Keith McKenney, 35, of Rector died Friday, July 25, at his home. Born April 20, 1973, in Joplin, Mo., to Lowell and Deanne (Hardin) McKenney, he was of the First General Baptist faith and was a farmer...

Florence Rowlett Cavaness (07/31/08)
Florence Rowlett Cavaness, 84, of Bono, died Thursday July 24, 2008, in Jonesboro. She was born in Guy, Ark., on Aug. 1, 1923, to the late Earl and Ruth (Dodd) Rowlett and was married to the late Ralph Cavaness May 3, 1943. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

James Everett Van Gordon (07/24/08)
James Everett Van Gordon, 70, of Piggott died Friday, July 18, 2008, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born June 19, 1938, at Crockett, the son of the late Clyde and Miriam "Sherrill" Van Gordon. He was of the Methodist faith, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a master electrician by trade. Prior to his illness, he was employed at Aerial Bouquets in Piggott...

O. Louise Harmon (07/24/08)
O. Louise Harmon, 71, of Kennett, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Kennett. She was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Piggott, and was the youngest daughter of Riley and Lottie Parton Book. On May 5, 1955, she married her late husband Aldon O. "Sonny" Harmon, Sr...

Mildred Rhea Duke (07/24/08)
Mildred Rhea Duke, 86, of Piggott, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Franklin, Ark., the daughter of the late Victor Green Redman and Mae Rose Royles...

Elma Mae (Morrow) Taylor (07/23/08)
Elma Mae (Morrow) Taylor, 96, of Pocahontas, formerly of Rector, died Friday, July 18, 2008, at Pocahontas Healthcare and Rehab Center. Born Sept. 16, 1911, in Boydsville, she was a homemaker, a dedicated member of the Boydsville Extension Homemakers Club and a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church since 1923...

Frank E. Woolf Jr. (07/17/08)
Frank E. Woolf Jr., 78, of Lincoln Park, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, July 14, 2008 in Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Joe Charles Woolf, and a sister, Virginia Searles. ...

Frieda Young Schlueter (07/17/08)
Frieda Young Schlueter, 69, of Corning died Tuesday, July 18, 2008, at Paragould. She was born in Corning, Nov. 17, 1938, the daughter of Frederick H. and Pansy (Purvis) Poynor. A homemaker, her hobbies were reading and watching television...

Ruth Girtman (07/17/08)
Ruth Girtman, 80, of Greenway died Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born March 30, 1928, at Greenway, the daughter of the late Edd and Hettie (Haywood) Simpson. She was a member of the General Baptist Church at Greenway, and worked for many years at Brown Shoe Company in Piggot...

Frances "Frankie" Evelyn Carpenter (07/17/08)
Frances "Frankie" Evelyn Carpenter, 90, of Marmaduke died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at her home. She was born Dec. 9, 1917, to the late Dee and Fannie Polsgrove in St. Francis. She also was preceded in death by her husband, W.W. "Adam" Carpenter; one brother, Alan Polsgrove, and three sisters, Joyce Trentham, Crystalline Jordon and Yvonee Kingston...

Agnes Bell (07/17/08)
Agnes Bell, 94, of Rector, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Oct. 19, 1913, in Rector to the late Tom and Nettie Dowdy. She was a factory worker and a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ...

Bobby Griffith (07/10/08)
Bobby Griffith, 67, of Piggott, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Oct. 23, 1940, the son of the late Othel Ray and Empress Helen Blocker Griffith...

Loney Mae (Stahl) Burkhart Null (07/10/08)
Loney Mae (Stahl) Burkhart Null, 101, died Friday July 4, 2008. She was born Jan. 6, 1907, to the late Arthur and Janey (Clayton) Stahl. She lived a wonderful life as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister and friend...

Billie Jean (Clayton) Hopkins (07/10/08)
Billie Jean (Clayton) Hopkins, 40, of Rector, formerly of Marmaduke, died Friday, June 27, at her home. She was born Nov. 2, 1967, in Pontiac, Mich., to Bonnie (Batten) Spurlock and the late Billy Edward Clayton. She was of the Baptist faith...

Juanita Sutton (07/03/08)
Juanita Sutton, 82, of Piggott died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1926, in Dunklin County, Mo., to the late John A. Lawson and Eula Mae "Hulen" Lawson. ...

Jason Lynn Rhein (07/03/08)
Jason Lynn Rhein, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Jonesboro, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Ohio. He was employed at CFS Chemicals in Columbus, was a Navy veteran and a 1996 graduate of Valley View High School...

Alma J. Dobbs (07/03/08)
Alma J. Dobbs, 76, of McKey, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Sallisaw, Okla. She was born June 12, 1932, in Campbell, Mo., to Ralph Irby and Ninnie Jewel Bateman Irby. She was married to Orville Harold Dobbs Oct. 30, 1953, in Pontiac, Mich. He preceded her in death on March 5, 1992. She also was preceded in death by her father...

Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews (07/03/08)
Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews, 74, of West Helena, formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Helena Regional Medical Hospital in Helena. She was born Jan. 1, 1934, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Thelma (Crittenden) Harrell...

W. Allen Cheesman (07/03/08)
W. Allen Cheesman, 46, of White Hall died Monday, June 23, 2008. He was born Oct. 4, 1961, in Pine Bluff to Sam and Phyllis Cheesman. He grew up in Pine Bluff, attending Trinity Episcopal School and graduating from Jefferson Preparatory School in 1980 and from Hendrix College in 1984. ...

Wallace Vernon Bain (07/03/08)
Wallace Vernon Bain, 74, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Monday, June 9, 2008, at his home. He was born March 20, 1934, at Pollard to Commodore Chalon and Fannie (Stallings) Bain. He married Maila Seppala in December of 1960 and the couple had four children...

Ethan Dale Ray Roberts (07/02/08)
Ethan Dale Ray Roberts, age one, died Saturday, June 28, 2008. Ethan was born June 18, 2007, to Kenneth Roberts and Kelly Honeycutt, both of Marmaduke. He is survived by his parents; two half-sisters, Barbara Roberts of Paragould and Amanda Roberts of Kennett, Mo.; his paternal grandparents, Barbara and T. ...

Alma J. Dobbs (07/02/08)
Alma J. Dobbs, 76, of McKey, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, June 28, 2008, in Sallisaw, Okla. Born June 12, 1932, in Campbell, Mo., to Ninnie Jewel Bateman Irby and the late Ralph Irby, she was a retired telephone operator and bookkeeper for Dobbs Equipment. She was a graduate of Rector High School and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sallisaw...

Gatha Martene Davis (07/02/08)
Gatha Martene Davis, 87, of Port Murray, N.J, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at the Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J. Mrs. Davis was born Dec. 24, 1920, to the late Robert and Lula (Edwards) Travillian in Rector...

Nettie Faye Bowman (07/02/08)
Nettie Faye Bowman, 69, of Marmaduke died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Evergreen Healthcare in Rector after an extensive illness. Born July 7, 1938, to the late Rev. John Markin and Gracie Markin, she was a lifelong area resident, a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke and a retired pharmacy sales clerk...