Obituaries from October 2008

Bonnie Faye Sutherland (10/30/08)
Bonnie Faye Sutherland, 81, of Rector died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, at Belle Meade Nursing Home in Paragould, where she had been a resident for the last year. She was born Aug. 17, 1927, to the late Dempsey and Stella (Little) Evans. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Edna Mills (10/30/08)
Edna Mills, 85, of Kennett, Mo., a native of Rector, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett. She was born Aug. 5, 1923, in Rector to the late Earnest McDonald and Lessie Bell (Carpenter) McDonald and was married to Carl M. Mills on Sept. 23, 1939. He preceded her in death on July 9, 2001. She was a member of the Pentecostal church...

Joyce Tanner (10/30/08)
Joyce Tanner, 66, of Piggott, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 10, 1942, in Piggott, and was the daughter of Boyce and Alma Mae (Sherraden) Blake...

Joe Bolton (10/30/08)
Joseph L. Bolton Jr., 45, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 21, 1962, in Rector to Joe Bolton Sr. and Lola Allison Brown. He was married March 27, 2004, to Jana Broadway...

Donald Gene Woolbright (10/30/08)
Donald Gene Woolbright, 67, of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Feb. 2, 1941, at Rives, Mo., and was the son Everett and Lossie (Nunnery) Woolbright. He was formerly married to Peggy Thompson. He was a retired foreman for a peach orchard and peddled fruits and vegetables...

Ozalene Washington (10/23/08)
Ozalene Washington, 79, of Marmaduke died Thursday, Oct. 16, at her home. Born March 25, 1929, in Lafe to the late Enos and Laura Beliew, she was an employee of Thompson's Variety Store in Rector for 20 years and then worked at Brown Shoe Company until she retired. She was of the Baptist faith...

Daniel Thomas Reid (10/23/08)
Daniel Thomas Reid, 72, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. Born May 10, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Daniel and Eleanor Reid, he was retired from the Air Force and a retired Jacksonville police officer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a Shriner and was proud to be the first generation American. His parents were from Ireland...

Clayborn Dean "Hoot" French (10/23/08)
Clayborn Dean "Hoot" French, 88, of Rector died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. French was born Dec. 9, 1919, in Clay County to the late Ernest B. and Anna (Sides) French. He was of the Methodist faith, a World War II Army veteran and a farmer...

Justin Albert Southerly (10/15/08)
Justin Albert Southerly, 22, of Marmaduke died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in an accident near Marmaduke. He was born Aug. 13, 1986, to Albert and Vickie (Isaac) Southerly at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. He was a 2005 graduate of Marmaduke High School and was employed four years by Emerson Electric in Paragould...

Ernest J. Hollis Jr. (10/15/08)
Ernest J. Hollis Jr., 74, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Jan. 20, 1934, to the late Ernest and Tessie (Cosby) Hollis. He had retired as a barber after 46 years of service to his customers. He was in the Navy four years, serving on the U.S.S. Iowa during the Korean War...

Norman Clarence (Jack) Calvin (10/15/08)
Norman Clarence (Jack) Calvin, 72, of Rector died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at his home. He was born April 4, 1936, in Marmaduke to the late Everett (Slats) and Blanche (McLain) Calvin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Lee J. Holifield (10/15/08)
Lee J. Holifield, 81, of Pollard, died Monday, October 13, 2008, at his home. He was born October 6, 1927, at Crockett, and was the son of the late Thomas and Vernia (Cole) Holifield. He was united in marriage to Loretta Holifield on October 6, 1945...

Judith Dees (10/15/08)
Judith Dees, 55, of Piggott, died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born June 29, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the daughter of J.C. and Jane (Worley) Larsen. She was united in marriage to Terry Dees on Aug. 31, 1974...

Scottie Eugene Robertson (10/15/08)
Scottie Eugene Robertson, 78, of Piggott, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Caraway on Jan. 26, 1930, the son of the late Walter and Viola (Kirby) Robertson...

Catherine Reeder (10/15/08)
Catherine Jane Reeder, 79, of Camden, Ark., died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at her home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Camden and a member of the Hospital Auxiliary, having joined the organization Feb. ...

Carolyn June (C.J.) Simpson (10/15/08)
Carolyn June (affectionately known as "C.J.") Simpson, a beautiful gift from God, was born June 12, 1942, and returned to live with Him forever Oct. 5, 2008, after a brief and courageous battle with cancer...

Bessie B. Mead (10/15/08)
Bessie B. Mead, 93, of Petaluma, Calif., formerly of Piggott, died Sept. 17, 2008. She was born May 12, 1915, in Patterson, Ark., the daughter of the late William Wesley and Ollie Mae Taylor of Piggott...

Kenneth Abney (10/15/08)
Kenneth Earl Abney, 65, of N.H.C. Nursing Home in Kennett, formerly of Piggott, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. He was born Oct. 2, 1943, in St. Louis, the son of the late George Willard and Flora Mildred (Miller) Abney...

Harold Porterfield (10/09/08)
Harold Ray Porterfield, 81, prominent Poplar Bluff and Southeast Missouri architect, died suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. After having served two years in the United States Army during World War II, and attending the University of Arkansas -- Fayetteville School of Architecture, Porterfield began his architectural career moving to Poplar Bluff in early 1950.. ...

Scottie Robertson (10/09/08)
Scottie Robertson, 78, of Piggott, died Monday, October 6, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Richard Akins officiating. Burial will be in Piggott Cemetery. Visitation will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday. A complete obituary will appear in next week's paper...

Max Ray Hawk (10/09/08)
Max Ray Hawk, 70, of the Heritage Gardens of Senath, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Senath. He was born Jan. 17, 1938, at Delaplaine, the son of the late Joe Frank and Catherine (Watson) Hawk. He was a member of the Church of Christ, was a veteran, worked for years as an ironworker and retired as a security guard...

Marion E. Tucker (10/09/08)
Marion E. Tucker, 87, of Senath died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. He was born April 29, 1921 in Hollywood, Mo., to the late Modie Bailey and Edith (Elliott) Tucker. He married Faye Huffines on March 11, 1956, in Hernando, Miss., and she survives...

David B. Young (10/01/08)

Audrey Lorene Lamb (10/08/08)
Audrey Lorene Lamb of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Rector, died Sept. 7, 2008, at River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford. She was born June 10, 1914, in Malden, Mo., to Arthur Crain and Maudie Huffstutler Crain. She lived with her family in Missouri until, at a very young age, she moved with the family to Rector...

Elizabeth Howard Green (10/08/08)
Elizabeth Howard Green, 81, of Naples, Fla., died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, in Florida. Born May 20, 1927, in Marmaduke to the late Henry and Vina Nelson, she was retired from Western Electric and was of the Baptist faith. Also preceding her in death was a sister, Vadalia Berry, on Sept. 29, 2008...

Gary Don DeFries (10/08/08)
Gary Don DeFries, 51, of Paragould died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at his home. He was a tool and die maker and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold DeFries; paternal grandparents, Lytle and Gladys DeFries, and maternal grandparents, J.W. and Iva Vangilder...

Vadalia Louise Berry (10/08/08)
Vadalia Louise Berry, 79, of Jonesboro died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 21, 1929, in Marmaduke to the late Henry and Vina Nelson, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Alma Arneda (Easton) Smith (10/01/08)
Alma Arneda (Easton) Smith of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born May 15, 1925, in Rector to the late Clarence and Vedis (Huffstutler) Easton. ...

Robalene Virginia Lankford (10/01/08)
Robalene Virginia Lankford, 85, of Rector died Wednesday, Sept. 24. Born May 22, 1923, in Marmaduke to the late Robert and Sarah Allen, she was a homemaker, a member of Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church and was saved in 1938. Also preceding her in death were two sisters, Virginia Imogene Allen and Beulah Mae Amason, and one nephew, Robert Ervin Graves...

Bernell Young (10/01/08)
Bernell Young, 87, of Marmaduke died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Greene County. He was born July 19, 1921, to the late Edward and Elizabeth (Stone) Young in Mississippi County. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke, a Mason and served in the Navy during World War II...

Lillian Prince Crass (10/01/08)
Lillian Prince Crass, 85, of Conway died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. She was born Nov. 22, 1922, in McDougal to John and Mae Garis. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Conway. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, W.D. Prince of McDougal; son, Joe Prince of McDougal; granddaughter Brandee Hartsfield of Piggott, and grandson Wesley Hartsfield of Porter, Okla...

Gary Thompson (10/01/08)
Gary Thompson, 46, a life-long resident of Piggott, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born Dec. 4, 1961, in Kennett, the son of Billy and Betty (Greer) Thompson...

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