Clay County Times-Democrat: Obituaries from November 2008

Wayne Bowman (11/27/08)
Rev. Harold Wayne Bowman, 67, of Piggott died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 12, 1941, in Senath, Mo., and was the son of the late Jim and Pearl (Ferguson) Bowman. He was married May 27, 1960, to Shelby Byrd...

Roy Howell (11/27/08)
Roy Howell Jr., 86, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 2, 1922, in Nimmons and was the son of the late Roy and Lorene (Broadway) Howell. He also was preceded in death by his brothers, G.W. Howell, Troy Howell and Arlin Howell, and sisters, Agnes Hatcher and Louise Howell...

Julia R. Masters (11/27/08)
Julia R. Masters, 69, of Albany, Ind. died Monday November 24, 2008, at her home. She had been battling cancer since retiring in 2001 from Muncie Newspapers where she worked since 1965. Julia was born in Piggott April 1, 1939. She graduated from Piggott High School and attended Harding University in Searcy, for two years. She moved to the Albany area in 1962...

James Gaylon Parrish (11/27/08)
James Gaylon Parrish, 83, a native of Clay County, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born March 5, 1925, in Clay County to the late Roy and Agnes Parrish. He was a graduate of Rector High School and, following graduation, joined the U.S. Navy and served nearly three years...

Earl Ingram (11/27/08)
Leslie Earl Ingram, 95, of Piggott died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born July 30, 1913, in Pollard and was the son of the late Jim and Nora (Johnson) Ingram. He was married Sept. 18, 1932, to Nevada Leonard...

Bruce Allen Day (11/27/08)
Bruce Allen Day, 54, of Caro, Mich., died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Billy and Eula Day. He was an 18-year veteran of the United State Marine Corps and loved hunting and fishing in his spare time. He was an outstanding football player at Lakeville High School and was recruited by the Naval Academy to play football...

Wayne Bowman (11/27/08)
Rev. Harold Wayne Bowman, 67, of Piggott, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 12, 1941, in Senath, Mo., and was the son of the late Jim and Pearl (Ferguson) Bowman...

James Gaylon Parrish (11/27/08)
James Gaylon Parrish, 83, a native of Clay County, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born March 5, 1925, in Clay County to the late Roy and Agnes Parrish. He was a graduate of Rector High School and, following graduation, joined the U.S. Navy and served nearly three years...

Lola Reed Wyatt (11/27/08)
Lola Reed Wyatt, 79, of Marmaduke died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Wyatt was born April 14, 1929, in the Tipperary community of Clay County. She was a member of the First Church of God in Paragould, where she was a Sunday School teacher and nursery worker. ...

Cecil Ray McGinnis (11/27/08)
Cecil Ray McGinnis, 81, a lifetime resident of Rector, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at his home. He was born Dec. 14, 1926, to the late W.T. and Ruth (Copeland) McGinnis in Rector. He was a very faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Rector and will always be remembered for his high stepping walk in his Sunday-go-to-meeting suit on his way to church...

Mary Peterson Curnette (11/20/08)
Mary Peterson Curnette, 83, of Farmington Hills, Mich., died Nov. 8, 2008. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Arthur Curnutte, on Sept. 29, 2008; by her parents, Arthur (Otto) and Ruth (Coyle) Peterson of the Carryville community, and sister Carole Nutall of Piggott...

Jerry McKenzie (11/20/08)
Jerry W. McKenzie, 65, of Piggott, died November 15, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born September 2, 1943, in Piggott, and was the son of Dewey E. and Ottis (Wills) McKenzie...

Georgetta Digby (11/20/08)
Georgetta Digby, 81, of Piggott, died Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at Poplar Bluff Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born March 22, 1927, in Qulin, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Rhoda Mae (Jordan) Fonville...

O.J.Barker (11/20/08)
O.J.Barker, 78, of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Rector, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at the V.A. Hospital in Detroit. Born July 28, 1930, in Rector to the late Oscar James Barker Sr. and Hettie Massey, he was a veteran of the Korean War, retired from the railroad and of the Baptist faith...

Herlen D. Pruett (11/20/08)
Herlen D. Pruett, 69, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. Born Nov. 24, 1936, in Rector to the late Elmer Pruett and Avie Pruett, he was an electrical inspector for McDonnell Douglas and a member of the First Baptist Church in St. Charles...

Dana Ruth (Berry) Woods (11/20/08)
Dana Ruth Woods, 68, of Marmaduke, formerly of Rector, died Wedneday, Nov. 12, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 2, 1940, to the late Homer and Anita Berry in Rector...

Veda Smith (11/12/08)
Veda Bell Smith, 93, of Piggott, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Piggott. She was born July 14, 1915, in Piggott, the daughter of the late William Harrison and Sarah Ellen (Holifield) Crockett. She was united in marriage to Chester E. ...

Zenith Vivian (McCluney) Shannon (11/12/08)
Zenith Vivian (McCluney) Shannon, 97, of Kennett died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. She was born Nov. 4, 1911, in Rector to the late Isaac and Ether (Sides) Bain McCluney. She was married to Edgar "Pete" Shannon Aug. 5, 1933. He preceded her in death in October 1986. Also preceding her in death were one brother, Glen McCluney, and four sisters, Cecil Laughlin, Flora Patrick, Eloyea McDonald and Edith Bain...

Veda Smith (11/12/08)
Veda Bell Smith, 93, of Piggott, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Piggott. She was born July 14, 1915, in Piggott, the daughter of the late William Harrison and Sarah Ellen (Holifield) Crockett. She was united in marriage to Chester E. ...

David Samuel Whitfield (11/12/08)
David S. Whitfield, 88, of Steele, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin, Tenn. Born Dec. 6, 1920 in Steele, he was the son of the late Thomas W. Whitfield and Liza Bell (Hatley) Whitfield. ...

Billy Hardin (11/12/08)
Billy Roger Hardin, 56, of McDougal, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born June 13, 1952, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Homer and Freda Williams Hardin...

James Turner (11/12/08)
James (Dr. Jim) Herbert Turner, M.D., died Nov. 4, 2008. He was born in Arkansas City, Ark. Dr. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Wylie and Cora Moore Turner, along with three brothers and three sisters...

Gregory Pollard (11/12/08)
Gregory L. Pollard, 44, of Powell, Tenn., formerly of Pollard, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. He was born Feb. 10, 1964, in Poplar Bluff, the son of James R. and Mary (Ballard) Pollard...

Francis Lorene Binkley (11/12/08)
Francis Lorene Binkley, the daughter of the late Robert Albert and Lula Duty Johnson, was born April 10, 1922, and left to be with her Heavenly Father in her daughters home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after a long term illness at the age of 86, November 8, 2008, at 10:50 p.m...

Jimmy Wayne "Milo" Ort (11/06/08)
Jimmy Wayne "Milo" Ort, 54, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at the home of his daughter in Nashville, Tenn. He was born Dec. 1, 1953, in Piggott to Sally (McCormick) Ort and the late Cecil Ort. He worked as a mechanic at Fry International in Piggott for many years...

April Nicole (Lea) Guy (11/06/08)
April Nicole (Lea) Guy, 32, of Marmaduke died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, after a hard fought battle with heart problems. She was born Feb. 6, 1976, in Muncie, Ind. She is survived by her loving husband, William Guy; parents, David and Linda Scott of Marmaduke and Mike Lea of Russellville; sisters, Tiffany Scott of Lafe, Shawnta Bickford of Beech Grove and Nikki Howard of Piggott; a brother, Kristopher Lea of Russellville; in-laws, Susan Guy and John Guy, both of Muncie; grandparents, Vivian Baugh of Dunkirk, Ind., Joanne Charles of Muncie and George and Barbara Scott of Marmaduke, along with a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Joe Richard Risener (11/06/08)
Joe Richard Risener, 83, of Park Hills, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at his home. He was born Feb. 23, 1925, in Yell County to the late Porter and Lula (Hood) Risener. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943, was a World War II veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the Battle of Saipan...

Daniel Thomas Reid (11/06/08)
Daniel Thomas Reid, 72, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 12 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...

Hulon Reddick (11/06/08)
Hulon Reddick, 83, of Rector died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born May 31, 1925, to the late Bill and Margaret (Whiteside) Reddick in Greene County and was married June 10, 1944, to Nadine Bishop...

Van Dale Jackson (11/06/08)
Van Dale Jackson, 71, of Lake Dallas, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at his home. Born May 27, 1937, in Marmaduke to the late William and Nancy (Merideth) Jackson, he was in the heating and air business and of the Baptist faith...

Adrian Maurice Harp (11/06/08)
Adrian Maurice Harp, 85, of Rector, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, in the Castleman North Nursing Home in Indianapolis, Ind. Born Sept. 5, 1923, in Rector to the late Thomas Owen and Madge (Fitzgerald) Harp, he was in the Marines, a mechanic and a school bus driver. He was married May 9, 1947, to Jewel Lee Beard, who preceded him in death...

April Nicole (Lea) Guy (11/06/08)
April Nicole (Lea) Guy, 32, of Marmaduke died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, after a hard fought battle with heart problems. She was born Feb. 6, 1976, in Muncie, Ind. She is survived by her loving husband, William Guy; parents, David and Linda Scott of Marmaduke and Mike Lea of Russellville; sisters, Tiffany Scott of Lafe, Shawnta Bickford of Beech Grove and Nikki Howard of Piggott; a brother, Kristopher Lea of Russellville; in-laws, Susan Guy and John Guy, both of Muncie; grandparents, Vivian Baugh of Dunkirk, Ind., Joanne Charles of Muncie and George and Barbara Scott of Marmaduke, along with a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Max Dale (11/06/08)
Max Dale, 73, of Alamogordo, N.M., a native of Rector, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M. A loving husband, father and grandfather, he was born March 20, 1935, in Rector to Carl Lee and Henrilee (Hill) Dale. He was a proud charter member of Space City and Motor Sport Sertoma Clubs of Alamogordo, as well as a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...