Obituaries from December 2009

Lois Smith Milburn (12/30/09)
Lois Smith Milburn, 97, of Azle, Texas, formerly of Dover, Arkansas, died Friday, December 25, 2009, in Azle, Texas. The daughter of Robert and Marcia Estelle Forehand Smith, she was born December 18, 1912, at Linker Mountain near Dover. She married Robert Carl Milburn in 1935 in Detroit, Michigan. The family lived in Rector, Arkansas, from 1943 through 1958. She and her husband later retired to...

George Elliott Hurt (12/30/09)
George Elliott Hurt, 73, of Marmaduke died December 22, 2009, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born December 20, 1936, to the late Clarence Robert and Ethal "Bowman" Hurt...

Marvelle Swindle Harmon (12/30/09)
Marvelle Swindle Harmon of Sherwood, Arkansas, 82, left this earth to be with her heavenly father surrounded by her family on December 22, 2009, at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas...

Charles Thomas Bratcher (12/30/09)
Charles Thomas Bratcher of Sikeston, Mo., formerly of Piggott, passed away December 25, 2009, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born in Piggott on October 10, 1946. He was preceded in death by his parents, D.H. Bratcher and Mildred Bratcher...

Charles Woodrow Jackson (12/24/09)
Charles Woodrow Jackson of Paragould died December 18,2009. Born October 28, 1928, in Marmaduke, he was a retired diesel mechanic and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by Debra Reed, of the home; five sons, Gary Jackson of Holland, Michigan, Roy Jackson of St. ...

Howard Crowson (12/24/09)
Howard Crowson, 89, of Greenway, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Greenway, and was the son of the late Joseph Hightower and Ida (Moore) Crowson...

Aline Goodwin Jackson (12/24/09)
Aline Goodwin Jackson, age 61, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Dec. 14, peacefully at her home following a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was born May 3, 1948, in Congo, Arkansas, to Edgar Allen and Allie (Jewell) Goodwin. ...

Joseph "Joe" Edward Jr. Whitaker (12/17/09)
Joseph "Joe" Edward Jr. Whitaker of Detroit died at his home on Sunday, December 6, 2009. He was born April 17, 1928, in Rector, the son of the late Joseph and Eva Whitaker. Joe is preceded in death by son Joey and brothers Don and Albert Whitaker...

Patricia Susan "Patty" Settlemoir (12/17/09)
Patricia Susan "Patty" Settlemoir died October 29, 2009, in Burbank, California. She was 84. Mrs. Settlemoir was born in Marmaduke, Arkansas, in 1925 to Dr. O.H. and Olinda Clopton. She attended Rector High School and Murray State College and married William Settlemoir of Kennett. They were married for 53 years until his death in 2003...

Mamie Etta Hargrave (12/17/09)
Mamie Etta Hargrave was born on July 21, 1916, to the late Clifford T. Linam and Mamie Etta Linam in Rector, Arkansas. She departed this life at the age of 93 to be with her beloved Savior on December 11, 2009, in the Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her family was with her as she was translated to her new home in heaven...

Deborah Anne Gist (12/17/09)
Deborah Anne Gist, age 39, of Kennett, Mo., daughter of Richard and Karen Langille of Rector, passed from this life on December 2, 2009, in the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. Deborah was born August 25, 1970, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...

Becky Thompson (12/17/09)
Becky Thompson, 62, of Piggott passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born June 21, 1947, in Granite City, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Robert Jefferson and Anna Mae (White) Poarch...

Juanita Gambotto (12/17/09)
Juanita Gambotto, 85, of Lapeer, Mich., formerly of Piggott, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. She was born Nov. 14, 1924, in Piggott, and was the wife of the late Louis Gambotto and the daughter of the late Amon and Marie (Holcomb) Smith...

Roy Ray Henderson (12/09/09)
Roy Ray Henderson, 67, of Nesbit, Miss. woke up in the arms of the Lord Dec. 6, 2009, after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born April 2, 1942, in Newark, Ark. Roy grew up on a farm in Piggott, which he loved. He was only 10 years old when he drove a whole team of horses to put in the family's crops...

Ruth Morgan (12/09/09)
Ruth Morgan, 86, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at her home. Ruth was born Aug. 16, 1923, in Melbourne, Ark. to Alvie and Annie Belle Cooper. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Remel, Carl, and Charles Cooper, and one sister, Verl Rodden...

Pharis A. Gordon (12/09/09)
Pharis A. Gordon, 81, of Duncanville, Texas, died on Nov. 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born on June 5, 1928, at Piggott, a son of the late Oscar and Minnie Gordon. He was raised and educated at Piggott...

NAOMI RUTH BRANNAN (12/02/09)
Naomi Ruth Brannan was born on May 9, 1931, to the late Luther Winslow and Ruby Beatrice (Houston) Clayton, in Rector. She departed this life on Dec. 1, 2009, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center at the age...

Velis Ray "Tootie" Bateman (12/02/09)
Velis Ray "Tootie" Bateman, 78, of Marmaduke passed away on Nov. 27, 2009. Mr. Bateman was born on Aug. 11, 1931, to the late Sidney and Stella (Morley) Bateman in Rector, Ark. He was retired from U.S. Pipe...

Dorothy Dehls (12/02/09)
Dorothy (Lamb) Dehls of Piggott passed away on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. Dorothy was born in Guion, Ark., the daughter of the late Ernest and Hazel (Bryant) Lamb. The oldest of five children, "Dot" graduated from Guion High School at age 16 and completed her business education at Draughon's Business School in Little Rock...

John Seth Ross (12/02/09)
John Seth Ross, age 24, of Tunica, Miss., formerly of Piggott, passed away Nov. 28, 2009, in Tunica as the result of an auto accident. He was born April 4, 1985. He is survived by his parents, Denise Bingham and husband Bill of Searcy, and Don Ross and wife Vikki of Tunica; one sister, Victoria Elizabeth Ross, and one brother, Ethan Robert Earl Ross, both of Tunica; three step-sisters, Stacy Southerland, Amy Dolan and Leslie Clegg; one step-brother Devin Miller; his grandparents, Erma Jean Ross, Lloyd Brown and R.L. ...

DAVID WILTON ARGO (12/02/09)
David Wilton Argo, 49, passed away Nov. 24, 2009. A Celebration of Life memorial service was held Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Chestnut Hill Plantation Clubhouse in Columbia, S.C. Inurnment followed at Bush River Memorial Gardens. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. A memorial service will be held in Jonesboro at a later date...

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