Obituaries from January 2010

Larry D. Campbell (01/27/10)
Larry D. Campbell, age 70, died Jan. 22 in Conroe, Texas. He lived in Montgomery, Texas, where he was a member of Conroe Church of Christ. He served as an elder. Larry was born April 2, 1939, in Marmaduke, Arkansas. ...

Bobby Gene Murray (01/27/10)
Bobby Gene Murray of Rector, AR, died Jan. 21 at Evergreen Healthcare. He was born May 2, 1931, in Knobel, AR. Bobby Murray was a retired Teamster Union in St. Louis, Mo., and a veteran of the Korean War...

Reverend James Stone (01/27/10)
Reverend James Stone, age 63, of Rison and of Rector, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born in Pine Bluff on March 9, 1946. Jim was the younger son of J.W. ...

Glenda Fay Seegraves (01/27/10)
Glenda Fay Seegraves, 61, of Rector died Friday, January 22, 2010, at her home in Rector. Glenda was born in Arcola, Missouri, August 17, 1948, the daughter of the late Roswell and Mona Mae "Sitz" Bess. She was of the Baptist faith, was a caregiver and graduated from Bell City High School in Missouri...

Geraldine Mann (01/27/10)
Geraldine Mann, 82, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Murphy Health and Rehab in Piggott. She was born Aug. 1, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Cordie (Evans) Davis...

Bernice Elaine Gordon (01/27/10)
Bernice Elaine Gordon, 81, passed after a long journey and has gone to be with her husband Charles E. Gordon and grandson Andrew Blake. She passed away at the Golden Age Manor in Stevensville, Mich., Saturday, January 16, 2010...

William Leo Prince (01/21/10)
William Leo Prince also known as "Hoss," age 73, of Peoria, Illinois, passed away Dec. 19 at his residence. Funeral services were held Dec. 26. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joanne K. Heaton; a brother, Eugene Prince, and his parents, Charley and Terece Prince...

Imonell Jenkins (01/21/10)
Imonell Jenkins, 80, of Paragould passed away January 16, 2010, at her residence. She was born August 26, 1929, to the late Wimberley and Gladys (Stallings) Lyles in Rector. She was a member of the Griffin Memorial United Methodist Church...

Anne Pendergraph (01/21/10)
Anne M. Pendergraph, 76, a resident of Piggott for two years, passed away Jan. 12, 2010, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Maxwell and Florance Morton and was born July 29, 1933, in Jacksonville, N.C...

Aaron Earl Garis (01/21/10)
Aaron Earl Garis, 83, of Piggott, passed away Friday, January 15, 2010 at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born April 1, 1926 the son of the late John Franklin and Freddie May (Lincon) Garis...

Chester Clifford Risener (01/21/10)
Chester Clifford Risener, lovingly known as "Cliff", 97, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Cliff was born in Waveland, Ark., July 18, 1912, to Solomon Porter and Lula (Hood) Risener. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Mildred (Eubanks) Risener; his parents; two sisters, Erma Ralaford and Lula Frye; three brothers, Herman, Outher and Joe Risener; three children, Doris Jean, Barbara and Jimmy; three granddaughters, Laurie, Shawna and Kellye, along with a host of friends.. ...

IVA MAE VANGILDER (01/13/10)
Funeral services for Iva Mae Vangilder, aged 88, of Rector, who passed from this life on January 9, 2010, in the Evergreen Nursing Home in Rector, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2010, in the First Baptist Church with William Vangilder and Ardell Polk officiating...

ALEEN MILLS (01/13/10)
Funeral services for Aleen Mills, aged 94, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, who went to be with her Lord on January 8, 2010, at her residence in Paragould, were Monday, January 11, 2010, in the Rector First General Baptist Church with Brother Mark Book and Brother Marston Carpenter officiating...

Cougars fall in conference play with M'duke, Riverside (01/13/10)
It was a tough week for the Rector Cougars, losing key conference basketball games on the road at Marmaduke and Riverside. The pattern was the same in both games, according to coach Matt Mills. "We are playing hard, but we just have trouble scoring," he said...

Martha Ora Hosea (01/13/10)
Martha Ora Hosea, 85, of Pollard, passed away Monday, January 11, 2010, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born June 7, 1924, at Carryville, Ark., the twin daughter of the late Clarence Oran and Pearl Cleadith (Washburn) Doty...

Harriett Howard (01/13/10)
Harriett Emaline Howard, 86, of Piggott died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Evergreen Health and Rehab in Rector. Harriett was born in Piggott, November 23, 1923, the daughter of the late Edgar Williams, Sr., and Susan Matilda (Adams) Williams. ...

Emma Bell Howard (01/13/10)
Emma Bell Howard, 91, of the Murphy Health and Rehab in Piggott died January 9, 2010, at NEA Baptist Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Marmaduke Dec. 5, 1918, to the late Lebron Franklin and Lillian Frances (Thompson) Keller...

Versie Odessa Speer (01/07/10)
Versie Odessa Speer, 90, of Rector passed away Monday, January 4, 2010. She was born August 26, 1919, to the late Johnny and Kate (Hyde) Jetton in Paragould. She was a homemaker and a member of Simmons Chapel...

Dorothy Murray (01/07/10)
Dorothy Murray, 66, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 2, 1943, in Hornersville, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Buster and Christine Poe. Dorothy was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Piggott...

Mary Agnes McLeskey (01/07/10)
Mary Agnes McLeskey, 84, of Piggott, passed away Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 2, 1925, in St. Francis, and was the daughter of the late James Lowell and Barbara (Pittman) Russell...

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