Stories from Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Selection Committee of the Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the 2011 inductees into the Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame. The organization has four categories from which inductees may be selected: athletes, teams, coaches and others who have made significant contributions to Rector, Greenway, or Clay County Central High School athletics. In addition, one posthumous award can be made each year from the four categories...

A trio of Mohawks represented Piggott in the Arkansas Activities Association All-Star Baseball Game on Saturday, June 20 at Baum Stadium on the University of Arkansas campus at Fayetteville. Colby Lovelace, a 2011 graduate of PHS, was selected to play for the East squad in the event. Mohawk head coach Shawn Hearn was named as an assistant coach for the East team. Jonathan Morgan also took part in the event, continuing his role as Mohawk batboy for the All-Star game...

Piggott is set to come alive with its biggest celebration of the year as the annual Fourth of July Picnic and Homecoming Celebration is at hand. The yearly event regularly draws large crowds to town, reuniting current and former residents, as well as creating new memories for first-time visitors...

World War II veteran James "Jim" Haywood will serve as Grand Marshal for the 2011 Piggott Fourth of July Parade beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, July 4. A native of the area, Haywood was born in Piggott in 1921. His family moved to Crockett when he was very young. As a teenager, he moved to St. Louis and worked there for a few years before joining the Navy...

The call to protect others is one of the most noble and rewarding paths a person can follow in life. Unfortunately, providing safety for others often results in one putting their own self in harm's way. Heath Haywood has been fighting fires in Arkansas for the past five years. ...

Rector resident Jerry Chilcutt has been an integral part of the area music community for over 43 years, not only as the longtime organist at Rector's First United Methodist Church (FUMC), but also through his music education career and many community service activities through the years...

Michelle Dunlap, 38, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Piggott. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011 in the Hoggard & Sons Chapel with Larry Ward and Gary Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Piggott Cemetery. Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home of Piggott, Arkansas, is in charge of arrangements. Visitation is 6:00 p.m. Wednesday...

Robert "Bobby" Causey of Piggott, Ark., died Saturday, June 4, 2011. He was 47. Causey, who was born in Flint, Mich., on July 28, 1963, served in the United States Army National Guard for 19 years. During his life, Causey worked for Brown Shoe Factory and Darling. At the time of his death he was on active duty with the National Guard and worked for Anchor Packaging in Marmaduke, Ark...

Thomas Ryon Rayford of Fairhope, Ala., born Feb. 26, 1973, left this world to rest in God's arms on Sunday, June 26, 2011. Ryon was a 1991 graduate of Piggott High School and was an alumnus of Rhodes College in Memphis. Over the years Ryon worked as a dietary service employee and will be missed by his co-workers and friends at Carroll Place Assisted...

Mrs. Virgie Mae Jordan, 86, of Success, Ark., passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, at home. Mrs. Jordan was born in Pollard, Ark., on Oct.14, 1924, the daughter of Charles Franklin and Etta (Hays) Ellis. A homemaker, she loved to cook and spend time with family. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church in Success...

Wilma Jean Weatherspoon, 87, died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Rector Nursing and Rehab. She was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Greene County to the late Marvin and Cleo (Hicks) Ellington. Wilma was of the Baptist faith and was a loving housewife and homemaker...

Woodrow "Peck" Adams was born Aug. 17, 1918, in Peach Orchard, Ark., the son of Harry Adams and Mattie (Koster) Adams. He was deceased on June 22, 2011, at the age of 92. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Judy Knauts; two sisters, Essie Jackson and Edna Finley Burk, and his parents...