Stories from Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Rose Sharon "Sherry" Wallace, 72, of North Port, Fla. and Rector passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2013. She was born on Aug. 21, 1940 in Rector. Sherry moved from Rector to Punta Gorda after retiring from Emerson Electric in Kennett, Mo. in 1986 and began working in the hospitality industry at the Howard Johnson Inn overlooking Charlotte Harbor. ...

Grace T. McClain, age 93, died on January 14, 2013. Born and raised in Piggott, Ark., Grace moved to Pitman, N.J. in 1954. She worked in Human Resources for Mobil Oil in Paulsboro, retiring in 1983. Grace was a member of the Pitman United Methodist Church, the Ellen Usinger Sunday School Class, Wesley Ann's. Grace also taught Sunday School for many years and volunteered at the Pitman Manor. She was an avid traveler and loved spending time with her family...

Cleatis Edwards Bowman was born February 12, 1938 in Rector to Grace and Jesse Edwards. She passed away January 6, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Ernestine McCartney; two brothers, Leslie Edwards and Bobby Edwards; sister-in-law, Chris Edwards; brothers-in-law Roger Legault and Wayne McCartney; and grandson, Brennen Bradford...

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