Stories from Tuesday, February 12, 2013

William Louis Lemons Sr. was born on August 19, 1923, in St. Francis, Mo. He was the second child born to Charles and Ruth (Winchester) Lemons. Charles Lemons passed away in 1925, and Ruth remarried a few years later to Samuel Sheeley of Moark, Ark. ...

Verlin Moffitt was born on September 20, 1926 in Fagus, Mo. to John and Mabel (Teachenor) Moffitt. They and his brother, Troy, preceded him to Our Lord. His sister, Nina Moffitt, lives in Rockwall, Tex. He enlisted in the United States Navy on Dec. 28, 1944 and was honorably discharged on July 31, 1946. ...

Imogene Gertrude Millikan, 90, of McDougal, Ark., passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. She was born on October 15, 1922, in Rector, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Woodrow Howard and Gladys (McCluskey) Dale...

George Washington Gower, Jr., 73, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at this home. He was born July 27, 1939, in Piggott, Ark., and was the son of the late George Washington and Martha Francis (Dover) Gower. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jack Jones Gower...

Charles Marvin Gore, 67, of St. Jacob, Ill. and Rector, Ark. passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. He was born to M. Juanita (Maltbie) and Claud Henry Gore Sr. Aug. 21, 1945. He graduated from Rector High School in 1963 and earned a B.S. in Agriculture from Arkansas State University in 1969. ...

Bennie Berry, 67, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Harrison Terrace, Indianapolis, Ind. He was born February, 9, 1946 at Mountain View, Ark., to the late Wiley and Olga Berry and was raised in the St. Francis Community. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War...