Stories from Monday, March 4, 2013

James Ethridge Underwood, 96, of West Melbourne, Fla., died Friday, March 1, 2013. He was born January. 8, 1917, in Piggott, Ark., the son of Jimmy and Ethel (Cox) Underwood. He graduated from Piggott High School in 1934 and married Imogene Pillow of Pollard in 1939...

James Donald Bolton passed away November 29, 2012 at the age of 81. He was born and raised in the Mary's Chapel Community, just outside of Rector, Ark. He is survived by his four children, Deborah Jean Bradford of Rogers, Ark., Donald Lee Bolton of Beaux Bridge, La., Charles Ray Bolton of St. ...

Jerry Alan Lewis, 58, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at his home. He was born on November 26, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of the late Adrian Delaine and Betty Ioma (McDowell) Lewis. He is survived by his daughter, Brook Lewis; sister, Donna Haley and husband Rickey of Rector, Ark.; brother, James Ray Lewis of Ferris, Tex.; nieces, Amber Harrell, Heather Masingale and Nikki Lewis and many other relatives and friends...

Sunday morning, March 3, 2013, Edmond Joseph Hurst, "Eddie Joe" as most knew him, was summoned to his eternal home. Eddie passed away at the Piggott Community Hospital from a massive heart attack. He was 57 years old. His sisters said he must have followed their mother's lead, as she too missed church one Sunday morning and went to Heaven instead, she was 54...