Stories from Friday, March 21, 2014

Vagel Mae Rodery, 79, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Ark. She was born October 29, 1934, in Piggott, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Olen and Eathel (Case) McFarlin...

Teresa (Adams) Miller, 57, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at her home in Pollard, Ark. She was born September 18, 1956, in Corning, Ark., and was the daughter of Woodrow and Mamie (Rigdon) Adams. She was united in marriage to Larry Miller on Sept. 20, 1974, and to this union three sons were born...

Virginia Jane Neeley - known by everyone as "Pete" - passed away on March 20, 2014, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. A lifelong resident of McDougal, Ark., Pete was a homemaker, farmer's wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, avid gardener, reader and faithful church member. She was born January 24, 1929, to Richard and Melvia Ethridge of rural Clay County. She was joined in marriage to Robert Earl Neeley on Jan. 6, 1945...