Stories from Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Herbert Windell Hale, 77 of Rector passed from this life on Wednesday September 17, 2014, at his home. He was born on January 19, 1937, in Hickory, Ark. to the late Herbert William and Versie "Raney" Hale. Herbert was a retired mechanic and loved to spend time fishing and loved his dogs...

Betty Jo (Daffron) Kilbreath, 75, of Campbell, Mo., formerly of Michigan, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. She was born on November 11, 1938, in St. Francis, Ark., and was the daughter of the late William Curtis and Gladys (Gunter) Daffron...

Vahleda Madeline Gipson, 91, was born in Greenway, Ark., on January 2, 1923 and died on September 19, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was the daughter of Robert and Myrtle (Hasty) Ward. After graduating from Piggott High School in 1941, she married L.T. "Hoot" Gipson and they celebrated 73 years of marriage in May. They were Piggott residents before moving to Jonesboro in 1957 and then to Oklahoma City in 2008...