Stories from Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Deborah Turner, 62, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015, at the Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born on October 13, 1952, in St. Louis, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Charles and Helen (Aslan) Varvel. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Varvel and Helen (Aslan) Varvel; one brother, David Varvel and one grandchild, William Brian Shaw...

Gloria Dean Rogers, 88, of St. Louis, formerly of Rector, passed from this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday March 10, 2015. She was born on February 25, 1927 in McGhee, Ark., to the late Franklin and Gladys (Williams) Dickinson. She was of the General Baptist faith and attended churches in Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan and Illinois with her late husband, Reverend Franklin O. Rogers...

A J "Boots" McCullough, 75, of Ellsinore, Mo., passed away March 14, 2015, at Cedargate Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born on July 14, 1939, in Charleston, Miss., and was the son of the late Wilson and Jewell (Scott) McCullough. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, John Lee McCullough and Wilson Eugene "Bud" McCullough and three sisters, Madene "Sis" Turner, Hazel Williams and Mildred "Mil" Dahlgren...