Stories from Monday, April 27, 2015

Rebecca Lynn Whittley, 32, of Piggott passed away April 23, 2015 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She was born on December 29, 1982 at Fort Hood, Texas. She attended the Piggott schools and was a 2001 graduate of Piggott High School. She was a proud member of the Piggott High School Lady Mohawks Basketball team. She received the "1000 Point Basketball" versus Brookland, Arkansas on December 28, 2000, an accomplishment of which she was very proud...

Carolyn Rosella Burris, 76, of Piggott, Ark., passed away, April 24, 2015, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born in Greenway, Ark., on February 18, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Emil and Edith (Book) Simpson. She was united in marriage to Donald Burris on March 28, 1958, and to this union three children were born...

Willow Dean Wheeler, 84, of Paragould, formerly of Rector passed from this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday April 25, 2015, at Greene Acres Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on June 5, 1930, in Rector, to the late Orville Lawrence and Dora (Gore) Lawrence Beckner. ...

Herschel J. Underwood, November 6, 1919 to April 22, 2015, was born in Piggott, Ark., the son of Jimmy and Ethel (Cox) Underwood. Mr. Underwood joined the Civilian Conservation Corps after graduation from Piggott High School in 1939, and then joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. He served in England, Italy and France during and immediately after World War II...

Twila Mae Causey, age 81, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015 at St Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Pollard, Ark., on May 18, 1933, to Willis and Pearl (Byrd) Johnson. On June 1, 1952, she married Donald Causey in Piggott, Ark. ...