Stories from Monday, August 15, 2016

Marguerite Swift, 99, of Piggott, Ark., passed away August 12, 2016, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. She was born on March 26, 1917, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Albert and Hallie (McGehee) Stallings. She was united in marriage to James B. Swift June 4, 1939, and to this union a son, James B. Swift, Jr. was born...

Christopher Ray Smith, 24, of Kennett, Mo., passed away July 16, 2016, as the result of a car accident near Nimmons, Ark. He was born on November 18, 1991, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. His mother, Tracy (Burgess) Tippitt also passed away on July 16, 2016, in the accident with Christopher...

Chester Lee True, 88, of Holcomb Mo., was born December 3, 1927, to the late James Henry and Lou Jewel (Welch) True in Leachville, Ark. He passed from this life to his eternal home on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at Piggott Community Hospital. He married Martha Virginia Jordan on Nov. ...