Stories from Friday, March 8, 2019

William Randal Midkiff, of Rector, Ark., passed from the cares of this life on Tuesday March 5, 2019 at his residence. He was born on June 16, 1958, in the White Oak Community of Southeast Missouri to Lindol Midkiff and the late Freeda (Cavaness) Midkiff. Randal was a retired Deputy Sherriff for Dunklin County with 29 years of service...

Jesse Thomas Stokes, 20, of Rector, Ark., passed from this life on March 5, 2019. He was born July 30, 1998, to Thomas Stokes and Carol Burns. He enjoyed being outdoors, helping anyone he could, working on his “Ford”; but his most prized and loved possession was his baby girl, Braylen Renee Stokes...

Jessalie Lyndon Settlemoir Toombs, 96, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born September 5, 1922, to the late Grover and Mayme (Brady) Settlemoir. Jessalie lived a full life providing a comfortable, welcoming home and many wonderful meals from her garden for family and friends. ...

Kathy Crews, 77, of Rector, Ark., passed away on March 5, 2019. She was born to the late James and Dorothy (Akin) Deniston. She and her husband owned the Western Auto store in Rector for many years and she later worked at Rector Downtown Drug. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Ronnie Crews; her daughter and son-in-law, Debora (Debbie) and Michael Hunt; her grandsons, Kaleb Hunt and Joshua Hunt; her great-grandchildren, Azazel Hunt and Gemini Hunt; along with a host of other family and friends.. ...