Stories from Monday, May 13, 2019

Kathy Lynn Hatcher, 60, of Rector, Ark., passed from the cares of this life on Thursday May 9, 2019, at her residence. She was born on September 30, 1958, in Rector, to Janice (Hardin) Hatcher and the late Olin Wesley Hatcher. Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Olin Wesley Hatcher...

On the morning of May 12, 2019, Billy “Joe” Crosno, of Hoxie, Ark., went to be with the Lord. He passed peacefully in his home at the age of 78. Joe was born to Coy and Helen (Patterson) Crosno on December 22, 1940, in Boydsville, Ark. In 1962 he married Jean Crosno in Hammond, Ind., and together they raised two sons, Mike and Steve Crosno...

Amelia Lurene Vangilder, 91, of Rector, Ark., passed from the cares of this life on Tuesday May 7, 2019, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Ark. She was born on February 4, 1928, in Greene County, Ark., to the late Linsey Herbert and Olla Belle (Collier) Seay...

Albert Donald Vangilder, of Pine Bluff, Ark., went home to be with his Lord on May 7, 2019, at the age of 85. He was born on July 30, 1933, to Rudy and Mary Thomas Vangilder in Rector, Ark., where he would go on to spend his formative years. When he wasn’t in school, Albert was helping on the family farm and playing baseball...