Terry Kyle Huckabay

Terry Kyle Huckabay, 18, of Paragould, a 2008 Marmaduke High School honor graduate, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, in an accident near Paragould.

Kyle was an avid baseball player, hunter and loved to fish. He was a student at Black River Technical College studying electrical engineering. At MHS, he received the Doug Drope Award for baseball, as well as many other honors for both athletics and academics.

He was preceded in death by his best friend, Colton Carr, and paternal grandfather, Macon Huckabay.

Survivors include his parents, Terry Huckabay of Marmaduke and Cindy Archibald of Paragould; sister, Whitney Huckabay of Marmaduke; girlfriend, Chelsea Parks; best friend, Neal Thrash; grandparents, Earl and Linda Parrish and Ann Huckabay, all of Marmaduke, and several uncles, aunts and cousins.

Visitation was held Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Marmaduke First Baptist Church. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 31) at the Marmaduke High School gymnasium with Revs. Kim Bridges, David Poe, Tracy Archibald, Kevin Hawley and Bill Muse presiding. Burial followed in Hartsoe Cemetery.

Heath Funeral Home of Paragould was in charge of arrangements.