July 2022

Viola Ruth Threlkeld Byrd, 99 years, three months, and nine days, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, in the comfort of her sister Melva’s home in Piggott, Ark. Viola Ruth Threlkeld, a descendant of Sir Lancelot de Threlkeld, Lake District, Cumbria, England, member of the Privy Council of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, was born on March 29, 1923, to Evret Reed Threlkeld, (son of Elnora Stalions and Ulie Threlkeld) and Ora Belle Smith, (daughter of Winnie Hill and Mack Smith), in Brown, Ark., a community near Manila.

Bobby Joe Spinks, 81, of Piggott, Ark., passed away July 4, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born on January 28, 1941, in Corning, Ark., and was the son of Joseph and Beulah (Johns) Spinks.

Carol A. Service, age 69, of Hord, Ill., passed away Saturday morning, July 9, 2022, at the Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, surrounded by her caring family.

Mary Othella (Arnold) Gipson, age 99, died of natural causes at the General Baptist Nursing Home on July 10, 2022. Born December 20, 1922, at Cotton Hill, Dunklin County, Mo., just west of Tallapoosa.

Lura May Temerian, 90 of Rector, passed away on July 4, 2022 at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born in Rector, Ark., to the late Morgan and Mary Vernelia (Wright) King. She was a very active woman who stayed busy even in her senior years. She taught school for over 30 years and was loved by many of her students. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rector, and also a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa organization. She owned and operated the Corner Bookstore and the 4th Street Treasures. She loved her family and all of the team members that her husband coached in football during the years.