Obituaries

Barbara Bell (03/03/04)
Barbara Bell, 63, of Piggott died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Jan. 6, 1941, the daughter of the late Ross and Ida Watkins Bell. She was preceded in death by three brothers, L.C. Bell, Joe Bell and Leroy Bell...

Imogene Gray (03/03/04)
Imogene Gray, 81, of Sedalia, Mo., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, in Sedalia, Mo. She was born April 16, 1922, in Van Buren, Ark., the daughter of the late Johnny Earl and Pearl Parrish Graddy. She was united in marriage to Marion Henry Gray on Oct. 11, 1941, to this union two sons were born...

Gladys L. Leslie (03/03/04)
Gladys L. Leslie, 90, of Greenway, passed away Monday, March 1, in the Rector Health Care. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2004. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in the Hoggard & Sons Chapel. Burial will be in Mitchell cemetery...

Julia Frances Fain Dalton (03/10/04)
Julia Frances Fain Dalton, 87, of Piggott died Friday, March 5, 2004, in Kennett. She was born Oct. 30, 1916, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles R. and Etta Jane "Nain" Hurn Fain. She was a small child when her mother died in 1920. ...

Albert Carroll Romines (03/10/04)
Albert Carroll Romines, 80, of Piggott died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Pocahontas, the son of the late Clifford and Alma Pearl Haas Romines. He was united in marriage to Stella Mae Meade on March 19, 1981, to this union one daughter was born, Shelby Romines...

Lillie M. Craig Sowell (03/10/04)
Lillie M. Craig Sowell, 82, of Conway died Sunday, March 7, 2004. She was born Aug. 22, 1921, in Holland to the late Hugh L. Craig and Lillie Ann Parker Craig. She was the widow of Walter Elmer Sowell, to whom she was married for 62 years until his death on Oct. 24, 2003...

Letha J. Bell (03/10/04)
Letha J. Bell, 83, of Decatur, Ind., died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Medowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bluffton, Ind. She was born on Nov. 16, 1920, in Piggott, the daughter of Charles and Sally Warren Harmon. She was united in marriage to William E. Bell on Oct. 14, 1939...

Flora Jane Meade (03/10/04)
Flora Jane Meade, 83, of Piggott died Monday, March 1, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born March 30, 1920, in Crockett, the daughter of the late Alonzo Cleveland and Katie Mae Groves Johnson. She was united in marriage to Ivan Meade on Jan. 4, 1941, to this union seven children were born...

Helen May Stumbo Colglazier Morgan (03/10/04)
Helen May Stumbo Colglazier Morgan of Searcy died Sunday, March 7, 2004. She was born March 23, 1927, in LaHarpe, Kan., and was the daughter of Ernest L. and Jewel Grizzle Stumbo. Mrs. Morgan was a member of the College Church of Christ in Searcy. She was a 1944 graduate of Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kan., and attendend Lawrence Business College...

Virgil Buffington (03/18/04)
Virgil Buffington, 78, of Silver City, N. Mex., died at his home on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, after an extended illness. Mr. Buffington was born Sept. 7, 1925, in Success, Ark., the son of Benjamin Floyd and Maud Jane Daniels Buffington. He grew up in the community of Palatka, Ark...

Ervin Ward Garner (03/18/04)
Ervin Ward Garner, 72, of Bowling Green died March 10 at his home. The Clay County native was a retired employee of General Motors and a member of Shadyland Church of Christ and previous member of Lehman Avenue Church of Christ. He was a son of the late Lester A. Garner and Hallie Downing Garner and the husband of the late Mary Catherine Adams Garner. He was also preceded in death by a daughter. Monica Holmes and a great-grandson, Seth Michael Garner...

Gladys L. Leslie (03/18/04)
Gladys L. Leslie, 90, of Greenway died Monday, March 1, 2004, in the Rector Healthcare Facility in Rector. She was born March 20, 1913, in Rinard, Ill., the daughter of the late Nelson and Myrtle Black Shaw. She was united in marriage to Edgar Raymond Bradford on Dec. 4, 1929. He preceded her in death. She married Earnest Leslie on Aug. 27, 1971. He also preceded her in death...

Willie Ray James (03/24/04)
Willie Ray James, 84, of Gosnell died Thursday, March 18, 2004, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1919, in Kennett, the son of the late Aaron Moses and Marganie Limbaugh James. He was united in marriage to Seena James, to this union three children were born. She preceded him in death. He then married Patsy Ann James, to this union two children were born...

Kenneth Williams (03/24/04)
Kenneth Williams, 61, of Kennett died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born April 11, 1942, in Frisbee, Mo., the son of John Henry and Edna Jane Furlow Williams. He was united in marriage to Rose Abney on June 4, 1965, in Piggott...

Luther A. Rice (03/24/04)
Luther A. Rice, 73, of Piggott died Monday, March 15, 2004, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Jan. 17, 1931, in McDougal, the son of the late George Robert and Eatti Mae Morgan Rice. He was united in marriage to Debbie Wilkes on March 22, 1991...

Bertha A. Osborn (03/24/04)
Bertha A. Osborn, 87, of Campbell died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. She was born Dec. 2, 1916, in Peach Orchard, Ark., the daughter of Thomas Edward and Rose Etta Like Thacker. She was united in marriage to Thomas William Osborn on August 18, 1939, in Kennett. He preceded her in death on April 27, 1987...

Brenda Glover (03/24/04)
Brenda Glover, 57, of Piggott died Monday, March 15, 2004, in Three Rivers Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born June 13, 1946, in Senath, the daughter of Ervin and Nellie Louise Medley Baird. She was united in marriage to Ben Glover on Sept. 22, 1963...

Bettie Jane Dudley (03/31/04)
Bettie Jane Dudley, 71, of Piggott died March 29, 2004, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 21, 1932, in Leonard, the daughter of Onnie and Mary Hill Cooper. She worked as a bookkeeper at Piggott Mortuary-Irby Funeral Home and a lifelong member of the community...