Obituaries

Frank McKenney (09/02/04)
Frank McKenney, 84, of Piggott, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, at his home in Piggott. He was born Nov. 30, 1919, in Piggott. He was the son of the late James Onia and Elizabeth Fox McKenney. He was united in marriage to Opal Permenter on Oct. 6, 1939. They had four children...

Lynn Wilson (09/02/04)
Lynn Wilson, 53, of Pollard, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Dec. 25, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, the son of Sydney Lomax Wilson and the late Lyman Theodore Wilson. He married Sharon Umfleet on Sept. 18, 1953...

Carrol Haywood (09/08/04)
Carrol Haywood, 72, of Senath died Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, at his residence. Born Dec. 14, 1931, in Holcomb, son of the late Herschel and Nora Miles Haywood, he was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the Korean War. He was employed as a supervisor at Emerson Electric Company...

Lynn Wilson (09/08/04)
Lynn Wilson, 53, of Pollard, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Dec. 25, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, the son of Sydney Lomax Wilson and the late Lyman Theodore Wilson. He married Sharon Umfleet on Sept. 18, 1993...

Emry Palmer Johnson (09/08/04)
Emry Palmer Johnson, 72, of Piggott died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, at his home. He was born June 22, 1932 in Piggott, the son of the late Dellveicho and Anna Eva Johnson. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Linda Kay Johnson; one son, Michael Shayne Johnson; one brother, Doyne "Biscuits" Johnson; and one sister, Eileen Johnson...

Michael Harlon Reed (09/15/04)
Michael Harlon Reed, 55, of Henning, Tenn., died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was born on July 20, 1949, in Memphis. He served his country in the United States Navy on board the U.S.S Boyd. He was preceded in death by his father, Marion Edward Reed...

Walter H. Christopher (09/15/04)
Walter H. Christopher, 93, of Piggott died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, at Piggott. He was born June 12, 1911, in Rector to the late Edwin and Nancy Christopher. He was a carpenter and of the Methodist faith. Preceding him in death were his parents; wife, Geneva Faye Christopher; three sons, Dewayne Christopher and two infant sons, Roger and Loyd Dean Christopher; one infant daughter, Verna Christopher; and one sister, Artie Lacey...

Loman W. Long (09/15/04)
Loman W. Long, 89, of Piggott died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on March 10, 1915, the son of the late Charlie and Ivy Corn Long. He was married to Margaret Gibson, she preceded him in death on May 29, 1991. He then married Myrtle Blue...

Esther Evelyn Fry (09/22/04)
Esther Evelyn Fry, 79, of Farmington, Mo., died Sept. 15, 2004, at MARMC in Farmington. She was born Feb. 1, 1925, in Williamsville, Mo., to Clarence and Nora Armstrong Bristow. She was a member of Farmington First Baptist Church and married George Franklin Fry 58 years ago on Sept. 7, 1946...

Otho Campbell (09/22/04)
Otho Campbell, 89, of Amory, Miss., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, in Amory. He was born Oct. 29, 1914, in Piggott, the son of the late Arthur Glen and Hattie Jane Fields Campbell. He was united in marriage to Oline M. Miller on June 29, 1940. She preceded him in death on July 30, 2000. He married Jewerldean Jacobs Pavlick on Sept. 22, 2001...

Stanley "Dusty" Gunnels (09/22/04)
Stanley "Dusty" Gunnels, 49, of Piggott died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born April 19, 1955, in Gideon, Mo., the son of Norman and Stella Sharp Gunnels. He was united in marriage to Tamie Murray on Oct. 27, 1989...

Elton Branson Davis (09/22/04)
Elton Branson Davis, 65, of Rossville, Tenn., died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital. He retired from ABF Freight Systems after 42 years. He was preceded in death by his father, Branson "Speck" Davis. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Diana Davis; a daughter, Dana Davis of Arlington, Tenn.; a son, Keith Davis of Rossville, Tenn.; his mother, Virginia Carman of Piggott; two sisters, Carolyn Featherston and husband, James, and Erma Dean Campbell and late husband, Bill, all of Piggott; two brothers, Larry Davis and wife, Sandra, and Edmund Davis and wife, Marie, all of Piggott; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.. ...

Jaunita Mead Mooneyhan (09/22/04)
Jaunita Mead Mooneyhan, 82, of Inkster, Mich., died Aug. 23, 2004, in Michigan. She was born March 2, 1922, the daughter of the late Ben and Lillie Mead. She was united in marriage to Herman Mooneyhan on Oct. 11, 1937. They had two daughters. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Lotta Fulner; one great-granddaughter; three sisters, Freda Fletcher, Flossie Dulock and Julia Cogley; and one brother, Daniel Mead...

Leamon Ervin Edgar (09/22/04)
Leamon Ervin Edgar, 68, of Piggott died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born at Maynard and had lived in Piggott for seven years. Mr. Edgar was formerly of Brookland and was a retired farmer. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ollie Robinson of Paragould...

Walter "Clet" Thompson (09/22/04)
Walter "Clet" Thompson, 85, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004. He served his country in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Force. He was a member of the Venice Church of Christ. He is survived by his loving wife, Jeanette; three sisters, Hazel Thompson, Opal Coburn and Pauline Looney; three nieces, Virginia Harris and husband, Charles, Margie Culpepper and Elaine Nixon and husband, James; and one nephew, Jerry Rogers and wife, Rosie...

Truman Brawner (09/30/04)
Truman Brawner, 88, of Piggott died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born April 8, 1916, in Pollard, the son of the late John Henry and Florence Crocker Brawner. He was united in marriage to Mary Lee Rogers on March 10, 1934. They had five children...

Max Rogers (09/30/04)
Max Rogers, 76, of Piggott died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Feb. 16, 1928, in Crockett, the son of the late Clarence Earl and Grace McBride Rogers. He married Dorothy L. Waldo on May 23, 1947. They had three children...

Patricia Evans (09/30/04)
Patricia Evans, 50, of Corning died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004, at her home in Corning. She was born January 24, 1954, in Fagus, Mo., the daughter of the late Dallas Doyle Dunlap and Josie Powell. She was united in marriage to Richard Evans on Sept. 15, 1970...

Cecil Wiseman (09/30/04)
Cecil Wiseman, 88, of Knobel died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Aug. 12, 1916, in Beech Grove, Ark., the son of the late Wilson "Banty" and Callie (Clark) Wiseman. He was united in marriage to Elva Loraine Green, she preceded him in death on Feb. 17, 1986. He was then united in marriage to Classena Johnson. She preceded him in death on March 27, 1995...

Gerald G. Reed (09/30/04)
Gerald G. Reed, 64, of Rockford, Ill., died on Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill. He was born on June 1, 1940, in Piggott, the son of Edgar and Mildred (Arehart) Reed. He was united in marriage to Barbara Spurlock on Aug. 12, 1962, in Rockford, Ill...