Obituaries

Paul Catterton (10/07/04)
Paul Catterton, 73, of Piggott, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, at the Medical Center in Memphis. He was born March 26, 1931, in Sumner, Ill., the son of the late Nathan and Pearl Marie Jones Catterton. He married Melva Ann Vaughn on Sept. 28, 1957. They had three sons...

James David Bedwell (10/07/04)
James David Bedwell, 74, of Jonesboro died on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, at his residence. He was born in Fagus on March 18, 1930, the son of the late Andrew Harrison and Sara Elizabeth Bedwell. He married Virginia Marie Kitchen. They were married for 56 years and had eight children...

DeWitt F. Carman (10/07/04)
DeWitt F. Carman, 83, of Piggott, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at Murphy Health Care. He was born April 21, 1921, in Peach Orchard, Ark., the son of the late Willard and Carrie Culp Carman. He married LaVerne Gauf on May 24, 1942. They had two daughters...

Arvin Edwin Skidmore (10/07/04)
Arvin Edwin Skidmore, 81, of Beebe, Ark., died Oct. 1, 2004, after a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 23, 1922, to Milo and Pearl Skidmore in Piggott. He graduated from Piggott High School as valedictorian and married Laurene Nichols on Sept. 7, 1946...

Wimla Doris Walkton South (10/14/04)
Wilma Doris Walton South, 77, of Lake City died Tuesday night, Oct. 5, 2004, at her home. Born in Black Oak on Dec. 14, 1926, she lived in various places following her marriage to Ray South on Aug. 5, 1951, most recently in Piggott until she and her husband retired and returned to Lake City. ...

David Ethridge Monroe (10/14/04)
David Ethridge Monroe, 32, of Houston, died Sept. 26, 2004. He was born on Oct. 2, 1972, in Blytheville. He is survived by his son, Christopher; fiancee, Elly Trickett; parents, Diane Woods Cowley and husband, Paul, and Ronnie Monroe and wife, Adrienna; sister and brother-in-law, Rhonda and Mike Kelly; brother, Cameron Monroe; nieces, Christina and Heather Kelley; great-grandmother, Bessie Bare; and many loving relatives and friends...

Peggy J. Hutson Wellman (10/14/04)
Peggy J. Hutson Wellman died on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, in Branson. She was preceded in death by her husband, T. Douglas Wellman; and one daughter, Judy A. Koch. She is survived by two daughters, Vicki Enloe of Reeds Spring, Mo., and Linda Harmon of Overland Park, Kans.; one son, David Wellman of St. Louis; seven grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter...

Eddie R. Beck (10/14/04)
Eddie R. Beck, 69, of Rockford, Ill., died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at home in the loving care of his family. He was born June 26, 1935, in Peach Orchard, Ark., the son of Alvin and Ruby Stormes Beck. He married Ovedia I. Starling on March 30, 1957, in Hernando, Miss.; she died in 2000...

Mary Lourine White (10/14/04)
Mary Lourine White, 87, of Piggott, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, (today) with funeral services beginning at 11a.m. Wednesday (today), Oct. 13, at the First Presbyteran Church. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, (today), in the Puxico Cemetery in Puxico...

Michael Shane Vaughn (10/14/04)
Michael Shane Vaughn, 30, of Piggott, died Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Survivors include his parents, Gerald Vaughn and Rita Ward. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday (today) at Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Hoggard and Sons Chapel...

Rachel Marie Bradshaw (10/21/04)
Rachel Marie Bradshaw, 82, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 24, 1922, in Clay County to the late Everett E. and Bessie (Bookout) Manning and was married March 28, 1946, to Max Bradshaw, who preceded her in death Sept. 8, 2004...

Donald Gene Akridge (10/21/04)
Donald Gene Akridge, 60, of Campbell died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, at him home. He was born on April 22, 1944, in Gideon, Mo., the son of the late Lonzo Howard Akridge Sr. and Dorothy Prentice Akridge. He married Bonnie Jean Ellsworth on July 19, 1989, in Malden...

Mary Lourine White (10/21/04)
Mary Lourine White, 87, of Piggott died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born on Jan. 27, 1917, in Puxico, Mo., the daughter of the late Floyd and Iva Mae Lewis Burge. She was united in marriage to Edward Charles White on Sept. 29, 1937. They had one son...

Michael Shane Vaughn (10/21/04)
Michael Shane Vaughn, 30, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, at his home in Piggott. He was born on June 7, 1974, in Piggott, the son of Gerald Vaughn and Rita Owen Ward. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, L.H. Owen; and one aunt, Beverly Owen...

Charles A. Mize (10/21/04)
Charles A. Mize, 75, of Campbell died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born on April 27, 1929, the son of the late Charles Anderson Mize Sr. and Lenora Winberry Mize. He was a United States Army Veteran having served during World War II. He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Sunnyvale General Baptist Church...

Mary Elizabeth Herring (10/21/04)
Mary Elizabeth Herring, 74, of Dexter, Mich., died Oct. 6, 2004, at her home. She was born on July 12, 1930, in Greenway, the daughter of the late John Frank and Ethel Mae Hodgson Smith. She married Logan Ray Herring on February 12, 1949. She is survived by her husband, Ray; two daughters, Linda (Leo) LeRoy and Retha (Bruce) Hansen; one son, Michael Herring; grandchildren, Lee LeRoy, Monica Hansen Benton and Brett Hansen; three older sisters, Susie Frederick of Arnold, Mo., Nancy Key of South Haven, Mich. ...

Charles "Cowboy" J. Dickens (10/27/04)
Charles "Cowboy" J. Dickens, 55, of Campbell died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born June 17, 1949, in Campbell, the son of James Dawsey and Emma Lorene Haynes Dickens. He was united in marriage to Donna Sue Long on Jan. 6, 1978, in Campbell...

Cledith Franklin Redman (10/27/04)
Cledith Franklin Redman, 90, of Piggott died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at his home. He was born on February 6, 1914, in Cooter, Mo., the son of the late Abe Redman and Minnie Belle Hurst. He was a retired auto worker and a Veteran of World War II. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by five sisters, three brothers an one grandchild...

Eathel Phillips (10/27/04)
Eathel Phillips, 80, of Michigan City, Ind., formerly of McDougal, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, in MIchigan City. She was born on May 15, 1924, in McDougal, the daughter of the late William and Clara-Fusion Hayes Nicholson. She was united in marriage to Edward A. Phillips on March 7, 1941. They had four sons...