Obituaries

Dorothy Elaine McGehee Meade (11/03/04)
Dorothy Elaine McGehee Meade, 78, of Piggott died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at her home in Piggott. She was born June 12, 1926, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Andrew and Edith Maddox McGehee. She was united in marriage to Carl E. Meade on June 17, 1944. They had seven children...

Virginia Mae Riley (11/03/04)
Virginia Mae Riley, 75, of Royal Oak, Mich., died Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, at Bortz Health Care in Warren, Mich. She was born Feb. 23, 1929, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of the late Austin and Belle Brady. She was united in marriage to Russell Riley in Ferndale, Mich., on June 16, 1951. He preceded her in death in 1991...

Eula Belle Nickels (11/03/04)
Eula Belle Nickels, 86, of Bridgeton, Mo., formerly of Corning, died Nov. 1, 2004, at St. Johns Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Nickels was born on Jan. 29, 1918, in McDougal, the daughter of the late Oliver Hamilton Mitchell and Susie Alice Nicholson...

Mary Lucille Crews (11/10/04)
Mary Lucille Crews, 89, of Sikeston died Nov. 3, 2004, at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center in Puxico, Mo. She was born on Sept. 4, 1915, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Wiley Price and Iva Templeton Thomas. She was a 50-year member of the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston and a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had been a teacher's aide and co-owner of Crews-Welsh Funeral Home in Sikeston before retiring...

Cloyd Roscoe Arnold Sr. (11/10/04)
Cloyd Roscoe Arnold Sr., 78, of Lafe, died Nov. 2, 2004, at his home. He was born on April 6, 1926, in Clay County, Ark., the son of the late Bascom Bedford Arnold and Nellie Mae Wilder. He was a veteran of World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Bryan and Raymond Arnold...

Mary L. Koslovsky (11/17/04)
Mary L. Koslovsky (nee Hoover) of Toledo, Ohio, died at the Comfort Cave Unit of Lake Park on Nov. 11, 2004, at age 89. She had been ill for several months. She was born on Aug. 10, 1915, in St. Francis, the daughter of Lewis C. and Estella (Stella) Mae Liddell Hoover...

Earl C. "Ted" Crowson (11/17/04)
Earl C. "Ted" Crowson, 85, of Piggott died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born on Nov. 27, 1918, in Greenway, the son of the late C.C. Crowson and Della Davis Crowson. He was married to Lorene Carpenter on April 10, 1937. She preceded him in death on Dec. 13, 1999, after 62 years of marriage. He was married to Kathy Morris on April 7, 2004...

Donald Russell York (11/17/04)
Donald Russell York, 40, of Campbell died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. He was born April 7, 1964, in Malden, the son of William Lee and Lucille Eva Edmonston York. He was united in marriage to Monique Hill on July 20, 2004, in Malden...

Donald Perry Thrasher (11/17/04)
Donald Perry Thrasher, 67, of Piggott died Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at his home. He was born July 17, 1937, in Campbell, the son of the late Ambress and Myra Duncan Thrasher. He was preceded in death by one sister, Kathy Thrasher. He is survived by four children, Barbara Summer of St. ...

Ruby Geneva (Hosea) Wright (11/17/04)
Ruby Geneva (Hosea) Wright, 85, of Piggott died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Pollard, the daughter of the late WIlliam Oscar and Lelah Pearl Harbert Hosea. She was united in marriage to William Herbert Doty on Dec. 7, 1935. They had one son. He preceded her in death. She married George Rigney Wright on Oct. 26, 1941, and he also preceded her in death...

John Henry Weller Jr. (11/26/04)
John Henry Weller Jr., 48, of Greenway died Nov. 17, 2004, at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Oct. 20, 1956, in Granite City, Ill., the son of John Henry and Pearl J. Blair Weller. He was united in marriage to Carol Jean Nash on June 11, 1994. She preceded him in death in 2001...

Emmis E. Vaughn (11/26/04)
Emmis E. Vaughn, 78, of Pollard died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, in the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 27, 1926, in Pollard, the son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Nancy Ann Lemonds Vaughn. He married Lou Vonda Grissom on Feb. 27, 1946. They had two daughters...