Obituaries

Raymond Lee Featherston (01/06/05)
Raymond Lee Featherston, 82, of Piggott died Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born June 20, 1922, in Senath, the son of the late Vernal Doug and Nora Williams Featherston. He was united in marriage to Evalean Gilbert on Sept. 23, 1944. They had three children...

Phyllis Quarah Book (01/06/05)
Phyllis Quarah Book, 74, of Piggott died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2004, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was a member of the General Baptist Church and worked for many years as a sales associate for K-Mart. She was preceded in death by one son, James Byron Book; and her parents, George Monroe Kelley and Lola Pearl Miller...

Keith Martin Samples (01/13/05)
Keith Martin Samples, 30, of Greenway died Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He enjoyed sports, fishing, riding his four-wheeler and spending time with his children. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Brannon Samples of Greenway; two sons, Bryan Martin and Jeremy Keith of the home; one daughter, Halyee Danielle of the home; his parents, Judy and Larry Martin of Piggott, and Lannie and Kathy Samples of Holcomb; four brothers, Bryan (Shelly) Samples of Piggott, Sean (Amy) Martin of Piggott, Mark Samples of Greenway and Kyle Samples of Holcomb; grandparents Lucille York of Campbell, Bob (Imogene) Martin of Piggott and Narciadean Hickson of Campbell; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Carl E. Causey (01/13/05)
Carl E. Causey, 63, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Aug. 19, 1941, in St. Louis, the son of Doyle Edward and Virginia Book Causey. He was united in marriage to Janice Outland on Nov. 23, 1961. They had three children...

Nell Brown (01/13/05)
Nell Brown, 93, of Rector died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett. She was born Dec. 28, 1911, in Greenville, Mo., the daughter of the late Henry Lovins and Margaret Scritchfield Lovins. She was united in marriage to Earl T. Brown on March 29, 1930. He preceded her in death on July 3, 1980...

Lavern Rodery (01/13/05)
Lavern Rodery, 79, of Campbell, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born May 12, 1925, in Piggott, the son of the late Joe Rodery and Ethel George Rodery. He married Neoma Gurlen on Dec. 27, 1946, in Piggott. He was a retired farmer and a United States Army Veteran having served during World War II. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Campbell...

Lora Wagster (01/13/05)
Lora Wagster, 56, of Russellville, formerly of Piggott, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at her home in Russellville. She was born Oct. 22, 1948, in Piggott, the daughter of the late John Greene and Lora R. Jackson Thrasher. She married Robert Wagster on Aug. 11, 1968. They had two children...

Nancy Hall (01/13/05)
Nancy Hall, 56, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in the Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was born Oct. 1, 1948, in McDougal, the daughter of Emett and Geneva Trammell Gunnels. She was united in marriage to Bruce Hall on Feb. 14, 1987. She is survived by her husband, Bruce Hall of Piggott; father, Emett Gunnels and wife, Jennine, of Knobel; mother, Geneva Schebor and husband, Chet, of Mio, Mich.; three children, Candy Sivaris and husband, Kevin, of Whittemore, Mich., Tommy Corbin and wife, Michelle, of St. ...

Connie Bell Easterwood (01/13/05)
Connie Bell Easterwood, 75, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. Mrs. Easterwood was born Jan. 22, 1929, the daughter of the late Labron Franklin Keller and Lilly Francis Thompson. She was united in marriage to Joseph Fields, who preceded her in death, and later to Floyd Kenneth Easterwood, who now resides at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott...

Ardell "Art" Holifield (01/23/05)
Ardell "Art" Holifield, 83, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 3, 1921, in Pollard, the son of the late James Monroe and Carrie Vagle Vaughn Holifield. He was united in marriage to Martha AD Parrish on May 15, 1953. She preceded him in death on June 20, 2003...

Norma Jane Mansfield (01/23/05)
Norma Jane Mansfield, 65, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Aug. 25, 1939, in St. Francis, the daughter of the late Oscar Merrit and Minnie Marie Johnson Lamp. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two children, Rhonda and Stevie; two brothers, Odell Lamp and Butch Lamp; and one sister, Carolyn Lamp...

Dorothy Sue Parham Price (01/23/05)
Dorothy Sue Parham Price, 94, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 4, 1911, in Friendship, Tenn., the daughter of the late W.L. and Ethel May Reid Morris...

Flora Berniece Russell (01/23/05)
Flora Berniece Russell, 74, of Leachville, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Boydsville, the daughter of the late Ezra and Edna Morrow Gordon. She had lived in Leachville for more than 40 years and was retired from Brown Shoe Company. A member of the former Liberty Hill United Methodist Church near Rector, she attended First United Methodist Church in Leachville...

Wilma Jean Hoover (01/27/05)
Wilma Jean Hoover, 74, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 22, 1930, in Mountainburg, Ark., the daughter of the late Richard S. and Hettie Kennedy Hall. She was united in marriage to Samuel W. Hoover on Sept. 16, 1950. They had three children. Her husband preceded her in death in 1996...

Naomi Elizabeth Ezell-Fuller (01/27/05)
Naomi Elizabeth Ezell-Fuller, 95, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in New Braunfels, Texas. She was a homemaker and helped in the family farming business. She was of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Virgil Scarbrough, Ed Ezell and Tim Fuller; three sons, Homer Scarbrough, Lee Scarbrough and Archie Dee Ezell; four sisters; and four brothers...

Vicki Lynn Harris (01/27/05)
Vicki Lynn Harris, 54, of Greenway died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born July 8, 1950, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of George E. and Ola Maxine Dalton Tanner. She was preceded in death by her father, George E. Tanner...