Obituaries

Lois Silas (07/06/05)
Lois Silas, 80, of Piggott, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, in the Baptist Hospital at Little Rock. She was born May 22, 1925, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Cave Monroe and Margaret Ellen Lingle Evans. She was united in marriage to A.C. Silas on Jan. 23, 1947. They had two daughters...

Winford P. Sims (07/13/05)
Winford P. Sims, 75, of Piggott died Monday, July 10, 2005, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1930, in Georgiana, Ala., the son of the late Leonard J. and Sadie Louise Pierce Sims. He was united in marriage to Dallace L. Ruckman on Sept. 30, 1981...

John Adrian Pillow (07/20/05)
John Adrian Pillow, 80, of Piggott died Monday, July 18, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born July 3, 1925, in Pollard, the son of the late Samuel R. and Nora Johnson Pillow. He was united in marriage to Irma L. McGee on Sept. 17, 1949. They had two sons...

Leonard "Lee" Miller (07/20/05)
Leonard "Lee" Miller of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Piggott, died on Saturday, July 16, 2005. He was born Aug. 6, 1937, in Piggott, the son of the late Thomas and Clennie (nee: DeMay) Miller. Mr. Miller was a sheet metal worker for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis for 25 years. He was a member of Piggott Masonic Lodge Number 545 and a Red Cross volunteer...

Ora W. "Doby" Vancil (07/20/05)
Ora W. "Doby" Vancil, 91, of Pollard died Saturday, July 9, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of Morris General Baptist Church of McDougal. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Mary Hitt Vancil; and one grandchild...

Thurl Wilson St. Cin Jr. (07/20/05)
Thurl Wilson St. Cin Jr., 64, of St. Francis, died Friday, July 15, 2005, at his home. He was surrounded by family and friends. He was born on Sept. 7, 1940, in Gideon, Mo., the son of Helen and Sam Cowart and the late Thurl Wilson St. Cin Sr. He was united in marriage to Sondra Lawson on Aug. 22, 1985...

Leslie Dunlap (07/20/05)
Leslie Dunlap, 87, of Piggott died Saturday, July 17, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born on Sept. 17, 1917, the son of the late Charley Ford and Bessie Settlemoir Dunlap. He was united in marriage to Mary Helen Bond on July 22, 1944. They had five children. She preceded him in death on Oct. 30, 1990. He married Pauline Ort in April of 1995. She preceded him in death in 1996...

Betty Birmingham (07/27/05)
Betty Birmingham, 73, of Piggott died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Nov. 20, 1931, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Alvin C. Crossno and Mable Rieves Williams. She was united in marriage to Raymond Birmingham on Oct. 2, 1948. They had three children...

James Howard Lankford (07/27/05)
James Howard Lankford, 86, of Piggott, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 12, 1918, in Rector, the son of the late James Wylie and Callie Foster Lankford. He was a retired carpenter and custodian for the Piggott School District and was a member of the South Thornton Street Church of Christ in Piggott...

Thomas Leslie Easterwood (07/27/05)
Thomas Leslie Easterwood, 87, of Eastpointe, Mich., died Thursday, July 14, 2005, in Eastpointe, Mich. He was born June 6, 1918, in Piggott, the son of Hilliard and Florence Easterwood. Mr. Easterwood owned Tidy Cleaners, in Warren, Mich., from 1947-1968 then worked at Indian Village Cleaners. He loved fishing, taught Sunday School for more than 60 years and would have celebrated his 67th wedding anniversary on Aug. 17, 2005. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific...

Shyann Nichole Tucker (07/27/05)
Shyann Nichole Tucker, the daughter of Stephanie Tucker, was born July 24, 2005, and died July 24, 2005, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She is survived by her mother, Stephanie Tucker of Piggott; her grandparents, Jim and Teresa Tucker of Piggott; one aunt, Sarah Zink of Piggott; one uncle, David Tucker of Piggott; a great uncle and aunt, Skippy and Delores Britton of Piggott; and other relatives and friends...