Obituaries

Joyce H. Underwood (08/03/05)
Joyce H. Underwood, 74, of Piggott died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 23, 1931, in Cardwell, Mo., the daughter of the late George and Bertha Partain Harmon. She was united in marriage to Charles Underwood on Sept. 14, 1951. They had three children...

Ralph Lindon Brandon (08/03/05)
Ralph Lindon Brandon, 81, of Norman, Okla., died on July 7, 2005, at the Norman Regional Hospital in Norman. He was born on April 14, 1924, at Boydsville, the son of the late Lonnie and Lizzie (Branson) Brandon. Mr. Brandon was united in marriage to Wanda West on Oct. 7, 1943, in Rector. They were married for 61 years before his passing. He worked as a manufacturing engineer. When he retired in 1966, he was working with LaCroix Optical Inc. as a quality control engineer in Batesville...

Lousie Loyd (08/10/05)
Louise Loyd, 71, of Piggott died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born May 21, 1934, in Athens, Ala., the daughter of the late John and Bessie Gatlin Andrew. She was united in marriage to Arthur Loyd on Sept. 20, 1952. They had four children...

Winona Marchella Shelton Kegley (08/10/05)
Winona Marcella Shelton Kegley, 84, of Piggott died Friday, Aug. 5, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born on June 20, 1921, in Holcomb, the daughter of the late W.R. and Willard Bailey Shelton. She was united in marriage to Rev. Lloyd Kegley on May 28, 1938. They had four children. He preceded her in death on Aug. 11, 1994...

Mannuel N. Brady (08/10/05)
Manuel N. Brady, 84, of Rector, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on June 11, 1921, in Pollard, the son of the late Richard Lawton and Tennie May Nicholas Brady. He was united in marriage to Dortha Sue Renard on Jan. 20, 1940. They had seven children. She preceded him in death on March 9, 2000...

Leslie Dewayne Garner (08/10/05)
Leslie Dewayne Garner, 43, known lovingly as "Dutch" by family and close friends died on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, in a motorcycle accident. He was born on May 3, 1962, in St. Louis, the son of Howard Dewayne and Patsy (Blocker) Garner. A Piggott graduate, he married Christine Jones after high school and joined the military. ...

Rev. Jerry Murray (08/10/05)
Rev. Jerry Murray, 63, of Poplar Bluff died on Aug. 2, 2005, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 24, 1941, in Knobel, the son of the late Loyd Franklin Murray and Lena Nettie (Whitaker) Murray. He was united in marriage to Linda (Perkins) Murray on Nov. 10, 1961, in Corning...

Raymond Lowell Book (08/17/05)
Raymond Lowell Book, 75, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born July 8, 1930, near Carryville, the son of the late Rev. C.R. and Mary McCormick Book. He was united in marriage to Jean Lee Wright on April 29. ...

Mrs. Alberta Moore Black (08/17/05)
Mrs. Alberta Moore Black, 78, of Blytheville died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Born April 14, 1927, in Marmaduke, the daughter of Henry C. and Lillian Cathey Wright, she was a homemaker and a member of Beacon Baptist Church. She was an Arkansas resident for most of her life, and had been a resident of Blytheville since 1989...

Ruby Aleta Brawner (08/17/05)
Ruby Aleta Brawner, 99, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born June 7, 1906, in Greenway, the daughter of the late Monroe and Mae Davis Raymond. She was united in marriage to Marvin Ulrich in January of 1944. He preceded her in death in July of 1970. She later married Ethridge Brawner in April of 1979. He also preceded her in death in April of 1996...

Monty Gale Crawford (08/17/05)
Monty Gale Crawford, 45, of Rector died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, at his home. Born Nov. 1, 1959, in Rector, he was a member of the First General Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Howard Crawford. Survivors include his mother, Jewel Crawford of Rector; a son, Monty Kyle Howard Crawford of Rector; six brothers, Byron and Paul Crawford, both of Rector, Howard W. ...

James D. Laxton (08/17/05)
James D. Laxton, 42, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, in the Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. He was born Nov. 30, 1962, in Kennett, the son of John H. Laxton Sr. and Bonnie Burrow Laxton. He was preceded in death by his father, John H. Laxton Sr.; and one sister, Adriane M. Shelton...

Juantia Looney (08/24/05)
Juanita Looney, 83, of St. Francis died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born June 22, 1922, in St. Francis, the daughter of the late Joseph and Eva Frieze Choate. She was united in marriage to Willard Pharis Looney, who preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 1974...

Larry Gene Moore (08/24/05)
Larry Gene Moore, 57, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Oct. 4, 1947, in Kennett, the son of the late Joe Cecil and Jane Hill Moore. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Jim Moore, Joe Harold Moore, Lloyd Moore and Kenneth Moore; two sisters, Charlene Moore and Patricia Moore; his grandmother, Roxie Moore Brent; and his grandfather, Austin Moore...

Kenneth Oliver (08/24/05)
Kenneth Oliver, 78, of Rector died Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Dec. 10, 1926, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late Argolis and Gertrude (Waldron) Oliver, he was a retired farmer, a World War II Army veteran and a lifelong member of the community...

Margie Bradberry Cate (08/24/05)
Margie Bradberry Cate, 84, of Rector died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, in the Paragould Nursing Center in Paragould. She was born July 20, 1921, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Jesse and Maybell Allen Welty. She was united in marriage to Carl Bradberry, he preceded her in death. She married Love Cate and he also preceded her in death...

Stephen Lewis Sharp (08/24/05)
Stephen Lewis Sharp, 44, of Collierville, Tenn., died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Alice Sharp of Collierville, Tenn.; two children, Nathan and Matthew of Collierville, Tenn.; his mother, Sarah Smith Sharp of Ozark, Ark.; his father and stepmother, Lewis and Judy Sharp of Piggott; his brother, Stuart Sharp of Morrilton; and his beloved mother-in-law, Patty Paige of Collierville, Tenn...

Nelson "Dude" Hoggard (08/31/05)
Nelson "Dude" Hoggard, 67, of Puxico, Mo., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Aug. 23, 2005, at his residence. He was born Jan. 19, 1938, in Milligan Ridge, the son of the late Nelson and Augusta Lindley Hoggard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Homer, Robert, Durey and Jess Hoggard; and four sisters, Mary Benefield, Alta Millingan, Lucy Ridley and Gladys Nash...

Stephen Maulden (08/31/05)
Stephen Maulden, 50, of Kennett, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, at University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 27, 1954, in Piggott. He was preceded in death by his mother, Duanita Maulden; his grandparents, Carl and Violet Beatrice Beck, who raised him as their son; and one brother, Wesley Beck...