Obituaries

Charles Edward "Edd" Howard (09/07/05)
Charles Edward "Edd" Howard, 79, of Piggott died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was a retired postal employee and of the Baptist faith. He was born on May 21, 1926, in Piggott, the son of Charles Marion Howard and Maude (Barnwell) Howard...

Ethel A. Sells Crawford (09/07/05)
Ethel A. Sells Crawford of Malvern, formerly of Piggott, was born April 5, 1921, near Hickoria in Clay County. She was the daughter of the late Lewis C. and Elizabeth Small Sells. She died on Aug. 31, 2005, due to complications of cancer. Since retiring from Brown Shoe Company in Piggott, Mrs. Crawford assisted in caring and cooking for others. She thoroughly enjoyed traveling, feeding birds and watching the birds and squirrels...

Barbara Ann Orr McArthur (09/07/05)
Barbara Ann Orr McArthur, 63, of Sherwood died on Friday, Aug. 19, 2005. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and sister. She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, Jim. She leaves behind two sons, Tim Simpson of Cabot and Travis Simpson of Columbia, N.C.; a stepson, James McArthur of North Little Rock; a stepdaughter, Deborah Henderson of Birmingham, Ala.; one sister, Opal Daffron and husband, Cleveland, of Piggott; two brothers, Kenneth Orr and wife, Johnie, of Gulf Port, Miss., and Jerry Orr and wife, Barbara, of Bentonville; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

Willis A. Jones (09/07/05)
Willis A. Jones, 87, of Maynard died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, at Clay Healthcare in Corning. He was born Sept. 17, 1917, in Doniphan, Mo., the son of the late Eddie Reamer Jones and Lena (Eagan) Jones. He was united in marriage to Geneva Ella Crowell on Sept. 7, 1935...

Marianna Tyson Davis (09/14/05)
Marianna Tyson Davis of Piggott died on Sept. 6, 2005, at the age of 83. She was born on April 4, 1922, in Oklahoma City, Okla. She attended Central High School where she made many lifelong friends, was active in the Red Skirts and was named Basketball Queen...

Janice Sue Rigdon (09/14/05)
Janice Sue Rigdon, 66, of McDougal died on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, at the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 26, 1938, in McDougal, the daughter of the late Jewell and Edith Parrish Robinson. She was united in marriage to J.V. Rigdon on Feb. 9, 1956. They had three children...

Bro. Jerry Bob Millikin (09/14/05)
Bro. Jerry Bob Millikin, 70, of Concord died on Monday, Sept 12, 2005. He was born to Laymon "Buck" and Katie Millikin near Knobel on Nov. 24, 1934. Bro. Millikin served as pastor of First Baptist Church (FBC) of Concord for the last 14 years. Prior to moving to Concord, he and his wife, Margaret, lived in Forrest City for 26 years where he established Faith Baptist Church and Faith Christian Home for Children. ...

Vesta Lee Parks (09/14/05)
Vesta Lee Parks, 80, of DeSoto died July 27, 2005, at The Villa's in DeSoto. She was born July 31, 1924, in Rector, the daughter of Albert and Lois (Tidwell) Wilkins. She was a packer for Bussman Fuse. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Parks; her parents; and her sister, Lucille Vangilder...

John Nell Cullum (09/14/05)
John Nell Cullum, 74, of Lake City died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born on Feb. 7, 1931, in Piggott, the daughter of the late John and Lora Thrasher. She was a shoemaker and was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Cullum had lived in Lake City for five years, previous to that she resided in Pheonix, Ariz...

Jerry Thomas Gilkison (09/14/05)
Jerry Thomas Gilkison, 73, died Thursday, Sept.3, 2005, at his home in Rector. Born June 21, 1932, in Rector to the late Joe Gilkison and Julie (Layne) Gilkison, he was a barber, an Army veteran and of the Church of Christ faith. He also was preceded in death by a son, Gary Gilkison; two brothers, Eugene and Randel Gilkison, and three sisters, Blanche Gilkison, Gladys Turnbo and Jeanne Pratt...

Thomas Bare (09/14/05)
Thomas Bare, 58, of Jonesboro died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 25, 1947, the son of the late Thomas Joe and Frances Neely Bare. He is survived by two brothers, Mike Bare and wife, Tina, of Springdale and Terry Bare and wife, Jeaninea, of Jonesboro; five nieces and nephews, Jodie, Chris, Alex, Zachary and Pilar; two great-nieces and a nephew, Courtney, Madison and Dilon; and other relatives and friends...

Elvera Mae Smith (09/21/05)
Elvera Mae Smith, 83, of Piggott died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Sept. 8, 1922, the daughter of the late Luther and Ada Neely Nettles. She was united in marriage to the late Ralph Smith on Oct. 5, 1940. They had two children...

Essie Almareta Barker Shaw (09/21/05)
Essie Almareta Barker Shaw, 85, of Piggott died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at her residence in Piggott. She was born November 26, 1919, at Hargrave Corner, the daughter of the late Everett and Bertha Barker. Mrs. Shaw was of the General Baptist faith. She was a homemaker...

Cora Jackson (09/21/05)
Cora Jackson, 86, of Piggott died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, in Pontiac, Mich. She was the widow of Tommie Jackson. Mr. Jackson preceded her in death in August of 2003. She is survived by four children, Barbara McCoskey, Mary Ann Jackson, Ruth Grossa and Tom Jackson...

Loyd Coble (09/21/05)
Loyd Coble, 83, of Corning died on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 17, 1921, in Marshall, the son of the late Joseph and Mary Coble. He was united in marriage to Gladys Marie Leonard on Jan. 25, 1941, in Neelyville, Mo. She preceded him in death on February 27, 1986...

Derick Stephen Robertson (09/28/05)
Derick Stephen Robertson, 21, of Rector died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born March 8, 1984, in Paragould to Terry and Barbara Robertson, he was a jailer for the Clay County Sheriff 's Department and a member of Hargrave Corner Evangelical Methodist Church...

Jewell McCullough (09/28/05)
Jewell McCullough, 95, of Piggott died Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, in the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Jan. 25, 1910, in Earle, the daughter of the late Joe Robert and Irene Sumner Scott. She was united in marriage to Wilson McCullough on Aug. 11, 1928. He preceded her in death on May 3, 1978...

Cora Woolf Jackson (09/28/05)
Cora Woolf Jackson, 86, of Piggott died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2005, in Pontiac, Mich. She was born Oct. 23, 1918, in Greenway, the daughter of the late James Edgar and Anna Erin Mack Woolf. She was united in marriage to Tommie Jackson on Feb. 24, 1940. They had four children...

James Ray Chadwick Moore (09/28/05)
James Ray Chadwick Moore, 63, of Rockford, Ill., died on Sept. 19, 2005, at his home. He was born Feb. 24, 1942, in Rector, the son of Claude and Opal (Johnson) Moore. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Opal (Johnson) Moore; and his stepfather, Ernie Dorris...

Billy Wayne White (09/28/05)
Billy Wayne White, 76, of Rector died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at Jonesboro. He was born June 23, 1929, in Cardwell, the son of the late Sherman and Dora White. He was a farmer and a member of the Rector General Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death was one son, Gary White; and five brothers...

James Morgan (09/28/05)
James Morgan, 79, of Piggott died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Morgan; and daughters, Ann Carman, Nancy Hyde, Phyllis Richey, Mary Burton, Paula Morgan, Jill Midkiff and Connie Baker. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday (today), Sept. 28, 2005, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel in Piggott...