Obituaries

James Morgan (10/05/05)
James Morgan, 79, of Piggott died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 1, 1926, in Leonard, the son of the late Robert Wesley and Nancy Emmaline Grogan Morgan. He was united in marriage to Maxine Evans on May 2, 1946. They had seven daughters...

Junell Johnson (10/05/05)
Junell Johnson, 74, of Piggott died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 15, 1931, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Nathan Zelmer and Luda Bell Brandon Smith. She was united in marriage to Bobby G. Johnson on Sept. 28, 1951. They had four children...

Lestel "Slim" Davis (10/05/05)
Lestel "Slim" Davis, 79, of Campbell died on died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on May 9, 1926, in Jonesboro. Mr. Davis was of the Church of God faith and was a retired farmer. He enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Billy Wayne White (10/05/05)
Billy Wayne White, 76, of Rector died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at Jonesboro. Born June 23, 1929, in Cardwell to the late Sherman and Dora White, he was a farmer and a member of the Rector General Baptist Church. Also preceding him in death was one son, Gary White; and five brothers...

Ruth Mayberry (10/12/05)
Ruth Mayberry, 86, of Piggott died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 6, 1919, in Fagus, the daughter of the late James WIlliam and Adline Davis Fewin. Mrs. Mayberry was a homemaker and raised her children. She was an excellent and beautiful seamstress and quilt maker. ...

Larry Warbritton (10/12/05)
Larry Warbritton, 52, of Hardy, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born May 6, 1953, in Piggott, the son of the late Mert and Thelma Reed Warbritton. He was united in marriage to Pamela Courtroul on Jan. 25, 1974...

Bonnie Fay Crawford (10/19/05)
Bonnie Fay Crawford, 58, of Piggott died Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at her home in Piggott. She was born March 12, 1947, in Bakersfield, Calif., the daughter of the late Therrell Jefferson "Dick" and Buelah Beatrice Null Sherrell. She was united in marriage to Howard Wayne Crawford on Aug. 12, 1971. They had three children...

Allen Boyd (10/19/05)
Allen Boyd, 40, of Amity died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005. He was born on Feb. 1, 1965, in Piggott, the son of Wendell Boyd and Erma Davis Boyd. He was united in marriage to Deanna Angel on March 18, 1984. Mr. Boyd was a sheet rocker. He was preceded in death by his son, Brady Allen Boyd on June 22, 1999...

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Lila Ann Blair, 74, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 26, 1931, in Rector, the daughter of the late Marion and Lou Anna Jewell Copeland. She was united in marriage to Curtis James Blair on Aug. 4, 1951. They had three sons...

Ora Mae Easterwood Davis (10/26/05)
Ora Mae Easterwood Davis, 92, of Piggott died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005, in Piggott. She was born Sept. 14, 1913, near Pollard, the daughter of the late William Kirby and Eva Laura Peck Easterwood. She was united in marriage to Myrl Davis on July 25, 1931...

Veda Imogene Shelby (10/26/05)
Veda Imogene Shelby, 84, of the Campbell Nursing Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born June 16, 1921, in Clay County to the late Thaddeus and Rosa Dean Beckley, she was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the community and a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church...

John Kenneth Watson (10/26/05)
John Kenneth Watson, 74, died on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, at The Hospice House in Naples, Fla. He was born Oct. 26, 1930, at Greenway, the son of the late Jesse F. and Georgia Evelyn (Stanfield) Watson. Mr. Watson owned a roofing business for years, he enjoyed doing wood work and was of the Catholic faith...