Obituaries

Beverly L. (Hall) Perkins (07/05/06)
Beverly L. (Hall) Perkins, 80, of Piggott, formerly of Flint, Mich., died Thursday, June 29, 2006, in Arkansas. She was born January 24, 1926, in Piggott. She had resided in Arkansas the past 22 years, coming from Flint. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Perkins enjoyed needlework, baking, canning and spending time with her family...

Saundra Audean Cooper Brown (07/05/06)
Saundra Audean Cooper Brown, 61, of McDougal, died Friday, June 30, 2006, at her home in McDougal. She was born June 21, 1945, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of Elmer and Goldie Conyers Cooper. She was united in marriage to Jimmy Brown on Nov. 20, 1990...

Chlodean Louise Mayo (07/05/06)
Chlodean Louise Mayo, 77, of Piggott died Saturday, July 1, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 25, 1929, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Elias and Mary (Long) Eskew. She was united in marriage to Bill Mayo on Aug. 30, 1947. They had two daughters...

Dewey W. "Red" Griffith (07/05/06)
Dewey W. "Red" Griffith, 83, of South Bend, Ind., and Kenansville, Fla., died Monday, June 19, 2006, in Memorial Hospital of South Bend. He was born on Jan. 3, 1923, in Shirley, the son of Fred and May (Ragsdale) Griffith. He retired from Murphy Motor Freight as a driver in 1984...

Louise Lack (07/12/06)
Louise Lack, 69, of Campbell, died Monday, July 3, 2006, at her residence. She was born Oct. 31, 1937, in Shirley, the daughter of the late Luther J. and Lottie M. Carroll Tankersley. She was a homemaker and a member of the General Baptist Church in Campbell...

Illyana Gracelyn Rose Boyster (07/19/06)
Illyana Gracelyn Rose Boyster, the infant daughter of Jason Daemon and Crystal Gail (Bryant) Boyster, died on Thursday, July 6, 2006, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was preceded in death by her maternal great-grandparents, Charles and Margaret Bryant...

Melba Jean Cummins (07/19/06)
Melba Jean Cummins, 74, of St. Peters, Mo., died on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at NHC Healthcare Center of St. Charles, Mo. She was born Thursday, Sept. 3, 1931, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Ernest and Irene Janes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles D. Cummins; and one brother, Phillip Jones...

Delora Grace Bunch (07/19/06)
Delora Grace Bunch, 70, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at her home in Piedmont, Mo. She was born Dec. 20, 1935, in Leachville, the daughter of the late Albert and Modine Fowler Davison. She was united in marriage to J.R. Bunch on Dec. 31, 1955, in Hernando, Miss. They had three children...

Melba Jean Cummins (07/20/06)
Melba Jean Cummins, 74, of St. Peters, Mo., died on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at NHC Healthcare Center of St. Charles, Mo. She was born Thursday, Sept. 3, 1931, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Ernest and Thelma Underwood Janes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles D. Cummins; and one brother, Phillip Janes...

Melba Jean Cummins (07/21/06)
Melba Jean Cummins, 74, of St. Peters, Mo., died on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at NHC Healthcare Center of St. Charles, Mo. She was born Thursday, Sept. 3, 1931, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Ernest and Thelma Underwood Janes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles D. Cummins; a sister, Phyllis Irene Janes; and one brother, Phillip Janes...

Gary Gerraine Stow (07/26/06)
Gary Gerraine Stow, 54, formerly of McDougal, died July 17, 2006, at his home in Bonne Terre, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, Granville and Nora O'Guin Stow; four brothers and three sisters. He is survived by his wife, Jackie Stow of the home; one son, Rick Medlin; two daughters, Sandra Radike and Paula Preslar; five grandchildren, Bobby Roberts, Billy Paul Roberts, Brandy Medlin, Derrick Preslar and Steven Preslar; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Terry and Porter Stow; one sister, Gail Husketh; and a number of other loving family members and friends.. ...

Melba Jean Cummins (07/26/06)
Melba Jean Cummins, 74, of St. Peters, Mo., died on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at NHC Healthcare Center of St. Charles, Mo. She was born Thursday, Sept. 3, 1931, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Ernest and Thelma Underwood Janes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles D. Cummins; a sister, Phyllis Irene Janes; and one brother, Phillip Janes...

Don Ray Rundel (07/26/06)
Don Ray Rundel, 59, of Piggott died Monday, July 24, 2006, at his residence. He was born Aug. 14, 1946, in Nimmons, the son of the late Ivan and Chapel Slaton Rundel. He is survived by one brother, Melvin Rundel of Warren, Mich.; several nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends...

Grace Jeanie Hickerson (07/26/06)
Grace Jeanie Hickerson, 78, of Campbell died on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. She was born June 16, 1928, in Manchester, New Hampshire, the daughter of the late Thomas Frank Dalton and Flora Mae Carr Dalton...

Ronald L. Settlemoir (07/26/06)
Ronald L. Settlemoir, 59, of Piggott died Monday, July 24, 2006, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday (today), July 26, 2006, at Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home in Piggott. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, 2006, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Boyce Cate and Kevin Murray officiating. Burial will follow in the Piggott Cemetery...