Obituaries

Bobby G. Webb Sr. (09/06/06)
Bobby G. Webb Sr., 69, of Piggott died Aug. 31, 2006, at his home. He was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Corning and was the son of the late John Henry and Lola Gunnels Webb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandson, Charles Travis Hosea, and a great-grandson, Austin Tyler Higdon...

Harold D. Clayton (09/06/06)
Harold D. Clayton, 71, of Oscoda, Mich., formerly of Pontiac, Mich., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. He was born Feb. 12, 1935, in Tokio, Ark. Clayton moved to Pontiac in 1957 and began a career that spanned 30 years with General Motors at the Truck and Bus plant. He served with the United States Army from 1958-1960 and later married Marie A. Brimhall on July 10, 1970, in Indiana. They moved to Oscoda in 1995, where he enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Alberta Mann Gartman (09/06/06)
Alberta Mann Gartman, 88, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at Pioneer Community Hospital in Adberdeen, Miss. She was born Dec. 22, 1917, to Albert Pillow and Agnes Daniels Pillow in Clay County. She had lived in Abderdeen since 1956, where she worked as a store clerk for McDuffie Drug Store. She was a member of the Aberdeen First Baptist Church...

William Samuel Ross (09/14/06)
William Samuel Ross, 24, of Poplar Bluff, died Sept. 4, 2006, in Piggott. He was born Dec. 13, 1981 in Doniphan, Mo. and was the son of Richard Lee Ross and Mary Wilson Stone. He is survived by his fiancee, Rachelle Wilkinson and son Logan of Poplar Bluff; his parents, Mary and Ronnie Stone of Piggott and Richard and Vicky Ross of Poplar Bluff; grandparents Rayburn and Dixie Ross of Kennett and Lula Mae Wilson of Lamesa, Texas; two brothers, Lee Ross of Cape Girardeau, Mo. ...

J.W. "Sonny" Grubbs (09/14/06)
J. W. "Sonny" Grubbs, 68, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 in the chapel of Osborn Funeral Home in Shreveport, LA. Officiating will be Monsignor Carson LaCaze. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood, LA...

A.B. "Chuck" Pridmore (09/20/06)
A.B. "Chuck" Pridmore, 75, died Aug. 27, 2006, at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas. He was born Jan. 29, 1931, in Alabama and was the son of Wade and Florence Gibson Pridmore. He married Lottie Fay Book in Indiana in 1955. She survives. He was employed by Lance and served with the United States Marines during the Korean Conflict...

William Aaron Moseley, 70, of Rector, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, at Kennett NHC. (09/20/06)
Born July 10, 1936, in Rector to Merlie T. Gardner Moseley and the late F.B. Moseley, he was an auto mechanic. He was married Jan. 18, 2000, to Martha Haynes. Survivors include his mother, Merlie Moseley of Piggott; his wife, Martha, of the home; two daughters, Elizabeth Sue Ashcraft of Bryant and Teresa Judd of Bryant; one step-son, Larry Small of San Diego, Calif.; two step-daughters, Sherry Trinidad of Jackson, Tenn., and Suzanne Foltz of Nashville, Tenn.; two grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.. ...

Charles T. Davidson (09/27/06)
A life-time resident of Clay County, Charles T. Davidson, died at the age of 72 on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006 at his residence in Piggott. He was born May 1, 1934 in Clay County to the late Roscoe and Minnie Lois (Gibson) Davidson. He worked as a carpenter in the Clay County area most of his life...

Linda Kay Katherine Parker Daniels (09/27/06)
Linda Kay Katherine Parker Daniels, 55, of Russellville, died Thursday, Sept. 14, at her home. A daughter of the late Victor Hulen and Nola Elizabeth Conley Parker, Daniels was born May 17, 1951 in Piggott. She was a realtor with Coldwell Banker Ken Stall and Associates, loved interior decorating and was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by two brothers, William Don Norris and Carol G. Garrison; and a sister, Georgia Darnell...

William Alan Blakemore Hays (09/27/06)
William Alan Blakemore Hays, 20, of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, at Campbell. He was born Sept. 9, 1986, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Boyce Alan Hays and Diana Suzanne Blakemore. He was a student at Three Rivers Community College and a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Malden, Mo...

Mabel Earlean Patterson (09/27/06)
Mabel Earlean Patterson passed away at the age of 92, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born on Dec. 13, 1913, the daughter of the late Shirley and Millie (Gage) Wilson. Mrs. Patterson attended the First Methodist Church in Piggott until she was no longer able. She worked at the Brown Shoe Company in Piggott for many years...