Obituaries

Mabel Earlean Patterson (10/04/06)
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...

Eula M. Brown (10/11/06)
Eula M. Brown, 89, of Kansas City, Mo. died Oct. 1, 2006, at the Kansas City Hospice House. She was born Oct. 29, 1916 in Damascus, Ark. She married Harold Albert Brown on April 16, 1938. They had four children. Billy C., Fairy Ann, Brenda J and Bruce Albert. ...

Perry Owen Porter (10/11/06)
Perry Owen Porter, 74, of Black Rock, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 6, 1931 in Nelsonville to Marion Ewen and Bessie Goff Porter. Mr. Porter was a retired Corporal for the Arkansas State Police, a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of the Sutton Free Will Baptist Church...

Betty Lewis (10/18/06)
Betty Lewis, 79, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 4, 1926, in Piggott to Ott W. and Amy Pearl (Looney) McDowell. She was united in marriage to Adrian D. Lewis on Dec. 18, 1948 and to this union three children were born...

Faye Seal (10/18/06)
Faye Seal, 91, of Piggott, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, Ark. She was born Nov. 26, 1914, in Everton, Ark. to James Richard and Alice (Ramsey) Arnold. She was preceded in death by parents and a son, Ronnie Seal...

Vernetta Holifield (10/18/06)
Vernetta Holifield, 61, of Corning, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. She was born Feb. 19, 1945, in McDougal to Cletus Doyle Tinsley and Nettie Laverne (Miller) Tinsley. Miss. Holifield was a CNA and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, a daughter, Kimberly Nixon and a brother, Dale Tinsley...

Elbert Ray Farmer (10/18/06)
Elbert Ray Farmer, 85, of Ponca City, Okla., formerly of Hobbs, died Oct. 9, 2006 in the home of his daughter, Marsha Rae Nichols in Ponca City. Funeral services were Friday, Oct 13, 2006 at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Chapel with Dr. Dean Mathis officiating. Farmer will be buried next to his wife, Mildred Bernice Linzy Farmer...

Hershel Sanders (10/25/06)
Hershel Sanders, 81, of Rector died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at his home. Born Jan. 6, 1925, in Leonard to the late George Sanders and Margie (Baker) Sanders, he was a retired farmer, preacher and plumber. He was a lifelong member of the community and a member of the Rector First General Baptist Church...