Obituaries

Thomas Robert West (11/01/06)
Thomas Robert West, 67, of Piggott died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Nov. 20, 1938 in Doniphan, Mo. to the late Luther and Rosie Belcher West. He was united in marriage to Zettie Dean Reed on June 8, 1957 To this union two children were born...

Charles Thomas Kemper (11/01/06)
Charles Thomas Kemper, 76, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was united in marriage to Ida Imogene Aliston on July 10, 1979. He was a retired employee of the American Can Company in St. Louis. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church and a member of the Moose Lodge...

Paul James "Jim" Cory (11/01/06)
Paul James "Jim" Cory, 44, of O'Fallon, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at his home. He was born April 15, 1962, in St. Louis and was the son of James Allen Cory and Stella L. Williams. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ben Williams and his stepfather, Robert Rockwell...

Billie J. (Bess) Russell (11/01/06)
Billie J. (Bess) Russell, 82, of Hardy passed away October 15, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. She was born in Piggott, the daughter of the late John. H. Bess, a veterinarian, and Sarah Ella (Long) Bess, a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Theron E. ...

Myrl Rae O'Neal (11/01/06)
Myrl Rae O'Neal, 73, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, in Kansas City, Mo. Born Aug. 21, 1933, in Kennett, Myrl was a daughter of the late James A. and Effie L. Trobaugh Lynn. She lived in Wichita, Kans., from 1972 to 2003, where she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for the Wichita Vocational Techical School until 1981 and as a licensed real estate agent until the late 1980s...

Lavelle Eugene Gettings (11/01/06)
Lavelle Eugene Gettings, 59, of Quinton, OK., passed away Oct. 15, 2006, in Quinton. He was born Feb. 12, 1947 in Pollard to John and Clara (Vaughn) Gettings. He is survived by his wife, Sandra of the home, five sisters, Narene Howard of Festus, MO., Christine Clifford of St. Louis, Alice Island, of Arnold, MO., June Neeley of McDougal, Maggie Jones, of Perry, KS., tow brothers, Wilburn Gettings of Piggott, J.D. Gettings of LaPorte, TX., and many nieces, nephews, and friends...

Larry Alan Martin (11/10/06)
Larry Alan Martin, 57, of Piggott, died Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was an Air Force veteran, a machinist for Federal Mogul and was an active member of the Harmony Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by wives Vicky Broadway Martin and Judy York Martin, mother Willa Dean Martin and son Keith Samples...

Leroy Davis Brawner (11/15/06)
Leroy Davis Brawner, 63, of Piggott, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 13, 1942 in Pollard, Ark. and was the son of the late Leon and Rose Davis Brawner. He was united in marriage to Joyce Cate Crossfield on June 11, 1994...

Dorothy T. Jackson (11/15/06)
Dorothy T. Jackson, 77, of St. Louis, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, in St. Louis. She was the daughter of Greek immigrants, Theodore and Meropi Anastas. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Billy Bob Jackson, son-in-law Michael Drennen and James and Helen Georges...

Shirley Lochtan (11/15/06)
Shirley Lochtan, 71, of Greenway, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born February 3, 1935 in Rector and was the daughter of the late Aubry and Bessie McCord Redmon. She was preceded in death by four brothers: Sam, Donald, Bill and Berl Ray Redmon, and one sister Barbara Jinkins...

James Breeding (11/15/06)
James Breeding, 83, of Romulus, Mich., died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, in the Oakwood-Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Mich. He was born May 7, 1923 in Isom, Ky. and was the son of the late John D. and Martha Ison Breeding. He was united in marriage to Margaret Hogard on Oct. 28, 1945, and to this union one son was born...

Carl Howard Williams (11/22/06)
Carl Howard Williams, Sr., 75, of Piggott, died Nov. 15, 2006 at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Denver, Tenn., and was the son of the late Ira Howard and Madge Townsend Williams. He was united in marriage to Pat Johnson on June 2, 1955, and had two children...

Charles Edgar Gray (11/22/06)
Charles Edgar Gray, 68, of Lake City died Monday at NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. He was retired from the Craighead County Highway Department in Black Oak and of the Pentecostal belief. Charles was a hunter and fisherman all of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents, James J. and Nellie Opal Houston Gray, one brother and sister...

Letha Kay Wallace (11/22/06)
Letha Kay Wallace, 51, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, in the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on October 20, 1955 in Rockfalls, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Edward and Margaret Ann Crossfield. She was united in marriage to Gary Wallace on May 24, 1996...

Carl E. Williams (11/22/06)
Carl E. Williams, 85, of Jacksonville, died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006. He was born on Aug. 18, 1921 in Rector, the son of the late Almus M. Williams and Altha (Talley) Williams. He was a very devoted husband, father and Papa who enjoyed gardening and traveling around the state. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sherwood...

Doyne Hardin (11/29/06)
Doyne Hardin, 82, of Pollard, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born December 21, 1923, in Crockett, the son of the late Robert Henry and Minnie Florence Carpenter Hardin. He was united in marriage to Roberta Ayres on June 26, 1949...

Rhonda Jean Campbell (11/29/06)
Rhonda Jean Campbell, 49, of St. Clair, Mo., died on Nov. 18, 2006, at her home in St. Clair. She was born April 24, 1957, in Piggott, and was the daughter of Billy and Mae Meade Romines Williams. She was united in marriage to William Campbell on Aug. 30, 1973, and to this union, two children were born...

Clyde Edward "Swede" Cronover (11/29/06)
Clyde Edward Cronover "Swede", died on Nov. 24, 2006, peacefully at home in Greenway surrounded by family. He was born July 19, 1926, in South Haven, Mich. Clyde retired from Pontiac Motors in 1974 and loved playing drums with several groups, specializing in big band music. He will be remembered most for his love of music, his big heart, his great sense of humor, faith, and true love of life. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him...

Thelda E. (Parrish) Moody (11/29/06)
Thelda E. (Parrish) Moody, 73, of Machesney Park, died at 3:55 P.M., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 in her home. Born June 11, 1933 in Piggott, the daughter of Furman E. and Elsie (Morrow) Parrish. She was employed with Warner Lambert as a machine operator, retiring in 1995. Member of First Assembly of God. Thelda was a loving, devoted, giving, caring and faithful Christian always helping others. She loved to work in her garden and walk in the yard...