Obituaries

Evelyn Rust Mayes (01/03/07)
Dedicated community volunteer and former Rector business owner Evelyn Rust Mays died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at age 92. She and her late husband, Fonzy, were for many years co-owners of McNeil Auto and Home Supply on Main Street in Rector until it burned in 1973. ...

Richard Leonard Farmer (01/03/07)
Richard Leonard Farmer, 76, of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2007, in St. Louis, Mo. He was born Aug. 17, 1930, in Missouri and was the son of the late Willie R. and Ruthie Jane (Seets) Farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley Mae Farmer; two brothers: Bill and Frank Farmer; and one grandson, Braxton Stokes...

Richard "Rick" Bricker (01/03/07)
Richard "Rick" Bricker, Sr., 55, of Piggott, formerly of Alton, Ill., died after long illness, Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, at the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Rick joined the Army as a volunteer on Oct. 30, 1969 when he was only 17. He was honorably discharged on April 17, 1972 as an E4. He is a Vietnam Veteran and served in the Republic of Vietnam as a helicopter mechanic and repairman from June 15, 1970 to April 17, 1972, which includes hospitalization in conus...

Floy E. Stewart (01/03/07)
Floy E. Stewart, 88, of Piggott, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, at Pine Lane Healthcare in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born Sept. 3, 1918, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Dovie (Johnson) Elder. She was united to marriage to Everette "Shorty" Stewart on Sept. 7, 1934...

Howard Eugene Huffman (01/03/07)
Howard Eugene Huffman, 79, of the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo., and formerly of Piggott, died on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, at the Piggott Community Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Greenway on March 28, 1927 to the late Clarence Matthew and Erma (Bell) Huffman...

Doyle K. Harmon (01/10/07)
Doyle K. Harmon, 81, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at the St. Joseph's Home in Kenosha, Wis. Born on March 8, 1925, in Gibson, Mo., he was the son of the late Clarence and Sarah (Ray) Harmon. He was raised and educated in Greenway and moved to Kenosha in 1947...

Tommy Seal Smith (01/24/07)
Tommy Seal Smith, 61, of Piggott, Arkansas, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Piggott. He was born Aug. 14, 1945 in Rector, Arkansas, and was the son of the late Wayne and Beatrice Dowdy Smith. He was united in marriage to Terry Hitt on Sept. 14, 1963, and to this union three children were born...

Michael Ray Smart (01/24/07)
Michael Ray Smart, 42, of Riverview, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in Florida. He was born Aug. 4, 1964, in St. Louis, and was the son of Ray "Hub" and Elaine Haywood Smart. Michael was united in marriage to Sherri DeGuire on Aug. 25, 1990. He was preceded in death by his father Ray "Hub" Smart and his grandparents, Dan and Thronie Smart and Henry and Izalia Haywood...

Wanda Hanna (01/24/07)
Wanda Hanna, 77, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Paragould. She was born on April 17, 1929, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Lester and Ruby Tabatha (Harwood) Gurley. She is survived by one daughter, Tabatha Dunlap of Washington, D.C.; two sons: Jimmy Hanna of Plano, Tex. ...

Nettie Miller Tinsley (01/24/07)
Nettie Miller Tinsley, 81, daughter of the late Albert Wesley and Sammie Cathey Miller, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, near Greenway. She was married to Cleatus Tinsley in 1944. To this union seven children were born...

Omer L. Donahue, 89, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. (01/24/07)
He was born Aug. 13, 1917, in Rector, and was the son of the late C.B. and Florence Donahue. Mr. Donahue was of the Pentecostal faith and a faithful member of Spirit & Truth Worship Center in Bloomfield, Mo. Mr. Donahue served in the armed forces during WWII and was the recipient of a Purple Heart and numerous other medals and awards during his years of service...

Homer Lee Williams (01/31/07)
Homer Lee Williams, 82, of Piggott, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, in the St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was the son of the late David Lee and Minnie Rose "Earl" Williams. He was married on Nov. 17, 1942, to the late Viola May "Harper" in Steele, Mo. He was of the Pentecostal faith and spent his working years as a mechanic/car dealer...

Polly E. Barks (01/31/07)
Polly E. Barks, 83, of Piggott, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Jan. 25, 1924, in Nimmons, and was the daughter of the late Elaine and Evalena Crow Gattis. She was united in marriage to Norman Owen on June 13, 1939, and to this union two children were born. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman in 1993...

John Robert Brown (01/31/07)
John Robert Brown, 78, of Piggott, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1928 in Piggott and was the son of the late Carl and Ruby Parker Brown. He was united in marriage to Kathaleen Morris on May 22, 1953. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Piggott...

Mary Helen Cary (01/31/07)
Mary Helen Cary, 77, daughter of the late Willie Lee Mullins and Allie Lee Peacock Mullins, died Jan. 28, 2007. She was born Aug. 9, 1929 in Lepanto. She is survived by one son, Michael Lynn Cary and wife Renee of Piggott; three grandchildren, Joshua Cary, Felicia Roberts and Emily Morrisett; three great grandchildren, Brooke Roberts, Cody Roberts and Emma Morrisett; one brother, Marvin J. ...

Dorothy Graddy (01/31/07)
Dorothy Graddy, 84, of Piggott, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born Aug. 15, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Oda Thomas and Ethel Hollis Canfield. She was united in marriage to Hullon Graddy. To this union three children were born. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Piggott...

John Ray Howard (01/31/07)
John Ray Howard, 77, died Jan. 16, 2007, in Piggott. He was the son of the late George Washington Howard and Blanche Edna McCarroll Howard. He was born July 10, 1929 in Stella, Ark. He was united in marriage to Betty Sue Finley on April 19, 1951, in Batesville. To this union six children were born...

Donald Milde (01/31/07)
Donald Milde, 67, of Hardy, Ark. passed away Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 in the White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. He was born Dec. 13, 1939, the son of the late Carl J. and Flora E. Jones Milde. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Barbara Milde of Hardy; one daughter, Debbie Milde of Brookland, Arkansas; two sons, Donnie Milde and wife Donna and Doug Milde and wife Kim both of Brookland; three granddaughters, Dana Latty and husband Alex, Jamie Brown, and Deanna Bass and husband Paul; three grandsons; Daniel Milde, Shawn Milde, and Brent Milde; one great granddaughter, Madison Bass; six sisters, Carlene Iberg and husband Will of Piggott, Gwenda Hatcher of Woodstock, Ill., Barbara Marks and husband Loren of West Frankfort, Ill., Mary Loveless and husband James of Sycamore, Ill., Brenda Presson and Richard Tippitt of Piggott, and Linda Gearhart and husband Jim of Piggott; two brothers, David Milde and wife Ruthy of Marietta, Georgia and Dale Milde and wife Alma of Piggott; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Myron Rogers (01/31/07)
Myron Rogers, 86, died Jan. 29, 2007. His funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, at the First Christian Church in Piggott. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the World Mission Fund, P.O. Box 456, Piggott, and AR. 72454...