Obituaries

William Otis Watson (05/03/07)
William Otis Watson, 87, died on April 28, 2007 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. He was born on Nov. 6, 1919, in Crockett. He was the son of Bert and Clara Watson. William "Bill" married Isabel Rodriquez on June 25, 1962 in Benghazi, Libya. Bill served in the Navy during WWII, receiving an honorable discharge in 1945...

Dale James Russell (05/03/07)
Dale James Russell, 88, of Mesa, Ariz., died Monday, April 16, 2007. He was born March 19, 1919 in Piggott. He graduated from Roswell High School. Russell served in the U.S Army, Bushmasters from 1943-1946. He received the Purple Heart, Silver Star and Bronze Medals among others. After the service he worked in Postal Services and as a Valley Realtor...

Leslie Ray Parker (05/03/07)
Leslie Ray Parker, 63, of Calico Rock, Ark., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 in Calico Rock. He was born August 13, 1943 in East St. Louis, Ill. and was the son of the late Henry Lester and Berniece Holloway Parker. He was united in marriage to Viola Blue on June 1, 1963 and to this union three children was born...

John R. Fewin (05/03/07)
John R. Fewin, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Fewin was born Dec. 24, 1927 in Butler County. He had retired as a heavy equipment operator for Midwest Operating Engineers. After retirement, Fewin bought, remodeled, and built homes for resale in Poplar Bluff. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Europe during World War II...

William Otis Watson (05/09/07)
William Otis Watson, 87, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at Popular Bluff Regional Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Crockett to the late Bert and Clara Watson. Mr. watson served in the Navy during World War II, receiving an honorable discharge in 1945. He married Jewell Francis Brandon in November 1945. They had two children, Vicky Watson Luce of Adrian, Mich., and William (Bill) Watson of Rector. Mr. Watson then married Isabel Rodruquez on June 25, 1962, in Benghazi, Libya...

Eva Florence Bricker (05/09/07)
Eva Florence Bricker, 89, died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at the Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. She was born Nov. 19, 1917, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Efrus and Mary Elizabeth "Jackson" Jordan. She was married to Harley Burdette Bricker on Nov. 6, 1938 in Piggott. She was a retired nurse, employed by St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, Mo...

Jack Melton (05/09/07)
Jack Melton, 91, of Melbourne, Ark., died Friday, May 4, 2007 in Murphy Health Center in Piggott. He was born Jan. 15, 1916 in Melbourne, the son of the late Tilford and Ida Haney Melton. He was preceded in death by; one son Harold Melton; one daughter, Ruthie Floyd; two brothers, and two sisters...

Ortha Lucille Stewart (05/09/07)
Ortha Lucille Stewart, 93, of Piggott, died Monday, April 30, 2007 in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Nov. 6, 1913 in Bunga, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Albert and Hallie McGehee Stallings. She was united in marriage to Howard Stewart on Nov. 23, 1929. To this union four children were born...

Edna B. Terry (05/09/07)
Edna B. Terry, 88, of Kennett, died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the National Health Care in Kennett. She was born Dec. 17, 1918 in Rector, the daughter of the late Mansfield Price and Martha Bell Brinson Massey. She was united in marriage to Arthur E. Terry on Jan. 14, 1933. He preceded her in death in 1977...

Gillis Neeley (05/23/07)
Gillis Neeley, 72, of St. Francis, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born October 22, 1934 in Malden, Mo., the son of the late Herman Curtis and Dessie Mae Hoots Neeley. He was married to Peggy Lou Province on Jan. 19, 1957 and to this union two children were born...

R.W. Williams (05/23/07)
R.W. Williams, 86, of Piggott, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. Mr. Williams was an Army veteran who just recently received his Purple Heart. He was a General Baptist minister and a retired welder. He was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Luella (Hoil) Williams; four brothers, Roy, Ben, Granville and Henry Williams; four sisters, Reba Smith, Dora Watson, Ruth Stevens and Wilma Shelton, and one grandson, Craig...

Agnes Annabelle Williams (05/31/07)
Agnes Annabelle Williams, 81, of Rector, died Monday, May 21, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Nov. 30, 1925, in Wynne to the late Gordan Evans and Lessie Dell Hudson, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecost faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Williams, in 1982; two brothers, Calvin and Simmie Evans, and three sisters, Mildred Harris, Katherine Murray and Molly McElroy...

Kenneth Lee Thompson (05/31/07)
Kenneth Lee Thompson, 71, formerly of Malden, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, at his residence in Piggott. He was born March 11, 1936, the son of the late John A. Thompson and the late Bertha Howard Thompson. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Mary Evolyn (Sandusky) Thompson, who died in 1999; one son, Thomas Thompson; and four brothers, John Henry, David, George Alford, and Jessie Alford Thompson...