Obituaries

Terry Dewayne Karnes (08/02/07)
Terry Dewayne Karnes, 55, of Corning died Friday, July 27, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Aug. 11, 1951 in Piggott, the son of Denzil Roy and Ethel (Nixon) Karnes-Guthry, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Penny (Cullins); three sons: Tommy Ray Karnes and Amanda and Scott Allen Karnes all of St Louis, and Terry Dewayne "T.J." Karnes Jr. ...

William Harold Poe (08/02/07)
William Harold Poe, 72, of Greenway, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born July 7, 1935, in Leachville, Ark., and was the son of the late Mannie and Maudie Youngblood Poe. He was married to Juanita Roberts on July 2, 1965, and they had one son...

Lee Ora Raspberry (08/02/07)
Lee Ora Raspberry, 87, of Blytheville, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at her home. She was born to Newt and Lillie Thetford McLeod on Feb. 13, 1920 in Blytheville. She graduated from Blytheville High School in 1938, attended UCA in Conway, and graduated with a degree in dietary supervision in 1980 at the age of 60. She was employed by the Blytheville public school system for 24-years, and retired as lunchroom manager at Fairview Elementary...

Wilma Dean Shelby (08/02/07)
Wilma Dean Shelby, 76, died on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Shelby was a long time resident of Ferndale, Mich., residing recently in Madison Heights, Mich. She was born in Piggott, to Ted and Alma Johnson on February 27, 1931...

Joseph N. Somers (08/02/07)
Joseph N. Somers, 64, of Ozark, Mo., died Sunday, July 22, 2007, in Alaska, doing what he loved best. Joe was a renowned hunter and fisherman, who loved and respected nature and the outdoors. An entrepreneur from his early 20s, he developed corporations and companies while staying true to his love of lumber, and maintaining the highest industry standards...

Teresa Cavaness (08/09/07)
Teresa Cavaness, 47, of Greenway, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at her home in Greenway. She was born Oct. 5, 1959, in Rector, and was the daughter of Bill and June Bradford Cavaness. Her father, Bill Cavaness, preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons: Adam Morris and wife Rachel of Greenbrier, Ark., and Aaron Morris and wife Katie of Rector; one grandson, Cody Morris; one stepson, Brandon Dalton and one step-granddaughter, Delayna Dalton both of Kennett; mother, June Cavaness of Greenway; grandmother, Esta Cavaness of Piggott; step-mother, Kathy Cavaness of Kennett; three sisters: Cindy McComb and husband Gary of Piggott, Donna Oliver and husband Kendall of Rector, and Kimberly Cavaness and fiancée Danny Miller of Rogers; two brothers: Todd Cavaness and wife Carmen of Greenway, and Tim Cavaness and fiancée Miranda Dalton of Greenway; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Mr. Allen Leon Hatcher (08/09/07)
Mr. Allen Leon Hatcher, 69, of Astor, Fla., died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Born in Clay County, he moved to Astor from Port Orange, Fla., in 1981. He was a truck driver. He was a member of the Moose Lodge of Astor and was a well known country music entertainer. He was Baptist...

Perry Allen Haywood (08/09/07)
Perry Allen Haywood, 70, of Cedar Hill, Texas, died July 26, 2007 at the Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Born June 10, 1937, in Holcomb, he was the son of the late Hershel and Berty Perry Haywood. He was raised by his grandmother Netty and E.W. "Boss" Brown after the death of his mother during childbirth...

Blanche Kemper Russell (08/09/07)
Blanche Kemper Russell, 83, of Piggott, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Sept. 17, 1923, in McDougal, and was the daughter of the late George and Era Mae Crews Kemper. She was a member of the Piney Fork Church of Christ in Evening Shade, Arkansas. Her favorite pastimes were fishing and quilting and at one time she was a member of the Quilting Club in Pollard...

Christine Gibbs Fields (08/09/07)
Christine Gibbs Fields, 85, a native of Rector, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007. She grew up in Rector, the youngest daughter of Linn and Charlie Gibbs. They were active members of the First Baptist Church. In 1940, she went to New Orleans to study nursing, receiving her RN degree from Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1943...

Heather Sanders Bowles (08/16/07)
Heather Sanders Bowles, 32, of Piggott, died August 4, 2007, in Hardy, Ark. She was born May 22, 1975 in Clinton, Iowa, and was the daughter of Marion Arthur Sanders and Mary E. Angusich. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, James and Irene Sanders and maternal grandparents, Lavitha and George Angusich...

Goldie Conyers Cooper (08/16/07)
Goldie Conyers Cooper, 82, of McDougal, died Saturday, August 11, 2007 at the St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born December, 25, 1924 in Pollard, the daughter of the late Raymond B and Elizabeth Millie Causey Conyers. She was married to Elmer Cooper on September 9, 1941...

Richard Earl Hopple (08/16/07)
Richard Earl Hopple, 68, of St. Francis, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2007, in Ocala, Fla. He was born April 29, 1939, in Lewistown, Penn., and was the son of the late Earl Herbert (Jerry) and Helen Marie McConathey Hopple. He is survived by four children: Bobbie F. ...

Sarah O. Hosea (08/16/07)
Sarah O. Hosea, 89, of Piggott, died Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born May, 21, 1918 in Moody, Mo. the daughter of the late Frank and Maude Lewey Creek. She was united in marriage to Ollie O. Hosea May 25, 1935. To this union six children were born...

Velma Katherine Trafford (08/23/07)
Velma Katherine Trafford, 92, formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Leesburg, Va. She was born February 16, 1915, in Stella, Ark., to the late Troy and Effie "Felts" Davidson. She was married on July 1, 1939, to William "Earl" Trafford, who preceded her in death in 1979. An area resident for fifty years, she was a house wife, a Sunday School teacher, an active member of the Eastern Star, and was of the First Methodist faith...

Robert G. Hampton (08/30/07)
Robert G. Hampton, 78, of Piggott died Aug. 27, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Charlotte Hardcastle Hampton; daughters, Melida Baureis of Jonesboro and Charlotte Wilhite of Piggott; son-in-law, Blane Wilhite; grandsons, Christopher Shane Alan Morris of Gainesville, Fla.; Richard Matthew Baureis of Jonesboro, John Erik Baureis of Little Rock; brother, Ralph Hampton, Jr. ...

Wilburn H. "Arkie" Whitaker (08/30/07)
Wilburn H. "Arkie" Whitaker, 88, of Vassar, Mich., died June 15, 2007 at his daughter's residence. He was born on May 23, 1919 in Pollard, the son of the late Henry C. and Ada (Vincent) Whitaker. On June 22, 1937, he married Erma Pearl Lingle and shortly thereafter moved to Michigan...

Judy Anne Niederkorn (08/30/07)
Judy Anne Niederkorn, 48, of Rector, died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, in the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. She was born Dec. 7, 1958, in Detroit, Mich., and was the daughter of the late Marvin and Eleanor Mitchell Adkinson. She was married to Frank Niederkorn on Oct. 30, 1982, and to this union two daughters were born...

Trafford correction (08/30/07)
An error was made last week in the pallbearers listed for Velma Katherine Trafford. It should have read: Pallbearers were, David Finley, Howard R. Spicer, Mark Davidson, Troy Davidson, III, Tim McCluskey, Mark McCluskey, and Matt McCluskey. Honorary Pallbearers were Jack Byrd and Wayne Spicer...