Obituaries

Charles Ray Miller (12/05/07)
Longtime Rector minister Charles Ray Miller, 83, of Nashville, Ark., died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, in Nashville. He served the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ congregation in Rector for many years, having previously served in Piggott. Over the years, he was active in both the Rector and Piggott Chambers of Commerce, the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Civitan Club and the Band Parents Organization and had been a member of other clubs and organizations too numerous to name. ...

Imogene Holifield (12/05/07)
Imogene Holifield, 85, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. She had been a resident there for the last seven years. Mrs. Holifield was born Sept. 20, 1922, in Clay County to the late Johnny and Lura (Pickens) Carpenter. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She served at one time as a substitute teacher and had a teaching certificate. She also was an office clerk for the Clay County tax assessor's office...

George Harrison Skidmore (12/05/07)
George Harrison Skidmore, 83, of Piggott died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 at his home, following a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Clay County, the son of the late Milo Jefferson and Minnie Pearl "George" Skidmore. He was married to Cora May Green on Aug. 30, 1964...

Freeda Boyd (12/05/07)
Freeda Boyd, 87, of Rector died Dec. 1, 2007, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center at Paragould. She was born March 20, 1920, in Boydsville, the daughter of the late Edgar and Bertha Gifford Walls. She was united in marriage to Claude W. Boyd on May 16, 1936, The couple had four children. Her husband preceded her in death in 1980...

Ted M. Templeton (12/05/07)
Ted M. Templeton died Nov. 5, 2007. He was born in Piggott on May 5, 1923, the son of Boss and Eva (Conley) Templeton, and the grandson of W.D. "Buck" Templeton, the one-time owner and builder of what is now known as the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Conference Center...

Ivory Owens (12/12/07)
Ivory Owens, 92, of Nimmons, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2007, at the Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett, Mo. She was born March 1, 1915, in Vinemart, Ala., and was the daughter of the late Frank and Effie Gibson Johnson. She was married May 6, 1935, to Vernie Owens, who preceded her in death...

Joy Sherfield (12/12/07)
Joy Sherfield, 96, of Piggott, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1911, in Corinth, Miss., and was the daughter of the late Robert Osborn and Lula Mae Barnett Wicker. She was united in marriage to Willis Parker on July 11, 1930. He preceded her in death. On March 25, 1946, she was united in marriage to Benny Luther Sherfield. He preceded her in death in 1970...

Charles Moore Williams (12/12/07)
Charles Moore Williams passed away suddenly at his home in Texas on December 5, 2007. He was born in Madison County, Tenn. on March 16, 1943, the eldest son of Hazel and Emmett Williams. He attended schools in Madison County and graduated from Lambuth College and Southeast Missouri State University...

Cody Franklin Olds (12/19/07)
Cody Franklin Olds, 25, of Piggott, passed away Friday, December 14, 2007. Cody was born October 11, 1982, in Paragould, to Terry and Joe Ann Hitt Olds. He leaves behind his parents, Terry and Joe Ann Olds; two sisters, Jennifer Lowrie and Tara O'Neal; one son, Brody Franklin Olds; his maternal grandmother Geneva Gray; his paternal grandparents, Clifford and Mary Beth Olds; three nieces, Jillian Parker and Carson and Kadence O'Neal; two nephews, Tristan and Tallan Lowrie; two aunts, Terry Smith and Angie Ellis; and one brother-in-law, Brandon O'Neal.. ...