Obituaries

Jack Small (03/05/08)
Jack Small, 64, of Boydsville, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at his home. Born Aug. 20, 1943, in Hickoria, to the late Jessie and Bessie May (Dobbins) Small, he was owner of Northeast Arkansas Monument Company and a member of Hickoria Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, photography and talking on his C.B. radio. He was married to Betty Fay Brady Sept. 29, 1963...

Dorothy Elizabeth Montgomery (03/05/08)
Dorothy Elizabeth Montgomery, 85, of Paragould, formerly of Blytheville, died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Shawneetown, Ill., the daughter of the late William and Nell Bradley Reid. She was a homemaker and attended Southside Community Church in Paragould...

Allene Day (03/12/08)
Allene Day, 89, of Piggott died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation. She was born Aug. 19, 1918, in Pollard, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lillie (Simpson) Mead. She spent her working years at the Chrysler Motor Company in Detroit...

Clifford Dunlap (03/12/08)
Clifford Dunlap, 87, of Piggott died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Pollard, the son of the late Gentry and Myrtle Baker Dunlap. He was united in marriage to Winnie Kathryn McCroy on July 19, 1946, and the couple had three children...

Chester O. Gray (03/12/08)
Chester O. Gray, 72, of Ash Flat died Saturday, March 8, 2008, at his home. He was born March 8, 1936, in Oak Ridge, Mo., the son of Norval O. "Bo" and Verla A. (Fielden) Gray. He was united in marriage to Myna Jo Chilcutt on Oct. 29, 1955. The couple had one daughter...

Michael G. Holifield (03/12/08)
Michael G. Holifield, 65, of Piggott, died Friday, March 7, 2008, at the Murphy Health Care Center. He was born January 30, 1943, in Pollard, the son of the late Eugie and Vadala Johnson Holifield. He was preceded in death by a nephew, John Howell. He is survived by a sister, Kay Howell and husband Johnny of Pollard; a brother, Jack Holifield and wife Diane of Conway; two nieces, Teresa May and Laura McNeill; three nephews, Mark Howell, James Howell and Brad Holifield; 10 great-nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.. ...

Omer Lee Lamp (03/12/08)
Omer Lee Lamp, 62, of Piggott died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at his home. He was born May 14, 1945, in Piggott, the son of the late Oscar M. and Minnie M. (Johnson) Lamp. He was united in marriage to Christine Mansfield on Oct. 18, 1969, and the couple had two children...

James Dudley Woolf Sr., PhD (03/12/08)
James Dudley Woolf Sr., PhD, 93, died March 4, 2008, at the Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Ind. He was born July 7, 1914, in the Mary's Chapel community north of Rector, the son of the late James Edgar and Anna Erin (Mack) Woolf. He married Carolyn Meier on Dec. ...

Donald Avery Boak (03/19/08)
Donald Avery Boak, 83, of Pollard died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1924, in Springfield, Mo., and was the son of the late Ray and Mabel Gurney Boak. He was united in marriage to Olie Louise Crews on June 16, 1990. Boak served for three years in the Army and Air Force in the South Pacific and received the Purple Heart from the Army. He was a carpenter in the District Council of Kansas City Local #61 and took care of many foster children...

Jack Winton (03/19/08)
Jack Winton, 69, of Piggott died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born July 18, 1938, and was the son of the late Ray and Cornelia Wheeler Winton. He was united in marriage to Brenda Erwin on August 20, 1961, and the couple had two daughters...

Merlie Thelma Moseley (03/19/08)
Merlie Thelma Moseley, 95, a lifetime resident of Rector, died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. She had been a resident at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott for the last four years and served as president of the Residents Association there...

Jennie Bridgeforth Lambeth (03/19/08)
Jennie Bridgeforth Lambeth, 92, of St. Francis died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Feb. 22, 1916, in Malden, and was the daughter of the late Hartwell Brown and Anna Blades Bridgeforth. She was united in marriage to Claude Lambeth. He preceded her in death...

Agnes Margaret Bradberry (03/26/08)
Agnes Margaret Bradberry, 92, of Piggott died Friday, March 21, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 17, 1916, in Parma, Mo., the daughter of the late William Samuel and Hallie Jane Maxwell Romine. She was united in marriage to Otho Bradberry on July 14, 1932. The couple had two children...

Fred Gross (03/26/08)
Fred Gross, 82, of Pollard died Sunday, March 23, 2008, in the V. A. Hospital at Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 14, 1925, in Pollard, the son of the late George and Bessie Acord Gross. He was united in marriage to Alma Permenter on March 20, 1945, and the couple had one son...

Timmy Ray Smart (03/26/08)
Timmy Ray Smart, 48, of Clay County died Sunday, March 23, 2008. Born March 28, 1959, he was a farmer and a member of Union Home General Baptist Church. He had served in the National Guard. Survivors include his father and step-mother, Ivan and Judy Smart of Greenway; his mother, Sue Lindsey of Rector; a brother, Shannon Smart of Piggott; a sister, Mindy Smart Carter of Lake City, and a host of other relatives and friends...