Obituaries

Tom Gower (06/04/08)
Tom Gower, 72, of Pollard died Monday, June 2, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Kevin Murray officiating...

Samuel Beauford Miller (06/04/08)
Samuel Beauford Miller, 63, of Pollard died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Oct. 18, 1944, in Kennett, the son of the late J.B. and Mattie McCamey Miller...

Horace Douglas Bishop (06/11/08)
Horace Douglas Bishop, Jr., 79, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, May 23, 2008, at the VA Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1928, in Poplar Bluff and was of the Protestant faith. He was a self-employed sign painter and a deputy sheriff. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean War. He enjoyed gardening, fishing and hunting...

Mary Ada Bozark (06/11/08)
Mary Ada Bozark, 67, of Piggott, died Wednesday June 4, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born March 22, 1941, in Rector, the daughter of the late Tommy and Opal Hawkins Whitehorn...

Samuel Beauford Miller (06/11/08)
Samuel Beauford Miller, 63, of Pollard, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born October 18, 1944, in Kennett, the son of the late J.B. and Mattie McCamey Miller...

James Harold "Jimmy" Hanna (06/18/08)
James Harold "Jimmy" Hanna, 55, of Plano, Texas, died Monday, June 9, 2008, at the Vitas In-patient Hospice Unit in Irving, Texas. Hanna was born June 11, 1952, in Piggott, to Harold and Wanda (Gurley) Hanna...

Thomas Ray Gower (06/18/08)
Thomas Ray Gower, 72, of Pollard, died Monday, June 2, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born on March 27, 1936, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Ernest Gower and Florence Nettles Gower Davis...

Robert C. Foster (06/18/08)
Memorial services for Robert C. Foster, 79, who died June 6, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M., were held Friday, June 13, at the Irby Funeral Home Chapel in Piggott. Burial followed in the Cummings Chapel Cemetery at Pollard...

Dewey Don Verni Diggs (06/18/08)
Dewey Don Verni Diggs, 72, of Lakeland, Fla., died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida. He was born April 1, 1936, at Nimmons, the son of the late Charles Franklin Diggs and Alma Dell (Nation) Diggs...

Billie June Stephens Hon (06/18/08)
Billie June Stephens Hon, 82, daughter of the late Zelmar Forrest and Lessie Emma (Webster) Forrest of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Pollard, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center...

Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman (06/18/08)
Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman, 83, of Athens, Ga., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Athens. She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of the late Boyd and Flora Webster Potter...

Darrel Neeley (06/18/08)
Darrel Neeley, 62, of Forrest City died suddenly Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Forrest City Medical Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1945, at Boydsville, and was the son of Robert Earl Neeley and Virginia (Ethridge) Neeley. He had lived in Forrest City since 1972. He was a milkman and a member of the New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church at Colt...

Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder (06/26/08)
Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder, 68, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Corning, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at his residence. He was born Feb. 15, 1940, in Sioux City, Iowa. He began his career in design and sale of monuments with the Clay County Monument Co. ...

Donald W. Blake (06/26/08)
Donald W. Blake, 75, of Piggott, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. He was born Aug. 28, 1932, in Piggott, the son of the late Eric E. and Gladys R. Polhamus Blake...

Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles (06/26/08)
Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles, 88, Manhattan, Kans. died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in the Meadowlark Hills/Collins Landing in Manhattan. He was born September 9, 1919 at Piggott, the son of William James Nettles and Luella Latta Nettles. He grew up in Piggott, where he attended the local schools and was a star football player for Piggott High School, graduating in 1941...