Obituaries

Wallace Vernon Bain (07/03/08)
Wallace Vernon Bain, 74, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Monday, June 9, 2008, at his home. He was born March 20, 1934, at Pollard to Commodore Chalon and Fannie (Stallings) Bain. He married Maila Seppala in December of 1960 and the couple had four children...

W. Allen Cheesman (07/03/08)
W. Allen Cheesman, 46, of White Hall died Monday, June 23, 2008. He was born Oct. 4, 1961, in Pine Bluff to Sam and Phyllis Cheesman. He grew up in Pine Bluff, attending Trinity Episcopal School and graduating from Jefferson Preparatory School in 1980 and from Hendrix College in 1984. ...

Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews (07/03/08)
Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews, 74, of West Helena, formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Helena Regional Medical Hospital in Helena. She was born Jan. 1, 1934, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Thelma (Crittenden) Harrell...

Alma J. Dobbs (07/03/08)
Alma J. Dobbs, 76, of McKey, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Sallisaw, Okla. She was born June 12, 1932, in Campbell, Mo., to Ralph Irby and Ninnie Jewel Bateman Irby. She was married to Orville Harold Dobbs Oct. 30, 1953, in Pontiac, Mich. He preceded her in death on March 5, 1992. She also was preceded in death by her father...

Jason Lynn Rhein (07/03/08)
Jason Lynn Rhein, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Jonesboro, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Ohio. He was employed at CFS Chemicals in Columbus, was a Navy veteran and a 1996 graduate of Valley View High School...

Juanita Sutton (07/03/08)
Juanita Sutton, 82, of Piggott died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1926, in Dunklin County, Mo., to the late John A. Lawson and Eula Mae "Hulen" Lawson. ...

Bobby Griffith (07/10/08)
Bobby Griffith, 67, of Piggott, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Oct. 23, 1940, the son of the late Othel Ray and Empress Helen Blocker Griffith...

Ruth Girtman (07/17/08)
Ruth Girtman, 80, of Greenway died Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born March 30, 1928, at Greenway, the daughter of the late Edd and Hettie (Haywood) Simpson. She was a member of the General Baptist Church at Greenway, and worked for many years at Brown Shoe Company in Piggot...

Frieda Young Schlueter (07/17/08)
Frieda Young Schlueter, 69, of Corning died Tuesday, July 18, 2008, at Paragould. She was born in Corning, Nov. 17, 1938, the daughter of Frederick H. and Pansy (Purvis) Poynor. A homemaker, her hobbies were reading and watching television...

Frank E. Woolf Jr. (07/17/08)
Frank E. Woolf Jr., 78, of Lincoln Park, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, July 14, 2008 in Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Joe Charles Woolf, and a sister, Virginia Searles. ...

Mildred Rhea Duke (07/24/08)
Mildred Rhea Duke, 86, of Piggott, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Franklin, Ark., the daughter of the late Victor Green Redman and Mae Rose Royles...

O. Louise Harmon (07/24/08)
O. Louise Harmon, 71, of Kennett, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Kennett. She was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Piggott, and was the youngest daughter of Riley and Lottie Parton Book. On May 5, 1955, she married her late husband Aldon O. "Sonny" Harmon, Sr...

James Everett Van Gordon (07/24/08)
James Everett Van Gordon, 70, of Piggott died Friday, July 18, 2008, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born June 19, 1938, at Crockett, the son of the late Clyde and Miriam "Sherrill" Van Gordon. He was of the Methodist faith, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a master electrician by trade. Prior to his illness, he was employed at Aerial Bouquets in Piggott...

Florence Rowlett Cavaness (07/31/08)
Florence Rowlett Cavaness, 84, of Bono, died Thursday July 24, 2008, in Jonesboro. She was born in Guy, Ark., on Aug. 1, 1923, to the late Earl and Ruth (Dodd) Rowlett and was married to the late Ralph Cavaness May 3, 1943. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Brian Keith McKenney (07/31/08)
Brian Keith McKenney, 35, of Rector died Friday, July 25, at his home. Born April 20, 1973, in Joplin, Mo., to Lowell and Deanne (Hardin) McKenney, he was of the First General Baptist faith and was a farmer...

Lisa Sue Montana (07/31/08)
Lisa Sue Montana, 44, of Malden, formerly of Piggott, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Nov. 29, 1963, in Rockford, Ill., and educated at Jefferson High School and Rock Valley College...

Marion D. Parks (07/31/08)
Marion D. Parks, 72, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at his home in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Cooter, Mo., and was the son of the late Homer D. and Bessie (Parham) Parks. Also preceding him in death were his sisters, Eva Dee and Hazel May...