Obituaries

Edith Ellis (09/04/08)
Edith Ellis, 87, of Maynard, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born July 19, 1921, in Hardburly, Ky., the daughter of the late Curtis and Martha (Williams) Gayhart...

John Simpson (09/04/08)
John Simpson, 88, of Piggott, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Nov. 13, 1919, in Calhoun, Miss., the son of the late Morris and Clara Harrelson Simpson...

Keith Skaggs (09/04/08)
Keith L. Skaggs, 44, of Campbell, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, in Campbell. He was born Nov. 2, 1963, in Kennett, the son of Ragie and Marie Turner Skaggs. His sister, Amanda Skaggs, preceded him in death...

Pamela Jean Haley (09/04/08)
Pamela Jean Haley, 53, of Piggott, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born March 22, 1955, in Kennett, the daughter of Stanley Clifton "Red" and Juanita Turner Haley...

Ivan Lee Russell (09/11/08)
Ivan Lee Russell, PhD, 85, of Herrin, Ill., died Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at his home. He was born March 12, 1923, at Pollard to the late Thomas and Jennie (Latta) Russell. He was married Dec. 27, 1943, to Talulah Choate Russell, who preceded him in death Jan. 14, 2005...

Jerry Howard Gookin (09/11/08)
Jerry Howard Gookin, 70, of Farmington, Ark., died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, in Farmington. He was born Sept. 13, 1937, in Luxora and was the son of Virgil Eugean and Ethel Pauline (Anglin) Gookin. He was a veteran of the United State Air Force, retired as a supervisor after 28 years with Whirlpool Industries and was a member of the Denver Baptist Church in Greenwood...

Alma Louise Blake (09/11/08)
Alma Louise Blake, 80, of Piggott, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett, Mo. She was born April 21, 1928, in Piggott, to the late Jessie A. and Edith A. (Miller) Crow and was married Sept. 3, 1949, to Samuel A. Blake Jr., who preceded her in death in 1996...

Pamela Dooley (09/18/08)
Pamela D. Dooley, 40, of Piggott, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 11, 1968, in St. Louis, the daughter of Pat and Mike Cook and Verlin and Margaret Covert...

Raymond Lamp (09/18/08)
Raymond Eugene Lamp, 95, of Piggott, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born July 6, 1913, in Carryville, the son of the late Samuel and Lena (Myers) Lamp...

Marcadean Sharrow (09/24/08)
Marcadean Sharrow, 83, of Piggott, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. She was born February 17, 1925 at Malden to Luther Melton Hinshaw and Ruby (Halsey) Hinshaw. They preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Johnson...