Obituaries from June 2007

Eric William Jones (06/28/07)
Eric William Jones, 89, a life long resident of Piggott died Saturday, June 16, 2007, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Nov. 21, 1917, the son of A.N. and Ethel "Williams" Jones. Eric was a member of the Thornton Street Church Of Christ, worked 28 years as a warehouse manager for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, was an employee of Irby Funeral Home for years, was a member of the VFW and he was a World War II army veteran...

Martha Jane Leggett (06/28/07)
Martha Jane Leggett, 82, died on June 24, 2007 in Memphis. Born June 4, 1925 in Piggott, she was the daughter of Eric A. and Ruth A. Parrish. She was a former resident of Piggott and Las Vegas, Nev. Survivors include a son, Thomas P. Leggett of Little Rock; four grandchildren, Meredith Rogowski and her husband, Christopher, of Evanston, Ill., Thomas J. ...

Charles Lawrence Cate (06/28/07)
Charles Lawrence Cate, 91, of Salem, Oreg., formerly of Boydsville, Ark., died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Born in Boydsville to Elder T.L. and Nora (Sidebottom) Cate, he married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Woodard on Aug. ...

Goldie Mae Walker (06/20/07)
Goldie Mae Walker, 98, died Thursday, June 14, 2007, at her daughter's home in Piggott. She was born April 21, 1909, in Hornersville, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Jake and Alice Weeks. She was married to Charlie Walker on Nov. 24, 1924, and to this union four children were born. In June 2000, after being married for seventy-six years, her husband Charlie preceded her in death...

Charles Lawrence Cate (06/20/07)
Charles Lawrence Cate, 91, of Salem, Oreg., formerly of Boydsville, Ark., died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Born in Boydsville to Elder T.L. and Nora (Sidebottom) Cate, he married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Woodard on Aug. ...

Kenneth E. Spicer (06/14/07)
Kenneth E. Spicer, 62, of Lauderdale, Miss., died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, in Meridian, Miss. He was born on Jan. 23, 1945 in Detroit, Mich., and was the son of the late J. W. "Pete" and Mildred Martin Spicer. He is survived by his wife Peggy; one son, Kenneth W. ...

Johnny "Bill" Mulherin (06/14/07)
Johnny "Bill" Mulherin, 79, of Flint Mich., died Friday, May 25, 2007 at the Genesys Hospice Care Center in Goodrich, Mich. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 29, at the Swartz Funeral Home with the Rev. Gerald St. Cin officiating. Burial was in the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. Masonic services were conducted Monday, May 28 at the funeral home chapel...

Kathryn Wilcox (06/14/07)
Kathryn Wilcox, 81, died Sunday, June 3, 2007, after a battle with Parkinson's Disease. Mary Kathryn Wilcox was born Aug. 5, 1925, to Ed and Bessie Curtis Wright in Rector. She was preceded in death by her parents, her spouses and her sister. Wilcox lived and worked in Paragould the majority of her life. ...

Linda Hendon (06/14/07)
Linda Hendon, 59, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piggott, Arkansas, died Friday, June 8, 2007 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Linda was born Dec. 12, 1947 in Kennett, the daughter of James W. and Wanda V. Henson Hendon. She was preceded in death by her father James and one brother, Tony...

Eulalia Haywood (06/14/07)
Eulalia Haywood, 84, of Greenway, died Friday, June 8, 2007 in Murphy Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Piggott. She was born on April 2, 1923, in Rector, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Ida Bain Sinko. She was married to Glen Dale Haywood on Oct. 12, 1941 and they had two children. He preceded her in death on March 30, 2000...

Mamie Seen Glover (06/14/07)
Mamie Seen Glover, 92, of the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott, died Friday, June 8, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1914, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Oscar Olen and Nola Green "Davis" Gordon. She was married to Ural Lester Glover. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Wright's Chapel Methodist church in Piggott...

Nada Maxine Emberton (06/14/07)
Nada "Maxine" Emberton, 81, of Piggott, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, at the North East Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. She worked as a switchboard operator for many years and was of the First Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Edith Sale Douglas; one sister, Jeanette Douglas; and half brother Jackie Douglas...

Irene Janes (06/06/07)
Irene Janes, 86, died May 24, 2007, at Columbia Manor Care Center in Columbia, Mo. Irene was born September 3, 1920, in Lafe, Ark., to James M. and Cleora Hill Arnold. She married Ernest Janes on April 27, 1941. For a good part of their married life, they lived and farmed near Pollard...

Noah Edward "Paul" Hargrove (06/06/07)
Noah Edward "Paul" Hargrove, 81, of South Beloit Ill., formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in Illinois. He was born November 17, 1926 in Hornersville, the son of the late Thomas and Georgia Russell Hargrove, and preceded in death by his parents and by brothers Thomas Loren and James Ernest Hargrove...

Delmar Grissom (06/06/07)
Delmar Grissom, 86, of Hardin, Ky, formerly of Piggott, died May 15, 2007, at his home. He was a retired police officer from Wayne County, Mich., a veteran of World War II, and was a member of the Unity Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Mary Alice (Verbie) Grissom; a brother J.T. Grissom; and a sister Flora Whaley...

Charlton Francis Brady (06/06/07)
Charlton Francis Brady, 95, died Sunday, May 27, 2007 after a brief illness. He was born to Curtis Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Brady, along with identical twin brother John Frederick, on September 26, 1911 in Piggott. He was united in marriage to Mary Ardath Hogard on Dec. ...