Obituaries from February 2008

Carl Glover (02/28/08)
Carl Larry Glover, 67, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Feb., 23, 2008, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center at Paragould. He was born in Piggott on July 11, 1940, the son of Ural and Mamie (Davis) Glover. They preceded him in death. He was a Navy veteran and spent his working years with the Ford Motor Company...

Darrell Vaughn (02/28/08)
Darrell Vaughn, 71, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 7, 1936, in Greenway. He was the son of the late Floyd A. and Thelma Simpson Vaughn. He was united in marriage to Virginia Rogers on Nov. 12, 1960...

Greg Conaway (02/28/08)
Greg Conaway, 54, of Cadet, Mo., died Feb. 21, 2008, at his residence. He was born on Oct. 24, 1953, at Fagus, Mo., the son of Curtis Conaway Sr. and the late Leona (Young) Conaway. Those who remain to mourn his passing are his children, Rebecca Stallings and husband Mike of Paragould, Allison Hitt and husband Ron of Greenwood, Ark., Jeff Conaway and wife Melissa of Paragould; father, Curtis Conaway Sr. ...

Margaret Whitehorn (02/20/08)
Margaret Whitehorn, 80, of Piggott, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at her home. She was born March 24, 1927, in Piggott and was the daughter of the late Frank and Millie Warren Causey. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Whitehorn; two sons, Buiell and Garry Whitehorn; a half-sister, Jan Rose Holcomb, and her step-father, Clifford Smith...

Lester Reynolds (02/20/08)
Lester Reynolds, 82, of Corning died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a farmer, operated a service station and was a member of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Corning. He was born May 26, 1925, in Faulkner County, the son of the late Roy and Zera (French) Reynolds...

Juanita Bell Gibson (02/20/08)
Juanita Bell Gibson, 81, of St. Francis died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Oct. 7, 1926, in Mounds City, Ill., the daughter of the late Scott and Carrie Trammell Craft. She was united in marriage to Dennis F. "Slim" Gibson on Dec. 4, 1943.He preceded her in death in 1998...

Verna Elda Dora Ellis (02/20/08)
Verna Elda Dora Ellis, 87, of Hazelwood, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff and Qulin, died Feb. 11, 2008, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo. Mrs. Ellis was born Dec. 5, 1920, at Bethlehem, Mo., and was the daughter of the late August and Maggie Jaeger...

Wanda Brent (02/20/08)
Wanda Brent, 84, of Pollard died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born March 30, 1923, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Clay and Nancy Adeline Baker Permenter. She was united in marriage to Robert Eugene "Bob" Brent on March 9, 1945. The couple had one daughter...

Grover Baker (02/20/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Lula Watson Baker. He was united in marriage to Winona Hale on Oct. 14, 1953...

Louise (Allman) Willey (02/14/08)
Louise (Allman) Willey, 76, of St. Charles Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in St. Charles. She was born Oct. 7, 1931, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Selby and Ira Elizabeth Allman. She married Randall F. Willey June 16, 1951, in Piggott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Fuller, and a brother, James Allman...

Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney (02/14/08)
Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney, 88, of Rector died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Raney was was born May 7, 1919, to the late Charlie and Bithie Jane (Brannon) Hale. After the death of her mother in 1921, she was raised by her mother's sister, Mary Brannon Ellis, from the age of 21 months until she married Jimmie Raney on Oct. 5, 1935. Her husband preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 1988...

Cledis Maddux (02/14/08)
Cledis Maddux, 80, of Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott died Jan. 27, 2008. He was born Nov. 18, 1927, in Boydsville, the son of the late Cleve and Mary (Townsell) Maddux. He was a five-year Army veteran and was an avid camper. He was married to Ruby Burdin in 1952. They divorced and were re-married in 1994...

Leland D. Johnson (02/14/08)
Leland D. Johnson, 84, of St. Charles, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. He was the son of the late Ed and Clara Johnson of Piggott. He was the devoted husband of Blanche B. (Presley) Johnson, the father of Carl E. Johnson and Jennifer Pierce, the grandfather of Karen Pierce and the father-in-law of Jeff Pierce...

Wanda Brent (02/14/08)
Wanda Brent, 84, of Pollard died Tuesday, February 12, 2006. Visitation is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Hoggard and Son's Funeral Home in Piggott. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 in the Hoggard and Son's Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery at Pollard...

Limuel Oscar Blurton (02/14/08)
Limuel Oscar Blurton, 67, of Ellsinore, Mo., formerly of Wardell, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 15, 1940, in Swift, Mo., the son of Oscar Blurton and Ella Mae (Petty) Blurton. He married Martha Blurton on July 16, 1966, in Wardell, and she preceded him in death April 15, 2006...

Grover Baker (02/14/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, February 11, 2008 at Pollard. Visitation will be held beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Hoggard and Son's Funeral Home in Piggott. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the Hoggard and Son's Chapel with burial to follow in New Hope Cemetery at Pollard...

Robert Delaine "Red" Willie (02/07/08)
Robert Delaine "Red" Willie was born June 28, 1929, at Greenway, the son of Edgar and Flara (Dover) Willie. He died at Piggott Community Hospital on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at the age of 78. He had come to know the Lord in the past few years. He was an electrician by trade. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and had combined his occupation into a hobby by stripping copper wires...

Carl Dean "Pete" Hoggard (02/07/08)
Carl Dean "Pete" Hoggard, 67, of Piggott, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Feb. 9, 1940, in Milligan Ridge, Ark., the son of the late Druey and Opal Nash Hoggard. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Doffis Jr. Hoggard and Vernon Wayne Hoggard...

Edith Irene Chapman (02/07/08)
Edith Irene Chapman, 95, of Cordova, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at the Memphis Jewish Home in Cordova. Born July 14, 1912, to the late Herbert and Mary Ann French, she was a seamstress by trade, of the Methodist faith and a member of the Central Non-Denominational Church in Collinsville, Tenn...