Obituaries from December 2008

Leon W. Underwood (12/31/08)
Leon W. Underwood, 90, of Little Rock, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. He was a native of Piggott, a World War II veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen, and is survived by his wife, Betty Chapman Underwood. ...

Robert G. Webster (12/31/08)
Robert G. Webster, 79, of Springfield, Mass., died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 30, 1929, in Detroit, Mich., and was the son of the late Paul Amos Webster and Ruth Marie (Pollard) Webster...

Rev. Edwin Runyon (12/31/08)
Rev. Edwin Runyon, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Dec. 11, 2008, at his home. He was the son of the late Rev. S.I. and Myrtle (Burkhead) Runyon and was born July 1, 1923, at Pollard. He was married to Betty Hamilton on March 16, 1947...

Jimmy Williams (12/31/08)
Jimmie Williams, 48, of Ellington, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, in Ellington. He was born June 27, 1960, in Malden, Mo., and was the son of the late Homer and Wilma (Woodland) Williams. He also was preceded in death by his half-brother, Richard Kirby...

Dovie Oliver (12/31/08)
Dovie Oliver, 70, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at her home in Jonesboro. She was born Jan. 31, 1938, in Bertrand, Mo., and was the daughter of the late John and Cannie (Haney) Estes...

Jerry Wayne Lindsey (12/24/08)
Jerry Wayne Lindsey, 58, of Piggott, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 29, 1950, in Clay County to the late Jesse and Mary (Bradsher) Lindsey and was married to the former Melinda Perryman, who survives...

Edna Yates (12/24/08)
Edna Mae Yates, 80, of Piggott, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Oct. 7, 1928, in Center Ridge, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Ernest Lee and Margaret (Bryant) Holloway. She was married to Gene Yates on Feb. 18, 1948...

Bertie Lou Johnson (12/24/08)
Bertie Lou Johnson, age 77, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at her home. The daughter of the late Albert Nathaniel and Cora Elizabeth (Tippy) Owens, she was born Sept. 13, 1931, in Patterson, Ark. She had lived in Dexter since 1960. She and her husband had owned Johnson Refrigeration before retirement. She was of the Baptist faith...

Welburn Gettings (12/18/08)
Welburn L. Gettings, 85, of Piggott died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born June 19, 1923, in Piggott the son of the late John and Claire (Vaughn) Gettings. He was united in marriage to Martha Bankston on Dec. 30, 1978...

Pauline Looney (12/18/08)
Pauline Looney, 87, formerly of Piggott, died Sunday Dec. 7, 2008, at the home of her nephew in Michigan. She was a member of the South Thornton Street Church of Christ, was loved by many and will be greatly missed...

Mark Lockard (12/18/08)
Mark Randall Lockard, 46, of Piggott died Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. He was born Sept. 28, 1962 in Lincoln Park, Mich., and was the son of Ronald and Frances (Raney) Lockard. He was affiliated with the Emmanuel Baptist Church and was a mechanic and carpenter by trade...

Garland "Bud" Hurst (12/18/08)
Garland "Bud" Hurst, 83, of Piggott, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born March 12, 1925, in St. Louis to Edmond Garland and Leona Hurst. He was united in marriage to Joline Holcomb on July 7, 1947, and the couple had five children...

Edwin Runyon (12/18/08)
Rev. Edwin Runyon, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at his residence. He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Force, was a member of the South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church and was the teacher of the Joint Heirs Sunday School class...

Glenda Faye Shipley (12/18/08)
Glenda Faye Shipley, 66, of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at White County Medical Center in Searcy. Born Aug. 2, 1942, in Clay County to the late Albert and Opal Bullinger, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Mark Lockard (12/11/08)
Mark Randall Lockard, 46, of Piggott died Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. He was born Sept. 28, 1962 in Lincoln Park, Mich., and was the son of Ronald and Frances (Raney) Lockard. He was affiliated with the Emmanuel Baptist Church and was a mechanic and carpenter by trade...

Jennings Perry (12/11/08)
Jennings "J.B." Perry, 76, of Piggott, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Craighead County and was the son of the late William B. and Nina L. (Carter) Perry...

Jewell Buckley (12/11/08)
Jewell Buckley, 98, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born July 6, 1910, in Coldwater, Mo., she was the daughter of the late James Oliver and Barbara (Burrows) Oliver...

Brenda Kay (Vangilder) Lee (12/11/08)
Brenda Kay (Vangilder) Lee of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Rector, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, at Huntsville Hospital. Born April 4, 1952, she was employed with UPS in Huntsville, was a 1970 graduate of Rector High School and was of the Baptist faith...

Leona Shride (12/11/08)
Iva Leona Dunn Shride, 88, recently of Piggott, died Nov. 30, 2008, in Anaheim, Calif. Born Oct. 10, 1920, she was a member of the Church of God in St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore., Bell Gardens, Calif., Madison, Wis., and Piggott. She was married to Clifton Carl Shride at the age of 17 and would have been married 70 years this year...

Rudy Busby (12/04/08)
Rudy Busby, 88, of Piggott died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born February 10, 1920 and was the son of the late Henry and Leler (Elkins) Busby. He was united in marriage to Mary Francis Nettles on Oct. 7, 1941...

Roberta Watson (12/04/08)
Roberta Watson, 81, of Corning died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 9, 1927, in Pollard to the late Robert and Rhoda Baker and was married Oct. 30, 1944, to Pete Watson...

Rachel Joliff (12/04/08)
Rachel J. Joliff, 20, of Kennett, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, at her home. She was born Aug. 18, 1988, in Kennett to Charles K. Jolliff and Kathy Throgmorton. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Bill and Xelen Throgmorton; paternal grandfather, Virgil C. Jolliff, and one brother, Michael Richard Swift...

Asa Custer Lamp (12/04/08)
Asa Custer Lamp, 93, of McDougal died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born May 28, 1915, in Piggott to the late William and Clemy Mae Lamp. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in World War II, and later was a farmer and construction worker. He was a member of the McDougal Church of Christ and the American Legion...