Obituaries from September 2009

J.C. Miller (09/30/09)
J.C. Miller, 73, of Piggott, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born April 5, 1936, in Piggott, and was the son of the late Thomas and Clennie (Demay) Miller...

Lucy Craig (09/30/09)
Lucy Mae Craig, 93, of Pollard, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at Sunset Hills Rehab in St. Louis. She was born Dec. 8, 1915, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Gentry and Myrtle (Baker) Dunlap...

Lorene (Gribble) Alexander (09/24/09)
Lorene (Gribble) Alexander, 93, of Piggott, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born January 3, 1916, in Cache Valley, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Bill and Myrtle (Carpenter) Gribble...

Kerry Dale Smith (09/24/09)
Kerry Dale Smith, age 47, of Galena, Mo., passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009. He was born February 17, 1962, the son of William Earl and Jewell Lavern (Moore) Smith. In 1980 he graduated from Piggott High School as Valedictorian, and in 1985 graduated from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., Magna Cum Laude...

Novella Irene Johnson (09/24/09)
Novella Irene Johnson, daughter of the late Albert Charles Green and Bessie Alberta Proffer, was born on Sept. 10, 1920 in Puxico, Mo., and died at her residence in Dexter, Mo., on Sept. 9, 2009, at the age of 88...

Opal Inis Coburn (09/17/09)
Opal Inis Coburn, 92, of Piggott, passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Piggott. She was born Aug. 10, 1917, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Mattie Pearl (Johnson) Thompson. She was united in marriage to Arthur Rogers on Feb. 18, 1939, and he preceded her in death in February of 1955. She married James Richard Coburn on Aug. 1, 1965. He also preceded her in death in 1981...

Juanita Fern Moffitt (09/17/09)
Juanita Fern Moffitt, 75, of Piggott, passed away Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born May 1, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Walter Pricey and Mollie (Claycomb) Pruett. She also was preceded in death by her brother, Raymond "Sonny" Pruett...

Josephine "Joy" (Hatch) Kunnath (09/17/09)
Josephine "Joy" (Hatch) Kunnath, 78, of Overland Park, Kans., passed away peacefully at 8:25 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, in Overland Park. She was born on April 6, 1931, in Omaha, Neb. Joy graduated from South High School in 1947. Soon after, her love for nursing began and she volunteered as a Candy Striper after school and on weekends...

Paul Griffith Jr. (09/12/09)
Paul Griffith Jr., 71, passed away Aug. 17, 2009, at his home in Cordova Tenn. He was born Aug. 26, 1937, in Piggott to Paul and Neva Griffith. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty Crews Griffith; two sons, Kyle Griffith of Atlanta Ga., and Alan Griffith and wife Brenda, along with grandchildren, Alan Jr. and Emma Noele, all of Cordova Tenn...

Jerry Elvin Read (09/09/09)
Jerry Elvin Read, 65, of Hardy, Ark., passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born February 24, 1944, in McDougal, and was the son of Raymond E. and Flora (Easley) Read...

Betty Jane Jones (09/09/09)
Betty Jane Jones, 58, of Pollard died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Dec. 12, 1950, and resided in Clay County her entire life. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a secretary until she became disabled. Preceding her in death were her parents, Roy Lee and Agnus Gerline (Holifield) Fahr; her husband, Tony W. Jones; one brother, Billy Roy Fahr, and one sister, Mary (Fahr) McKenney...

Kenzie Mya Rabjohn (09/09/09)
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with the angels in heaven on September 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital...

Lenzy Edward (Ed) Smith, Sr. (09/03/09)
Lenzy Edward (Ed) Smith, Sr., 80, son of the late Elmer and Dola (Underwood) Smith was born in Pollard, Ark., Oct. 14, 1928, and went to be with his Lord on Aug. 29, 2009. Lenzy was united in marriage to the love of his life, Anna M. Edgerton, Nov. 12, 1950. To this union four children were born, Lenzy Jr., Patricia, Kenneth and Charles...

Denzil Poyner (09/03/09)
Denzil Poyner, 68, of Piggott, died Aug. 25, 2009, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 13, 1940, at Success, Ark., to the late Johnie Poyner and Nora (Collins) Poyner. He was a veteran, farmer, mechanic and junk dealer, and loved to sing and play the guitar. He was a member of the Church of Christ...