Obituaries from December 2009

Charles Thomas Bratcher (12/30/09)
Charles Thomas Bratcher of Sikeston, Mo., formerly of Piggott, passed away December 25, 2009, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born in Piggott on October 10, 1946. He was preceded in death by his parents, D.H. Bratcher and Mildred Bratcher...

Howard Crowson (12/24/09)
Howard Crowson, 89, of Greenway, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Greenway, and was the son of the late Joseph Hightower and Ida (Moore) Crowson...

Aline Goodwin Jackson (12/24/09)
Aline Goodwin Jackson, age 61, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Dec. 14, peacefully at her home following a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was born May 3, 1948, in Congo, Arkansas, to Edgar Allen and Allie (Jewell) Goodwin. ...

Becky Thompson (12/17/09)
Becky Thompson, 62, of Piggott passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born June 21, 1947, in Granite City, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Robert Jefferson and Anna Mae (White) Poarch...

Juanita Gambotto (12/17/09)
Juanita Gambotto, 85, of Lapeer, Mich., formerly of Piggott, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. She was born Nov. 14, 1924, in Piggott, and was the wife of the late Louis Gambotto and the daughter of the late Amon and Marie (Holcomb) Smith...

Roy Ray Henderson (12/09/09)
Roy Ray Henderson, 67, of Nesbit, Miss. woke up in the arms of the Lord Dec. 6, 2009, after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born April 2, 1942, in Newark, Ark. Roy grew up on a farm in Piggott, which he loved. He was only 10 years old when he drove a whole team of horses to put in the family's crops...

Ruth Morgan (12/09/09)
Ruth Morgan, 86, of Jonesboro, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at her home. Ruth was born Aug. 16, 1923, in Melbourne, Ark. to Alvie and Annie Belle Cooper. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Remel, Carl, and Charles Cooper, and one sister, Verl Rodden...

Pharis A. Gordon (12/09/09)
Pharis A. Gordon, 81, of Duncanville, Texas, died on Nov. 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born on June 5, 1928, at Piggott, a son of the late Oscar and Minnie Gordon. He was raised and educated at Piggott...

Dorothy Dehls (12/02/09)
Dorothy (Lamb) Dehls of Piggott passed away on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. Dorothy was born in Guion, Ark., the daughter of the late Ernest and Hazel (Bryant) Lamb. The oldest of five children, "Dot" graduated from Guion High School at age 16 and completed her business education at Draughon's Business School in Little Rock...

John Seth Ross (12/02/09)
John Seth Ross, age 24, of Tunica, Miss., formerly of Piggott, passed away Nov. 28, 2009, in Tunica as the result of an auto accident. He was born April 4, 1985. He is survived by his parents, Denise Bingham and husband Bill of Searcy, and Don Ross and wife Vikki of Tunica; one sister, Victoria Elizabeth Ross, and one brother, Ethan Robert Earl Ross, both of Tunica; three step-sisters, Stacy Southerland, Amy Dolan and Leslie Clegg; one step-brother Devin Miller; his grandparents, Erma Jean Ross, Lloyd Brown and R.L. ...

DAVID WILTON ARGO (12/02/09)
David Wilton Argo, 49, passed away Nov. 24, 2009. A Celebration of Life memorial service was held Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Chestnut Hill Plantation Clubhouse in Columbia, S.C. Inurnment followed at Bush River Memorial Gardens. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. A memorial service will be held in Jonesboro at a later date...