Obituaries from March 2010

Shirley Glass (03/24/10)
Shirley Glass, 52, of Piggott, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born Sept. 8, 1957, in East St. Louis, Ill. She accepted Christ at a young age and attended the New Hope Baptist Church in Pollard...

Larry Richard Karnes (03/24/10)
Larry Richard Karnes, 71, of Anderson, S.C., passed away Friday, March 19, 2010, at the AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson. Born in Nashville, Tenn., July 13, 1938, he was the son of the late Daniel and Ruby (Langley) Karnes. ...

Joseph E.Downham (03/24/10)
Joseph E. Downham, 91, of Piggott passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Nov. 16, 1918, in Piggott and was the son of the late Byran W. and Ethel (Brandon) Downham...

Velma Gail Gilkison (03/24/10)
Velma Gail Gilkison, 57, of Piggott, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2010, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Sept. 26, 1952, in Stonewall, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Melvin and Velma (Henley) Jones...

Charles Wright (03/24/10)
Charles R. Wright, 67, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 19, 1942, in Piggott, and was the son of the late Raymond Andrew and Sylvia Virginia (Hughes) Wright...

Vonna Lou Spinks (03/24/10)
Vonna Lou Spinks of Rector passed away Monday, March 22, 2010, at the age of 80 in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born October 17, 1929, to the late Eric and Maybell (Hardy) Hancock in Rector. Vonna served as a teacher for 37 years, 25 of them in the Piggott...

Edgar Medling (03/17/10)
Edgar Medling, 80, of McDougal died Sunday March 14, 2010, at St. Bernards Hospice in Jonesboro. Born March 8, 1930, in Oxly, Mo., Mr. Medling worked as a millwright and was a member of Local 1102 for 50 years. He was a member of Sugar Creek Country Club in Piggott and former Mayor of McDougal. He was of the Church of Christ faith...

Floyd Hayes (03/17/10)
Floyd Doyle "Johnny" Hayes of Senath, Mo., son of the late James Leonard and Clara E. (Elder) Hayes, was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Wayne County, Mo., and passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott at the age of 83...

William Allen (03/10/10)
William Eugene "Bill" Allen of Pollard, passed away Feb. 28, 2010, at the Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Jan. 2, 1930, he was the son of William Owen Allen and Amy Ruth (Miller) Allen. His step-mother, Bertha (Smith) Allen, helped raise him after the passing of his mother...

Rev. Raymond Albert Johnson (03/04/10)
Rev. Raymond Albert Johnson, 92, of Blytheville died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at the Great River Medical Center. Born in Piggott to the late Robert Albert and Lula (Duty) Johnson, he was retired minister and school teacher and a member of First Baptist Church. He was a devoted husband of 61 years and a devoted father who enjoyed being a ham radio operator...

Mary Estelle Vincent (03/04/10)
Mary Estelle Vincent, 90, of Piggott, passed away Monday, March 1, 2010, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born January 12, 1920, near St. Francis, and was the daughter of the late John Henry and Ollie Luella (Morris) Pittman...

Jodee Armour (03/04/10)
Jodee Armour, 81, of Kennett, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at National Health Care in Kennett after a struggle with cancer. Jodee was born near Kennett April 28, 1928 and was the daughter of the late James Edgar and Mary (Beard) Taylor. She was married to David Armour and he also preceded her in death...