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Mary Ruth (Brittingham) Drope (09/01/10)
Mary Ruth (Brittingham) Drope passed away Aug. 25, 2010, in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born May 25, 1926, to Cora and Ralph Brittingham in Rector. She was preceded in death by her mother, father and husband, Bill, along with two brothers, R.C. Brittingham and Laudus Brittingham...

James "Jim" Gregory (09/01/10)
Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at McDaniel Funeral Home for James "Jim" Gregory of Kennett, Mo. Officiating were Reverends Ed Jansson and Kenny Burns. On Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at 68 years of age, James passed away at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo., surrounded by his loving family and friends...

Lucille McDaniel Mills (08/24/10)
Lucille McDaniel Walters Mills, 73, of Rector, died Tuesday, Aug. 17 at her residence. Mrs. Mills was born April 3, 1937, to Rufus Lee and Wilma A. McDaniel. She was a homemaker and a member of the White Oak General Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Alvin Leroy Mills of the home; two stepsons, Robert Mills of Kansas and Keith Mills of Texas; a stepdaughter, Teresa Mills of Texas; and three grandchildren, Courtni Mills of Texas, Brittni Mills and Mary Mills of Kansas. ...

Ninnie Jewell Irby (08/17/10)
Ninnie Jewell Irby, 105, of Sallisaw, Okla., formerly of Piggott, passed away on Aug. 14, 2010. She was born Feb. 4, 1905, in Rector, Ark., to the late James D. and Ricky Bateman. She was united in marriage to Ralph Irby on June 27, 1929. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sallisaw and a former member of the First Baptist Church in Piggott, Ark...

Verla Bernice Christopher (08/17/10)
Verla Bernice Christopher, 79, of Piggott died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1931, at Knob to Walter and Geneva Christopher. She was a nurse, a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two sons, Larry Hobbs of Columbia, S.C., and Garry Hobbs of Poplar Bluff; five brothers, Darrell Christopher of Piggott, Cecil Christopher of Phoenix, Ariz., Byron, Boyce and Terry Christopher, all of Michigan; two sisters, Vonna Peck of Texas and Sharon Christopher of Michigan; three grandchildren, Erica Crossen of Neeleville, Mo., Larry Hobbs Jr. ...

Aulton F. Mode (08/17/10)
Aulton F. Mode, 69, of Conway, Ark., passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at Conway Regional. He was born Dec. 12, 1940, in Little Rock, Ark., to the late Faber L. and Julia (Sparkman) Mode. Aulton was a member of Copperas Springs Baptist Church. He rededicated his life on Feb. 12, 2010, and was very humbled by the Lord's forgiveness...

D.C. Smith (08/17/10)
D.C. Smith, 88, of Marmaduke passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at the Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born June 9, 1922, in Marmaduke to Frank and Norma Smith. Mr. Smith owned a grocery store for many years and was of the Baptist faith...

John Dee Nicely (08/10/10)
John Dee Nicely, 79, of Rector passed away Aug. 8, 2010, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 29, 1931, in Clay County to the late Albert and Willie (Kilbreath) Nicely. In addition to John's parents, a son preceded him in death, Tony Nicely...

Halla B. Roden (08/10/10)
Halla B. Roden, 89, of Greenway, passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born July 22, 1921, in Greenway, and was the daughter of the late Samuel Floyd and Lucy Mae (Bridges) Landrum. She was united in marriage to Raymond Macon Roden Nov. 10, 1942, in California. He preceded her in death Nov. 12, 1989...

James Harold Tracer (08/03/10)
James Harold Tracer, 82, of Rector passed away Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born July 14, 1929, to the late R.C. and Bessie (Lester) Tracer in Red Onion, Mo. He enjoyed life to the fullest and served as a jack-of-all-trades. He was a farmer, a stock car driver, drove for Glen Sain Motor Sales for 20 years, loved working with horses and being with his family...

Goldie Irene Parmenter (08/03/10)
Goldie Irene Parmenter, age 95, died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in St. Louis, Mo. She was born Aug. 15, 1914, near Boydsville, Ark., to the late William (Bill) and Rhonda (Chilcutt) Reed. She was the third of seven children. She was married to T. Bennie Parmenter on Oct. 18, 1931. They were married 68 years, until his death in 2000...

H.D. Sample (07/27/10)
H.D. Sample, 86, of Nimmons, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010, at his home. He was born July 6, 1924, in Nimmons, and was the son of the late Hyder David and Zona (Mathis) Sample. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Ronnie Sample; two brothers, Lester and Delbert Sample; two sisters, Ruth Risener and Deloris Allen, and five infant sisters...

Jim Talbert Percifull (07/20/10)
Jim Talbert Percifull, 73, of Kennett, Mo., passed away at his residence on Friday, July 16, 2010. He was born to the late Mack and Bulah (Vinson) Percifull on Oct. 27,1937, at Caraway, Ark. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters,...

Robelene (Bradsher) Webb Thorne (07/20/10)
Robelene (Bradsher) Webb Thorne, age 95, of Kennett, formerly of Marmaduke, went to be with her heavenly father on Friday, July 16, in the Heritage Nursing Home in Kennett. Mrs. Thorne was born on June 24, 1915, in Marmaduke to the late Dr. R.E. and Mattie (Clements) Bradsher. She was a member of the Marmaduke Methodist Church and was a public school teacher and a school administrator for many years. She was devoted to Marmaduke and all of her students...

Jim Stafford (07/13/10)
Jim Stafford, 62, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2010, at his home. He was born Dec. 7, 1947, in Rector, Ark., to Dale and Oleda Presson Stafford. He and Karen Bateman were married Jan. 22, 1969, in Rector. Jim was a 1966 graduate of Rector High School. ...

Doyne Fowler (07/13/10)
Doyne Fowler, age 91, of Rogers, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, July 10, 2010, in Rogers. He was born July 30, 1918, in the Blue Cane community near Rector. He was a retired farmer and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Beulah Fowler; his wife of 66 years, Susie Fowler, and a daughter, Darlyn Sinkbeil...