Obituaries

Bill Hopper (02/04/04)
Bill Hopper, 70, of Hardy, a native of Rector, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, at his home. An Air Force veteran, he was born Jan. 22, 1934, in Rector to Eula Lee (Beal) Hopper and the late Carson Bishop Hopper. He was married March 30, 1958, to the former Sally Long of Rector. They formerly owned and operated the Sears Store in Rector...

Martha Oneda "Sweet" Hampton (02/04/04)
Martha Oneda "Sweet" Hampton, 84, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. A retired beautician, she was born July 26, 1919, in Rector to the late Sylvester and Adelia Hampton. She also was preceded in death by three brothers, Gaylon, Lewis and Doyle Hampton, and one sister, Pauline Smart...

Wilma Johnson (02/04/04)
Wilma Johnson, 88, of Marmaduke died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. A homemaker and lifelong resident of this area, she was born March 30, 1915, in Rector to the late Lee and Lydia Benson. She was married to Gilbert Johnson, who died in March 1992...

Harold Broadway (02/04/04)
Harold Broadway, 77, of Piggott died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was born Nov. 18, 1926, in Nimmons, to the late James Henry and Laura Elizabeth Howell Broadway and was married Dec. 13, 1947, to Lawanda Virginia Turner, who preceded him in death in 2002...

Oran "Buddy" Johnson (02/04/04)
Oran "Buddy" Johnson, 76, of Rector, formerly of Manila, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at his home. Born at Manila, he was the son of the late Oran and Ethel Davis Johnson and a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He was a retired carpenter and had been a longtime resident of the Rector Community...

Dorris Edward Cox (02/11/04)
Dorris Edward Cox, co-founder of Cox Planing Mill and Lumber Company, died Feb. 10, 2004 in the Piggott Community Hospital. He and three brothers formed a partnership to begin the lumber company in 1948, with Dorris managing the planing mill. After the death of his brother Doyle Cox, he became president until he retired...

D. Glenn Bennett (02/11/04)
D. Glenn Bennett, 61, of Springfield, Mo., a native of Boydsville, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at his home. He was born Sept. 9, 1942 in Boydsville, the son of Willie G. and Ruth E. Bennett. He lived in Boydsville until the age of five, then moved to Bunker Hill, Ind. He graduated brom Bunker Hill High School in 1960...

Bobby Wayland Romine (02/11/04)
Bobby Wayland Romine, 66, of Piggott died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 9, 1937, in Crockett, to the late Rudy Eugene and Sadie Cochran Romine and was married Feb. 21, 1962, in Pocahontas to Donna Jones Romine, who survives...

Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller (02/11/04)
Prentice Osbin "P.O." Weller, 74, of Piggott died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Sept. 16, 1929, in Crockett, the son of the late George Riley and Verlie Mae Grissom Weller. He was united in marriage to Gladys Fern Woods on Dec. 7, 1949. To this union four children were born...

Myrtle McDaniel (02/18/04)
Myrtle McDaniel, 94, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at Rector Healthcare in Rector. She was born Dec. 7, 1909, in Antlers, Okla., to the late Euell and Motlney Low. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Arlie McDaniel...

Dorothy Todd (02/18/04)
Dorothy Todd, 65, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, in St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born April 11, 1938, the daughter of the late Louie "Doc" and Mary Bell Grissom Eason. She was united in marriage to Hershal Eddie Todd on Dec. 8, 1996...

Felix Jefferson Edwards (02/18/04)
Felix Jefferson Edwards, also known as Billy Joe Simmons, 71, of Pocahontas, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis. He was born July 29, 1932, in Rector to the late Desie (Riley) Edwards and Thomas Edwards. He was a welder...

Willow Irene LeGrand (02/18/04)
Willow Irene LeGrand, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, at Cedar Gate Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. She was born Feb. 14, 1916, in Conway to the late Marvin and Pearl Gore. She was employed with Busman Fuse Company of St. Louis and was of the Baptist faith...

Blanche J. Calvin (02/25/04)
Blanche J. Calvin, 91, of Rector died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 7, 1913, in Halliday to the late Lewis McLain and Addie (Boling) McLain. She was a housewife and of the Methodist faith...

Jasper Otis Merideth (02/25/04)
Jasper Otis Merideth, 76, of Rector, died Sunday Feb. 22, 2004. He was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Rector to the late Enon Thomas and Ada Merideth. He was a carpenter, a veteran of the Korean War and a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Arlene R. Merideth...

Stanley Carey (02/25/04)
Stanley Carey, 60, of Corning died Feb. 20, 2004, at his home. He was born Oct. 5, 1943, in Arkansas to Mary Pauline (Warren) Carey and the late Thomas Carey and was married Oct. 27, 1984, to Catherine Faye (Diggs) Carey, who survives. He was a factory worker and welder and was employed at Darling Store Fixtures. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and family barbecues. He was of the Baptist faith...

Hershel Lee Wilson (02/25/04)
Hershel Lee Wilson, 88, of Paragould, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at Regional Medical Center of Northeast Arkansas. He was born Nov. 16, 1915, in Clay County to the late Elmer and Carrie Wilson. He was a retired farmer and a member of Center Hill Church of Christ...

Jerry Rue Agee (02/25/04)
Jerry Rue Agee, 61, of Hillsboro, Mo., formerly of Pocahontas, died Feb. 20, 2004, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 14, 1942, in Pocahontas to Eugenia (Harris) Agee and the late Rue Agee and was married June 3, 1972, to Shelia Redmon Agee, who survives...

Alma Wood (02/25/04)
Alma Wood, 64, of Corning, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Nov. 8, 1939, in the Ring Community of Clay County. She was retired from Headstart and worked at Basler Electric. She attended the Corning Y Pentecostal Church...

Madeline Carol Forbs (02/25/04)
Madeline Carol Forbs, 47, of Rector, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born July 1, 1956, in Jonesboro. She was a retired licensed practical nurse and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one son, Colby Leon "Lee" Forbs...

Madelene Chiles Clark (02/25/04)
Madelene Chiles Clark, 85, of Jonesboro, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at her home. She was born in Greenway and lived in West Memphis before moving to Jonesboro in 1951. She was a school teacher for the Jonesboro Public School District for over 20 years before her retirement; a graduate of Arkansas State University, where she obtained a B.S.E. ...