Obituaries

Vernon Clark McKeel (03/03/04)
Vernon Clark McKeel, 90, of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at National HealthCare in Kennett. He was born March 25, 1913, in the Ebenezer community near Rector, to the late William and Dora Utley McKeel. He was a retired truck driver for Complete Auto Transit, and a member of the Local Teamsters #604 in St. Louis...

Rev. L.L. Bounds (03/03/04)
Rev. L.L. Bounds, 87, of Monette Manor Nursing Home, a former pastor of the First United Methodist Church at Marmaduke, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. He was born Dec. 15, 1916, in Corning to the late Levi and Mae Bounds. He was a retired Methodist minister of over 34 years. ...

Glory Faith Bateman Golden (03/03/04)
Glory Faith Bateman Golden, 68, of Collierville, Tenn., a retired licensed practical nurse, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at her son's home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harrison and Zoe Hardin Bateman; her husband, Joel R. Golden; one brother, Hardin Bateman, and two sisters, Marie Bateman, who died in infancy, and Hope Matthews...

Louise Williams (03/10/04)
Louise Williams, 83, of Rector, died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Nov. 21, 1920, in Lafe to the late William and Mary Catherine Textor. She was retired from Ely Walker Shirt Factory and a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke...

Jerry Allen "Red Man" Fuller (03/10/04)
Jerry Allen "Red Man" Fuller, 45, of Marmaduke died Sunday, March 7, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Nov. 5, 1958, in Marmaduke to the late Sammie Lee and Sylvia Irene (Nelson) Fuller. He also was preceded in death by three brothers, Danny Fuller, Louis Junior Fuller and Charles "Diego" Fuller, and two sisters, Innette Fuller and Betty Thrasher...

Lucille Holifield (03/18/04)
Lucille Holifield, 90, of Rector died Monday, March 15, 2004, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 8, 1913, in Rector to the late H.T. and Nellie Montgomery. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Holifield, and two brothers, Wayne Montgomery and Cloyse Montgomery...

Gladys L. Leslie (03/18/04)
Gladys L. Leslie, 90, of Greenway died Monday, March 1, 2004, in the Rector Healthcare facility at Rector. She was born March 20, 1913, in Rinard, Ill., to the late Nelson and Myrtle Black Shaw and was married Dec. 4, 1929, to Edgar Raymond Bradford, who preceded her in death. She was married Aug. 27, 1971, to Earnest Leslie, who also preceded her in death...

Irene Jeanette Seffers (03/18/04)
Irene Jeanette (Anderson) Seffers, 72, of Marmaduke, died Friday, March 12, 2004, at her home. She was born June 3, 1931, in Sikeston to the late George William Anderson and Edna Pearl (McNeese) Anderson. She also was preceded in death by one brother, William Anderson...

Betty Dowd Thomas Moss (03/18/04)
Betty Dowd Thomas Moss, 73, of Monette, formerly of the Blue Cane community near Rector, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born July 6, 1930, in St. Louis to the late Everett and Sylvia Dowd. She also was preceded in death by her first husband, Euless Thomas; her second husband, Mr. Moss,and one son, Troy Thomas...

Stanley Glen Brummet (03/18/04)
Stanley Glen Brummet, 52, of Rector died Monday, March 15, 2004, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock. Born Feb. 4, 1952, in Marmaduke, he was a store keeper and an employee of Monroe Auto Equipment Company in Paragould. He had lived in this area his entire life and was of the General Baptist faith...