Obituaries

Lila Jane Pickler (06/03/04)
Lila Jane Pickler, 80, of Rector died Thursday, May 27, 2004, in Nashville, Tenn. She was born Sept. 29, 1923, in Detriot, Mich., to the late Ronald and Ethel Miles. She was a bookkeeper and of the Baptist faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Lindell N. Pickler, and two brothers, Keith Miles and Vernon Miles...

Mildred L. Holmes (06/03/04)
Mildred L. Holmes, 80, of Birmingham, Ala., formerly of Rector, died Monday, May 31, 2004. She was a member of the Brewster Road Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and James Stevenson of Trussville, Ala.; one son, Paul Holmes of Trussville; one brother, George Linam of Rector; two grandsons, Paul Seegraves and wife Heather of Piggott and Phillip Holmes of Homewood, Ala., and great-grandchildren, Emilee Seegraves and Shawn Hudson Seegraves...

Ashley Sue Brown Reed (06/09/04)
Ashley Sue Brown Reed, 20, of Kennett died Wednesday, June 2, at her home in Kennett. She was born Oct. 26, 1983, in Kennett to Ricky and Suzie Edwards Brown. She married Chad Lee Reed on April 24, 2004, in Kennett. Mrs. Reed was a member of the Kennett High School Class of 2003...

Bessie Faye Tarpley (06/09/04)
Bessie Faye Tarpley, 94, of Lafe died Thursday, June 3, 2004, in Paragould. She was born Feb. 4, 1910, in Knob to the late John Thomas and Arzella Lucy. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Tarpley, and several brothers and sisters...

Frances Oveda Allen (06/09/04)
Frances Oveda Allen, 77, of Newport, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, June 3, 2004, in Newport. She was born July 1, 1926, in Rector to the late Willard and Claire Williamson and was married in 1946 to Dewitt Talmadge Allen Jr., who preceded her in death in 1991. She also was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Williamson...

Robert Donald Hailey (06/16/04)
Robert Donald Hailey, 88, of Rector, died Sunday, June 13, 2004, at NHC Healthcare in Kennett. He was born May 16, 1916, in Rector to the late Robert David Hailey and Laura Ellen Anderson Hailey. He was a broommaker and restauranteur and had lived most of his life in this community...

Robert Lee DeLuryea (06/16/04)
Robert Lee DeLuryea, 34, of Cabot, formerly of Rector, died Friday, June 11, 2004, in an auto accident near Cabot. He was born June 3, 1970, in Laredo, Texas, to John DeLuryea and Rosa Marie DeLuryea. He was in auto sales. He was preceded in death by his step-mother, Deloris "Sis" (Beckley) DeLuryea in 1994...

Robert Elbert "Al" Goodman (06/16/04)
Robert Elbert "Al" Goodman, 74, of Drumright, Okla., a native of Rector, died Thursday, June 3, 2004, in Mannford, Okla. He was born Sept. 13, 1929, in Rector to the late Harry Lee and Pearl Mae (Walker) Goodman. A self-employed carpenter and a U.S. Air Force veteran, he was a member of the Church of Christ...

Virginia Mozell Lewis (06/16/04)
Virginia Mozell Lewis, 76, of Paragould died Thursday, June 10, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born June 5, 1928, to the late Cecil and Pauline Lawson Swink. Mrs. Lewis was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse and a member of the Seventh and Mueller Church of Christ...

Suzanne Phillips (06/16/04)
Suzanne Phillips, 60, of Piggott died Wednesday, June 9, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 28, 1944, in Owosso, Mich., daughter of the late James and Edith Dowell Martin. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Tom Martin, Jack Martin and Jim Martin...

Mary Louella Matheney (06/16/04)
Mary Louella Matheney, 81, of Marmaduke died Sunday, June 13, 2004, at her home. She was born Sept. 30, 1922, in Melbourne, Ark., daughter of the late William Thomas and Allie Maude Freeman Langston. She was united in marriage to Olan Wayne Matheney on October 12, 1941. They had three children...

Virgil Wagster (06/16/04)
Virgil Wagster, 88, of Harviel, Mo., died Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center North Campus. He was born June 30, 1915, in Clay County, the son of Rev. John and Rilley Boyd Wagster. He was united in marriage to Nancy Dunbar in 1952. She preceded him in death on Jan. 25, 1991...

William Alfred "Al" Sparks (06/23/04)
William Alfred "Al" Sparks, 73, of Rector died Thursday, June 17, 2004. He was born May 20, 1931, in Post, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Ara (Robinson) Sparks, and two grandchildren, Jeffrey Scott and Shelby Raylene Ward...

Gene Bullinger (06/23/04)
Gene Bullinger, 64, of Rector died Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Rector. He was born June 16, 1940, at Lafe. He worked as a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Opal Bullinger; a son, Gary Bullinger, and two brothers, Wayne Bullinger and James Bullinger Jr...

Donald (Slim) Taylor (06/23/04)
Donald (Slim) Taylor, 93, of Rector died Monday, June 21, 2004, at Pocahontas Nursing and Rehab Center, where he resided with his wife of 73 years, Elma Mae (Morrow) Taylor. Born Sept. 8, 1910, in the Boydsville area near Rector, Mr. Taylor was the son of the late Luther Taylor and Elizabeth (Batemen) Taylor. He lived 85 years of his life in the Rector area and 18 years, 1942-1960, in Detroit, Mich. He was a retired farmer...

Michael Lynn Davis (06/23/04)
Graveside services for 56-year-old Michael Lynn Davis of Marmaduke were held at 2 p.m. Sunday June 20, 2004, at Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector with Ronnie Stevens officiating. Mr. Davis died Thursday, June 17, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould...