Obituaries

Judy Ann Collier (12/02/04)
Judy Ann Collier, 52, of Peach Orchard died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born March 24, 1952, in Detroit, Mich., to the late Arthur Edward and Helen Deloris Huckabee Mangum. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Farrell Elizabeth (Taylor) Davidson (12/02/04)
Farrell Elizabeth (Taylor) Davidson, 79, of Rector died Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Aug. 12, 1925, the daughter of the late Elmer (Jack) and Lorene Taylor and Fannie McKelvey Taylor Carson. She was married Feb. 24, 1940, to Edward Lawrence Davidson Jr., who preceded her in death May 10, 1991...

Emily Mae Donaldson (12/02/04)
Emily Mae Donaldson, 97, of Rector died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Aug. 20, 1907, in Rector to the late Gourley and Ida (Moseley) Donaldson. She was a florist, a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ and a lifelong member of the community...

Lillian Elizabeth Ray (12/02/04)
Lillian Elizabeth Ray, 86, of the Paragould Nursing Home died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born July 20, 1918, in Fredricktown, Mo., to the late Charles and Iva Wentworth. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Donald Creek (12/10/04)
Donald Creek, 71, of Paragould, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, in the Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 21, 1933, in Greenway, the son of the late John and Alice Reed Creek. He was preceded in death by one son, Larry Creek; and two brothers, Clifford Creek and Jack Creek...

Lola Marie Perry (12/10/04)
Lola Marie Perry, 95, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, in the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Mo. She was born April 22, 1909, in Piggott, the daughter of the late John and Nellie Morgan Mowery. She was united in marriage to Alvin Perry on Sept. 15, 1929. They had three sons...

Theresa Ann Pentecost Creameans (12/15/04)
Theresa Ann Pentecost Creameans, 35, of Rector, formerly of Corning, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, in the Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis after a long illness. She was born in Dowagiac, Mich., on July 10, 1969, the daughter of the late Earline Williams Pentecost and Johnny L. Pentecost...

Donald Creek (12/15/04)
Donald Creek, 71, of Paragould, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, in the Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 21, 1933, in Greenway, the son of the late John and Alice Reed Creek. He was preceded in death by one son, Larry Creek; and two brothers, Clifford Creek and Jack Creek...

Hubert Elmer Flynt (12/15/04)
Hubert Elmer Flynt, 89, of Rector died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born in Dawson, Texas, to the late Rufus E. and Mary Ward Flynt. He served his community as a teacher, principal and was an active member of the Retired Teachers Association. He was a member of the Church of Christ for many years, attending at Greenway during his later years...

Herman Calvin (Terry) Kirkpatrick (12/23/04)
Herman Calvin (Terry) Kirkpatrick, 79, of Rector died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Oct. 29, 1925, in Rector to the late Herman Terry Kirkpatrick and Eva (Bearden) Kirkpatrick. He was a truck driver, a lifelong member of the community and a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church...

Walter Anthony Hall (12/23/04)
Walter Anthony Hall, 43, of Rector, died Saturday Dec. 18, 2004, in Lexington, Tenn. He was born March 15, 1961, in Oceanside, Calif., to the late Virgil O'Neal Hall and Audrey Adalia (Boucher) Hall and was married April 3, 1978, to Angela Kay Walton Hall, who survives...

Imogene "Genie" Bradshaw (12/30/04)
Imogene "Genie" Bradshaw, 43, of Piggott died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 8, 1961, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Prentice O. and Gladys Woods Weller. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Fay Higdon; and one brother, Prentice E. Weller...

Lucy Gertrude Huckabay Essman (12/30/04)
Lucy Gertrude Huckabay Essman, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at Paragould. She was born Jan. 9, 1914, in Marmaduke. She was a homemaker and of the General Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jasper William Essman; seven brothers, Curtis, William, Marvin, Chester, Lester, James and Charles Huckabay; four sisters, Beatrice Batten, Anna Jordan, Vivian Hoggard and Vesta England, and one granddaughter, Josie Essman...

Rev. Jerry Dewayne Gregory (12/30/04)
Rev. Jerry Dewayne Gregory, 63, of Marmaduke, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004, at the V.A. Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1941, in Corning to the late Urby and Leoffie (Williams) Gregory. He was a General Baptist minister, most recently pastoring at Blue Cross General Baptist Church in Paragould. ...

Evelyn Luttrell (12/30/04)
Evelyn Luttrell, 75, of Marmaduke died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004. She was born June 3, 1929, in Marmaduke to the late Pat and Murtie Wyatt. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Bob Luttrell; one son, Bill Wyatt; three brothers, Charlie, Carlos and Louis Wyatt, and three sisters, Bobie White, Ellen Ramer and Dealie Hale...

Fred Lee Crum (12/30/04)
Fred Lee Crum, 75, of Rector died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, in Jonesboro. He was born Dec. 14, 1929, at White Oak to the late Fred and Etta Crum. He also was preceded in death by one son, Gerald Crum; one sister, Emmie Lawson, and one grandchild, Garth Crum...