Obituaries

Michael Alan Mobley (03/02/05)
Michael Alan Mobley, 51, of Rector died Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, in Jonesboro. Born March 6, 1953, in Paragould to Bill Mobley and the late Alice Maxine Mobley, he was a cattle buyer and a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ. He is survived by his father, Bill Mobley of Rector; his wife, Julie Mobley of Rector; one son, William Garrett Mobley of Rector; two daughters, Jenna Mobley of Rector and Shelia Adams of Jonesboro; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Marilyn and Tim Carter of Rector and Margaret and Larry Baldwin of Mayfield, Ky., and several nieces and nephews.. ...

Gladys Hubble (03/02/05)
Gladys Hubble, 79, of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005, in Kennett, Mo. Born Sept. 25, 1925, to the late Frank and Dessie (Hampton) Allyn, she was an avid homemaker and a member of the Union Home Baptist Church. She was married Aug. 19, 1941, in Corning to L.C. Hubble, who also preceded her in death...

Nelle Jane Wood (03/02/05)
Nelle Jane Wood, 92, of Rector died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at Craighead Nursing Home in Jonesboro. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Bank of Rector. Mrs. Wood was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Rector. She was preceded in death by her husband, Byron C. Wood; her parents, Claude Birl Cain and Sibyl Hayworth; and one sister, Helen Scherstuhl...

Hazel Lorene Williams (03/02/05)
Hazel Lorene Williams, 90, of Piggott, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2005. She was born Aug. 16, 1914, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Elvin and Edna Seal. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodard B. Williams; two brothers, Howard Seal and Harold Seal; two sisters, Clara Mae Underwood and Ama Lea Branum; and a son-in-law, Antonio Quintas Jr...

Clay Wells (03/02/05)
Clay Wells, 85, of Collinsville, Okla., died on Feb. 13, 2005, in Collinsville. He was born Nov. 15, 1919, in Rector, the son of the late Bynum and Teula (Perrin) Wells. Mr. Wells had been a resident of Collinsville since 1949, after moving there from Fort Worth, Texas. He was retired from American Airlines and was a member of the Transport Workers Union of America. He loved farming, gardening and fishing. Mr. Wells was a Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, having served in World War II...

Johnny Giles Whittle (03/02/05)
Johnny Giles Whittle, 70, of Piggott, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Sept. 30, 1934, in Holland, Mo., the son of the late Sam D. Whittle and Ethel Lena Barnes Whittle. He was united in marriage to Patsy Davis on Sept. 22, 1985, in Steele...

Rev. James William (Jim) Beal (03/09/05)
Rector native Rev. James William (Jim) Beal, a retired United Methodist pastor, long-time denomination leader and active community volunteer, died Friday, March 4, 2005, at age 76. He resided in Conway. Born Sept. 16, 1928, in Rector to the late Claude and Olive Pruett Beal, he was a 1952 graduate of Hendrix College and a 1955 graduate of Perkins School of Theology...

Dorthy Ann Thompson (03/09/05)
Dorthy Ann Thompson, 89, of Rector, died Saturday, March 5, 2005, at Doniphan, Mo. She was born Dec. 1, 1915, in Dexter, Mo., to the late Charles and Etta Ellis. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church. She also was preceded in death by her husband, James Cecil Thompson; one son, Donnie J. Thompson, and one daugter, Glenda Thompson...

Wayne Johnson (03/09/05)
Graveside services for 70-year-old Wayne Johnson of Paragould, who died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at Memorial Gardens in Paragould with Irby Funeral Home of Rector in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Betty, of the home; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Steve and Melissa Johnson and Ricky Johnson, both of Paragould; one brother, Bud Johnson of Paragould, and four grandchildren, Erika, Matthew, Tiffany and Brandon...

Ann Alstadt Bland (03/09/05)
Ann Alstadt Bland, 77, of Paragould, a native of Rector, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, in Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn. She was born March 15, 1927, in Rector to the late Henry Lee and Bertha Ann (Roberts) Alstadt. She was a 1944 graduate of Rector High School, a 1948 graduate of the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare, a member of Delta Gamma Sorority and Sisterhood of PEO, and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Paragould...

Edward Galend Rouse (03/24/05)
Edward Galend Rouse, 83, of Rector died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at John J. Pershing V.A. Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Born June 7, 1921, in Holcomb, Mo., to the late Jess and Reva Barners Rouse, he was a machine repairman for General Motors, a World War II Army veteran and a member of the Rector Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)...

Marge Strozeski (03/24/05)
Funeral services for 76-year-old Marge Strozeski of Rector, who died Wednesday, March 16, at her home, were held Monday, March 21, in Livonia, Mich. There will be no services held locally. Mrs. Strozeski was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one brother and two sisters...

Freeman C. Shaw (03/24/05)
Freeman C. Shaw, 68, of Rector died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born July 28, 1936, in Dellwood, Wisc., to the late Norman and Zeda (Nelson) Shaw, he was a Korean Army veteran and a journey machinist...

Oscar Conley Speer (03/24/05)
Oscar Conley Speer, 85, of Rector, died Saturday, March 12, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born June 20, 1919, in the Campground Community near Paragould to the late Joseph Speer and Amanda Ramer Speer, he was a mechanic, farmer, a World War II Army veteran, of the Methodist faith and had been a member of this community for 66 years...

Doris Jean Brock (03/24/05)
Doris Jean Brock, 83, of Jonesboro, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Aug. 19, 1921, in Oklahoma to the late J.L. and Eva Mae (Lemmons) Johnson and was married in 1940 to Edward Brock, who preceded her in death in 1975...