Obituaries

Everett Wiley Ellis (11/02/05)
Everett Wiley Ellis, 69, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Monday Oct. 24, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Nov. 28, 1935, in Clay County to the late Lois Hubert Ellis and Ruthie Marie Dalton Smith, he worked in the maintenance department for the Sun Beam factory and was of the Baptist faith...

Wilma Faye Sonney Tucker (11/02/05)
Wilma Faye Sonney Tucker, 72, of Rector died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Paragould. Born Nov. 24, 1932, in Rector to the late O.C. and Mae Graham Sonney, she worked in home health care. She also was preceded in death by four brothers, Roy, Junior, Charles and Jim Sonney, and one sister, Mary Sonney...

Ozie Turner Burkheart (11/02/05)
Ozie Turner Burkheart, 99, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Piggott. She was born July 1, 1906, in Crockett, the daughter of the late Jimmy and Dora Foster Grissom. She was united in marriage to Cecil Charlie Turner, he preceded her in death on April 29, 1962. She married Dillard Burkheart and he preceded her in death in 1990...

James Ray Chadwick Moore (11/09/05)
James Ray Chadwick Moore, 63, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, in Rockford, Ill. He was a well known shoeshine boy for local barber shops and was an avid sports lover. He attended Rector High School and also served in the Arkansas National Guard...

Clyde Donahue (11/09/05)
Clyde Donahue, 95, of Piggott died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. He was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel (Cowgill) Donahue; his parents, Charlie Donahue and Florence (Lack) Donahue; and one son, Lee Roy Donahue...

Geraldene Venita Beal (11/16/05)
Geraldene Venita Beal, 86, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A homemaker, she was born Jan. 10, 1919, in Clay County to the late Robert and Lul Edwards Travillian. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Van Beal, who died in December 1986, and two brothers, Dewayne and Doyle Travillian...

Charles Richey (11/16/05)
Former Marmaduke school board member Charles Richey died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at his home at age 67. Richey, a farmer, also had served on the Greene County Quorum Court and on the board of Delta Cotton Coop and the Production Credit Association (PCA)...

Eva Gilbee (11/16/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Kristie Telani McConnell (11/23/05)
Kristie Telani McConnell, 48, of Rector died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at the Med in Memphis following a car accident. She was an organ donor and helped to save three lives. Born Oct. 17, 1957, in Flint, Mich., she lived in Memphis prior to moving to Rector. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Rector, a member of the church choir and a guest gospel singer in several area churches. She was employed by Paragould Nursing Center...

Heaven Petrice Wofford (11/23/05)
Heaven Petrice Wofford, five-months-old, of Paragould died Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, in Paragould. She was born June 7, 2005, in Kennett. She is survived by her father, Jerrod Wofford of Paragould; mother, Crystal Quintanilla of Paragould; grandparents, Gabriel Lopez and Patty Lamas, both of Victoria, Texas, and Dale and Tonnie Wofford of Piggott; great-grandparents, Bob and Marsha Burns of Rector and Vada Wofford of Paragould; aunt, Bobbie Jo Lamas; and many other relatives and friends...

Eva Gilbee (11/23/05)
Eva Gilbee, 76, of Corning died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. A homemaker, she was born Feb. 17, 1929, in McDougal to the late George and Ada (Micenhammer) Nixon. She was married Feb. 18, 1946, to Clinton Gilbee, who died June 3, 1989. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Edna and Ethel, and two brothers, Albert and Arby Nixon...

Doyle Wheat (11/30/05)
Doyle Wheat, 81, of Rector died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005, at the VA Hospital in Memphis. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Wheat, on Dec. 30, 2003; his parents, Oscar Lloyd and Audrie (Eagle) Wheat, and two sisters, Murel McDaniel and Christine Wheat...

Charlie Shelby (11/30/05)
Charlie Shelby, 88, of the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector and Piggott, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. He was preceded in death by his wife, Veda Shelby, on Oct. 19, 2005; his parents, Lemuel Washington and Hattie Mae Shelby; a daughter and son-in-law, Martha Vangilder Rogers and Charles Vangilder, and three sisters, Grace Copeland, Willie Shelby and Pauline Shelby...