Obituaries

Ruby Ann Morris (01/04/06)
Ruby Ann Morris, 91, of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. Born Jan. 9, 1914, near Paragould to the late George Henry and Alice Morris, she was a homemaker and a member of the Blue Cane General Baptist Church. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Joe Morris; two sons, Lindell Russell and Leyon Morris; one daughter, Dortha Cornelison; two brothers, Chester and Roy Morris; three sisters, Ruth Thompson, Pearl Smith and Gladys Morris, and one great-grandson, Jarrod Leach.. ...

Floyd Thomas Young (01/04/06)
Floyd Thomas Young, 85, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. The son of the late Tommy and Vesta (Brewer) Young, he was born Sept. 9, 1920, in Clifton, Tenn. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Eva Laverne (Knight) Young, on April 15, 1995; a son, Von Darrell Young, on Dec. 14, 1975, and a brother, Henry Young...

Mary Kathleen Wright Deniston (01/04/06)
Mary Kathleen Wright Deniston, 87, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, in California. She was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Rector. She was preceded in death by her husband, S.J. Deniston, in 1966, and a son, Philip Deniston, in 1967. Survivors include five children, Donna Jones of Auberry, Calif., Daina O'Donnell of Clovis, Calif., Charles Deniston of Merced, Calif., Tony Deniston and wife Diana and Sheila Sanders and husband Jack, all of Tollhouse, Calif., eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren...

Charlie Jones (01/04/06)
Longtime Piggott businessman Charlie Jones, 69, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, at his home in Piggott. Jones co-owned Jones Furniture with his son, Kevin, for the last 27 years. He previously farmed in Leonard and worked for 30 years for Crockett Oil Company in Rector...

Julia Brewer Gober (01/04/06)
Julia Brewer Gober, 87, of Ada, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005, at Ada. Born Jan. 15, 1918, in Black Oak to the late John Henry and Hattie Stine Brewer, she attended school and graduted from Rector High School. She was married to Charles M. Gober on Dec. 26, 1941, in Rector. He preceded her in death May 3, 2003...

Alan L. Strauser (01/04/06)
Alan L. Strauser, 41, of Jonesboro died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at his home. He had lived most of his life in Jonesboro and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He spent the first two years of his life in the Shriner's St. Louis Hosiptal for Children...

Owen Wesley Davis (01/11/06)
Owen Wesley Davis, 79, of Rector died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born July 12, 1926, in Holcomb, Mo., to the late Thomas Davis and Brooksie Lee Miller, he was a farmer and cattleman, a World War II veteran and a member of the Alexander Baptist Church...

Elsie Mae (Morrow) Parrish (01/11/06)
Elsie Mae (Morrow) Parrish, 96, of Corning died Monday, Jan. 2, at her home. She was a homemaker and helped on the family farm. Her hobby was raising irises in her flower garden. She was married to F.E. Parrish on April 3, 1926. He preceded her in death...

Floyd J.D. Brown (01/11/06)
Floyd J.D. Brown, known as "Peck" by family and close friends, died at the Piggott Hospital on Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at the age of 75. He was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Kennett, the son of the late Dewey and Gladys (Kirby) Brown. Mr. Brown was a local farmer for many years. He was of the Church of Christ faith and was baptized on July 22, 2004...

Cletis Presson (01/11/06)
Cletis Presson, 92, of Rector, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, in Rector. She was born Oct. 31, 1913, in Rector to the late Dewitt and Auda Huckabay. A homemaker, she had worked as a cook at Lafe High School and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Rector...

Roy Rudolph Huffman (01/11/06)
Roy Rudolph Huffman, 84, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 06, 2006, at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Greenway, the son of Clarence Mack and Erma (Bell) Huffman. He served his country during World War II and was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant...

Mary Evelyn "Jackie" Colvin (01/11/06)
Mary Evelyn "Jackie" Colvin, 78, of Rector, formerly of Florida, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, in Paragould. Born Sept. 9, 1927, in Flora, Ala., to the late Cleveland and Jewell Scott Cobb, she was a homemaker and of the Assembly of God faith. She was married to John Tillman Colvin, who preceded her in death in 1973...

Mary Lou Goodman (01/11/06)
Mary Lou Goodman, 78, of Rector died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born April 24, 1927, in Traverse City, Mich., she was a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ, a homemaker and had lived in the community 10 years...

Mary Sue Cummings (01/11/06)
Mary Sue Cummings, 73, of the Clay Healthcare Center in Corning died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was of the Church of Christ faith. She attended church at Greenway and Corning. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harrison and Opal (Davis) Cummings...

Doyne Dewayne Runyon (01/11/06)
Doyne Dewayne Runyon, 67, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. He was born Aug. 15, 1938, in Pollard to the late John and Katherine Runyon. He was disabled and was of the Church of God faith. Survivors include one brother and sister-in-law, Bobby and Sarah Runyon of Piggott; one uncle and aunt, Euvon and Maxine Foster of Michigan, and several cousins...

James W. "Jim" Davis (01/18/06)
James W. "Jim" Davis, 82, of Swartz, La., formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at his home. Born Feb. 28, 1923, in Rector, he was a World War II Army veteran, served as Chief of Police in Rector and retired from the City of Monroe, La., Water Plant...

Clestie Espeby Quinn (01/18/06)
Clestie Espeby Quinn, 77, of Marmaduke died Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A homemaker, she was born Nov. 3, 1928, in Marmaduke to the late Clyde Farmer and Marie O. Hampton Farmer. She also was preceded in death by a brother, Arlon Farmer; a half-brother, Bill Farmer, and a sister, May Eckles. She was of the Pentecostal faith...

Mary Ellen Parker (01/18/06)
Mary Ellen Parker, 76, of Paragould, a native of Boydsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, in Paragould. A homemaker, she was born May 13, 1929, in Boydsville to the late Clarence and Mary Ida Grubb. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Toy L. Parker; two sons, Terry Lee and Jerry Dee Parker; five brothers, Tom, Leroy, Woodrow, Herbert and Johnny Grubb, and two grandchildren...

Alice Elizabeth Dortch (01/25/06)
Alice Elizabeth Dortch, 90, of Granite Bay, Calif., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Roseville, Calif. Born March 6, 1915, in Thayer, Mo., to the late William D. and Sara Elizabeth Huff Wooldridge, she was married March 19, 1932, to Roy A. Dortch, who also preceded her in death. She was a long time member of Rock Springs Methodist Church and of the Eastern Star...

Christine Mason Hatley (01/25/06)
Christine Mason Hatley, 79, a native of this area and a longtime resident of San Jose, Calif., died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, in San Jose. She was born July 31, 1926 in Hickoria, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Mason. She was baptised into the Methodist Church in Knobel as a young woman. ...

Martha Benefield Kirkpatrick (01/25/06)
Martha Benefield Kirkpatrick, 52, of Garland, Texas, died on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, in Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas. She was born Sept. 4, 1953, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Tom and Mary (Cryer) Benefield. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Odell Otte...