Obituaries

Earline Pruett (05/10/06)
Earline Pruett, 88, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Feb. 10, 1918, in Marmaduke to the late Billie and Ollie Brewer, she was a retired cook at the Marmaduke School and a member of the Providence Missionary Baptist Church...

Helen Julie Cornelison (05/10/06)
Helen Julie Cornelison, 89, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Genesys Hospice Care Center in Goodrich, Mich. She was born March 12, 1917, in Arkansas and was a resident of Flint, Mich., from 1952 until she retired to Arkansas in 1973...

Opal Beggs (05/10/06)
Opal Beggs, 84, of Paragould died Saturday, April 29, 2006, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. Born May 12, 1921, in Gun Town, Miss., she and her family moved to Cardwell, Mo., when she was one year old and lived there for more than 50 years. She attended Antioch Church of Christ...

Tommy Clubb (05/17/06)
Tommy Clubb, 63, of Marmaduke died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at Brooksville Regional Hospital in Brooksville, Fla. Born May 16, 1942, in Walcott, Mr. Clubb was a retired contractor and a member of the Marmaduke First Baptist Church. His greatest joy was helping other people...

Robin Dean (Douglas) Goldsmith (05/17/06)
Robin Dean (Douglas) Goldsmith, 46, of Cahokia, Ill., died Friday, May 5, 2006, in Columbia, Ill. She was born Jan. 9, 1960, in East St. Louis, Ill. Mrs. Goldsmith was a retired factory worker. Survivors include her husband, Lenny Goldsmith of Cahokia, Ill.; her daughter, Tara Jean Goldsmith of Cahokia; her parents, Billy and Betty Jean (Stewart) Douglas; a brother, Donald Douglas of Columbia, Ill.; her mother-in-law and father-in-law, John and Werdie Stephens of Freeburg, Ill.; many nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and dear friends.. ...

Robert Joseph Haywood (05/17/06)
Robert Joseph Haywood, 47, of Rector died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at his home. He was born Aug. 8, 1958, in East St. Louis, Ill., and was of the Catholic faith. He was a mechanic. He was preceded in death by his father, Marion Dewayne Haywood, and two brothers, Thomas and Patrick Haywood...

Charles Aud Malin (05/25/06)
Charles Aud Malin, 76, of Rector died Sunday, May 21, 2006, at his home. Born July 27, 1929, in Rector, he was the son of the late Clifton Clayton Malin and Lottie Mae (Aud) Malin. He was married to Jessie (Sharp) Malin on Jan. 26, 1950, in Hayti, Mo...

Dora Ovizine Watson (05/25/06)
Dora Ovizine Watson, 88, of Rector, died Thursday, May 18, 2006, at UAMS in Little Rock. Born May 31, 1917, in Rector to the late Russell Williams and Luella (Hoil) Williams, she was a housewife and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She was married to James Ruel Watson in Dunklin County in July 1939...

Virgil J. Graves (05/25/06)
Virgil J. Graves, 78, of St. Louis, formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, in Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis. Born Aug. 23, 1927, in Paragould to the late Clyde and Alma Graves, he was a former pastor and factory worker for General Electric and was a member of Southside General Baptist Church in St. Louis...

Patricia Ann Thorne (05/25/06)
Patricia Ann Thorne, 66, of Pontiac, Mich., daughter of Dimple Read of Rector, died Thursday, May 18, 2006, at St. Joseph Hospital in Pontiac. Born Jan. 15, 1940, in Grantiac, Ill., she worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Sides; her stepfather, Van Read, and one son, Michael Thorne...

Lindsey Rae Bishop (05/25/06)
Lindsey Rae Bishop, 16, of Arcadia, Fla., great-granddaughter of the late Rudy and Frances Pruett and the late Ray and Hazel Bishop, all of Rector, died Thursday, May 18, 2006. Born Nov. 6, 1989, in Arcadia to Patrick Kye and Deborah Bishop, she was an honors student at DeSoto High School, where she had just finished her sophomore year and was eagerly awaiting her junior year in August...

John C. Coats (05/31/06)
John C. Coats, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., a native of Rector, died Thursday, May 25, 2006, at the Cedargate Nursing Home. Mr. Coats was born June 1, 1921, in Rector to the late Lige and Hazel (Frets) Coats. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He was a retired salesman for 25 years for Krey Packing Company in St. Louis. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golf and, during college, played football for Southwest University...

Joe West (05/31/06)
Joe West, 44, of Rector died Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Doctor's Hospital in Little Rock. He was born June 23, 1961, in Watervliet, Mich., the son of Harold Edward and Johnnie Mae (Keown) West. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold West; maternal grandparents, Johnnie and Wanna Keown, and paternal grandparents, Jim and Arizona West...

William A. (Bill) Garrett (05/31/06)
William A. (Bill) Garrett of Cisne, Ill., a native of Rector, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006. The son of the late Artie and Esther Garrett, he was born and raised in the Rector area. Survivors include his wife, Radean, of Cisne; two daughters, Pamela Pitts of Maplewood, Mo., and Patricia Crow of Pine Bluff; one brother, Duane Garrett of Paragould; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Velma Gibbs of Rosene, Ky., Elaine Wyman of Xenia, Ill., and Euvona and Verlon Bishop of Paragould, and five grandchildren.. ...