Obituaries

Joan (Mallet) Jenkins (08/02/06)
Joan (Mallet) Jenkins, 63, of Paragould, died Sunday, July 30, 2006. Born Oct. 17, 1942, she was a retired high school teacher and was active in the Center Hill Church of Christ. She taught 17 years at Rector, 16 years at Crowley's Ridge Academy and two years at West Memphis Christian School...

Francis Pauline Morris (08/02/06)
Francis Pauline Morris, 61, of Rector, died Friday, July 28, 2006. Born July 13, 1945, in Rector to the late Arthur and Pauline Morris, she was a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. Also preceding her in death was one brother, A.L. Morris...

Donald G. Edwards (08/02/06)
Donald G. Edwards, 55, of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Jan. 24, 1951, in Rector, to the late John Henry and Helen (Crews) Edwards. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Junior Edwards and Dennis Ray Edwards...

Joseph Michael Jones Jr (08/02/06)
Joseph Michael Jones Jr., 30, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Friday, July 28, 2006, at his home. He was born Dec. 22, 1975, at Paragould. He was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Linda Thomas Griggs...

Thomas Woodrow Jones (08/09/06)
Thomas Woodrow Jones, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born June 11, 1916, in Sikeston, Mo., and was a retired farm laborer and a member of White Oak General Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by one brother, Clarence William Jones, and four sisters, Bertha Cantrell, Lucille Moore, Rosa Lee Tolbert and Martha Webb...

Bobby J. Stewart (08/09/06)
Bobby J. Stewart, 73, of Lemay, Mo., brother of Glen Stewart and Sue Watson of Rector, died Thursday, July 20, 2006, in Lemay. He was born July 15, 1933, in Greene County to the late W.F. Stewart and Floye Light Stewart. He also was preceded in death by one brother, Charles, and two sisters, Ovela Sheffield and Louise Nichols...

Margaret Ann Lale (08/09/06)
Margaret Ann Lale, 67, of Alice, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Aug. 5, in a Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital after a long illness. She was born Jan. 17, 1939, in Clay County to the late Riley Calvin Banks and Mary McDowell of Rector and went to school in Rector. She was a longtime resident of Alice, where she was manager of Sunset Terrace Apartments for many years. She loved people, gardening, playing bingo, going to casinos and traveling with her family...

Velma Stout Atwell (08/09/06)
Velma Stout Atwell, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., sister of Dorothy Gatewood of Rector, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Atwell was born Feb. 26, 1921, in Harviell, Mo., to the late George Everett and Florence (Bruce) Stout. She attended the Lord's Chapel Church and had retired as an assistant cafeteria supervisor. She enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing, gardening and reading...

Doyle Wayne Presson (08/16/06)
Doyle Wayne Presson, 74, of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, in Jonesboro. He was born March 23, 1932, in Mounds, to the late Jesse G. and Elsie Presson. He was a farmer and a member of Rector First General Baptist Church. Also preceding him in death were seven brothers, Loy, Willie, Leon, Arlon, Durward, Leo and Donald Presson, and one sister, Neoma Presson...

John Cassius Bulley (08/16/06)
John Cassius Bulley, 89, of Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rector, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Nov. 16, 1916, in Marine City, Mich., to the late Clarence and Louise (Biscorner) Bulley. A veteran of the Coast Guard, he was of the Catholic faith and worked as a master welder for General Motors...

Hison "Buddy" Boswell (08/16/06)
Hison "Buddy" Boswell, 75, of Marmaduke died Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at his home. Born June 3, 1931, in Blytheville to the late Oliver Boswell and Tina McBride Minick, he was a member of Pine Hill Full Gospel Church. He was retired from Atlas Asphalt and, according to his family, one of his favorite pastimes was "playing with his gravel truck and backhoe."...

Jessie Clara (Parham) Moore (08/25/06)
Jessie Clara (Parham) Moore, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at Curry Good Samaritan Center in Brookings, Ore. She was born Dec. 29, 1914, to the late J.A. (Archie) and Mary E. Parham in Conway. She lived in Rector for years before moving out west...

Leveeda Whitehorn (08/25/06)
Leveeda Whitehorn, 83, of Hot Springs, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, in Hot Springs. The daughter of the late Cynthia Nettles and Charlie Williams, she was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Clay County and was married Jan. 12, 1945, to Raymond Whitehorn, who preceded her in death March 1, 1995...

Betty Miller (08/25/06)
Betty Miller, 84, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. Born June 2, 1922, in Mobile, Ala., she was retired from Brown Shoe Company and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Miller...

Jewell Doyne Hayes (08/31/06)
Jewell Doyne Hayes lost his battle with cancer Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at the age of 62. He was born Sept. 2, 1943, in Rector to the late Ira and Mozell Smith Hayes. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1964. In addition to his basic training, he also completed Airborn School, Officer Candidate School and Army Flight School...

Jay Cletis Bounds (08/31/06)
Jay Cletis Bounds, 64, of Paragould died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006. He was preceded in death by his wife, Katrinka (Story) Bounds; his parents, Shirl and Wilma Bounds; brothers, Doyle and Clifford, and a sister, Pauline (Penny) Oglesby. He was of the Pentecostal faith...

Enos Oscar Pollard (08/31/06)
Enos Oscar Pollard, 86, of Rector, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born Jan. 29, 1920, in Carryville to the late Ray and Lee Pollard, he was a farmer and of the Church of Christ faith. Also preceding him in death were his wife, Flossie Pollard; five brothers, Joe, Sylvester, Duward, Floyd and Hulen Pollard; one sister, Mary Bell Pelts, and one grandchild...