Obituaries

Agnes Harris Walls (02/07/07)
Agnes Harris Walls, 77, of Ravenden, formerly of the Rector area, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge. She was born Feb. 21, 1929, in Cash to the late Hewey and Eva Gray. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Lola Smith, and a great-granddaughter...

Nora Rippy (02/07/07)
Nora Rippy, 98, formerly of Marmaduke, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Paragould Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 4, 1909, in Greene County to the late George and Bertha (Rutledge) Moore. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Loatie Dan Rippy; three brothers, Cleatis, Willie and Reedy, and five sisters, Cora, Vinnie, Viola, Dalley and Ruthie...

Evelyn Frances Waldron Barker Griffith (02/07/07)
Evelyn Frances Waldron Barker Griffith, 84, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. The youngest of 10 children, she was born Jan. 29, 1923, to the late Charles and Lilly(Wells) Waldron. She was a homemaker and very family oriented. She attended the Evangelical Methodist Church at Hargrave Corner. ...

Albert Sanders (02/14/07)
Albert Sanders, 83, of Piggott, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born May 15, 1923 in Clay County, the son of the late William and Nellie "Russell" Sanders. He was married to Mary Dawson on Nov. 30, 1946. He is survived by his wife, Mary Sanders of Piggott; two sons, James Sanders of Sikeston and Eddie Sanders of Piggott; five daughters, Nellie Alexander of McComb, Mich., Barbara French and Brenda French, both of Pevely, Mo., Mary Moore of Florissant, Mo., and Loretta Banegas, of College Station, Tex.; three brothers, John Sanders of Ozark, Mo., Monroe Sanders of Malden, Billy Sanders of Jonesboro; and three sisters, Lina Mae Jackson of Piggott, Leona Mungle of Patton, Mo., and Gertrude Wikowsky of Rector; sixteen grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.. ...

Evelyn Barker Griffith (02/14/07)
Evelyn Frances Waldron Barker Griffith, 84, of Rector died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. The youngest of 10 children, she was born Jan. 29, 1923, to the late John Waldron and Lilly (Wells) Waldron. She was a homemaker and very family oriented. She attended the Evangelical Methodist Church at Hargrave Corner. ...

Tammy Lynn Hill (02/14/07)
Tammy Lynn Hill, 44, of Rector died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at her home. Born Nov. 3, 1962, in Paragould, she was a homemaker and of the Church of Christ faith. She was preceded in death by her father, Donnie "Red" Greenway. Survivors include her parents, Clay and Anna Belle (Copeland) Robinson; one son, Grady Robinson of Rector; one daughter, Ashlyn Hill of Rector; one brother, Donnie Greenway of Corning; her grandmother, Hoover Copeland Dale, and one granddaughter, Grason Clay Robinson of Rector.. ...

Earl Wayne Parker (02/14/07)
Earl Wayne Parker, 69, of White Lake, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company after 32 years of service. Preceding him in death were his parents, Henry L. "Whiz" and Berniece Parker, and one son, Terry...

James Austin Ray (02/14/07)
James Austin Ray, 82, of Rector, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Oct. 6, 1924, in Black Oak to the late Henry and Sadie Marie Ray. Mr. Ray farmed in his early years and moved to Michigan in the 1940's. He worked as a freight manager and was a World War II veteran...

Arlie Ardell Dowdy (02/14/07)
Arlie Ardell Dowdy, 88, of Piggott, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at the Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. Arlie was born Nov. 16, 1918, in Rector to the late Claude and Flossie Mae "Woods" Dowdy. He was married to Alma Clark of Piggott...

Ruth Evelyn Drake (02/14/07)
Ruth Evelyn Drake, 73, of Evergreen Health Center in Rector, formerly of Greenway, died Feb. 7, 2007, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 6, 1933, in Arbyrd, Mo., the daughter of the late Jeff and Lillie Mae "Ward" McClure. She was of the Baptist Faith and worked for many years as a nurse's aide. She married Marshall Drake on May 10, 1955...

Jack Nelson Inman (02/21/07)
Jack Nelson Inman, 66, of Rector, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born Aug. 8, 1940, in Carbon Hill, Ala., to the late Willie Walter and Kitty Adline Inman, he was a steel factory worker and of the Baptist faith. Also preceding him in death were several brothers and sisters...

James T. Weatherford (02/21/07)
James T. Weatherford, 92, of Rector died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A retired maintenance worker, he was born Feb. 1, 1915, in Greene County to the late Arville and Rosie (Wilson) Weatherford and was married July 5, 1946, in Paragould to Dortha Beaton Weatherford. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans. He was of the Assembly of God faith...

Ruth M. Busby (02/21/07)
Ruth M. Busby, 81, of Piggott, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born Jan. 8, 1926, in Nimmons to the late Tom Frederick and Leona (Pruett) Frederick, she was a housewife and a member of the Greenway Church of Christ. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Hershel Busby, on Aug. 8, 2001; two brothers, Jack Frederick and Herb Frederick, and one sister, Ruby Sims...

Glenn Holland (02/28/07)
Glenn Holland, 81, of Rector died Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, at his home. A retired farmer, Mr. Holland was born March 15, 1925, in Clay County to the late Fred and Eardie Townsend Holland. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Holland is survived by a host of friends...

Cassie Martin (02/28/07)
Cassie Martin, 82, of Rector died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Oct. 8, 1924, in Brookland to the late Benjamin Wilbur Cox and Bessie Mae Wilson Cox, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Rector...

Bessie Evelyn Highley (02/28/07)
Bessie Evelyn Highley, 92, of Corning, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, at Paragould. Born March 14, 1914, in Island, Ky., to the late Clark and Ada Vinson, she was retired from Caterpillar Inc. and of the Pentecostal faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Highley; three daughters, Virginia Dickerson, Pearly Mae Highley and Betty Jene Highley; four sisters, Aletha Rouse, Milidean Dodd, Verna Graves and Daisy Reynolds; one son-in-law, John Barker, and one great-great-grandchild...

Earlene M. Dickerson (02/28/07)
Earlene M. Dickerson, 92, of Piggott, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 at the Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 15, 1915 in Rector, Arkansas, the daughter of the late James Riley and Josiphene Graves Price. She was united in marriage to Everett Dickerson on Oct. 5, 1934, to this union two sons were born...