Obituaries

William "Bill" Rooker (05/03/07)
William "Bill" Rooker, 72 of Marmaduke, died Sunday, April 29, 2007, with his family by his side. Bill gave a very courageous battle with cancer for four years. He was born in Delaplaine Nov. 2, 1934. He was a 1953 graduate of Paragould. He moved to Flint, Mich., and soon joined the Air Force, where he spent four years during the Korean War. After returning home for the service, he was a construction worker for Flint Asphalt and Paving...

S/Sgt. John D. Deluryea Jr (05/03/07)
S/Sgt. John D. Deluryea Jr., USAF retired, died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at the age of 40. He lived in Laredo, Texas. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Lee Deluryea, and his grandmother, Leota A. Deluryea. He is survived by his father and step-mother, M/Sgt. ...

Colette Diahann (Hill) Beck (05/03/07)
Colette Diahann (Hill) Beck, 40, of Rector, died Wednesday April 25, 2007, at her residence in Rector. Born December 19, 1966 in Kennett to Charlotte (Brewer) Smith and the late Marcus Eddie Hill, she was a waitress, a life long member of the community and of the Methodist faith...

William Otis Watson (05/09/07)
William Otis Watson, 87, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at Popular Bluff Regional Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Crockett to the late Bert and Clara Watson. Mr. watson served in the Navy during World War II, receiving an honorable discharge in 1945. He married Jewell Francis Brandon in November 1945. They had two children, Vicky Watson Luce of Adrian, Mich., and William (Bill) Watson of Rector. Mr. Watson then married Isabel Rodruquez on June 25, 1962, in Benghazi, Libya...

Wilma Sue Whitworth (05/09/07)
Wilma Sue Whitworth, 63, of Rector, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Born March 6, 1944, in Clay County to the late William Ray Midkiff and Johnnie Pearl Reynolds, she was a lifelong resident of this community and a 20-year employee of Emerson Electric...

Eva Florence Bricker (05/09/07)
Eva Florence Bricker, 89, died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Nov. 19, 1917, in Piggott, to the late Efrus and Mary Elizabeth (Jackson) Jordan and was married to Harley Burdette Bricker on Nov. 6, 1938, in Piggott. She was a retired nurse, having been employed by St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, Mo...

Anna Belle Collier (05/09/07)
Anna Belle Collier, 87, of Paragould, formerly of Marmaduke, died Thursday May 3, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 20, 1920, in Obion County, Tenn., to the late William and Isabell Adkison. She was a homemaker and attended Seventh and Mueller Church of Christ in Paragould, but her heart belonged to the Marmaduke Church of Christ...

Marlis Cyphrine Eddy (05/09/07)
Marlis Cyphrine Eddy, 78, of Rector died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Kennett, Mo. Born Aug. 17, 1928, in Rector to the late Fred and Viola (Meredith) Jackson, she was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, David Eugene "Gene" Eddy, on June 5, 1993; one son, Billy Eddy, on Aug. 14, 1971, and one brother, G.T. Jackson, in 1989...

Edna B. Terry (05/09/07)
Edna B. Terry, 88, of Kennett, Mo., died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at National Health Care in Kennett. She was born Dec. 17, 1918, in Rector, to the late Mansfield Price and Martha Bell Brinson Massey and was married Jan. 14, 1933, to Arthur E. Terry, who preceded her in death in 1977...

LeRoy R. DeLuryea (05/09/07)
LeRoy R. DeLuryea, 87, died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was a member of New Life Family Church and also was a past master Mason and an Eastern Star member. He enjoyed being a square dance caller and instructor with the Hooker Switch Square Dance Club. He was a retired machinist from Martin Sprocket and Gear and also a retired real estate broker...

Mildred Jernigan Gray (05/23/07)
Mildred Jernigan Gray, 84, of Rector, formerly of Paragould, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was retired from Ely & Walker Shirt Factory and was a member of East Side Baptist Church in Paragould. She was preceded in death by her husband, Garland Gray; a baby daughter, Janie Carolyn Gray; her parents, James G. ...

Russell E. Carmickle (05/23/07)
Russell E. Carmickle, 88, of Imboden, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Randolph County Medical Center. A retired carpenter, he was of the Pentecostal faith. He was born April 14, 1919, in Shirley to the late Louis and Eve Anna King Carmickle and was married May 6, 1977, in Blytheville to Mary (Gage) Carmickle, who survives...

R.W. Williams (05/23/07)
R.W. Williams, 86, of Piggott, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. Mr. Williams was an Army veteran who just recently received his Purple Heart. He was a General Baptist minister and a retired welder. He was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Luella (Hoil) Williams; four brothers, Roy, Ben, Granville and Henry Williams; four sisters, Reba Smith, Dora Watson, Ruth Stevens and Wilma Shelton, and one grandson, Craig...

Agnes Annabelle Williams (05/31/07)
Agnes Annabelle Williams, 81, of Rector, died Monday, May 21, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Nov. 30, 1925, in Wynne to the late Gordan Evans and Lessie Dell Hudson, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecost faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Williams, in 1982; two brothers, Calvin and Simmie Evans, and three sisters, Mildred Harris, Katherine Murray and Molly McElroy...

Lenora Geraldean Rowlett (05/31/07)
Lenora Geraldean Rowlett, 83, of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, May 20, 2007, at Sunset House in Los Angeles, Calif. She was born March 14, 1924, in Rector to the late J.C. "Pud" and Verdie L. Gordon. She was a homemaker and of the First General Baptist faith...