Obituaries

James Ray Gardner (02/07/08)
James Ray Gardner, 79, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at his home. He was born March 12, 1928, to the late Luther and Vergie Myrick Gardner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lavern Gardner. He was the pastor at Christian Life Fellowship Church...

Kenneth David Knoble (02/07/08)
Kenneth David Knoble, 89, of Rector, a retired Wisconsin rural electric cooperative executive, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Rector since 1988 after his marriage to Elizabeth (Betty) Crow. Mr. Knoble was born March 26, 1918, in Gays Mills (Crawford County), Wis., to William F. and Letta J. Riddiough Knoble...

Keith Price (02/07/08)
Keith Price, 51, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at his home. He was a 1974 graduate of Rector High School. Arrangements with Irby Funeral Home of Rector are incomplete. A full obituary will appear in next week's edition...

Verba Lee Walker (02/07/08)
Verba Lee Walker, 85, of Rector died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Oct. 1, 1922, to the late Albert and Mae Farley in the Boydsville community. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Boydsville...

Brenda Kay Newman McEntyre (02/14/08)
Brenda Kay Newman McEntyre, 54, of Paragould died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born July 16, 1953, in Kennett, Mo., to the late George and Sarah Newman, she was a homemaker and a member of First Assembly of God Church...

David Keith Price (02/14/08)
David Keith Price, 51, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at his home. Keith was born March 30, 1956, to the late John and Lavern Price at Paragould. He was married to Robin Wheatley in 1975. He was a loving father, grandfather and friend to many...

Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney (02/14/08)
Vivian Ilo (Hale) Raney, 88, of Rector died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Raney was was born May 7, 1919, to the late Charlie and Bithie Jane (Brannon) Hale. After the death of her mother in 1921, she was raised by her mother's sister, Mary Brannon Ellis, from the age of 21 months until she married Jimmie Raney on Oct. 5, 1935. Her husband preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 1988...

Grover Baker (02/21/08)
Grover Baker, 74, of Pollard, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in Pollard, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Lula Watson Baker. He was united in marriage to Winona Hale on Oct. 14, 1953...

Irene Thomas Brashear (02/21/08)
Irene Thomas Brashear, 92, of Rector died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at the Senath (Mo.) Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 26, 1916, to the late Robert and Hettie Jackson in Greene County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey "Slim" Brashear; a brother, Robert Jackson, and two sisters, Juanita Gibb and Laverne Bland...

G.D. "George" Newman (02/21/08)
G.D. "George" Newman, 75, of Paragould, brother of Ricky Newman of Rector, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. He was born June 19, 1932, in Senath, Mo., and was a lifetime farmer in Greene County. He was a member of the Assemblies of God, where he always enjoyed attending...

Walter Leamon Glasgow (02/28/08)
Walter Leamon Glasgow, 85, of Marmaduke, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Born Dec. 12, 1922, in Mo-Ark to the late Orbon and Mary (Hinkle) Glasgow, he was a farmer and cattleman most of his life and of the Baptist faith. He also was preceded in death by his first wife of 53 years, Sarah Alice (Smith) Glasgow; step-mother, Emeline (Hinkle) Glasgow; five brothers, Johnny, Earl, Jack, George and Dick Glasgow, and two sisters, Mary Viola Glasgow and Imogene (Glasgow) Dees...

Violet Marie Hampton (02/28/08)
Violet Marie Hampton, 77, of Mason, Mich., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at her home. She was born April 3, 1930, in Kennett, Mo., to Joe and Sarah Ella (Brown) Smith and was married in 1954 to Bill Hampton. The Hamptons moved in 1964 to Michigan, where she worked for Michigan Bell Telephone until her retirement in 1986 with 27 years of service...

Freeda Marcenia Duffel Landrum (02/28/08)
Freeda Marcenia Duffel Landrum, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. She was born Dec. 1, 1917, in Rector to the late John and Janie Tyler and was a faithful Christian all her life. She was married Dec. 1, 1937, to Rev. Henry E. Duffel, with whom she shared 42 years. After Rev. Duffel's death, she married Truman Landrum, adding four step-children to her family. Mr. Landrum also preceded her in death...

Virginia Hamra "Jena" Robertson (02/28/08)
Virginia Hamra "Jena" Robertson, 85, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Feb. 24, at a Nashville area hospital following a brief illness. Born May 15, 1922, in Gibson, Mo., Mrs. Robertson lived in Rector from 1953 to 1964. A talented pianist and organist, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rector, where she taught a Sunday School class...

Stanley C. Smith (02/28/08)
Stanley C. Smith, 77, of Holts Summit, Mo., a native of Rector, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Rector, a son of Collie B. and Clara E. Williams Smith. He attended Rector Public Schools. He was married Aug. 20, 1947, in Bakersville, Mo., to Claudia Louise Norman, who survives...