Obituaries from May 2003

Mattie Lee Thrasher (05/28/03)
Mattie Lee Thrasher, 89, of Rector died Thursday, May 22, 2003, at Franklin Health Care in Rocky Mount, Va. She was born April 3, 1914, in Van Buren County, Ark., the daughter of the late Joe and Rosa Cates Dillard. She was united in marriage to Thomas Thrasher on Feb. 5, 1932. To this union four sons were born...

Robert "Bob" Ingram (05/28/03)
Robert "Bob" Ingram, 70, of Rector died May 21, 2003, at his home. He was born Nov. 28, 1932, in Patterson (Clay County), the son of James K. Ingram and Cleo Mae Ingram. He was a retired funeral director and manager of Mitchell Funeral Home of Rector for 28 years. He was also a farmer and was of the Baptist faith...

Brittani D'Shea Rudkin (05/21/03)
Brittani D'Shea Rudkin, five months, of Beech Grove died Friday, May 16, 2003, in Hot Springs. She was born Nov. 18, 2002, in Paragould. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by her parents, Robert Harold Rudkin and Jacquline Darlene Rogers; one brother, Christopher Derobaun of Branson, Mo; one sister, Breeanna Rogers of Beech Grove; paternal grandparents, Joyce Rogers and Tom McLaughlin of Marmaduke; maternal grandparents, Linda and Kenneth Smith of Beech Grove and Frankie and Louise Rogers of Henderson; paternal great-grandparent, Aline Adair of Hot Springs; maternal great-grandparents, George Gibson of Marion, Ky. ...

Ruth Jane "Janie" Jones Worley (05/21/03)
Ruth Jane "Janie" Jones Worley, 52, formerly of Rector and mayor of the City of Carnesville, Ga., died early Friday morning, May 16, 2003, at the Grandview Nursing Center in Athens, Ga, after an extended illness. Born Nov. 9, 1950, in Kennett, she was the daughter of Maxine Beaver Jones and the late James Maurice Jones...

Sue Bucy (05/21/03)
Sue Bucy, 70, of Searcy died Saturday, May 10, 2003, after a long period of health problems. She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Al and Audrey Long. She attended public schools in St. Louis, Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas before graduating from Rector High School in 1949. Prior to moving to Searcy, she was employed at Title I Coordinator for the Rector Public Schools...

Bobby Jean Harber (05/21/03)
Bobby Jean Harber, 72, formerly of Rector, died Monday, May 12, 2003. He was born Feb. 1, 1931, in Clay County, the son of the late Louie and Grace Harber. At a young age of 24, he accepted the call to God's ministry and since that time had touched thousands of lives. He has pastored many churches during this tenure. In 1976 he made a commitment to serve the wonderful people who were refugees of the Vietnam War "H'Mong, Lao, Thai, Cambodian."...

Alberta Phillips (05/21/03)
Alberta Phillips, 87, of Rector died Sunday, May 18, 2003, in Monticello, Ark. She was born July 31, 1915, in Kennett, the daughter of the late Monroe and Dora Cornelison. She was a housewife and a former employee of Mitchell Funeral Home in Rector. She was of General Baptist faith and had been a member of the Blue Cane Church for 57 years...

Eva Elizabeth Mitchell (05/21/03)
Eva Elizabeth Mitchell, 89, of Kennett died Sunday May 18, 2003, in Kennett. She was born in Rector, the daughter of the late Mose and Ora Catherine Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Mitchell and two sons, Bobby and Otho Mitchell...

Laurel Michelle McBride (05/21/03)
Laurel Michelle McBride, 23, of Rector, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, May 12, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Her death was sudden and unexpected. She was born Aug. 21, 1979, in Poplar Bluff and was of the Catholic faith. She graduated from Marmaduke High School, where she excelled in softball and basketball...

Muriel Porter Bell (05/14/03)
Muriel Porter Bell, 78, of Walnut Ridge died Sunday May 4, 2003, at Walnut Ridge. She was born March 15, 1925, in Dexter, Mo, the daughter of the late Bud and Sarah Porter She was preceded in death by her husband, Allie Bell. She was of the Pentecostal faith...

Glenn W. Layer (05/14/03)
Glenn W. Layer, 79, of Jonesboro, formerly of Kennett, died Sunday May 11, 2003. He was born April 16, 1924, in Rector, the son of the late Floy and Maude Layer. He was a veteran of World War II and was a retired agricultural teacher. He was a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church...

L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal (05/14/03)
L. Geraldine "Gerri" Seal, 74, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., died May 11, 2003, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born Oct. 31, 1928, in Greenway, the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Ida (Ragsdale) Griffith. Mrs. Seal was a member of the Washington Avenue Church of Christ in Evansville, Ind. She was an insurance agent for several years...

Charley S. Barker (05/14/03)
Charley S. Barker, 77, of Hamburg, Ark., died Sunday, May 11, 2003, at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was a native of Rector and had been a resident of Hamburg for the past seven years. He was a former resident of Fairview Heights, Ill. He retired from the Continental Grain Company in 1990 after 33 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the Fairmont City Baptist Church...

Sue Bucy (05/14/03)
Sue Bucy, 70, of Searcy, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, May 11, 2003. She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Al and Audrey Long. She was employed by Harding University from 1969 to 1995 as personnel insurance clerk, and she was selected as staff member of the year in 1988...

Ruby Lenora Loveless (05/14/03)
Ruby Lenora Loveless, 69, of Rector died Monday May 5, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Senath, the daughter of the late Odie Franklin and Lena Edwards. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Loveless, and one brother, Elmer Edwards...

Laurel McBride (05/14/03)
Laurel McBride, 23, of Rector died Monday, May 12, 2003. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff...

Orvil Trammell (05/07/03)
Orvil Trammell, 53, of Corning died April 21, 2003, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Oct. 15, 1949, in McDougal, the son of the late Fred Les Trammell and Ruby (Weaks) Trammel. He married Sharon Kay Schefer on March 10, 1969. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie Trammell and Dub Trammel, and three sisters, Fronte Bopp, Pauline Tyson and Velma Marie Carpenter...

Clyde H. Bolton (05/07/03)
Clyde H. Bolton, 96, of Puxico, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at his home. He was born March 20, 1907, in Rector, the son of the late John and Ella Bolton. Mr. Bolton was a mechanic at Glen Sain Motors in Rector and attended the First Church of God in Piggott...

Carl William Eaton (05/07/03)
Carl William Eaton, 81, of El Paso, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Mr. Eaton was a 37-year resident of El Paso following his retirement from the military. He served his country honorably as a 22-year veteran in the U.S. Army, serving in both World War II and the Korean War as well as tours in Germany and France. During his career, he was honored as Soldier of the Year and Father of the Year...