Obituaries from June 2003

William E. (Bill) Chandler (06/05/03)
William E. (Bill) Chandler, age 70, of Fenton, Mi. died suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at Genesys Health Park in Grand Blanc, Mich. He was born May 11, 1932 in Linden, Mich., to Theodore and Clara Chandler. He was a Korean War Veteran and served 4 years in the U.S. Navy...

Norma E. Dollins (06/18/03)
Norma E. Dollins, 87, of Paragould died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born March 3, 1916, in Hart, Ark. Mrs. Dollins was a co-owner of Dollins Furniture Store and Dollins Gifts for over 44 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Mary Jenkins Circle at FUMC...

Esther M. Letbetter (06/18/03)
Esther M. Letbetter, 79, of Marmaduke died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at Northeast Methodist Hospital in Live Oak, Texas. She was born March 12, 1924, in Clay County, the daughter of the late Nolan Oliver Clayton and Irene Dowdy Clayton. She was a homemaker and a member of Marmaduke First Baptist Church...

Carrie D. Damron (06/11/03)
Carrie D. Damron, 65, of Lafe died Sunday, June 8, 2003, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Jan. 1, 1938, in Rector, the son of Frank Damron and Eloise McClure Damron. In February 1999 he was united in marriage to Josephine Suga Damron...

Marion Ebert Carpenter (06/11/03)
Marion Ebert Carpenter, 69, of Rector died Sunday June 8, 2003, at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Nov. 6, 1933, in Rector, the son of the late Henry Carpenter and Myrtle (Holifleld) Carpenter. He was a television technician for Radio Shack and was a veteran of the Air Force. He was a member of the VFW and was of the Southern Baptist faith...

Hazel Marie (Jackson) Clayton (06/05/03)
Hazel Marie (Jackson) Clayton, 89, of Paragould died June 3, 2003, at her home. She was born March 1, 1914, in Marmaduke to John Pointer and Nora Alice (Walters) Jackson. She married Merval Edward Claxton on May 29, 2000. Mrs. Claxton was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses...

Mary Alice Fielder (06/05/03)
Mary Alice Fielder, 65, of West Memphis, formerly of Rector, died Monday, June 2, 2003, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was born June 27, 1937, in Rector to Frank and Lura Holifield Cooper. She was united in marriage to Rex D. Fielder on June 26, 1959, in Rector...

June "Punkin" (Pickelsimer) Duncan (06/05/03)
June "Punkin" (Pickelsimer) Duncan, 64, of Freedom, Ca., formerly of the Rector area, died May 23, 2003, at her home in California. She was born May 08, 1939, in Clay County, Ark., to Virgil and Una Wilson Pickelsimer. She worked as a cook for restaurants during her life...

Mattie Francis Midkiff (06/05/03)
Mattie Francis Midkiff, 88, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Crestmont Healthcare Center in Fenton, Mich. after a long illness. She was born Dec. 28 1914 in Rector to William and Paralee Pruett (Yancey). She was married to Charlie (Buck) Midkiff on Oct. on 1933 in Kennett. They moved to Fenton in 1951 and raised their 6 children there...

Tommy Eugene "Red" Burr (06/25/03)
Tommy Eugene "Red" Burr, 73, of Paragould died Thursday June 19, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Poughkeepsie, Ark., the son of the late Clint Burr and Ruby Duncan Burr. He married Rose Annette Fuller on March 13, 1953. She preceded him in death on March 18, 2001...