Obituaries from October 2004

Anna (Hill) Dean (10/07/04)
Anna (Hill) Dean, 93, of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 18, 1911, in Leonard to the late Hugh Hill and Mae Grogan Hill. She was a retired school teacher, a member of the Eastern Star and a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Kennett...

Gary Owen Franks (10/07/04)
Gary Owen Franks, 62, of Marmaduke died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was born Sept. 13, 1942, in St. Louis to the late Owen and Marjina Franks. He was the owner of Franks Transmission Repair in Marmaduke, a farmer, a retired postal employee, a board member of Harvey's Chapel Cemetery and a former board member of Delta Cotton Co-op. He was a member of the Marmaduke First Baptist Church...

Pauline Priscilla Morris (10/07/04)
Pauline Priscilla Morris, 94, of Rector, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, in Rector. She was born Dec. 9, 1909, in Ridgely, Tenn., to the late Smith A. and Zora Walker. She was a housewife and a member of the First General Baptist Church of Rector. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Morris; one son, A.L. Morris; one infant grandson, Leslie Steven Wesley, and several brothers and sisters...

Willie Carl "Bill" Massey (10/14/04)
Willie Carl "Bill" Massey, 85, of Marmaduke died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1918, to the late Oscar Laflette and Claudia Ann (Griffin) Massey in Dekalb, Miss., and was married Feb. 10, 1940, to Edna Cloise Tucker, who preceded him in death Nov. 30, 2001...

Marie Bernice Stokes Powell (10/14/04)
Marie Bernice Stokes Powell, 81, of Rector died Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Mrs. Powell was born April 19, 1923, in Clay County to the late James Monroe Stokes and Letha Frances (Lamb) Stokes. She worked for years at Smith's Department Store in Kennett, Mo., and was a member of the Rector Extension Homemakers Club and the Rector First United Methodist Church, where she participated in the United Methodist Women and was a member of the Trim Tab Class...

Rachel Marie Bradshaw (10/21/04)
Rachel Marie Bradshaw, 82, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 24, 1922, in Clay County to the late Everett E. and Bessie (Bookout) Manning and was married March 28, 1946, to Max Bradshaw, who preceded her in death Sept. 8, 2004...

Pearl Purdom (10/27/04)
Pearl Purdom, 102, of Rector, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Aug. 29, 1902, in Clay County to the late John Purdom and Georgie (Allen) Purdom. She had been a waitress, was a lifelong member of the community and was of the Baptist faith...

Eathel Phillips (10/27/04)
Eathel Phillips, 80, of Michigan City, Ind., formerly of McDougal, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, in MIchigan City. She was born on May 15, 1924, in McDougal, the daughter of the late William and Clara-Fusion Hayes Nicholson. She was united in marriage to Edward A. Phillips on March 7, 1941. They had four sons...