Obituaries from November 2004

Sherry Hope Rose (11/18/04)
Sherry Hope Rose, 53, of Berry Creek, Calif., formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, in Stockton, Calif. She was born in Kennett, Mo., and lived in the Rector area as a young girl. Her family later moved to the Los Angeles area and in 1968 to Stockton. ...

Ruby Geneva (Hosea) Wright (11/18/04)
Ruby Geneva (Hosea) Wright, 85, of Piggott died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Pollard, the daughter of the late WIlliam Oscar and Lelah Pearl Harbert Hosea. She was united in marriage to William Herbert Doty on Dec. 7, 1935. They had one son. He preceded her in death. She married George Rigney Wright on Oct. 26, 1941, and he also preceded her in death...

Dennis Wayne Hedrick (11/18/04)
Dennis Wayne Hedrick, 59, of Rector died peacefully Monday, Nov. 7, 2004, in El Cajon, Calif. He was born Feb. 4, 1945, in San Diego, where he attended Hoover High School and Miramar College. He retired from the San Diego City Fire Department, then worked as an Adjunct Professor of Fire Technology at Miramar College...

Elaine Rippy Roberts (11/26/04)
Elaine Rippy Roberts, 46, of Hernando, Miss., formerly of Marmaduke, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Methodist Hospital Central. She was born Sept. 17, 1958, in Hernando. A 1976 graduate of Marmaduke High School, she graduated from Freed-Hardeman College with a degree in accounting. She was of the Church of Christ belief and was employed at Sam's Town...

Essie Lewis (11/04/04)
Essie Lewis, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., a native of Boydsville, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. She was born Dec. 12, 1919, in Boydsville to the late General Deniston and Sarah Ethel Wright Deniston. She was a member of the East Haven Baptist Church, a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother...

Avis Lavern Price (11/04/04)
Avis Lavern Price, 82, of Senath Nursing Center, formerly of Rector, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born June 28, 1922, in Clay County to the late Eliaphus Andrew Edwards and Addie (Futen) Edwards. She was a homemaker, a member of the Rector First General Baptist Church and a member of the Rector Extension Homemakers Club...

Dr. Joshua Irving Tracey Jr. (11/04/04)
Joshua Irving Tracey Jr., 89, of Arlington, Va., husband of Rector native Frances Louise (McBride) Tracey, died Thursday, Oct. 18, at Virginia Hospital Center of heart failure. A noted geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, he was recognized for pioneering studies which helped support Charles Darwin's theory on the development of atolls...

Larry Junior Horner (11/10/04)
Larry Junior Horner, 63, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Thursday Nov. 4, 2004, at Lakeside Nursing Home in Lake City. He was born July 29, 1941, in Clay County to Juanita (Oldham) Horner and the late Marvin Horner. He was a disabled Navy veteran, having served in Vietnam, and worked as a UPS driver. He was of the Baptist faith...

Robert F. Cooper (11/10/04)
Robert F. Cooper, 81, of Marion, a native of Rector, died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. He worked as chief deputy with the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department and retired after 40 years with the Arkansas State Police. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Marion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars...