Obituaries from January 2005

Charlene Kennedy (01/26/05)
Charlene Kennedy, 87, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at Johnson Regional Medical Center in Clarksville. She was born Nov. 27, 1917, in Greene County to the late James Christopher and Eva Jane (Meredith) Kennedy and was married March 3, 1943, in Paragould to Henry Ford Kennedy, who survives...

Cora Ethel Howell (01/21/05)
Cora Ethel Howell, 87, of Arnold, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 19, 1917, in Ardmore, Okla., to the late James Elmore and Bessis Thomason Dye. She had lived in Luxora, Sheridan, Newport and Rector and was of the Assembly of God faith...

William Henry "Tom" King (01/21/05)
William Henry "Tom" King, 87, of Rector died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, in Rector. He was born Feb. 23, 1917, in Corning to the late Thomas Cleveland and Beulah King. He was a general contractor, a World War II Army veteran and of the Baptist faith...

Flora Berniece Russell (01/21/05)
Flora Berniece Russell, 74, of Leachville, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Boydsville, the daughter of the late Ezra and Edna Morrow Gordon. She had lived in Leachville for more than 40 years and was retired from Brown Shoe Company. A member of the former Liberty Hill United Methodist Church near Rector, she attended First United Methodist Church in Leachville...

Nell (Whitaker) Jenkins (01/21/05)
Nell (Whitaker) Jenkins, 72, of Trenton, Mich., formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, to the late Norman and Calvia Whitaker of Rector and was the youngest of six children. Mrs. Jenkins worked in various office positions for 30 years before retiring in 2002. Reading was her passion, and she loved people, especially all her family, relatives and friends...

Naomi Elizabeth Ezell-Fuller (01/26/05)
Naomi Elizabeth Ezell-Fuller, 95, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in New Braunfels, Texas. She was a homemaker and helped in the family farming business. She was of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Virgil Scarbrough, Ed Ezell and Tim Fuller; three sons, Homer Scarbrough, Lee Scarbrough and Archie Dee Ezell; four sisters; and four brothers...

Dorothy Sue Parham Price (01/26/05)
Dorothy Sue Parham Price, 94, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 4, 1911, in Friendship, Tenn., the daughter of the late W.L. and Ethel May Reid Morris...

Herman H. Burton (01/26/05)
Herman H. Burton, 80, of Coulterville, Ill., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, in the Sparta Community Hospital at Sparta, Ill. He was born Feb. 9, 1924, in Steele, Mo., to the late Sam and Viola (Ettington) Burton and was married March 18, 1947, in Piggott to Wanda Eagle, who survives...

Maudine Sinko Tanner (01/26/05)
Maudine Sinko Tanner, 90, of Flintstone, Ga., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. She was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Rector to the late James Walter and Mary Elizabeth Hargrave Sinko. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Elizabeth Boyd; son-in-law, Carl Boyd; three brothers, Charlie Sinko, Walter Leslie Sinko and Cecil Lee Sinko, and five sisters, Nancy Jane Wills, Julia Huckabay, Verna Sinko, Margie Alice Livesay and Gladys Imogene Greenwood...

Rudy Earl McCord (01/13/05)
Rudy Earl McCord, 93, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, at Lead Hill, Ark. A retired farmer and Darling Store Fixtures employee, he was born Aug. 21, 1911, in Rector to the late Charles M. and Lucy Bookout McCord. He also was preceded in death by one brother, Amzie McCord...

Mrs. Clyde Elizabeth Cook (01/13/05)
Mrs. Clyde Elizabeth Cook, 86, of Thayer, Mo., formerly of Rector and Jonesboro, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Shadow Oaks Care Center in Thayer. She was born Aug. 5, 1918, at Wilmar, Ark., to the late Phillip Edmonson Schell and Mima Jane Edmonston Schell and was married Dec. 23, 1936, to Allen Cook, who preceded her in death May 25, 1985...

Opal Overton Ward (01/13/05)
Opal Overton Ward, 85, of Gibson, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan 5, 2005, at St. Joseph Medical Center in St. Charles, Mo. Born April 16, 1919, in Parkin to the late Carter and Daisy Overton, she was a medical technician at St. Francis Nursing Home and a member of South Canaan General Baptist Church...

Lucille Poe (01/13/05)
Lucille Poe, 73, of Marmaduke died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at Cave Creek, Ariz. A homemaker, Mrs. Poe was born May 21, 1931, in Arkansas to the late Cleo and Jessie (Hill) Pinkston. She was a member of the Marmaduke First Baptist Church. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Poe, in December 1993, and a brother, Bonnie Pinkston, in 1984...

James C. Taylor (01/13/05)
James C. Taylor, 60, son of the late Glenn Taylor of Rector and brother of the late Gerald Taylor of Michigan, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, in Royal Oak, Mich. He is survived by his wife, Frances Taylor; his mother, Irene Taylor Lankford of Valley Station, Ky.; a brother, Bill Taylor, and a sister, Melbalene Vaughan, both of Michigan; four children, Laura Taylor, Emily Hamilton, Adam J. Taylor and Gretchen Ohman, all of Michigan, and two grandchildren, Jack Hamilton and Trevor Ohman...

Lucy Gertrude Essman (01/06/05)
Lucy Gertrude Essman, 90, of Rector died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She had been a resident of Rector Healthcare the last four years. She was born Jan. 9, 1914, in Marmaduke to the late Henry Henderson Huckabay and Mary Emma Boone Huckabay and was married March 24, 1934, to Jasper William Essman, who preceded her in death June 6, 1995, after 61 years of marriage...

Mary C. Jordan (01/06/05)
Mary C. Jordan, 96, of Marmaduke died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at the Paragould Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 8, 1908, in St. Francis to the late Dee Polsgrove and Fannie (McGee) Polsgrove. She was a homemaker and a member of Marmaduke First United Methodist Church...

Charlene Talley Long (01/06/05)
Charlene Talley Long, 65, of Paragould died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Regional Medical Center of NEA in Jonesboro. She was born June 8, 1939, in Opal, Ark., to the late Charlie and Emma Talley. She was a former cashier at Western Sizzlin Steak House and a member of the Assembly of God Church...

Mike Okawa (01/06/05)
Mike Okawa, 78, of Rector Healthcare died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born March 12, 1926, in El Centro, Calif., to the late Sakuzo Okawa and Tomi Iba Okawa. He was a construction worker and an Army veteran...

Alice Faught Skillingstad (01/06/05)
Alice Faught Skillingstad, 79, of Chiloquin, Ore., died Nov. 27, 2004. She was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Carryville to the late Charles H. Faught and Cora Douglas Faught. She also was preceded in death by one son, Wesley Wayne Skillingstad Sr.; two grandsons, Wesley Wayne Skillingstad Jr. and Melvin Lee Skillingstad, and one sister, Violet Victory...

Nell Brown (01/13/05)
Nell Brown, 93, of Rector, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. She was born Dec. 28, 1911, in Greenville, Mo., to the late Henry Lovins and Margaret Scritchfield Lovins and was married March 29, 1930, to Earl T. Brown, who preceded her in death on July 3, 1980...

Keith Martin Samples (01/13/05)
Keith Martin Samples, 30, of Greenway died Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He enjoyed sports, fishing, riding his four-wheeler and spending time with his children. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Brannon Samples of Greenway; two sons, Bryan Martin and Jeremy Keith of the home; one daughter, Halyee Danielle of the home; his parents, Judy and Larry Martin of Piggott, and Lannie and Kathy Samples of Holcomb; four brothers, Bryan (Shelly) Samples of Piggott, Sean (Amy) Martin of Piggott, Mark Samples of Greenway and Kyle Samples of Holcomb; grandparents Lucille York of Campbell, Bob (Imogene) Martin of Piggott and Narciadean Hickson of Campbell; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Connie Bell Easterwood (01/13/05)
Connie Bell Easterwood, 75, of Piggott died Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. Mrs. Easterwood was born Jan. 22, 1929, the daughter of the late Labron Franklin Keller and Lilly Francis Thompson. She was united in marriage to Joseph Fields, who preceded her in death, and later to Floyd Kenneth Easterwood, who now resides at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott...

James Truman Landrum (01/13/05)
James Truman Landrum, 90, of Rector died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born June 12, 1914, in Leonard to the late William and Artra Landrum, he was a truck driver and a member of the Rector First General Baptist Church. He also was preceded in death by his first wife, Estelle Williamson Landrum, in 1985...

Randi Lynn Mooneyhan (01/13/05)
Randi Lynn Mooneyhan, infant daughter of Jeremy and Jennifer (Parmenter) Mooneyhan of Rector, was born and died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Randy Parmenter. She also is survived by her grandparents, Nick and Susan Watson of Paragould, Lance and Laura Mooneyhan of Rector and Teresa Kilbreath of McDougal; great-grandparents, Harold and Dorothy Tracer of Rector, J.W. ...

Phyllis Quarah Book (01/06/05)
Phyllis Quarah Book, 74, of Piggott died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2004, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was a member of the General Baptist Church and worked for many years as a sales associate for K-Mart. She was preceded in death by one son, James Byron Book; and her parents, George Monroe Kelley and Lola Pearl Miller...