Obituaries from May 2005

Donald Jay Elliott (05/25/05)
Donald Jay Elliott, 69, of Ocean Springs, Miss., died Sunday, April 24, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss. He was born Aug. 19, 1935, in Boydsville, the son of Thelma Wilson Elliott Banks and the late Virgil Elliott and grandson of the late Alva and Rosetta Hall Wilson...

Leborn Estes (05/25/05)
Leborn Estes, 76, of Piggott died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at his residence. He was born June 15, 1928, in Brilliant, Ala., the son of the late John and Cannie Haney Estes. He was united in marriage to Sarah Mae Bratcher on Sept. 18, 1948. They had four children...

Braxton Alexander Rabah (05/25/05)
Braxton Alexander Rabah, infant son of Aaron Nasim and Brittany Shree (Glasgow) Rabah of Lafe, was born and died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at UAMS in Little Rock. Other survivors include paternal grandmother, Camela Rabah of Lafe; maternal grandparents, Mark and Leah Glasgow of McDougal; paternal grandfather, Martin Rabah of Blytheville; great-grandparents, Bobby and June Burns of Lafe and Judy and Donald Rice of the Mounds community, and uncles, Adam Rabah of Lafe and Jeremy Glasgow of Mounds...

Savaniah Eastabrook (05/25/05)
Savaniah Eastabrook, 75, of Marmaduke, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, at Paragould. Born Feb. 3, 1930, in Clay County, she had retired from a factory in St. Louis and was a non-denominational Pentecost. She was preceded in death by her father, Chester McDonald; her mother, Bessie Tisdal; two sons, David and Steve Eastabrook; two brothers, Charlie Lee McDonald and Johnny Earl Tisdal, and one grandson, Jason McNulty...

James "Briney" Parmenter (05/25/05)
James "Briney" Parmenter, 94, of Rector died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Aug. 29, 1910, in Bloomfield, Mo., to the late James and Rhoda Parmenter. He was a retired cemetery sexton of Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector and a member of the Fifth and Pine Church of Christ...

Louis Nicley (05/18/05)
Louis Nicley, 96, of Paragould Nursing Center, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at Paragould Nursing Center. Born June 15, 1908, in Boydsville to the late John Nicley and Nancy (Nanny) Nicley, he was a farmer and tractor mechanic and of the Methodist faith. He was married Oct. 11, 1960, to Ella Lee Smith Nicley, who preceded him in death in December 1997...

Margaret Faye Covert (05/18/05)
Margaret Faye Covert, 77, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Saturday, May 7, 2005, in Colorado Springs. Born Dec. 1, 1927, in Walnut Ridge, she was a Southern Baptist and a retired sales associate. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Ora Minton, and her husband, Edward Eugene Covert...

Eithel Marie Nelson (05/11/05)
Eithel Marie Nelson, 86, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector, died Friday, May 6, 2005, at Ridgecrest Health and Rehab in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 7, 1918, in Knob to the late William Sherman Dortch and Anna Pearl (Lucy) Dortch, she was a homemaker and a member of Rector First United Methodist Church...

Lucie Virginia "Eve" Moseley (05/11/05)
Lucie Virginia "Eve" Moseley, 85, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 26, 1920, in Marmaduke to the late Wilder Carpenter and Lucie Viola (Flack) Carpenter, she was a beautician and a member of the Nettleton Church of Christ...

Eula Earlene (Vangilder) Barnes (05/11/05)
Eula Earlene (Vangilder) Barnes, 85, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at the Ave Marie Home in Memphis, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee; her parents, Luther and Ottie Vangilder, and three brothers, Loyd, Aubrey and Doyle. She is survived by one step-son, David Barnes; a sister, Edith Leach of Weiner; one brother, E.J. Vangilder of Rector, and six grandchildren...

Mary Ellen Nicely (05/11/05)
Mary Ellen Nicely, 62, of Marmaduke died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Sept. 3, 1942, in Greene County to Wilma (Ellington) Weatherspoon and the late Wiley Dubar, she was a factory worker, having worked at Wise Company...

Wylie Gale Harmon (05/11/05)
Wylie Gale Harmon, 63, of Rector died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Aug. 29, 1941, in Keeler, Mich., to the late Wiley Dude Harmon and Viola Hall Harmon and was married Oct. 11, 1963 in Kennett, Mo., to Alice Pauline Wake...

Mary Etta Hardin (05/11/05)
Mary Etta Hardin, 87, a resident of Rector Healthcare, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Born Aug. 13, 1917, in Greenway to the late George and Cynthia (Williams) Sanders, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Piggott. She was married June 2, 1934, to the late Jewell Butler and was married April 8, 1939, to the late Delmar Lee (Dude) Hardin. Both preceded her in death...