Obituaries from June 2005

Mildred Spicer (06/22/05)
Mildred Spicer, 89, of Piggott, formerly of Greenway, died Friday, June 17, 2005, in the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born June 11, 1916, in Bay, the daughter of the late Herbert Ray and Leolia Stone Martin. She was united in marriage to J.W. "Pete" Spicer on March 1, 1940. They had two sons. He preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 1992...

Frank J. Doty (06/22/05)
Frank J. Doty, 67, of Piggott died Monday, June 20, 2005, at his residence. He was born July 13, 1937, in Fagus, the son of the late William Herbert and Ruby Genevia Hosea Doty. He was united in marriage to Arvella Moore on Sept. 17, 1977. Mr. Doty was a member of the Fagus General Baptist Church in Fagus, Mo...

Teddy Sutherland (06/15/05)
Teddy Sutherland, 82, of Rector died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Nov. 19, 1922, in Saddle, Ark., to the late Dewitt Sutherland and Alis (Furr) Sutherland, he was a mechanic for the Greene County Road Department, a disabled veteran of World War II, a member of Union Central Church of Christ and had lived in the community for 62 years...

Billy Joe Redmon (06/15/05)
Funeral services for 65-year-old Billy Joe Redmon of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Rector, were held Sunday, June 12, at the Irby Funeral Home Chapel in Rector with Rev. Kim Bridges officiating. Mr. Redmon died Thursday, June 2, at Sun City, Ariz. Born Jan. 11, 1940, to the late Aubrey and Bessie Redmon, he was owner and operator of Five Star Contracting Company...

Jay Martin (06/08/05)
Jay Martin Williams, 43, of Newport, husband of the former Carla Dodd of Rector, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at Batesville. He was born Aug. 19, 1961, to Cornelia Ann (Hewitt) Williams and the late Herbert H. (Woody) Williams. He had worked at Newport Hospital as director of respiratory services for six years and currently was working at White River Medical Center as director of respiratory services and sleep aid. ...

Larry N. Shelton (06/08/05)
Larry N. Shelton, 56, of Vidor, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, June 5, 2005, at his home. He was born Aug. 14, 1948, in Rector to Norman and Louise Shelton. He was a self-employed Port Captain and served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam conflict...

Eugene Seay (06/08/05)
Eugene Seay, 81, of Rector died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Paragould. Born May 29, 1924, in Clay County to the late Leslie and Minnie Seay, he was a retired farmer and a member of the First General Baptist Church in Marmaduke. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Doshie Seay...

Verna May Bateman (06/08/05)
Verna May Bateman, 88, of Rector, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Nov. 18, 1916, to the late Joseph Hughes and Mattie (Massey) Hughes, she was a homemaker and a member of the Boydsville Baptist Church and Rector First Baptist Church...

James William "Jim" Wooldridge (06/01/05)
James William "Jim" Wooldridge, 91, of Pocahontas, formerly of Marmaduke, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at Randolph County Hospital in Pocahontas. A retired farmer and railroad brakeman, he was born Sept. 30, 1913, in Thayer, Mo., to the late William Dolphus Wooldridge and Sarah Elizabeth (Huff) Wooldridge. He was married Oct. 14, 1933, to Lola Mae Dortch Wooldridge, who died in December 1976, and later married Mabel Smooth Wooldridge, who died in December 1995...

C. Marie Rippy (06/01/05)
C. Marie Rippy, 84, of Marmaduke died Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Senath (Mo.) Nursing Home. A homemaker, she was born Aug. 31, 1921, in Greene County to the late "Toby" Clarence Reddick and Alice Belle (Williams) Reddick. She was married Oct. 4, 1940, to Merl Rippy, who died March 27, 1986. She also was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph Reddick...

Polly Ursa Bishop (06/01/05)
Polly Ursa Bishop, 93, of Memphis, Tenn., a native of Rector, died Saturday, May 28, 2005, at Methodist South Healthcare in Memphis. Born July 11, 1911, in Rector, she was a homemaker and a member of the Providence Presbyterian Church in Southaven, Miss...