Obituaries from October 2005

John Kenneth Watson (10/27/05)
John Kenneth Watson, 74, died on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, at The Hospice House in Naples, Fla. He was born Oct. 26, 1930, at Greenway, the son of the late Jesse F. and Georgia Evelyn (Stanfield) Watson. Mr. Watson owned a roofing business for years, he enjoyed doing wood work and was of the Catholic faith...

Veda Imogene Shelby (10/27/05)
Veda Imogene Shelby, 84, of the Campbell Nursing Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born June 16, 1921, in Clay County to the late Thaddeus and Rosa Dean Beckley, she was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the community and a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church...

Allen Boyd (10/19/05)
Allen Boyd, 40, of Amity died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005. He was born on Feb. 1, 1965, in Piggott, the son of Wendell Boyd and Erma Davis Boyd. He was united in marriage to Deanna Angel on March 18, 1984. Mr. Boyd was a sheet rocker. He was preceded in death by his son, Brady Allen Boyd on June 22, 1999...

Lila Ann Blair (10/12/05)
Lila Ann Blair, 74, of Piggott died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, in Las Vegas. She was born Aug. 26, 1931, in Rector, the daughter of the late Marion and Lou Anna Jewell Copeland. She was united in marriage to Curtis James Blair on Aug. 4, 1951. They had three sons...

Larry Warbritton (10/12/05)
Larry Warbritton, 52, of Hardy, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born May 6, 1953, in Piggott, the son of the late Mert and Thelma Reed Warbritton. He was united in marriage to Pamela Courtroul on Jan. 25, 1974...

Jean Tansil (10/12/05)
Jean Tansil, 79, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Rector, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005. Born Feb. 14, 1926, in Rector to the late Ora and Lillian Lynch, she was a graduate of Rector High School and attended William Woods College in Fulton, Mo. She was crowned Miss Northeast Arkansas and later was chosen Sweetheart of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Beaumont, Texas. ...

Otis Lee "Tobe" Tanner (10/12/05)
Otis Lee "Tobe" Tanner, 87, of Flintstone, Ga., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. Mr. Tanner was born Feb. 14, 1918, in Sikeston, Mo., and was married June 4, 1938, in Rector to Maudine Sinko, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were his daughter, Sharon Elizabeth Boyd; son-in-law, Carl Boyd, and a number of brothers and sisters...

Verna Mae Faucett (10/12/05)
Verna Mae Faucett, 95, of Rector died Friday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Rector Healthcare. Born in Clay County on June 16, 1910, to the late John Henry Chilcutt and Ollie Florence Hubble Chilcutt, she was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the community and a member of the Ninth and Hafford Church of Christ...

James Morgan (10/05/05)
James Morgan, 79, of Piggott died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, in the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 1, 1926, in Leonard, the son of the late Robert Wesley and Nancy Emmaline Grogan Morgan. He was united in marriage to Maxine Evans on May 2, 1946. They had seven daughters...

Eloia Adeline McDonald (10/05/05)
Eloia Adeline McDonald, 96, of Arnold, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Woodland Manor in Arnold. She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Rector, the daughter of Ike and Either (Sides) McCluney. She was united in marriage to Clyde Preston McDonald, Jan. 3, 1929, at Piggott. He preceded her in death July 8, 1993...

Billy Wayne White (10/05/05)
Billy Wayne White, 76, of Rector died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at Jonesboro. Born June 23, 1929, in Cardwell to the late Sherman and Dora White, he was a farmer and a member of the Rector General Baptist Church. Also preceding him in death was one son, Gary White; and five brothers...