Obituaries from March 2006

Thelma Mozell (Hayes) Ogden (03/29/06)
Thelma Mozell (Hayes) Ogden, 86, of Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Monday, March 27, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 18, 1919, in Langley, Ark., to the late Thomas Mark Smith and Nora (Burkhead) Smith and was married to Ira Hayes, who preceded her in death Aug. 6, 1990. She then married Paul Ogden of Campbell...

Sharon Fears (03/29/06)
Sharon Fears, 55, of St. Francis died on Friday, March 24, 2006, at her home. She was born July 6, 1950, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Charles and Leota Glass High. Her maternal grandparents, the late Jess and Pearl Parker Glass, raised her. She was united in marriage to Alfred Fears on Nov. 8, 1969. Together they raised three daughters...

Bridgett Juanita Sellers (03/29/06)
Memorial services for 23-year-old Bridgett Juanita Sellers of Marmaduke, who had been missing since May 2003, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 31, 2006, in the Irby Funeral Home Chapel at Marmaduke with Bro. Tom Wellman officiating. Her remains were found in November 2005...

Leonard Brummet (03/22/06)
Leonard Brummet, 87, of Rector, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 7, 1919, in Marmaduke to the late Walter Brummet and Annie (Damron) Brummet, he was a farmer, a member of Cappadocia General Baptist Church and a lifelong member of this community. He was married Oct. 12, 1940, to Gerline Weber. He also was preceded in death by one son, Stanley Brummet, on March 15, 2004...

Sally Lou Hopper (03/22/06)
Sally Lou Hopper, 72, of Rector, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver, Colo. Born March 5, 1934, in Walnut Ridge to the late Albert Long and Audrie (King) Long, she was owner/operator of the Sears Store in Rector and was a member of Rector First United Methodist Church...

James "Jimmy" Webb McKeel (03/22/06)
James "Jimmy" Webb McKeel, 64, of Springville, Tenn., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at his home. Born April 16, 1942, in Paragould, to James Clark McKeel and Willo Mae Webb McKeel, he was married May 6, 1963, to Sunnye June Banister...

Silas Wesley Reed (03/22/06)
Silas Wesley Reed, 95, of Rector, died Wednesday, March, 15, 2006, at Cabot Manor. Born Sept. 24, 1910, in Boydsville to the late William Wesley "Bill" Reed and Rhoda Marahiney Chilcutt, he was a farmer, a lifelong member of the community and was a member of Ebenezer Methodist Church...

Kenneth Dale Watson (03/29/06)
Kenneth Dale Watson, 51, of Rector, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, in Ravenden. Born Dec. 7, 1954, in Rector, he was of the Baptist faith and worked for Simmons Farms. He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Watson; his paternal grandparents, J.A. and Dora Watson, and his maternal grandparents, Clyde and Beatrice Bolton...

Edith Newsom (03/29/06)
Edith Newsom, 94, of Paragould Nursing Center died Monday, March, 27, 2006, in Paragould. Born July 24, 1911, in Walker County, Ala., she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee P. Newsom; one son, David Newsom, and three brothers...

Mary Annie Craft Kizer (03/15/06)
Mrs. Mary Annie Craft Kizer, 89, of Rector, formerly of Kennett, Mo., died Monday, March 13, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Jan. 26, 1917, in Lake City to the late William Ralston and Cora Lee Guess Craft, she was a retired factory worker. She was baptized Sunday, Aug. 19, 1948, into the Baptist faith and was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Kennett. She was married in 1932 to Lamar Kizer, who preceded her in death in 1969...

James Curtis "Jay" Wolfenbarger II (03/15/06)
James Curtis "Jay" Wolfenbarger II, 68, of Rector died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 8, 1937, in Knoxville, Tenn., to the late James Curtis Wolfenbarger and Willie Mae (Capps) Wolfenbarger, he was a tree trimmer for Asplundh, a veteran of the Army and was of the General Baptist faith...

Ruby Lee Shelton (03/15/06)
Ruby Lee Shelton, 91, of Woodlawn, Ill., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at her home. She was born June 26, 1914, in Rector to the late Carlos and Minnie Klutts. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Ezra Shelton, and two sisters, Maggie Clarida and Louise Allen...

Anna June Simpkins Griffith (03/15/06)
Anna June Simpkins Griffith, 85, of Rector, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at The Med in Memphis. Born June 12, 1920, in Shirley, Ark., to the late W.J. and Delilah Simpkins, she was a homemaker, a seamstress and was of the Evangelical Methodist faith...

Carl Lucille Casey (03/02/06)
Carl Lucille Casey, 81, formerly of the Rector and Pollard areas, died Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Manor Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Born Feb. 18, 1925 in Clay County to the late Samuel Cagle and May (Creed) Cagle, she was a fancy stitcher for the Brown Shoe Company and a member of Trailers Chapel General Baptist Church...

Ola Mae (Huffstutler) McGinthy (03/02/06)
Ola Mae (Huffstutler) McGinthy, 89, of Empire, Calif., a native of Rector, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006, at her home. She was born April 14, 1916, in Rector to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Huffstutler. She also was preceded in death by her siblings, Florence Patton, Kathleen Rohda, Carl Huffstutler and Henry Huffstutler, all of Rector...

Glenda Jean Landis Phelan (03/02/06)
Glenda Jean Landis Phelan, 76, of St. Louis, formerly of the Rector and Marmaduke areas, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, in St. Louis. Born March 19, 1929, in Marmaduke to the late Glen and Una Landers, she had lived in Avalon Gardens Nursing Center in St. Louis since August 2004...

Jackie Don Vaughn Sr. (03/02/06)
Jackie Don Vaughn Sr., 47, of Piggott died on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at his home. He was born July 24, 1958, in Newport, Ore., the son of Donald Lou and Opal Mabelene Hart Vaughn. He was united in marriage to Sheila Holifield on Feb. 21, 1978. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Lou on Jan. 11, 1968; and his mother, Opal on Feb. 23, 1996...

Lindol Burns (03/08/06)
Lindol Burns, 71, of Tampa, Fla., a native of Boydsville and formerly of Flint, Mich., died Saturday, March 4, 2006. Mr. Burns was born Jan. 23, 1935, in Boydsville to the late Blanche and Tolbert Burns. He also was preceded in death by a daughter, Darlene Gillmore. He retired from Chevrolet Manufacturing and loved raising horses when he was younger...

Beulah May Summers (03/08/06)
Beulah May Summers, 93, of Dexter died Saturday March, 4, 2006, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Nov. 17, 1912 in Bernie to the late John Neal Murphy and Elizabeth Robinson Murphy, she was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the choir and Ladies Aid Society...

Mavis M. Evans (03/08/06)
Mavis M. Evans, 87, of Rolla, Mo., formerly of Marmaduke, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Rolla Manor Care Center in Rolla. She was born Sept. 27, 1918, in Rector to the late Clarence I. and Mary Ida (Wheat) Grubb and was married Jan. 29, 1938, to John Ray Evans, who preceded her in death on July 7, 1990...

Susie Martha Fowler (03/02/06)
Susie Martha Fowler, 87, of Rogers, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at Rogers. She was born Feb. 11, 1919, in El Paso, Ark., to the late John and Willie McDaniel. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Doyne Fowler; daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Otis Lovelace of Rogers; son-in-law, Gregg Sinkbeil of Sand Springs, Okla.; four grandsons, Jerry Lovelace, his wife Leslie and their children Justin, Logan and Molly, of Springdale, Terry Lovelace, his wife Gayle and their sons Hayden and Jayme of Rogers, and Brett and Kyle Sinkbeil of Sand Springs; one granddaughter, Ashley Bentley and husband Traven of Elkins; one sister, Olar Lamb of Rector; three sisters-in-law, Wilma McDaniel of Rector, Joyce McDaniel of Knob and Mary McDaniel of Michigan, and several nieces and nephews.. ...