Obituaries from April 2006

Beatrice May Morrison (04/26/06)
Beatrice May Morrison, 83, of Jonesboro, formerly of Rector, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born May 1, 1922, in Gideon, Mo., to the late Charles Kent and Florence Jessie May (Beal) Kent, she was a homemaker and a member of White Oak General Baptist Church...

Betty Sue (Roden) Bailey (04/19/06)
Betty Sue (Roden) Bailey, 76, of Greenway died Friday, April 14, 2006, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1929, the daughter of William and Hallie (Pugh) Roden in Brilliant, Ala. On Jan. 28, 1948, she was united in marriage to Leslie Bailey in Piggott. He preceded her in death on June 8, 2004...

Christene Tucker (04/19/06)
Christene Tucker, 71, of Southaven, Miss., a native of Rector, died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at her home. Born Oct. 13, 1934, in Rector, to the late Vivian Presson and Oreor (Oliver) Presson, she was a retired school teacher and of the Methodist faith. She was married June 4, 1955, in Marmaduke to Larry Tucker...

Arthur Allen Presson (04/19/06)
Arthur Allen Presson, 93, of Rector, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at Rector Healthcare. Born Oct. 13, 1912, in Lemoresville, Tenn., to the late G.B. and Willie Presson, he was retired from Pacific Pipeline and of the Baptist faith. He also was preceded in death by three brothers, James, Russell and William Presson...

Harvey Cleveland Faries (04/19/06)
Harvey Cleveland Faries, 79, of Rector died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at The Med in Memphis. A farmer and longtime resident of this area, he was born July 8, 1926, in Tallapoosa, Mo., to O.C. Faries, who died in April 1993, and Berta Regina Underwood Faries, who died in June 1988...

James B. Stout (04/12/06)
James B. Stout, 85, formerly of Paragould, died April 4, 2006, in Montrose, Mich. Born Aug. 28, 1920, in the Friendship Township, he retired from Buick in Flint, Mich., and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Stout; his parents, Frank and Mattie Stout; three children, and several brothers and sisters...

Hazel Lorene Randolph (04/12/06)
Hazel Lorene Randolph, 75, of Piggott, died Saturday, April 8, 2006, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Sept. 12, 1930, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Jack and Marie Wiley Warren. She was united in marriage to Landon Randolph on July 1, 1952. He preceded her in death on May 23, 1973...

Francell Madgelene Midkiff (04/12/06)
Francell Madgelene Midkiff, 66, of Rector died Monday, April 3, 2006, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born Oct. 22, 1939, in Clay County to the late Orlie Kenneth Shaw and Ruby Em Chapman Shaw, she was a caregiver and a member of Marmaduke General Baptist Church...

Donald Ollie Johnson (04/12/06)
Donald Ollie Johnson, 82, of Rector died Saturday, April 8, 2006. Born May 8, 1923, in Rector to the late John Franklin Johnson and Margie Alice (Seegraves) Johnson, he was a truck driver-fleet carrier, a World War II Army veteran, a member of the Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of this community...

Wilma Alice McDaniel (04/12/06)
Funeral services for 90-year-old Wilma Alice McDaniel of Rector will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 12) at Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Rector with Bro. Sam Book officiating. Burial will follow at Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector. Mrs. McDaniel died Monday, April 10, at Evergreen Healthcare in Rector. She was born Jan. 30, 1916, in Bee Branch, Ark. She was a homemaker...

Kenneth Smith (04/05/06)
An accident recently claimed the life of Kenneth Smith, 48, of Paragould, pastor of East Side (Holly Island) Baptist Church in Rector. Smith, who also was a painter, fell from a scissor lift while working. He died Tuesday, March 21, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis...

Robert H. Breeden (04/05/06)
Robert H. Breeden, 97, of Russellville, who co-owned the Clay County Democrat for 20 years with Ron and Nancy Kemp, died Saturday, March 25, 2006, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Russellville. In addition to the Clay County Democrat, Breeden and the Kemps also owned the Piggott Times, the Northeast Arkansas Town Crier in Manila, the Campbell (Mo.) Citizen and the Dunklin County Press in Senath, Mo...

Rena Dollie (Guthrie) Eagle (04/05/06)
Rena Dollie (Guthrie) Eagle, a native of Rector, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, in Bakersfield, Calif. She was born March 22, 1920, to the late T.F. and Lela (Sanders) Guthrie. She was raised in the White Oak Community, where she met and married Deward Eagle in 1943. ...