Obituaries from January 2007

Ronald Dale Jones (01/31/07)
Ronald Dale Jones, 63, of Rector died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Aug. 8, 1943, in White Oak to the late Clarence Jones and Earline McGue Jones. He was a lifelong member of the community, a farmer and a member of White Oak General Baptist Church...

Billy Carl Fielder (01/31/07)
Billy Carl Fielder, 78, of Marmaduke died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at his home. He was born March 24, 1928, in Brighton, Ark., to the late Myrle and Beatrice Shatley Fielder. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a retired farmer and truck driver and was a member of Solid Rock non denominational church in Kennett...

Harold Duane Dickinson (01/31/07)
Harold Duane Dickinson, 63, of Marmaduke, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Dec. 8, 1943, in Marmaduke to the late Harold and Lorene (Rodgers) Dickinson and was married July 10, 1965 to Lynda Jean Stahl of Rector. He was a tool and die maker and retired owned of Dickinson Custom Tooling in Marmaduke. He was a lifelong resident of Marmaduke and a member of the Union Central Church of Christ...

Nettie Miller Tinsley (01/24/07)
Nettie Miller Tinsley, 81, daughter of the late Albert Wesley and Sammie Cathey Miller, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, near Greenway and was married in 1944 to Cleatus Tinsley, who preceded her in death...

Tommy Seal Smith (01/24/07)
Tommy Seal Smith, 61, of Piggott died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Piggott. He was born Aug. 14, 1945, in Rector to the late Wayne and Beatrice Dowdy Smith and was married Sept. 14, 1963, to the former Terry Hitt. They had three children. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, David Lynn Smith and Gerald Smith...

Nan Hall (01/24/07)
Nan Hall, 50, of Peach Orchard died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, at her home. She was born March 16, 1956, in Forrest City, the daughter of Arnold and Nancy Pybus Verhoeven. She was a school teacher, having taught third, fifth and sixth graders at Knobel, Greene County Tech and Delaplaine schools. She was president of the Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Epsilon Chapter and served on the Arkansas Benchmark Reading Committee. She was of Church of Christ belief...

Jimmy Fred Malin (01/24/07)
Jimmy Fred Malin, 73, of Rector died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Evergreen Health and Rehab in Rector. Born April 9, 1933, in Rector to the late Guy Fred Malin and Rena Moore Malin, he was a member of the First Baptist Church in Rector and a life-long member of the community...

Faye Irene Easton (01/24/07)
Faye Irene Easton, 84, of Rector died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A lifelong resident of this area, she was born Jan. 19, 1922, to the late Ada Bell (Wyatt) and Arthur Vangilder. She was married May 27, 1942, to Carl Easton, who preceded her in death Oct. 18, 2002...

Omer L. Donahue (01/24/07)
Omer L. Donahue, 89, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. He was born Aug. 13, 1917, in Rector, and was the son of the late C.B. and Florence Donahue. Mr. Donahue was of the Pentecostal faith and a faithful member of Spirit & Truth Worship Center in Bloomfield, Mo...

Alice Faye Matheny (01/17/07)
Alice Faye Matheny, 67, of Paragould died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007, at Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Born Sept. 8, 1939, in Knobel to the late V.W. and Juanita Hollman Roush, she was a housewife and of the Church of Christ faith. She was married June 18, 1955, to Wayne Matheny...

Doyle K. Harmon (01/10/07)
Doyle K. Harmon, 81, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at St. Joseph's Home in Kenosha, Wis. Born March 8, 1925, in Gibson, Mo., he was the son of the late Clarence and Sarah (Ray) Harmon. He was raised and educated in Greenway and moved to Kenosha in 1947...

Byron Yancey (01/10/07)
Born March 13, 1950, in Belk to the late Homer Yancey and Ollie Barrett, he was an employee of Glaizer Installed Glass and of the General Baptist faith. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Doyle and Elmer Yancey, and two sisters, Velma Faye and Savannah Kay Yancey...

Andy S. Greene (01/10/07)
Andy S. Greene, 62, of Wildwood, Mo., formerly of Paragould, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. He retired from General Motors in 2001 and enjoyed biking and running in races with his daughter. He was a member of the West County Swing Dance Club and enjoyed Imperial dancing...

Thelma Ann Cox (01/10/07)
Thelma Ann Cox, 96, of Rector died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, in Paragould. Born May 13, 1910, in Evart, Mich., to the late Adelbert and Myrtie Porter, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She also was preceded in death by her husband, William Luther Cox; two sons, Charles and Adelbert Feirick, and three daughters, Hilda Bush, Lindy Duncan and Mary Smith...

Frances Irene Bracken, 71, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at her home. (01/03/07)
She was born July 23, 1935, in Rector to the late George and Eva Johnson Mitchell. She also was preceded in death by the father of her children, James E. Burdin; two sons, Bobby James Burdin and Dallas George Burdin; two brothers, Otho Mitchell and Bobby Joe Mitchell, and one sister, Mary Frances Wells...

Floyd Gilbert "Mutt" Bennett, 76, of Marmaduke died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006. (01/03/07)
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Flora Mae (Buckner) Bennett; two brothers, Carl and Joe Bennett, and three grandchildren, Michael Bennett, Heather Bennett and Mindy Wolfenbarger. He was a riverboat captain, a member of Marmaduke First Baptist Church, Grand Master Mason, Scottish Rites, volunteer fireman, Most Illustrious Grand Master of York Rites of Arkansas, Past Worthy Patron of the Order of Eastern Star, Past Patron of Grand Royal Order of Aramanth of Arkansas and past President of Shriners Club of Northeast Arkansas.. ...

Richard Leonard Farmer, 76, of Rector died Friday, Dec. 29, 2007, in St. Louis, Mo. (01/03/07)
He was born Aug. 17, 1930, in Missouri, the son of the late Willie R. and Ruthie Jane (Seets) Farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Mae Farmer; two brothers, Bill and Frank Farmer, and one grandson, Braxton Stokes. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Robert Stokes of Rector; four grandchildren, Cheyenne, Robert Jr., Schylar and Richard; three brothers, Charles Farmer of Marmaduke, Donald Farmer of Viola, and John Farmer of Salem; two sisters, Mildred Giddings of Bloomington, Ill., and Margie Parton of Salem, and many other relatives and friends.. ...