Obituaries from August 2007

Judy Anne Niederkorn (08/30/07)
Judy Anne Niederkorn, 48, of Rector, died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, in the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. She was born Dec. 7, 1958, in Detroit, Mich., and was the daughter of the late Marvin and Eleanor Mitchell Adkinson. She was married to Frank Niederkorn on Oct. 30, 1982. They had two daughters...

Aline E. Bullock (08/16/07)
Aline E. Bullock, 88, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Baptist Memorial Hospital -- De Soto in Southhaven, Miss. She was born Dec. 13, 1918, in Rector to the late Alfred and Grace Elsass. She married Carl Bullock in 1945, and they spent most of their 45 years together in Northeast Arkansas and Little Rock...

Chloe Grace Slaven (08/02/07)
Chloe Grace Slaven, infant daughter of Ken and Michelle Slaven, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in Knoxville, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Fred C. Warwick. Survivors include her parents, Ken and Michelle Slaven of Knoxville; brothers, Zachary and Jeremiah; sister, Whitney, all of Knoxville; grandparents, J.G. ...

Virginia Faye Dowdy Jones (08/02/07)
Virginia Faye Dowdy Jones, 72, of Rector, died Wednesday, July, 25, 2007. Born Sept. 1, 1934, in Indiana to the late Woodrow Wilson and Thelia Ozbun Newton, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. Also preceding her in death were her first husband, T.J. Dowdy; her second husband, Clifton Jones, and two brothers, Jim and Robert Newton...

William Harold Poe (08/02/07)
William Harold Poe, 72, of Greenway died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born July 7, 1935, in Leachville to the late Mannie and Maudie Youngblood Poe and was married July 2, 1965, to Juanita Roberts. They had one son...

Teresa Cavaness (08/09/07)
Teresa Cavaness, 47, of Greenway, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at her home in Greenway. She was born Oct. 5, 1959, in Rector, and was the daughter of Bill and June Bradford Cavaness. Her father, Bill Cavaness, preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons: Adam Morris and wife Rachel of Greenbrier, Ark., and Aaron Morris and wife Katie of Rector; one grandson, Cody Morris; one stepson, Brandon Dalton and one step-granddaughter, Delayna Dalton both of Kennett; mother, June Cavaness of Greenway; grandmother, Esta Cavaness of Piggott; step-mother, Kathy Cavaness of Kennett; three sisters: Cindy McComb and husband Gary of Piggott, Donna Oliver and husband Kendall of Rector, and Kimberly Cavaness and fiancée Danny Miller of Rogers; two brothers: Todd Cavaness and wife Carmen of Greenway, and Tim Cavaness and fiancée Miranda Dalton of Greenway; and many other relatives and friends.. ...

Christine Gibbs Fields (08/09/07)
Christine Gibbs Fields, 85, a native of Rector, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007. She grew up in Rector, the youngest daughter of Linn and Charlie Gibbs. They were active members of the First Baptist Church. In 1940, she went to New Orleans to study nursing, receiving her RN degree from Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1943...

John Randolph Owens (08/09/07)
John Randolph Owens, 82, of Rector died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 22, 1924, in Boydsville to the late Jessie Richard and Thelma Glass Owens. He was a Baptist and worked in landscaping and as a florist. Survivors include one son, Ransom D. Owens of Warren, Mich.; one daughter, Linda Ocholik of Shelby Township, Mich.; one brother, Sterlin Owens of Baker, Ore., one sister, Anna May Ratcliff, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren...