Obituaries from October 2008

Bonnie Faye Sutherland (10/30/08)
Bonnie Faye Sutherland, 81, of Rector died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, at Belle Meade Nursing Home in Paragould, where she had been a resident for the last year. She was born Aug. 17, 1927, to the late Dempsey and Stella (Little) Evans. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ...

Edna Mills (10/30/08)
Edna Mills, 85, of Kennett, Mo., a native of Rector, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, at Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett. She was born Aug. 5, 1923, in Rector to the late Earnest McDonald and Lessie Bell (Carpenter) McDonald and was married to Carl M. Mills on Sept. 23, 1939. He preceded her in death on July 9, 2001. She was a member of the Pentecostal church...

Ozalene Washington (10/23/08)
Ozalene Washington, 79, of Marmaduke died Thursday, Oct. 16, at her home. Born March 25, 1929, in Lafe to the late Enos and Laura Beliew, she was an employee of Thompson's Variety Store in Rector for 20 years and then worked at Brown Shoe Company until she retired. She was of the Baptist faith...

Daniel Thomas Reid (10/23/08)
Daniel Thomas Reid, 72, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. Born May 10, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Daniel and Eleanor Reid, he was retired from the Air Force and a retired Jacksonville police officer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a Shriner and was proud to be the first generation American. His parents were from Ireland...

Clayborn Dean "Hoot" French (10/23/08)
Clayborn Dean "Hoot" French, 88, of Rector died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. French was born Dec. 9, 1919, in Clay County to the late Ernest B. and Anna (Sides) French. He was of the Methodist faith, a World War II Army veteran and a farmer...

Justin Albert Southerly (10/15/08)
Justin Albert Southerly, 22, of Marmaduke died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in an accident near Marmaduke. He was born Aug. 13, 1986, to Albert and Vickie (Isaac) Southerly at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. He was a 2005 graduate of Marmaduke High School and was employed four years by Emerson Electric in Paragould...

Ernest J. Hollis Jr. (10/15/08)
Ernest J. Hollis Jr., 74, of Rector died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Jan. 20, 1934, to the late Ernest and Tessie (Cosby) Hollis. He had retired as a barber after 46 years of service to his customers. He was in the Navy four years, serving on the U.S.S. Iowa during the Korean War...

Norman Clarence (Jack) Calvin (10/15/08)
Norman Clarence (Jack) Calvin, 72, of Rector died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at his home. He was born April 4, 1936, in Marmaduke to the late Everett (Slats) and Blanche (McLain) Calvin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

David B. Young (10/01/08)

Audrey Lorene Lamb (10/08/08)
Audrey Lorene Lamb of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Rector, died Sept. 7, 2008, at River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford. She was born June 10, 1914, in Malden, Mo., to Arthur Crain and Maudie Huffstutler Crain. She lived with her family in Missouri until, at a very young age, she moved with the family to Rector...

Elizabeth Howard Green (10/08/08)
Elizabeth Howard Green, 81, of Naples, Fla., died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, in Florida. Born May 20, 1927, in Marmaduke to the late Henry and Vina Nelson, she was retired from Western Electric and was of the Baptist faith. Also preceding her in death was a sister, Vadalia Berry, on Sept. 29, 2008...

Gary Don DeFries (10/08/08)
Gary Don DeFries, 51, of Paragould died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at his home. He was a tool and die maker and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold DeFries; paternal grandparents, Lytle and Gladys DeFries, and maternal grandparents, J.W. and Iva Vangilder...

Vadalia Louise Berry (10/08/08)
Vadalia Louise Berry, 79, of Jonesboro died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 21, 1929, in Marmaduke to the late Henry and Vina Nelson, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

Alma Arneda (Easton) Smith (10/01/08)
Alma Arneda (Easton) Smith of Paragould, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born May 15, 1925, in Rector to the late Clarence and Vedis (Huffstutler) Easton. ...

Robalene Virginia Lankford (10/01/08)
Robalene Virginia Lankford, 85, of Rector died Wednesday, Sept. 24. Born May 22, 1923, in Marmaduke to the late Robert and Sarah Allen, she was a homemaker, a member of Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church and was saved in 1938. Also preceding her in death were two sisters, Virginia Imogene Allen and Beulah Mae Amason, and one nephew, Robert Ervin Graves...

Bernell Young (10/01/08)
Bernell Young, 87, of Marmaduke died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Greene County. He was born July 19, 1921, to the late Edward and Elizabeth (Stone) Young in Mississippi County. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marmaduke, a Mason and served in the Navy during World War II...