Obituaries from August 2009

Rudy Bradford (08/26/09)
Rudy Bradford, 92, of Rector, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009, in the V.A. Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born June 15, 1917, in Clay County, Ark., and was the son of the late Austin C. and Willie Kate (Lovelace) Bradford. ...

Mary Jane Riley (08/26/09)
Mary Jane Riley, 83, of Paragould, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at Greene Acres Nursing Home. Born March 14, 1926, in Peach Orchard, Mrs. Riley was a homemaker and a member of the Light Church of Christ...

Leo Wayne Jackson (08/23/09)
Leo Wayne Jackson, 82, of Paragould, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born January 27, 1927, in Greene County, the son of the late John and Viola Jackson. Leo was also preceded in death by his first wife, Edna Jackson; brother, Wilburn Jackson; grandson, Jeremy Gibson, and granddaughter, Tracy Gibson...

James Rex "Jack" Hardin (08/23/09)
Jack Hardin, 79, of Rector passed from this life on August 14, 2009, at the Evergreen Nursing Home in Rector. Jack was born July 17, 1930, to the late Claude and Iris (Hancock)...

Diane Evelyn Francis (08/12/09)
Diane Evelyn Francis, age 55, of Marmaduke passed from this life on August 10, 2009, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Diane was born September 24, 1953, at Artesia, California, and moved...

Dana Jeanne Busby (08/12/09)
Dana Jeanne Busby, 53, of Tuscan, Arizona, originally from Rector, died on August 5, 2009. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jeanne Pratt; stepfather, Tom Pratt, and father, Daryl Busby. She is survived by her spouse, Ralph Horner; three brothers, Christopher, Randy and Michael, and cousins, nieces and nephews...

Sevada Erbadell Smart (08/05/09)
Sevada Erbadell Smart, affectionately known as "Erbie," was born February 12, 1926, to Frank Adams and Jewell Lee (Speer) Adams. Her father lost his life in a train wreck when she was a small child, and Edmond Carroll Poole became her dad and raised her as his own child when he married Jewell. ...

Thomas Jacob Olden (08/05/09)
Thomas Jacob Olden, 68, of Rector died Wednesday, July 29, at Evergreen Healthcare in Rector. Born March 28, 1941, in Fredrick, Md., he was a veteran of the Army and a truck driver. He is survived by his ex-wife, Linda Olden of Kennett; four step-children, Larry Young, Tammy White, Danny Young and Lisa Wright, and 14 grandchildren...