Obituaries from September 2009

Alberta "Bertie" Wyatt (09/30/09)
Funeral services for 89-year-old Alberta "Bertie" Wyatt of Rector, who went to be with her Lord on Sept. 23 in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, were Saturday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m. in the Irby Funeral Home Chapel in Rector with Marston Carpenter and Terry Johnston officiating. Interment was in Ramers Chapel Cemetery...

Imogene Copeland (09/30/09)
Imogene Copeland, 91, of Cotter, Ark., formerly of the Greenway area, passed from this life on Sept. 26, 2009, at the Baxter County Regional Hospice House in Mountain Home. Imogene was born June 18, 1918, to the late Thomas and Ellie (Hill)...

William Eugene (Gene) Stricklin (09/24/09)
William Eugene (Gene) Stricklin, 81, of Desoto, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at Jefferson County Hospital in Festus, Mo. Born April 14, 1928, in Rector to the late Charlie Stricklin and Ocie Banks Stricklin, he was a veteran of the United States Army and proudly served in the Korean War, stationed part of his time in Tokyo. ...

Novella Irene Johnson (09/24/09)
Novella Irene Johnson, daughter of the late Albert Charles Green and Bessie Alberta Proffer, was born on Sept. 10, 1920 in Puxico, Mo., and died at her residence in Dexter, Mo., on Sept. 9, 2009, at the age of 88...

Kimberly Caroline Tutor (09/09/09)
Kimberly Caroline Tutor, 28, of Fort Hood, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at the Metro Plex Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Tutor was born Dec. 14, 1980, in Rector, Ark. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and the Missionary Baptist Church in Boydsville, Ark. She enjoyed taking pictures and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1999...

Kenzie Mya Rabjohn (09/09/09)
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with the angels in heaven on September 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital...

Clayton "Buddy" Parrish (09/09/09)
Clayton "Buddy" Parrish, 77, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 23, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Dec. 9, 1931, to the late Oval and Annie Parrish. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen Marie Parrish; brother, Allie Parrish, and one son, Cory Blake Parrish...

Betty Jane Jones (09/09/09)
Betty Jane Jones, 58, of Pollard died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born on December 12, 1950, and resided in Clay County her entire life. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a Secretary until she became disabled...

Lelah Agnes Johnson (09/09/09)
Lelah Agnes Johnson, 89, of Paragould died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Marmaduke. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Paragould...

Jewell Sarah Fannin (09/09/09)
Jewell Sarah Fannin, 91, of Rector passed from this life on Sept. 6, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 28, 1918, to the late Jimmy and Lavonia (Townsend) Dildine in Holland, Mo...

Rosettie Allison (09/09/09)
Rosettie Allison, daughter of the late Christopher Columbus and Esty Leoma Bryeans Lamastus, was born Feb. 7, 1918, in Beech Corner, Mo., and passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould, Ark., at the age of 91 years...