Obituaries from October 2009

Carl B. Rogers (10/28/09)
Carl B. Rogers, 79, of Festus, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at his residence. He was born Nov. 12, 1929, in Rector to the late Obe and Thelma (Hickerson) Rogers. He worked in the maintenance department of the Jefferson County Courthouse for 18 years. He also worked at St. Joe Lead and was a farmer...

Doyne Reed Ward (10/22/09)
Doyne Reed Ward was born April 21, 1927, at Bee Branch, to the late Sam and Vannie Ward. He was a World War II Navy veteran having served on the U.S.S. Columbia. He was a member of the Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He loved to deer hunt, coon hunt, crappie fish and watch his great-grandchildren play ball. He had one major fault -- he was a Chicago Cubs fan...

Jerry David Vowell (10/21/09)
Jerry David Vowell, 58, of Paragould, formerly of Rector, was born Dec. 11, 1950, to Lowell Vowell and the late Emma Jo (Wyatt) Vowell. He entered into Heaven's Gate on Oct. 14, 2009, in the UAMS Hospital in Little Rock...

Jim Waldron (10/14/09)
Jim Waldron, a lifetime resident of Rector passed from this life on Oct. 8 at St. Bernard's Hospital. Jim was born November 25, 1939 to the late Jay and Freda (Bradsher) Waldron in Rector, Arkansas. Jim was a Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer for the Navy and a Rural Mail Carrier...

Bonnie Lee Reynolds (10/14/09)
Bonnie Lee Reynolds, 76, of Piggott, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Kennett. Born Oct. 21, 1932, in Rector to the late A.B. and Etta Outland, she was a member of the Church of Christ and a homemaker...

Mamie Gean Morris (10/14/09)
Mamie Gean Morris, 83, formerly of Rector, went to be with her heavenly father Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at the University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. She was born Nov. 21, 1925, in England, Ark., to the late John and Verdie (Durham) Brown...

Rachel Lou Bynum (10/14/09)
Rachel Lou Bynum, 87, of Rector died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Little Rock. She was born Sept. 24, 1922, in Rives, Mo. She was a retired nurse, member of the Rector First General Baptist Church for many years and a Sunday School teacher for 20 years. She is survived by one son, Alan Abbott of Kennett; three step daughters, Peggy Ingram, Diane Brewer and Melba Ingram, all of Rector; one brother, Billy Jones of Kennett; one grandchild, Chad Abbott, seven step grandchildren, nine step great-grandchildren and two step great-great-grandchildren.. ...

Harry Conway Jr. (10/08/09)
Harry Conway Jr., 74, of Rector passed from this life on Oct. 5, 2009, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Harry was born Oct. 3, 1935, in Bono, Ark., to the late Harry and...

Veneeda Vangilder (10/08/09)
Veneeda Vangilder, 89, of Rector passed from this life on Oct. 4, 2009, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born May 1, 1920, to the late Steve and Cora (Pace) Yancey in Greene County, Ark...