O. Louise Harmon (07/24/08)
O. Louise Harmon, 71, of Kennett, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Kennett. She was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Piggott, and was the youngest daughter of Riley and Lottie Parton Book. On May 5, 1955, she married her late husband Aldon O. "Sonny" Harmon, Sr...

Mildred Rhea Duke (07/24/08)
Mildred Rhea Duke, 86, of Piggott, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Franklin, Ark., the daughter of the late Victor Green Redman and Mae Rose Royles...

Frank E. Woolf Jr. (07/17/08)
Frank E. Woolf Jr., 78, of Lincoln Park, Mich., formerly of Piggott, died Monday, July 14, 2008 in Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Joe Charles Woolf, and a sister, Virginia Searles. ...

Frieda Young Schlueter (07/17/08)
Frieda Young Schlueter, 69, of Corning died Tuesday, July 18, 2008, at Paragould. She was born in Corning, Nov. 17, 1938, the daughter of Frederick H. and Pansy (Purvis) Poynor. A homemaker, her hobbies were reading and watching television...

Ruth Girtman (07/17/08)
Ruth Girtman, 80, of Greenway died Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born March 30, 1928, at Greenway, the daughter of the late Edd and Hettie (Haywood) Simpson. She was a member of the General Baptist Church at Greenway, and worked for many years at Brown Shoe Company in Piggot...

Bobby Griffith (07/10/08)
Bobby Griffith, 67, of Piggott, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Oct. 23, 1940, the son of the late Othel Ray and Empress Helen Blocker Griffith...

Juanita Sutton (07/03/08)
Juanita Sutton, 82, of Piggott died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1926, in Dunklin County, Mo., to the late John A. Lawson and Eula Mae "Hulen" Lawson. ...

Jason Lynn Rhein (07/03/08)
Jason Lynn Rhein, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Jonesboro, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Ohio. He was employed at CFS Chemicals in Columbus, was a Navy veteran and a 1996 graduate of Valley View High School...

Alma J. Dobbs (07/03/08)
Alma J. Dobbs, 76, of McKey, Okla., formerly of Rector, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Sallisaw, Okla. She was born June 12, 1932, in Campbell, Mo., to Ralph Irby and Ninnie Jewel Bateman Irby. She was married to Orville Harold Dobbs Oct. 30, 1953, in Pontiac, Mich. He preceded her in death on March 5, 1992. She also was preceded in death by her father...

Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews (07/03/08)
Norma Jean (Harrell) Crews, 74, of West Helena, formerly of Piggott, died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Helena Regional Medical Hospital in Helena. She was born Jan. 1, 1934, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Thelma (Crittenden) Harrell...

W. Allen Cheesman (07/03/08)
W. Allen Cheesman, 46, of White Hall died Monday, June 23, 2008. He was born Oct. 4, 1961, in Pine Bluff to Sam and Phyllis Cheesman. He grew up in Pine Bluff, attending Trinity Episcopal School and graduating from Jefferson Preparatory School in 1980 and from Hendrix College in 1984. ...

Wallace Vernon Bain (07/03/08)
Wallace Vernon Bain, 74, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Monday, June 9, 2008, at his home. He was born March 20, 1934, at Pollard to Commodore Chalon and Fannie (Stallings) Bain. He married Maila Seppala in December of 1960 and the couple had four children...

Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles (06/26/08)
Lemuel "Lem" J. Nettles, 88, Manhattan, Kans. died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in the Meadowlark Hills/Collins Landing in Manhattan. He was born September 9, 1919 at Piggott, the son of William James Nettles and Luella Latta Nettles. He grew up in Piggott, where he attended the local schools and was a star football player for Piggott High School, graduating in 1941...

Donald W. Blake (06/26/08)
Donald W. Blake, 75, of Piggott, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. He was born Aug. 28, 1932, in Piggott, the son of the late Eric E. and Gladys R. Polhamus Blake...

Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder (06/26/08)
Richard Lloyd "Dick" Heidbreder, 68, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Corning, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at his residence. He was born Feb. 15, 1940, in Sioux City, Iowa. He began his career in design and sale of monuments with the Clay County Monument Co. ...

Darrel Neeley (06/18/08)
Darrel Neeley, 62, of Forrest City died suddenly Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Forrest City Medical Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1945, at Boydsville, and was the son of Robert Earl Neeley and Virginia (Ethridge) Neeley. He had lived in Forrest City since 1972. He was a milkman and a member of the New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church at Colt...

Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman (06/18/08)
Ellouise "Jackie" Metheny Rickman, 83, of Athens, Ga., formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Athens. She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of the late Boyd and Flora Webster Potter...

Billie June Stephens Hon (06/18/08)
Billie June Stephens Hon, 82, daughter of the late Zelmar Forrest and Lessie Emma (Webster) Forrest of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Pollard, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center...

Dewey Don Verni Diggs (06/18/08)
Dewey Don Verni Diggs, 72, of Lakeland, Fla., died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida. He was born April 1, 1936, at Nimmons, the son of the late Charles Franklin Diggs and Alma Dell (Nation) Diggs...