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OBITUARIES Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails GARNER, Virginia Edith Wallace SCARBROUGH, Bertha Antoinette Mashburn
Sikeston, MO.--Curtis D. Barnett, 65, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 25, 1927 at Tuckerman, AR, the son of John and Elsie Gray Barnett. On Jan. 8, 1945, he married Violet Hanshew in Bloomfield, MO. She survives. For 25 years he worked as a foreman in the press room at the Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill. Other survivors include a son, Dewayne Barnett of rural Benton, MO; a daughter, Liz Ferrell of Sikeston; a brother, Jimmy Barnett of New Madrid, MO; a sister, Gladys Taylor of Cave City, AR; and six grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by a son and a brother. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday (Aug 18, 1992). The Rev. Marvin Butrum and the Rev. Jesse Thomas will officiate, and burial will be in the New Morley Cemetery in Morley, MO. Services for Herschel Gordon “Windy” Becton, 86, were held Monday at Pafford Funeral Home with minister Charles Thomason officiating. Burial was in Independence Cemetery. Mr. Becton, a retired cook, died Friday night at Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. He was an Arkansas native, a former Lexington resident and had lived the past few years in Weldon, Ark. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Myrna Henderson of New York City; a step-daughter, Mrs. Geraldine McAdams of Martin; a sister, Mrs. Ronnie Johnson of Weldon, Ark., and three grandchildren. --Henderson County Times [Lexington, Tennessee], October 6, 1982, transcribed by Amanda Jowers. [Note: additional info: born 1897; died 1 Oct 1982; spouse - Ruby Gardner; Pvt US Army WWI] RUTH HOLBROOK BREWER
GREENSBORO, NC–RUTH HOLBROOK
BREWER, 93, of Greensboro died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995, at Evergreens
Nursing Center in Greensboro.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hanes-Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel. Interment will follow in Guilford Memorial Park. She was a native of Jackson County, Ark., and a member of the McConnell Road Church of Christ. She was preceded in death in 1989 by Clarence E. Brewer, her husband of 68 years. Survivors include her daughters, Dorothy Shy of Oran, Mo., Vivian Brewer of Gadsden, Ala.; and son, Chris E. Brewer of Jamestown. The family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. tonight at the funeral home and other times at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to the McConnell Road Church of Christ; or the Alzheimers Association. --Greensboro News & Record (NC) - January 1, 1996 CHICO, TX - JAMES JEFFERSON BURNETT, a custodian, died Monday at a Bridgeport hospital. He was 75. LEXINGTON,
KY–FRANK FROST, 63, one of the foremost Delta blues harmonica
players of his generation, died Tuesday at his home on the street named
in his honor in Helena, Ark. VIRGINIA EDITH GARNER
PEORIA,
IL -- VIRGINIA EDITH GARNER, 77, of 716 S. Sumner died at 5:48 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, in the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
emergency room.
Born July 9, 1921, in Jackson, County, Ark., to John and Ora Duncan Wallace, she married Menton F. Garner on Aug. 2, 1952, in Peoria. He survives. Also surviving are her mother of Jonesboro, Ark.; two sons, Herman Jones of Jonesboro and Loyd Garner of Peoria; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one brother, Herman Wallace of Caraway, Ark.; and one sister, Lois Purnell of Bono, Ark. She was preceded in death by her father and one daughter, Doris Angel. A waitress in the Peoria area for many years, she worked at Walt's Tavern and the Emporium. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Herman Cemetery in Jonesboro. Arrangements by Davison-Fulton Western Chapel. --Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - December 4, 1998 Newport, AR.--ALFRED VERNE LEARNED, 74, of
Newport, Ark., died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Little Rock, Ark. He was
born Sept. 27, 1926, in Erwin, Ill., the son of Aaron and Ethel Marie Barbie
Learned. He married Goldie McCance and she preceded him in death. PEORIA, IL-- Ralph Clois Lewis, 83, of Peoria died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, at 2:04 p.m. at Methodist Medical Center. Benton, MO.--LaFayette McCoy, 88, of Benton died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born Sept. 23, 1918 in Tuckerman, Ark., son of Fayette and Mary Ella Brandon McCoy. He married Jeroleen Shrum, who died Nov. 8, 1977. McCoy was a machinist at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, KS. He had lived in Benton since 1998, and attended Broadway Methodist Church in Scott City, MO. He was a sergeant in the U. S. Army during World War II. Survivors include two sons, Jimmie McCoy of Willow Springs, MO, Gary McCoy of Scott City; two daughters, Judy Morris of Benton, Marie Mayberry of Commerce, MO; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 22, 2007) at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 23, 2007) at the chapel with the Rev. Jim Norris officiating. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery at Clarkton, MO, with military graveside rites. SMITHVILLE, GA --- Services for HAROLD “MAC” MCINTOSH will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Hancock Funeral Home, Americus. McIntosh, 61, died Saturday, May 15, 1999. Born in Jackson County, Ark., he was the son of the late Issac Adylee McIntosh and the late Leverda Inez Eubank McIntosh. He was a member of Plains United Methodist Church and the Smithville Men's Club. He was a pilot and crop duster and was a veteran. Survivors include his children, Harold Keith McIntosh of Norfolk, Va., Audrea Lovitt of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Leah Rosenfield of Leesburg; sister, Trudy Gosa of Smithville; and three grandchildren. --Macon Telegraph, The (GA) - May 17, 1999. Funeral services for
Mrs. Bertha Antoinette "Ann" Scarbrough, 47, of
Willow Springs, MO, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the
Burns Funeral Home in Willow Springs with the Rev. Floyd
Gentry officiating. Mrs. Scarbrough died at 5:15 a.m.
yesterday (Aug. 23, 1965) in St. Francis Hospital at Mtn.
View, MO. ENGLEWOOD, FL–VIRGIE ROBINSON, 83, Englewood, died July 31, 1997. She was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Jackson County, Ark., and came to Englewood 40 years ago from Brooklyn, N.Y., where she was a beautician. She was a member of Elks Lodge 2378. Survivors include her husband, William W.; and a half sister, Meda Hall of Tuckerman, Ark. Services will be private. Burial will be in Resthaven. Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Englewood Chapel, is in charge. --Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL) - August 1, 1997. Return to Jackson County Index ©2007-2009 Jackson County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails |