Obituaries

Sam Powell (03/04/15)
Sam Powell, 74, of Malden, passed away March 1, 2015, at his residence, in Malden. Funeral arrangements with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden are incomplete at this time.

Carl Tolbert (03/04/15)
Carl Edward Tolbert, 88, of Gideon, passed away March 1, 2015, at his daughter's residence, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Gideon are incomplete at this time.

Tony J. Haynes (03/03/15)
Tony J. Haynes, 63, of Dexter, Mo., passed away February 27, 2015, at his residence, in Dexter. Landess Funeral Home, of Campbell, is in charge of arrangements.

Jimmy E. McElwrath (03/03/15)
Jimmy E. McElwrath, of Holcomb, son of the late Raymond and Jettie McElwrath, was born August 10, 1935, in Holcomb, and departed this life March 1, 2015, at Piggott Community Hospital, in Piggott, Ark., at the age of 79 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary (Casper) McElwrath, of Holcomb...

Vernon Davidson (03/03/15)
Vernon Arthur Davidson, of Kennett, son of the late Vessie Herbert and Drusilla Sanders Davidson, was born September 17, 1936, in Kennett, and passed from this life February 28, 2015, at his home, in Kennett, at the age of 78 years. Vernon was a lifelong resident of Kennett. ...

Clay W. Craig (02/28/15)
Clay W. Craig, 90, of Poplar Bluff, passed away February 27, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden are incomplete at this time.

Maria A. Martinez (02/27/15)
Maria Alicia Martinez, 57, of Holcomb, passed away peacefully at her residence, in the care and loving hands of her huercos, February 24, 2015. Mrs. Martinez was born October 26, 1957, in San Juan, Tex., to Francisco Eguia and Olivia Salinas. Mrs. Martinez was the widow of Guadalupe A. Martinez. She is survived by her daughter, Josie Marie Eguia; her sisters Angelina Rocha, Gloria Garcia and Norma Cavazos; and her brothers, Juan Eguia, Oliverio Eguia, Guadalupe Eguia and Alberto Eguia...

William Vandiver (02/27/15)
William Baxton Vandiver, 75, of Richmond, Va., was born on October 26, 1939, in Kennett, to Lora Belle Fray Vandiver and E.B. Vandiver Jr., and passed away at his home on Monday, February 16, 2015. He is survived by wife, Sue Pender Vandiver; two daughters, Susie Palmer, and husband, Harvey, and Cindy Lawson, and husband, Mike; six grandchildren, Emily, Zach and Max Palmer, and Ian, Garrett and Ellie Lawson; one brother, E.B. ...

Linnie Marie Wilburn (02/25/15)
Linnie Marie Wilburn, daughter of the late Morgan and Linnie (Cloud) Fisher, was born May 15, 1930, in New Hope, Ala., and departed this life February 21, 2015, at the age of 84 years. Linnie married Willie Nathaniel Wilburn October 25, 1948, in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her in death March 17, 1977...

Marka Sullivan Gribble (02/24/15)
Marka Lavonette Sullivan Gribble, 64, of Dyersburg, Tenn., passed away February 18, 2015, at Regional Hospital, in Jackson, Tenn. Funeral arrangements with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden are incomplete at this time.

Wanda Hostetler (02/24/15)
Wanda Leigh Hostetler, 78, of Holcomb, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at her residence, in Holcomb. Mrs. Hostetler, daughter of Wiley and Laura Plunkett Tarkington, was born October 9, 1936, in Russellville, Ark. On February 28, 1965, in Peach Orchard, Mo., she was united in marriage to Ed Hostetler. He survives...

Linnie Marie Wilburn (02/24/15)
Linnie Marie Wilburn, 84, of Kennett, passed away February 21, 2015, at Twin Rivers Medical Center, in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Aileen Blansett (02/24/15)
Lillie Aileen Blansett, daughter of the late Edgar Earl Swinney and Leona Mae (Hicks) Swinney, was born December 8, 1946, in Fisk, Mo., and departed this life February 20, 2015, at the age of 68 years. Aileen married Marlin Blansett on September 4, 1992, in Malden, Mo...

Tommy McElwrath, Sr. (02/24/15)
Tommy Glen McElwrath, Sr., 60, of Campbell, passed away on February 20, 2015, at his residence, in Campbell. The son of O. M. McElwrath and Essie Wilson Blair, he was born June 27, 1954, in Gideon, Mo. He worked in construction as a welder. He is survived by one daughter, Chloe McElwrath, of Campbell; one son, Tommy Glen McElwrath, Jr., and wife, Sharron, of Springfield, Mo.; ex-wife, Sonya McElwrath, of Campbell; three grandchildren, Jamie Brown, Scarlette McElwrath and Tytus McElwrath; three sisters, Barbara McElroy, and husband, James, of Little Rock, Ark., Sherry Bell, and husband, Warner, of Robins, Ga., and Lisa Blair Ward of Taos, N.M.; two brothers, Steven McElwrath, and wife, Janet, of Kennett, and Ronald Dean McElwrath, of Houston, Tex.; several nieces and nephews.. ...

Jim Ivy (02/24/15)
Jim Ivy, of Kennett, son of the late Leon Ivy and Beulah (Evans) Ivy, was born March 5, 1941, in Kennett, and departed this life February 20, 2015, at the age of 73 years. Jim served his country in the U.S. Air Force, having served in Vietnam. He had been an employee of the Atlanta Fire Department, in Georgia...

Lillie Blansett (02/21/15)
Lillie Blansett, 68, of Kennett, passed away February 20, 2015, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center, in Kennett. Online condolences may be made to www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements.

LeRoy Foley, Sr. (02/21/15)
LeRoy Foley, Sr., of Williamsville, Mo., was born February 11, 1936, in Kennett, to the late Everett Faye Foley and Ethel May Prince Foley, and departed this life February 18, 2015, at his residence, at the age of 80 years. LeRoy married Hildred Fisher April 14, 1953, in Kennett. She preceded him in death March 26, 2007...

Warren Baker (02/21/15)
Warren Christopher Baker, son of the late Clyde Baker and Sarah (Self) Baker, was born March 14, 1923, in Cullman, Ala., and departed this life February 19, 2015, at the age of 91 years. Warren married Ruth Sudduth April 3, 1953, in Piggott, Ark. He served in the United States Air Force during WWII, having received six bronze stars. He was a mechanic and was a member of the Ely Baptist Church and the Kennett Country Club...

Carolyn Abbott (02/20/15)
Carolyn Abbott, 65, of Campbell, passed away on February 17, 2015, at her residence. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell is in charge of arrangements.

Valeria A. Rowe (02/20/15)
Valeria A. Rowe, 55, of Los Angeles, Calif., died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. She was born in Mississippi, but moved to Missouri as a young woman. She had lived in the Bootheel of Missouri for many years before moving to California...

Hal George (02/20/15)
Hal William George, 83, of Greenway, Ark., passed away February 18, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born October 5, 1931, in Kennett, and was the son of the late Carmel and Ima Haggard George. He was united in marriage to Ermagene Johnson on March 28, 1953, and to this union, two daughters were born...

Kenneth Dean Barrow (02/18/15)
Kenneth Dean Barrow, 56, of Senath, Mo., formerly of Cardwell, Mo., passed away Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at the Senath Rehab and Nursing Center, in Senath. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com. Funeral arrangements with McDaniel Funeral Service, of Senath, are incomplete at this time...

Tommie Jean Loftin (02/18/15)
Tommie Jean Loftin, 87, of Leachville, Ark., former longtime Arbyrd, Mo., area resident and widow of Wayne Loftin, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House, in Jonesboro, Ark. Born in the Hollywood community, near Arbyrd, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Pearl McGlawn Eskew and had been a lifelong area resident. She was a retired beautician and a member of the Hollywood Church of Christ...

Paul Cantrell (02/17/15)
Paul Edwin Cantrell, son of the late Johnny Cantrell and Ruth Adams Wafford, was born January 18, 1946, in Tupelo, Miss., and departed this life on February 12, 2015, at the age of 69 years. He married Mary Cannon on July 24, 1965. He is survived by his wife, Mary Cantrell, of Kennett; two sons, Travis, and wife Kristy, Cantrell, of Senath, Mo., and Josh, and wife, Jayda, Cantrell of Kennett; four daughters, Patricia Dewrock, and husband, Carl, of Kennett, Paula George, and husband, Perry, of Senath, Barbara Childs, and husband, Dewayne, of Kennett, and Misty Book, and husband, Joseph, of Kennett; thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Jimmy Wafford, of Birmingham, Ala., William Wafford and Noel Wafford, both of Kennett; one sister, Patsy Thompson, and husband Richard, of St. ...

Roger Moore (02/17/15)
Roger Darrell Moore, 74, of Malden, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015, at the Golden Living Center, in Malden. Funeral arrangements with Bradshaw Funeral Homes, of Malden, are incomplete at this time.

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