Obituaries

Robert Charlton (11/05/09)
Robert Keith Charlton, 22, of Malden, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Born Feb. 5, 1987, in West Memphis, Ark., son of Edison Keith Charlton and Denise Roxanne McMillian Tadlock, he was a U.S. ...

Dovie Ridings (11/05/09)
Dovie Ridings, daughter of the late Jess and Hassie Edwards Goldsmith, was born June 30, 1927, in Senath, Mo., and passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at National HealthCare in Kennett, at the age of 82 years. She married J.R. Ridings, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Johnny and Tony Ridings; three brothers, Jess Goldsmith, Phillip Goldsmith and Larry Goldsmith, and two sisters, Martha Wardlow and Frieda Crossno...

Joyce Vandiver (11/05/09)
Joyce Vandiver, 60, of Arnold, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Degneeff Hospice House. Daughter of the late Albert Daugherty and Essie McCallister Daugherty, she was born Jan. 10, 1949, in Kennett. Joyce married Danny F. Vandiver on May 15, 1967...

Jimmie Moore (11/04/09)
Jimmie C. Moore, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., entered into rest on Nov. 2, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Moore was born on Nov. 6, 1944 in Kennett. He was a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff and an investigator for the State of Missouri. He was a state highway patrolman, a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Three Rivers Shrine Club, Poplar Bluff Blue Lodge #209 and the Poplar Bluff Elks. He was a veteran of the US Air Force having served in Vietnam, enjoyed golfing, and was of the Baptist faith...

Joyce Vandiver (11/04/09)
Joyce Vandiver, 60, of Arnold, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Degneeff Hospice House. McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett is in charge of arrangements.

Janet Bearden (11/03/09)
Janet Lois Bearden, 79, of Oakville, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Jerry Hubbard (11/03/09)
Jerry Dean Hubbard, of Kennett, son of the late Earl E. Hubbard and Iva Stanley Hubbard, was born Feb. 2, 1929, in Bosworth, Mo., and departed this life on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 80 years and 9 months...

Harley McGarity (11/03/09)
Harley McGarity, of Hornersville, Mo., son of the late Dossie McGarity and Edith Copeland McGarity, was born Feb. 14, 1936, in Adamsville, Tenn., and departed this life Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Hornersville, at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 16 days...

Gilbert Ross (11/03/09)
Gilbert Lee Ross, 84, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven, Miss. Born Feb. 23, 1925, in Leachville, Ark., son of the late Walter Lee and Mary Mildred Lewis Ross, he was a U.S. Army veteran, owned a service station and was also a volunteer for the Hornersville Fire Department...

Dorothy Tuberville (11/03/09)
Dorothy Jean Tuberville, 71, of Marmaduke, Ark., passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Dorothy, daughter of the late Charles W. Holland and Pearl K. Young Holland, was born Oct. 17, 1938 in Rector, Ark. She married Leslie Ellis in 1958, who preceded her in death. Dorothy married William J. Tuberville on April 3, 1998...

Charles Laupius (11/01/09)
Charles Wesley Laupius, 71, of Irving, Texas, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the Silverado Nursing Home in Irving. Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of all arrangements.

Lee McGarity (11/01/09)
Lee H. McGarity, 73, of Hornersville, Mo., died Friday, October 30, 2009, at his residence. McDaniel Funeral Home of Kennett is in charge of all arrangements.

Gilbert Ross (11/01/09)
Gilbert Ross, 84, of Hornersville, Mo., died Saturday, October 31, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in South Haven, Miss. Bradshaw-Emerson Funeral Home of Hornersville in charge of all arrangements.

William Tomlinson (11/01/09)
William Elmer Tomlinson, son of the late Enos Tomlinson and Vira Grissom Tomlinson, was born May 7, 1920 in Magness, Ark., and departed this life Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 23 days. Elmer married Ruth Pauline Low on Nov. 25, 1939 in Caruthersville, Mo...

Amanda Kennedy (10/30/09)
Amanda Shonta Kennedy, of Campbell, Mo., daughter of Robert Kennedy and Angela Skaggs Venters, was born May 29, 1987 in Dallas, Texas and departed this life on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 at Holcomb, Mo., at the age of 22 years, 4 months and 25 days. She was a 2005 graduate of Holcomb High School and a student at Dyersburg Community College...

William Tomlinson (10/30/09)
William Elmer Tomlinson, , 89, of Bragg City, Mo., died today, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at National HealthCare in Kennett. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.

Robert Adams (10/29/09)
Robert Stanley "Bob" Adams, 50, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Kennett, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Nashville. Born Jan. 7, 1959, in Kennett, son of Norma Lewallen and the late Earl Lewallen, he was a 1977 graduate of Holcomb High School, a 1982 graduate of University of Missouri Columbia School of Nursing, and a 1985 Post Grad-Masters Degree in Nursing at Vanderbilt University. He was employed at University Vanderbilt Hospital for 26 years...

Loretta Lance (10/29/09)
Loretta A. Lance, 55, of Montreal, Mo., formerly of Kennett, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Osage Beach, Mo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.

Charles Launius (10/29/09)
Charles Launius, 72, of Irving, Texas, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Silverado Nursing Home in Irving. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Judy Raspberry (10/29/09)
Judy Raspberry was born March 8, 2009 in Hornersville, Mo., a daughter of Truman and Evelyn Dunning Hicks, she died Oct. 27, 2009 at her home in Hillsboro, Mo., at the age of 67. She is survived by her husband James Raspberry Sr. who she married Jan. 26, 1962 in Deering, Mo.; her sons James (Cindy) Raspberry Jr. and Mark (Jackie) Raspberry; her grandchildren Christy (Jim) Richman, Caitlyn Raspberry and Matthew Raspberry; and one sister Norma Garrison...

Eddie Smith (10/29/09)
Eddie Smith, son of the late Owen Smith and Helen Webb Smith, was born Feb. 26, 1936 in Kennett and departed this life Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 at the age of 73. Eddie married Sharon Kay Easley in June 1967. Survivors include his wife, Kay Smith, of Kennett; two sons, Brian Smith, of Kennett and Larry Smith, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; one daughter, Anita Burton, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, JoAnn Smith, of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Letha Blount, and other relatives and many friends.. ...

Tresa Churchwell (10/28/09)
Tresa Churchwell, 75, of Kennett passed away Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. Daughter of the late Felix Williams and Mollie Burman Williams, she was born July 27, 1934 in Tupelo, Ark. Tresa was employed at Emerson Electric for 18 years, Independence Township collector for many years, currently city treasurer and a VNA Senior companion...

Shelby Rebstock (10/28/09)
Shelby Jean Rebstock, of Kennett, daughter of the late Henry Wallace and Wanda Bulla Wallace, was born Dec. 30, 1940 in Kennett and departed this life Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at the age of 68 years, 9 months and 26 days. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Kennett...

Eddie Smith (10/28/09)
Eddie Smith, 73, of Kennett, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Little Rock, Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home of Kennett.

Robert Adams (10/27/09)
Robert "Bob" Adams, 50, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Kennett, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at Nashville. McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett is in charge of arrangements.