Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2001

Lepanto fall clean sweep is Monday All items must be placed by curbside by 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Lepanto. Items placed out after this time will be subject to additional charge. Commission will certify results The Poinsett County Election Commission will meet at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Poinsett County Courthouse in Harrisburg to certify results of the City of Lepanto Special Election...

The third annual Delta Cotton Pickin' Jubilee will be held Saturday at Cypress Park in Marked Tree. The jubilee is a spin off of the Marked Tree celebration that began in 1976 with the Bicentennial celebration held during the fourth of July weekend. The celebration helped to cultivate the annual event...

John Roland, 76 of Bellingham, Wash., died Friday Sept. 7, 2001 at his home in Washington. Preceding him in death were his father Robert Roland Sr., mother Joyce Roland, three sister Linda Pierce, and Glenda Stanfield and Mary Mendoza all of Marked Tree and one brother Tommy Roland of Parthenon Ark...

Lois Maxine Gill, 67,of Tyronza,died September 22, 2001 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Mrs. Gill was born November 19, in Satartia, MS 1933,she was a member of Black Oak Baptist Church, was a retired supervisor for Prince Garner Co., presently employed with Judy's Flowers in Trumann. Preceding her in death by her brother, William Needham...

Jimmy Dale Covington, 50, of Boliver, TN died Sept. 23, 2001 in the Pleasant View Care Home in Boliver, TN of cancer. He was born in Lepanto, AR. December 31, 1950. He was a roofing construction worker. He leaves behind his two brothers: J.T. Covington of Marion, AR., and Billy Covington of West Memphis, AR. The visitation was held Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. at Murphy Funeral Home in Marked Tree...

Emma Jean Hineman, 60, of Marked Tree, Arkansas, formerly of Trumann, AR., died Sunday, September 23, 2001, at the Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. She was born August 27, 1941 at Marked Tree, the daughter of the late Willie Herbert Hineman and Mary Ball of Trumann, AR. ...