Stories from Thursday, November 22, 2001

An order was placed and it was delivered. The order: a beautiful sunny summer day, lots of first class barbeque and many of friends to share it with. The only people to expect that order to be filled on November 17 in Marked Tree, Arkansas, would be William (Dub) and Kathy Johnson of NEA Raceway...

The annual battle between Marked Tree and EPC on the hardwood took center stage Monday night in Lepanto, with both girl teams hoping to make a fresh start of a new season. However, one team had their opportunity dashed. Two players were in double figures for EPC, as they defeated Marked Tree 50-30 in senior high girls action. The Sr. Warriors were led by the duo of Carla Brand and Teresa Morris, who scored 11 and 10 points respectively...

Myrline Bryant Wroten, 76, retired Social Security administrator and captain for the Civil Air Patrol AR 113, died of heart disease Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis. Services were November 13, 2001 at Morgan Funeral Home with burial in Genre Cemetery in Salad. Morgan Funeral Home had charge of the services...

Casper A. Wilson, Jr. 67 of Marked Tree died Friday, November 16, 2001 at Regional Medical Center of NEA at Jonesboro. He was the pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church at Tyronza for 40 years and was retired from Local $90 Union of Memphis. Survivors include his wife, Norma Wilson of the home; one son, Lonnie R. ...

Clayton Simmons, Sr. 69 of Tyronza died Friday, November 16, 2001 at his residence. He had worked as a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Sara Simmons of the home; two sons Charles Simmons of Osceola and Jerome Simmons of Marked Tree; Three daughters, Rhonda King of Harrisburg, Pamela Tacker of Tyronza and Sherry Fountain of Proctor; a sister, Mary Ann Lawrence of Trumann, a brother, John Simmons of Marked Tree; eight grandchildren; four step grandchildren; and four step great-grandchildren...

Buelah Fay Lindsey "Granny" Lloyd, 83, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Forrest City. Services were Monday, November 12, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home with burial in Forrest Park Cemetery. She was a member of the Church of Christ...

John H. Gray, 83 of Pueble West, Col., born September 6, 1918 and died November 16, 2001, at Florence, Col. He was a carpenter, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses of Pueble West, and the son of the late John P. Gray and Carrie M. Thompson Gray. Mr. ...

Mildred Marie Grant, 59, of Savannah, Tenn., formerly of Turrell, Ark., retired cook for Ingram Barge Lines, died Thursday, November 15, 2001, at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tyronza First Baptist Church with burial in Tyronza Cemetery. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge...

Danny France Johnson, 50 of Lepanto died November 17, 2001 at St. Bernard's Hospital, Jonesboro. He was a painter, was of the Pentecostal faith, and was a U. S. Army Veteran. His father, Chester Johnson and a sister Nancy Johnson preceded him in death. ...

If you happened to be awake at 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning, November 18, the beauty of the array of lights from the heavens astonished you. The meteor shower was in full swing about that time. It was quick. The tiny flashes of light swept across the sky like shooting stars. ...

What is Rotary and what does it really accomplish. The Marked Tree Rotary takes these two questions seriously. It believes in the "Four-Way Test" of the things the members think, say or do. And, it is the heart of the organization. THE FOUR-WAY TEST...

November 16- Brookland (W,W); November 20- at Marmaduke; November 27- Riverside; November 29-December 1- KFC-Taco Bell Classic at Jonesboro High School; December 3-8- Tri-County Tourney at Paragould (Sr. Boys); December 7- Harrisburg; December 11- Trumann; December 14- at Manila; December 20-29- NEA Tournament at ASU; January 2-5-Weiner Inv. ...