Stories from Friday, March 29, 2002

Frank Hyneman opened Southern Pioneer Insurance Companies in Little Rock in 1959. In the early '60s he moved the company from Little Rock to its current location in Trumann. The companies are family owned. Hyneman's sons Hal and Ben now run the company. Ben's sons Brian and Matt are now getting into the business...

Gibson Piano Ventures, formerly Baldwin Piano, has donated a guitar to a Relay for Life team. The team will use the guitar to raise money for Relay for Life. The team is accepting donations for an opportunity to own the guitar. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. ...

Start preparing your taste buds for the jalapeno pepper-eating contest! The Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce has added this hot pepper eating contest to the events taking place at Spring Fest 2002. A tentative entry fee of $2 has been set, but may change. ...

The Trumann District Court Clerks attended a continuing legal education convention at Little Rock. The convention took place from 8 am - 3:30 pm on Friday March 15. Trumann clerks who attended were Marilyn Pineda, Diane Prescott and Kim Muse. The Administrative Offices of the Courts holds four continuing education conventions a year. A certification committee decides the topic the clerks learn about...

J.P. Morgan, 80, of West Memphis formerly of Trumann died March 18 at Beverly Heath Care in West Memphis. He was of Baptist faith, a mason, served in the US Army in WWII and the Korean War, he was retired from Central Hardware and owner of J.P. Morgan BBQ in Trumann...

James Howard Hargrove, 64, of Bay died Sunday March 24 at the family residence in Bay. He was born in Alabama and had lived in Bay for the past 10 years. He was a retired farmer and of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Francis Allen Hargrove, one sister, two brothers, and his parents Jess and Fairy Turner Hargrove...

Ethyl Kemp Reed, 83, of Trumann died Friday March 23 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born in Pocahontas and lived most of her life in Trumann. She was a retired school teacher having taught at Marked Tree School system for 19 years, was a graduate of Arkansas State University, a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma, member of retired teachers association, a former member of the 20th Century Club, and a member of the First Christian Church in Trumann...