Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2002

Tri-City residents gathered Monday morning in Lepanto to honor the work and sacrifice of a former Lepanto resident who was instrumental in the construction of the new public library. Tommy Goldsby of West Memphis, who has ties to the Lepanto area, was honored with the dedication of a new 2,400 sq. ...

T-Ball Cates Agri Giants 8-0 First Delta Bank 6-2 Ritter Telephone Yankees 4-5 MT Equipment Co. A's 2-7 Nyal Drug Cardinals 1-7 Minor League John and Frank Mariners 8-2 Bray Gas Yankees 5-5 Tacker Farms D'Backs 4-5-1 MT Bank Cardinals 2-7-1 Little League...

On April 27, an official Little League Tournament was held in Marked Tree. There were four teams and they were coached by Shawn Carter, Josh Brown, Marshall Grant and Luke Lovins. The reward for the winner would be a trip to Newport to compete with All Star teams from around the state in another one-pitch tournament...

Thomas Arthur Holt, Jr., 74, of 118 Sneed Street in Marked Tree died June 4, 2002 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was owner and operator of Holt Lumber and Hardware in Marked Tree. A graveside service will be June 6 at 1 p.m. at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Gary Starbuck will officiate the ceremony...

Opal McAfee, 71, of Marked Tree died May 30, 2002 at her residence in Marked Tree. She was a member of New Life Community Church, a homemaker and the widow of Willie W. McAfee. The funeral was June 1 at New Life Community Church. Jim Duffel officiated the ceremony. Place of interment was at Marked Tree Cemetery...

Lola Mae Hardin, 90, of Marked Tree died June 1, 2002 at her home in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and a member of the Marked Tree Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness. The funeral was Monday, June 3 at the Marked Tree Kindgdom Hall of Jehovah Witness. Brother Les Langley officiated the ceremony. Place of interment was at the Marked Tree Cemetery. Visitation was Sunday, June 2 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness in Marked Tree...

Lillie Mae Crockett, 85, of Tyronza died June 4, 2002 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Barton Chapel Baptist Church. The funeral will be June 7 at 1 p.m. at Barton Chapel Baptist Church in Heafer. Place of interment will be at the Tyronza Cemetery...

Cora Stover, 54, of Forrest City died May 28, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City. She was a member of the Beck Spur Baptist Church in Forrest City. The funeral was Friday at Murphy Funeral Home Chapel. Wes Beavers officiated the ceremony. Place of interment was at Tyronza Cemetery...

County Clerk Fonda Condra stated that early voting for the Democratic Primary Run-off is available at the County Clerk's office during regular working hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All registered voters are eligible to vote in the Run-off EXCEPT those who voted in the Republican Primary. Voters who voted a Non-Partisan Judicial ballot are eligible to vote; registered voters who did not vote in the Preferential Primary are eligible to vote...

The Marked Tree Friends of the Library hosted the Eleventh Annual Luncheon and Book Review on Tuesday, June 4. Anne Norris, member of Memphis Storyteller's Society, gave a review of her book, The Charm Bracelet and Other Stories. Norris entertained the crowd of over 115 as she recounted side-splitting tales from The Charm Bracelet and Other Stories. The book includes 28 short stories, seven devotionals, and some poetry written by Norris...

Melissa Huff, 17, will cheer June 20 for basketball and June 21 for football as an All-Star Cheerleader. She is a graduate of Marked Tree High School. Huff also made the Williams Baptist College cheerleading squad. Tryouts were April 15. She received a scholarship for $400 a year...

Lindsay Lee Holiman, a senior at East Poinsett County High School in Lepanto, has accepted the Hammons Scholarship from the Arkansas Baptist Foundation to attend East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City. The Hammons family takes special consideration in awarding a select few the opportunity to secure a good Christian education. Their attention is directed to those young people who are active Southern Baptist students from east Arkansas and west Tennessee...

The Marked Tree Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11. The topic of the hearing will be the proposed plan to reclassify Lot 1, Block 7, St Francis Sub Division, from R2 to C2. Copies of the proposed plans are available for public inspection at Marked Tree City Hall during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m...

Singers, Choirs and Musicians wanted for this year's Delta Cottin' Pickin' Jubilee Festival 2002 musical line-up, to be held the last Saturday in September on the 28th in Marked Tree. The Planning Committee is hoping this year to have many local singers, musicians and churches to participate. Last year, the favorites were the Community Choir that came together to perform from a Patriotic Cantata, and the Marked Tree Cheerleaders...

Several students received awards at the 16th annual Trumann basketball clinic. In the obstacle course for fourth and fifth-grade girls, Laken Isbell received first, Kodi Myers received second and Jennifer Creekmore received third. For sixth-grade girls, Whitney Osment received first, Morgan McKenzie received second and Morgan Emery received third. ...

Sodus, MO. - Dennis L. Friend, 71, of Sodus, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 9, 2002, at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. Funeral services were held on Monday, May 13, at the Fairplain Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Benton Harbor. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Sodus, where Military Rites were conducted. If you wish to send a note of sympathy to the family, you may do so at www.florin.net...

Bullfrogs: April 15-Dec. 31. Daily limit is 18 per day and possession limit is 36. Spring Squirrel: May 11-June 12. No dogs. Daily limit 8 Coyote: May 15-June 13. No dogs. No limit.

Bay Harvest Festival meeting will be Sunday June 9, at 2 p.m. in the Bay Elementary P.H.T. room. Everyone is invited to attend and share ideas and suggestions. For more information please call Tami Hamilton at 870-781-3676.

When a child is reported missing, time is one of law enforcement's greatest enemies. Every hour a child is missing, the likelihood of a safe recovery decreases. In order to ensure a high level of preparedness for child abduction cases, the Bay Police Department announces the implementation of LOCATER, the Lost Child Alert Technology Resource...

At the Bay City Council meeting on May 13, Mayor Linda Watts reported that MidSouth Bank has decided to extend its lease to three years at 306 Elder. The bank will pay $400 a month for the lease over the next three years. The city has received a check for $1,666 from Craighead County to be used for improvements to the senior citizens building...

Shellee Morris will be announcer at the Trumann Area Fine Arts Council Talent Show on June 8. The talent show ill feature talent acts from Northeast Arkansas and surrounding states. Morris was lead singer for the country music group 'Twister Alley." The band performed shows with Nashville stars such as Shania Twain, Toby Keith, John Anderson and Lorrie Morgan to name a few...

Two Trumann Odyssey of the Mind teams competed at the OM World Finals in Boulder, Col. during the week of May 21 - 26. Both teams placed within the top sixteen out of approximately 50 other teams. The Cedar Park team participated in the Ostrich Factor Problem. In this problem the teams had to create a humorous skit with props and costume. The skit had to have a character that disappeared at least three times and during one of the disappearance's had to reappear in a different time...

Trumann Coca-Cola Shockers placed first in Paragould's "Track Power" softball tournament. Pictured is bottom row from left Britni Renshaw, Melissa Sims, Michelle Lucas, Tyler Atkins, Sara Beth Wray and Sarah Scott. Middle row from left Brea McCarty, Janet Haner, Nicki Quigley, Ashley Shoemaker, Tera Ramsey and Crystal Ealey...