Stories from Tuesday, December 10, 2002

The annual holiday bake sale and silent auction, sponsored as a fund-raising event by the Marked Tree Friends of the Library and the Marked Tree Delta Area Museum is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. During the bake sale and silent auction, the museum will be open for visitors who will be reminded of their own holiday experiences through the holiday scenes in the museum's changing exhibit gallery...

Snoda Ratliff Swindle, 94, of Marked Tree, died Monday, December 2, 2002 at St. Bernard's Regional Center in Jonesboro. Swindle, a member of the Marked Tree Church of Christ, was the owner and operator of Snoda's Furniture in Marked Tree for many years and lived in Marked Tree for most of her life. ...

Lethia Virginia Sparks, 78, of Osceola, died Nov. 28, 2002, at Osceola Health Care. Born July 1, 1924, in Shelbyville, Tenn., she was a homemaker. She was also a member of Keiser Chapel in Keiser and was a lifetime resident of Mississippi County. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.C. Sparks; mother, Bessie Whitworth and father, Arthur Riddings...

Fannie Shinall, 86, of Lepanto, died Nov. 27, 2002, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. She worked at American Greetings. She was the widow of Ivan Shinall. She is survived by two sons, Harvey Gene Shinall of Mason, Tenn. and Roger Shinall of Lepanto; five grandsons; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren...

Sibyl Perkins, 88, of Tyronza, died Nov. 27, 2002, at her residence. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nolon Brown; three sons, Walter Brown, Kenneth Ray Brown, Kenneth Perkins; three brothers; three sisters and two grandchildren...

Charles Edward Perkins, 93, of Tyronza, died Nov. 28, 2002, at the NEA Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a farmer and was of the Church of God faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sibyl Perkins and three sons, Kenneth Perkins, Walter Brown and Kenneth Ray Brown...

Annie Catherine Leaptrott, 86, of Memphis died Sunday, December 1, 2002 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. A homemaker, Leaptrott is survived by two sons, Howard Leaptrott of Memphis, Dave Leaptrott of Honolulu, Hawaii; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Leaptrott was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Leaptrott. Services and burial will be private...

John Louis Kline, Sr., 66, of Gilmore died Nov. 25, 2002, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky. He was a timber contractor and was self employed. He is survived by his spouse, Tommie Jean Kline of Gilmore; two sons, John L. Kline, Jr. of Daytona Beach, Fla. ...

Revival is already in progress at the Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ. The theme for this year's annual year end revival is "Take the cover off and the sugar out." Missionary Patricia Corns is the speaker all this week. There will be different speaker every week this month...

The Marked Tree Lions Club welcomed Arkansas Educational Television Network's Director of Special Projects, Mike McCullar, as their program Thursday, Nov. 14. AETN is supported almost exclusively by private contributions. McCullar focused on children's programming, non-commercial and criticized network television programming that "fills their time but not their minds."...

Special to the Tribune In 1943 and 1944, I was attending Turrell High School and playing football. Dr. Charles Glenn Swingle was attending Earle High School, playing football for Earle. We were both seniors and we would get the Earle High School paper. ...

In action last week, the East Poinsett County boys basketball swept the defending Class AAA state champions in games played in Lepanto. In the senior boys contest last Monday night, three players scored in double figures, as EPC defeated Hughes 58-46 at Warrior Gym. ...