Stories from Friday, March 28, 2003

The Foundation of Arts in Jonesboro has been working very hard to transform The Forum Theatre into the magical 100 Acre Woods for their annual spring children's production of Winnie the Pooh. This year's production is not only intended to delight young audiences, it is also entirely cast with young, Northeast Arkansas actors, dancers and musicians...

In matches played last Monday, the East Poinsett County tennis team swept the Paragould Rams in both boys and girls action. The EPC boys team swept Paragould 8-0, while the EPC girls team defeated Paragould 7-1. The following is a list of results from the match: Boys Singles: Adam Robertson...

With only one senior on the boys team and one senior on the girls team, the East Poinsett County tennis team are experiencing a youth movement this season. The girls are led by senior Devin Howington. Devin has competed successfully at both doubles and singles and is the returning conference...

Dorothy E. Adamson, 76, of Irving, Texas for 40 years, died march 19, 2003 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born July 23, 1926 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was a former secretary at I.N.S. in Dallas for more than five years, a homemaker and a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Irving where she served on the Alter Guild. She married Donald Wade Adamson on March 3, 1960 in Dallas...

Homer (Dick) Littleton Smith, 82 of Marked Tree died March 24, 2003 at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of Tyronza, a WWII veteran of the U. S. Army and a resident of Poinsett County for over 50 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Maudie Smith; a son, Charles Homer Smith and two daughters; Nancy Smith and Ivy Russell...

Virgil Howard Price, 81 of Joiner, formerly of Tyronza died March 22, 2003 at his home. He was a retired farmer, and a member of the First Faith Baptist Church of Batesville, MS. He was a WWII veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corp. where he earned a Silver Star and two Bronze Star service medals...

Funeral Services for Emogene Layman Mooring, who died March 3, 2003 were held Wednesday, March 5, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Forest Park Funeral Home, Shreveport, LA with Rev. Jerry Gill officiating and interment in Forest Park West Cemetery. Visitation was held Tuesday, March 4 from 4 -- 6 p.m. at the funeral home...

Zollie Louis, Jr. 69 of Osceola died March 19, 2003 at her home. She was born in Tennessee on March 12, 1932. She was a custodial worker, a member of First Baptist Church in Joiner and a resident of Mississippi County for over 20 years. Her step-mother, Ivery Lewis, one son, Ricky Louis of Tennessee, one daughter, Victoria Beasley of Osceola, five sisters, Edna Mae Louis of Springfield, IL, Lucille Louis and Annie Mae Scale of Osceola, Barbara Gates of Jonesboro and Sherry Humphrey of Memphis, two brothers Marshall Hunter of Twin Falls, Idaho and Larry T. ...

Earl Lomack, 92, of Joiner, died on March 17, 2003, at St Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born August 12, 1910 in Jackson, Miss., Lomack was a farm worker and member of the First Baptist Church in Joiner. He was a lifelong resident of Mississippi County...

Wendell "Max" Lee, 57, of Lepanto, died on March 16, 2003 in Huntington, W.Va. Born September 11, 1945 in Dyess, Lee was a carpenter and of the Baptist faith. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran and proceeded in death by his parents, C.O. and Inez Lee. Survivors include one daughter, Candy Renee Fleming, of Lepanto; two brothers, Harold "Pat" Lee, of Caraway and Gary Lee of South Bend, Ind.; two sisters, Marion Wright Traylor and Daphney Stone, both of Lepanto; and one grandson, Sam Fleming...

Dr. Marvin "Wayne" Gould, 66, of Marmaduke died Friday, March 21, 2003, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born May 30, 1936, in Rector. He was a minister, teaching for 37 years. He was the former principal of Marmaduke School, superintendent of Greenway School, high school principal at Delaplaine, college professor in Kingsville, Texas, and former Southeast Missouri State professor for 12 years...

Kyle D. Sumpter, 67 of Marked Tree died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. He was born and raised in Lepanto. He was a 1958 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Prior to moving to Marked Tree in 1973, he and his family lived in Blytheville, Fort Smith and Little Rock where he was associated with G.M.A.C. and Volkswagen of America...

Allen Morrisett, who farms 6,600 acres in the Tri-City area, had the highest yield in the state Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Verification Program for 2002. The program is sponsored by the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. The 35-acre field, owned by Mrs. W.H. Provost of Marked Tree and farmed by Morrisett, yielded 218 bushels per acre on average in the competition. The corn variety planted in the verification was Pioneer 32-R88, Morrisett said, and was planted on cotton-type soil...

Steve Craig was honored with the Excellence in Agriculture award last week by the Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce. Poinsett County Extension Agent Rick Thompson presented Craig the award at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Thursday, March 20...

Ritter Telephone Company announced today, in an effort to support our troops, it will offer free email service to families with military personnel deployed domestically or overseas. John Strode, President, Ritter Telephone Company said the company will provide free email accounts for families that wish to communicate with their deployed military family members. "We simply want to do everything we can to support our troops and their families" Strode said...

It was a busy weekend last weekend for the Tyronza Fire Department, as the department responded to three fire calls within a 36-hour period. On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at around 11:30 a.m., the TFD responded to a fire at a gas station on U.S. 63, near Tyronza. ...

The Chamber of Commerce honored several outstanding citizens at its Annual Banquet on Thursday, March 20 at the ASU Technical Center. Bill Craft was selected as the 2002 Citizen of the Year, Kim Wilcoxon was honored as the Outstanding Educator and Steve Craig was chosen for the Excellence in Agriculture Award...

It was a tough week for the EPC senior high baseball team, as they lost two tough games to some of the best teams in Northeast Arkansas. On Tuesday, EPC hosted Gosnell for a key 3AAA-South district game. The Pirates jumped out early and went on defeat EPC 11-1. Gosnell pounded out 13 hits over the...