Stories from Thursday, August 26, 2004

Since her first Scribbler was published in August 22, 1985, Sue Chambers touched the lives of the Tri-City Tribune's readers. Each week, she faithfully reported the news and happenings in Lepanto. Now almost, 19 years to the date, we will be publishing Sue's last Scribbler and mourning the loss of a co-worker, neighbor and friend...

Tribune News Staff The five-day search for a missing Gilmore girl ended tragically Thursday night as the body of the seven-year old girl was found outside Denwood. According to an official with the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department, at around 7:00 p.m. ...

Since December of 1982, Bonnie Thompson has been a valued employee of Unico Bank. Just last month, Thompson was honored for her twenty-two years of service with a promotion to vice president of the bank. Thompson is a native of Marked Tree and a graduate of Marked Tree High School. After eight years in the banking business, she began working as a teller for Unico, which was then known as Poinsett County Savings and Loan...

The Mississippi County Sheriff's Department and the Arkansas State Police are currently investigating the death of a rural Tyronza woman, found dead on Aug. 14. According to Lt. Rick Dickinson of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Arkansas State Police, on Aug. ...

Tribune News Staff City and county emergency officials in Poinsett County have a new important piece of equipment in helping to treat individuals in emergency situations. In a ceremony last Saturday afternoon, officials with the Poinsett County Coalition announced that they had received six automatic external defibrillators from the Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems, through a grant that gave the machines to agencies throughout the state...

Elsie Mae Johnson, 81, of Tyronza died Friday, August 13 at her home. Born in Turrell on May 19, 1923, she was a retired cook. She was a member of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Chelford where she served as church cook, church secretary and church announcer...

Jack C. Hendricks, 69, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, August 17 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a retired president and CEO of Rotational Molded products, a member of the association of rotational modelers and the sporting clay association. He did exquisite woodworking...

Mary Jane Cornish, 56, of Lepanto died Thursday, August 19 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ and was employed with JC Portis Company for 18 years. She was preceded in death by her mother, one sister, one granddaughter and one grandson...

Vera Sue Latham Chambers died after a brief illness and went on to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Thursday, August 19, 2004 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, Arkansas. She was born to Charles and Myrtle Latham in Friendship, Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas with her husband in the late 1930's. ...

Lucille Boland, 89, of Jonesboro died Thursday, August 19 at St. Elizabeth's Place in Jonesboro. She was a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ and worked as a cafeteria employee for EPC school district for 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Boland...

Pentecostal Temple Church will he holding a rummage sale and fish fry beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 28 at the church. All proceeds will go toward the church's building fund. Anyone wishing to donate items for the sale may call 358-2313 after 5 p.m. and someone will come pick up the items...

Tribune News Staff As with any volunteer fireman, the word "volunteer" means that you give of your time and effort to help your community and help the citizens around you, through good times and bad times. That is the case of former Tyronza firefighter Rodney Harris...

Tribune Sports Staff In a game where the play was as sloppy as the weather, it was early mistakes that played a role in the Paragould/Marked Tree scrimmage Monday night. A one-yard touchdown run and a 16-yard touchdown run by Shawn Brummett were the difference, as Paragould defeated Marked Tree 13-6 in high school football action Monday night in Marked Tree...