Stories from Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Tribune News Staff First Delta Bank in Marked Tree, Trumann and Tyronza recently donated $1,000 to the Marked Tree Public Library to help with maintaining the library, which serves the needs of residents in Marked Tree and the surrounding area. In an announcement last week, officials with the bank announced that will provide a savings bond for the silent auction for the library in December. ...

Tribune News Staff A local pastor and members of his church gathered outside Marked Tree this past Sunday to celebrate a milestone that many churches and many individuals cannot celebrate: a person being at the same place for 20 years. In the celebration at Red Oak Baptist Church near Red Oak on Ark. ...

As a public service, the Tri-City Tribune wishes to publish the names of candidates running for public office in the Nov. 2, 2004 general election: Lepanto City Council Ward 1, Position 1: Pete Cox (incumbent), Linda Powell Ward 1, Position 2: Keith Tyler (incumbent)...

The College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro hosted a Home and Farm Safety Expo for 5th graders in the area on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Craighead County Fairgrounds in Jonesboro. Each year hundreds of children across the nation are injured in home and farm accidents on everything from ATV's to tractors to chemical exposures, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...

Tribune Sports Staff In what turned out to be one of the best junior high games in Northeast Arkansas this season, both the EPC Jr. Warriors and Marked Tree Jr. Indians battled down to the wire last Thursday night in a 6-6 tie. In the game, played at Don Lovell Memorial Field, both the players and their fans renewed a rivalry that had fans cheering all night. The game was also a defensive struggle as both EPC and Marked Tree had strong defensive stops in the second half...

Tribune Sports Staff Both the East Poinsett County and Marked Tree tennis teams had success last week as both teams participated in the 2004 Class AA State Tennis Tournament in Little Rock. At the tournament, held at Burns Park in Little Rock, two doubles teams from EPC finished second in their respective doubles tournament and earned a trip to this week's State Overall Tournament. ...

Tribune Sports Staff It was a balanced attack last Friday night as the East Poinsett County Sr. Warriors defeated the Augusta Red Devils 43-6 in senior high football action. In the game that brought two old conference foes together, from the old 3A, for the first time in over ten years, five different EPC players scored touchdowns in the first half alone to give EPC the victory. ...

Tribune Sports Staff A strong second and third quarter by the Bearden Bears provided the difference last Friday night as Bearden defeated the Marked Tree Indians 28-0 in a non-conference game at Don Lovell Memorial Field. The Bears (5-3, 3-1 in the 7AA-East) overcame a strong challenge by Marked Tree in the early going, as the Sr. ...

Susan Oldham Lawson, 53, of Baker, LA, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at her residence in Baker. Mrs. Lawson was a native of Tyronza, AR, a resident of Baker, Louisiana for the past nine years and a former resident of Portland and Marked Tree, AR. She was a Supervisor for the Wal-Mart Store in Baker and she was a member of the Church of God...

Eddie Taft Jones Jr., 71, of Batesville died Tuesday, Oct. 19, in a local hospital. Born January 6, 1933 in Tyronza, he was the son of Eddie Taft Jones Sr. and Pearline Wicker Jones Thornton. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service, was a U.S. Navy veteran, a farmer, co-owner of Out Of The Attic, and a member of First Baptist Church of Tyronza...

James Harold Ward, 64, of Trumann died Wednesday, Oct. 20, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born at Blagg, Mo., he was a construction worker and was of the Pentecostal belief. Survivors include four daughters, Tammy McCorkle of Hoxie and Lisa Kilgore, Patricia Ward and Sandra Smullin, all of Trumann; one sister, Betty Dennis of Benton; two brothers, Billy Ward of Clinton and Rex Ward of Jonesboro; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...

Sarah Elizabeth Olsen, 89, of Osceola died on October 23 at her residence. Born in Waterloo, Ala., she was a house keeper at Osceola Nursing Home and attended New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church in Blytheville. Survivors include one daughter: Debora Thomas of Osceola; three sons: Larry Olsen of Pontotoc, Miss., Don Olsen of Blytheville and Ronnie Olsen of Columbus, Ohio; one brother: James Mitchell of Lawton, Mich.; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...

Opal Ruth Cockrell, 75, of Lepanto died Monday, Oct. 18, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Steve Cockrell and Norman Cockrell, both of Lepanto; eight sisters, Lula Davis of Warrenton, Mo., Heidi Gilbert of Sebring, Fla., Wilma Jean Evans and Sue Evans, both of Wauchula, Fla., Wanda Weaver and Doris Shipman, both of Caraway, Patricia Griggs of Lepanto and Evon Harrison of Chenoa, Ill.; four brothers, Stanley Jones, Cecil Jones and Buddy Jones, all of Lepanto, and Oran Jones of Warrenton; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.. ...

Arkansas State University in Jonesboro awarded 394 diplomas on Friday, Aug. 6, during the Summer Commencement Ceremony in the Convocation Center. Dr. Les Wyatt, president of ASU, presented the various diplomas. Included in the total were seven doctoral, 11 specialist's, 95 master's, 276 bachelor's and five associate's degrees. The class included 329 graduates from Arkansas, 21 graduates from Missouri, 30 from other states, and 14 from other countries...

Each track set up had a timer that was a 4" x 6" frame that moves up and down with vibrations of 60 times per second. A white tape ran under the vibrating arm of the timer with a carbon disk on it. The time tape was attached to the back of the car with masking tape. ...

3AAA Harrisburg 28, Gosnell 12 Osceola 36, Marianna 28 (OT) Rivercrest 47, Westside 13 Trumann 14, Brinkley 12 3AA Bearden 28, Marked Tree 0 Earle 38, Piggott 12 EPC 43, Augusta 6 Salem 26, Cross County 20 Other Games Class AAAAA Cabot 17, Sylvan Hills 7...