Stories from Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Tribune News Staff Officials with a local nursing home announced this week plans for a new facility in Marked Tree. David Brazile, Administrator for Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree said that ground will be broken on the new facility later this month, which will be located on U.S. 63 near the Mary Ann Arnold Head Start and the Marked Tree Cemetery...

From co-writing songs with country music star Craig Morgan to opening for sold out shows, singer and songwriter Lance McDaniel has known his fair share of success. However, McDaniel has come to discover that success can never be measured by the size of an audience of by the amount of CD's sold. He knows the true key to success is a sold out relationship with Jesus Christ. His newest CD, which was officially released this month, offers spiritual insight for all who will take time to listen...

Local teen Skye Pollard, 15, of Marked Tree, was recently invited to attend the Congressional Student Leadership Conference in Washington DC this summer in the field of medicine and healthcare. Pollard, a sophomore at Marked Tree High School, was very enthusiastic about the idea of being able to spend ten days in the capital...

Trinity Baptist Church is excited to announce that contemporary Christian songwriter and guitarist Lance McDaniel will be performing a concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18. e Everyone in the community is invited to come enjoy great music and bring a friend. ...

The Living Waters Pentecostal Church of God in Tyronza will be holding a revival from Sunday, Feb. 13 to Friday, Feb. 18. Services will be at 6 p.m. on Sunday and at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The speaker for the services will be Rev. Linda Williams...

Nellie Viola Shuburte, 82, of Gilmore died February 5 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was a retired grocery store owner and a member of the Living Water Pentecostal Church of God in Tyronza. Survivors include her husband, Hardin Shuburte of the home; one daughter: Myrtle Markham of Gilmore; two sons: Larry Shuburte of Gilmore and Tony Shuburte of Proctor; four sisters: Leota Brown of Summerville, Ga., Molly Jones of Lafayette, Ga., Naomi Ray of Chattsworth, Ga. ...

With the end of last Friday's games so goes another season of district play for teams in the Tri-Cities area. At a meeting last Saturday, the pairings for this week's 3AA-South Jr. District Tournament and next week's 3AA-South Sr. District Tournament are now set...

The Marked Tree senior boys and senior girls basketball team entered the last week of the 3AA-South district season, seeking to gain momentum going into the district tournament next week. However, both teams suffered setbacks as both teams lost to Parkin and Turrell last week...

Tribune Sports Staff The East Poinsett County senior boys and senior girls basketball teams recently ended district play, with a home game last Tuesday versus Parkin and a road game last Friday at Turrell. The senior girls picked up two victories to go undefeated during the regular season, while the senior boys split both games last week...

C. Lucille Young, 80, of Jonesboro died Thursday, Feb. 3, at Jackson, Miss. Born at Limestone, Ala., she lived at Jonesboro most of her life. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include one son: John Young of Jonesboro; three daughters: Shirley Hogan of Jonesboro, Mary McMunn of Marked Tree and Willie Cullins of Little Rock; two sisters: Maxine Fisher of Benton and Idell Bradley of Rogers; eight grandchildren: Delane Hogan, Lennie Hogan, Mary Houchin, Jamie Ellis, Scott McMunn, Philip Cullins, Rhonda McElveen and Sharon Wilkin; and 10 great-grandchildren.. ...

Lola Weeks, 87, of Heber Springs, formerly of Marked Tree, died Friday, Feb. 4, at Beverly Health Care in Heber Springs. She was a homemaker and a member of the Marked Tree Church of God. Survivors include her husband, Claybern H. Weeks of Heber Springs; a son, Kenneth Weeks of Pontotoc, Miss., and Harlod Weeks of Pearl, Miss; a daughter, Betty W. Odom of Heber Springs; a brother, Hubert Baser of St. Louis; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren...

Mon., Jan. 31 Senior Boys Rivercrest 69, Riverside 60 Senior Girls BIC 50, Marmaduke 44 Manila 65, Gosnell 31 Maynard 63, Riverside 46 Piggott 68, Bay 52 Rivercrest 66, Harrisburg 29 Trumann 60, Osceola 46 Junior Girls Bay 43, Piggott 36 Manila 43, Gosnell 28...