Stories from Thursday, May 26, 2005

Tribune Editor The Poinsett County District Attorney's office announced Tuesday that Rob Jennings will be sentenced for state charges he faces at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 3. The preceding will be held in Jonesboro under Judge David Laser. Jennings is expected to plead guilty and be sentenced at the hearing. ...

Tribune Sports Staff Thirty-eight years ago on May 26, in a jungle in Vietnam, Marked Tree native, Teddy Tally, in an effort to protect a couple of his buddies who had been wounded, paid the ultimate price. In honor of his sacrifice, the seventh annual Teddy Tally Scholarship Award was presented May 10 at the Marked Tree High School sports award ceremony to Andy Lung and Chad McCrary. The awards were in the amount of $500 each...

Tribune Sports Staff East Poinsett County honored its student athletes Thursday, May 12, with the annual sports banquet in the EPC cafeteria. These awards were presented in football, tennis, cheerleading, boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball, as well as a number of special awards:...

Tribune Sports Staff Last Thursday afternoon some 25 Marked Tree Indians donned their pads to bring spring practice to a conclusion with a hard-hitting scrimmage between the "blues and whites." "The kids always like scrimmaging to end the spring," Branum said. "We tried...

Willie Mae Young, of Salem was born on June 2, 1914, in Fayette County, Alabama, daughter of the late Sheard P. and Samantha J. (Watkins) Tucker. She died May 17 at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem at the age of 90. Willie was united in marriage to Dave Young in 1946, at Lepanto. ...

Diann S. Huddleston, 63, formerly of Lepanto died May 21, at the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was a paraprofessional in the school system who attended Friendship Baptist Church in Arkadelphia and served as president of OEC. Survivors include her husband, Harvie Huddleston of Arkadelphia; one son, Gene Huddleston of Tyler, Texas; two daughters, Lisa Underwood of Quinlan, Texas and Sheila Morrison of Friendship; one brother Blan Wilkins of Friendship; and three grandchildren...

Johnny Bob Pipes of Tyronza died May 20, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He was a retired farmer and attended the Tyronza Church of Christ and had been a member of Woodmen of the World for 30 years. He was preceded in death by his mother and father Johnny Douglas Pipes and Mazie Lee Pipes; one sister, Sally Jane Webb and one brother, Jappie Lee Pipes...

The Lepanto City Council met in regular session last Tuesday in the city courtroom with all council members in attendance to discuss several ideas to improve the overall community, the possibility of a curfew change and to review pending resolutions...

Marked Tree, Lepanto and Tyronza police departments are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect and serve the local communities. They are the dedicated men and women who give 110 percent to make their citizens' lives more comfortable and secure...

In Monday night's meeting, the Marked Tree Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a Qualified Zone Academy Bonds or QZAB, a $250,000 loan from the Bank of America. The QZAB is a federal program set established five years ago that gives particular school districts an allotment of money. The district will make 10 annual deposits of $23,817.48 each May beginning May 31, 2006. Interest is compounded semi-annually and is reinvested in the agreement at an investment rate of 1.07%...

Earnest M. Hulsey of New Matamoras, Ohio donated on loan, a picture of childhood friend, Pvt. Lee E. Sanders of Lepanto, who gave his life for his country in World War II, along with letters Sanders had written to him from overseas during the war. Sanders served in Troop B 124th Cavalry from November 23, 1943, until his death in Burma on January 29, 1945. He was about 19 years old when he was killed near HPA-PEN Northern Burma and is buried in the Mangum Burma Military Cemetery...

Charline Craft, 75, of Harrisburg, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Poinsett County, was a seamstress, field laborer and member of the First Assembly of God in Harrisburg. She loved art and painting and was very active with the Harrisburg Senior Citizens...

Joe Tucker, 69, of Harrisburg died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Locust Grove, Ok. and was very proud of his Cherokee Heritage. He worked for 22 years at Singer Company and later worked in the construction field. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Harrisburg, and one of his favorite pastimes was square dancing...

Kenith Rhoads, infant son of Ashley Carter and Kenith Rhoads of Trumann, was born and died on Monday, May 16, 2005 in the Northeast Medical Center in Jonesboro. He is survived by his parents; his maternal grandparents, Ron and Donna Carter of Trumann and his paternal grandparents, Carl Rhoads of Trumann and Doris Rhoads of Florida...

Minnie M. Davis, 93, of Trumann died Thursday May 12, 2005 at the home of a granddaughter in Lacon, Ill. of natural causes. She was born in Tennessee and had lived in Trumann for the past 62 years, moving here from Manila. She was a retired homemaker and a member of the Calvary Pentecostal Church in Trumann...

Dick Lewallen aced the number seven hole at the Trumann Country Club with a hole in one on May 16 with a nine iron. This golfing feat was witnessed by Gerald McWayne and Donnie Taylor.

Beginning June 1 the East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, 2005 E. Highland in Jonesboro, will be offering beginners line dance classes instructed by Ray and Patsy Wood. The classes will be at 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday during the month of June and are free and open to the public...

The Trumann American Legion Post 42 is hosting a Memorial Day event on Monday, May 30 at the American Legion Memorial Park. The park is located at the intersection of Hwy 463 and Main St. in Trumann. The event will include the Ridgefield Brass Band. Everyone is invited to attend...

Poinsett County Circuit Clerk, Claudia Matthews, released the following names drawn as prospective petit jurors for the May / June 2005 session of Poinsett County Circuit Court Civil Division. Judge John Fogleman of Marion will preside. Jurors are instructed to report to the Poinsett County Courthouse in Harrisburg at 9:15 a.m. ...

Marked Tree -- Keith Steele, Assistant Vice Chancellor, is pleased to announce that the automotive training program at ASUTC in Marked Tree recently received re-certification by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). ...

Two camps will be offered this summer for the first time at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro exclusively for high school juniors and seniors interested in Pre-Law or Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). The CSI Camp will provide "hands-on" experience at reconstructed crime scenes, and in the lab and classroom. ...

Raven Arnold, a Trumann native, who spent a summer semester in Florence in 2004 was selected by the Trumann Area Fine Arts Council to present a summer art workshop for young artists. The five day workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. from June 20 -- 24 in the Fine Arts Building next to the Main Street Café...

Trumann High School seniors entered the school as seniors and walked out as alumni last Friday following graduation ceremonies. The graduating class received a total of $290,000 in scholarship monies from various colleges and organizations to go towards their secondary education...

The Arkansas State Championship Bench Press Dead lift contest was may 14 at Fort Smith. Several area residents participated in the contest. Danny Jackson, from Bay, lifted in the bench press division super heavy weight. He lifted a state record 259 pounds bench press and a fist place in the 47 -- 53 division...