Stories from Wednesday, November 2, 2005

The St. Francis Levee District Board election will be held Monday, Nov. 7. Mary Ann Arnold of Marked Tree currently holds the seat representing the East side of the district and Larry W. Henderson of Trumann holds the Western district seat. Two other county residents, Terry Hatley and Les Bradford, have announced their candidacy for the race...

Billy Don Andrews, 70, of Brookland died Tuesday Oct. 24, 2005 at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in the Finch community near Paragould and had lived there since 1978 and was formerly of the Goobertown community. He was a retired factory worker for Emerson Electric Company in Paragould and of the Church of Christ faith...

Arlis Glen Anderson, 86, of Trumann was born on Friday, Oct. 24 1919, the son of the late Homer and Liller Burr Hatch Anderson. He died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 at the family residence in Trumann. He was born in Evening Shade near Hope and was born spiritually at the age of 30 in Bastrop, La. ...

The Trumann Missionary Baptist Church is sponsoring a benefit show for the hurricane victims from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Old Community Center in Trumann. The concert is free, but the church will be accepting donations. All proceeds will go to the Baptist Missionary Hurricane Relief Fund. There will be no admission fee, donations only. There will also be concessions...

The Poinsettia Club in Trumann is once again hosting the Christmas Tour of Homes from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. The homes featured this year will be Mike and Effie Dungan's home at 117 Thelma, Quentin and Betty Fletcher's home at 1235 Hwy 69 W., Vivian Roberts's home at 120 Summer Blvd and Terry and Karen Rollins's home at 708 Criss...

Larry W. Henderson of Trumann is announcing his intent to seek re-election to the St. Francis Levee Board. Henderson has been on the board for seven years. He is a lifetime resident of Trumann. He has been a farmer in the Trumann area for over thirty years...

Christopher Mitchell of Trumann will be performing in an upcoming concert with the ASU men's choir. The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the University Singers Men's Choir and Women's Choir in a fall concert under the direction of Dr. Dale Miller, director of choral activities, and Carolyn Smith, graduate conducting assistant. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center...

A commodity distribution for Poinsett County residents is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the Trumann Recreational Complex on Pecan Grove Road, the Marked Tree Fire Station on 102 Liberty in Marked Tree and Weiner City Hall located at 123 East Second Street in Weiner...

Debby Mitchell, resident services coordinator, would like to thank everyone on behalf of the employees of the Trumann Housing Authority who made the annual red ribbon celebration front yard picnic a success. The event was held at the Trumann Police Department Substation on Walnut Street, on Thursday, Oct. 27...

Matthew Rouse of Jonesboro, formerly of Trumann, and his son Ben Rouse both participated recently in motocross races. They recently traveled to a track near Dyersburg, Tenn. and raced in the 250 beginner class against each other. Ben was in first place until he wrecked on the last turn of the last lap, but he got back up and finished in fifth place. Matthew placed second in the same race...

Joann Ward, 65, of Trumann died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. She is survived by her husband, Billy Ward of Trumann; three daughters, Belinda Jo Holt of Trumann, Dianna Lynn Smith and Connie Ann Vance, both of Marked Tree; four sisters, Shirley Coats of Marion, Jenny Clem and Wanda Stacks, both of West Memphis and Juanita Brown of Jefferson City, Tenn.; one brother, Bobby Coats of West Memphis and five grandchildren.. ...

Donald Edward Chaffin, 63, of Redondo Beach, Calif, formerly of Trumann died Monday, Oct. 24 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Trumann he lived in Redondo Beach since 1963. He was a retired maintenance supervisor at Chevron Oil Company in El Segundo, Calif. for 30 years and of the Baptist belief...

Karen Suzette "Susie" Yeakey, 44, of Trumann died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005 at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. She was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was a housewife and member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband, Frankie E. ...

Kathryn Craig Rasdon, 73, of Trumann died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in and had lived most of her life in the Trumann and Harrisburg area. She was a housewife and member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Harrisburg...

Jonesboro held their annual Harvest Cup soccer tournament this past week-end Oct. 22nd -- 23rd. Trumann resident Trenton Mullins is a member of the U10 Classic team which began tournament play Saturday morning by defeating the Little Rock Mighty Bluebirds, 7-1. Mullins scored one of the seven goals in the opener. The second game, also played Saturday, ended in an 8-0 shutout of Paragould. Mullins notched two goals in this contest along with one assist...