Stories from Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Ronnie Dye was unanimously voted to become the Minister of Music for Maple Grove Baptist Church recently. Dye is a "hometown boy" who moved to Cherokee Village to continue his ministering at the First Baptist Church in Cherokee Village. He is a 1988 graduate of Trumann High School and former detective for the Trumann Police Department...

Mary Louise Vickers, 60, of Jonesboro died Thursday May 25, 2006 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived there for the past eight years. Formerly of Texarkana and the Trumann area, she was a housewife and member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Jonesboro...

Geraldine Bailey, 49, of Harrisburg died Sunday at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Trumann, she lived at Harrisburg most of her lifetime. She was a graduate of Harrisburg High School and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Herkus Gene Bailey of the home; one daughter,...

Barbara Jo Roedel, 37, of Trumann, died Thursday, May 25, 2006 at the family residence. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker and member of the Highway Valley Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Jack and Inez Young, two uncles and three aunts...

Shelia Darna Mitchell, 50, of Trumann died Friday, May 19, 2006 at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Jonesboro and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. She was an inventory control clerk for Rowsey Furniture in Jonesboro and had formerly worked for 21 years for K-Mart. She was a member of the McCormick Baptist Church...

The First Assembly of God, located on the corner of Willow and Flossie, is having a fish fry from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 10 in the church fellowship hall. A three piece fish plate with fixings will be $5 per person. Those seeking more information can call Pastor Doke at 483-7793...

Chief Larry Blagg has received many complaints regarding basketball goals being faced towards the street where games can be played in the street. He said this type of play in the street was a violation of the law. Playing in the street not only impedes traffic, but the risk is higher of someone being hit by a moving vehicle...

Trumann High School graduation was Friday, March 19 on the THS Football Field. The processional was played by the varsity band and the invocation was given by Jeremy Austin McHalffey. Speeches were given by valedictorians Joseph Alan Curtis and Julie Kathryn Heanderson and salutatorian Caitlyn ELizabeth...

Sallie Lou Biggers, a former Trumann resident, will teach the Trumann Area Fine Arts Council's annual summer art class. Biggers graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in art education in March of 2005. Prior to graduation, she was a student intern at Landmark Fine Arts Magnet Elementary in the Pulaski County Special School District in Little Rock...

Trumann resident Ira Monroe Abbot received quite a joyous surprise last Thursday when his nieces Dorothy Castro and Francis Tuggle of Lepanto stopped by to introduce him to an old friend from the past. Well, sort of. The "friend" is a 1937 model John Deere Tractor that has been in the Abbot family since 1946...

Trumann High school students have once again excelled in the stock market game sponsored by the Arkansas Council for Economic Education. Congratulations to Trumann High School students Zachary Brown and Travis Cotton for placing second in region out of 97 teams and third in state out of 757 teams in the spring 2006 stock market game...

Williams Baptist College has released the names of students on the President's and Dean's Lists for the spring 2006 semester. The President's List includes those full-time students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, while the Dean's List is comprised of those with at least a 3.5 GPA...

Michael Brandon, 3205 Meador in Jonesboro, was arrested on May 22 by the Trumann Police Department. He was charged with theft by deception after the suspect passed three checks totaling $1,147.37 on a closed account. He was given a bond of $25,000 and a circuit court date of July 7...

The First Assembly of God, 104 Flossie in Trumann, invites everyone to their 2006 Homecoming Celebration. The Homecoming is set for June 11. The first service will be at 9:45 a.m., memorial service will be at 11 a.m., second service will be at 11:15 a.m. and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m...

Amber McHalffey and Megan McHalffey show off a big fish their grandpa is holding. The 20 pound catfish was caught on a trot line on the wide water at Tulot. (Democrat photo/Carin McClung)