Stories from Thursday, June 1, 2006

Dr. Tom Graves of Texas will be the speaker at the annual Marked Tree Friends of the Library Banquet that will be held on Tuesday, June 6. The luncheon will begin at 12 noon in the fellowship hall of the Marked Tree First United Methodist Church. Graves, formerly of Marked Tree, has published several books including "From Marked Tree to Red Arc" and "From Sunday Conversations: Sermons and Prayers for All Seasons."...

Lepanto residents, many of which are members of the Lepanto Citizens for Progress, gathered at city hall last Wednesday for an exciting meeting with Eva Hooker and Delena Ware, county coordinators for Keep Arkansas Beautiful (KAB). Hooker and Ware have been working around the Lake Poinsett area for several years to make improvements to the area by cleaning up eyesores, planting flowers and making other general improvements...

Ira Monroe Abbot of Trumann 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...

Franklin Wayne Scott, 45, died Saturday, May 27 at his home in Marked Tree. He is survived by his wife, Cathy; his parents, Louis and Virginia Scott also of Marked Tree; his grandmother, Effie Scott of Lutts, Tenn.; and three sisters-Kathy Richards of Bay, Betty Forester of Bay Village and Mickey Hale of Tyronza...

Cecil Edward Dewally, 78, died Sunday, May 8 in Portat, Tex. He is survived by his companion, Audria Boyd also of Porter; his daughter, Barbara Dewally; a granddaughter, Brianna; a grandson, Tim of Oklahoma City; a sister, Imogene Dewally of Lepanto; two brothers, Jack of Lepanto and Curtis of Arkoma, Okla.; and numerous step children, nieces and nephews...

Tribune Sports Staff Coach Tim Branum and the rest of the Marked Tree Indians football staff were presently surprised when the first kids came out for spring practice earlier this month. Last year at this time the numbers looked weak with less than 30 coming out for practice. This year, however, nearly...

Tribune Sports Staff Many accolades have come Keun Joplin's way during his athletic career at EPC. He excelled on the football field, receiving all-conference honors there for his play. Basketball, however, was and is definitely his forte -- so much...