Stories from Thursday, April 12, 2007

Tribune News Staff With councilmen Ritter Arnold, Waylon Dunn and Jerry Jones absent, the Marked Tree City Council had just enough present to have a meeting and approve the proposed bond for a new sports complex. Leading off the meeting and bringing about the most discussion was Jim Alexander representing Morgan Keegan of Memphis. Alexander presented a proposal for the city's sales and use tax bond issue to construct and maintain the city's new sports and recreation park...

Tribune News Staff Monday night's East Poinsett County school board meeting accepted the resignation of Coach Dusty Meeks. Meeks plans to move to Stuttgart with his family. He has accepted the position of an offensive coordinator coach for the football team at Stuttgart. They are also planning to move back closer to his wife's family...

An April 16 ceremony will recognizes veterans not eligible for inscription on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Seventy-seven American heroes will be honored posthumously during a ceremony to pay tribute to the men and women who died prematurely from noncombat injuries and emotional suffering caused directly by the Vietnam War, but who are not eligible to have their names inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund...

Tribune News Staff How women's roles have changed over the years will be the general subject of the new exhibit at the Marked Tree Delta Area Museum. "A Woman's Place" is the title of the exhibit which will have its official opening at 7 p.m., Friday, April 13...

Tribune Sports Staff After picking up their first win of the season at Manila last Tuesday night, the EPC Lady Warriors were hoping to make it two in a row as they hosted the Trumann Lady Wildcats Thursday afternoon. As is often the case, though, the other team had something to say about the matter. And in the case of, Trumann they spoke loud and clear as they built a 13-0 lead before Samantha King was able to push across EPC's lone run for a 13-1 final...

Tribune Sports Staff EPC (21-3) used a seven run first inning to put pitcher Chris Maddox in a relaxed mood so that he could hold Marmaduke to only two runs on four hits last Thursday for a 12-2 five inning win. Maddox also had five strikeouts while walking just one in the win in his third win of the season...

Brenda Lee Stephenson, 49, of Hot Springs, formerly of Lepanto, died Sunday, April 8 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. She was of the Baptist belief and was preceded in death by her parents and one brother. Survivors include her husband, Tommy Stephenson of Hot Springs; one son, Len Stephenson of Monticello; four daughters: Tara Hargrave of Warren, Hannah Patrick of Hot Springs, Leesa Stephenson of Little Rock and Kasey Cathey of Sherwood; two brothers, Dennis Moorman of Jonesboro and Billy Moorman of Flint, Mich.; two sisters: Doris Steakley and Darlene Pate, both of Lepanto; and five grandchildren.. ...

Charles B. Parker, 67, of Proctor died Thursday, March 22 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Parker; three daughters, Vickie Jackson of Paragould, Rhonda Ashley of Lepanto and Nicole Holleman of Proctor; a son, Dick Shinault of Bonnesville; four sisters, Louise Hall of Marion, Pauline Lucas, Lois Lucas and Linda Daniels, all of Tyronza; a brother, Johnny Parker of Tyronza; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren...

Mary Ann Simmons Tacker Lawrence, 60, of Payneway died April 3 at St Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corners Chapel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Tina Mitchell Tacker; two brothers, Clayton and Freddie Simmons; and one sister Jean Wolcott...

Lavola Ann Tucker Davis of Blossom, Texas formerly of Lepanto, passed away March 17,2007, at the Paris Regional Medical Center in Paris, Texas. Funeral services were held at 2 pm, March 20 at Fry-Gibbs Funeral Chapel in Paris, Texas with the Rev. Ed Yost officiating. Interment followed at Bluff Cemetery...

Janice Leigh Tyler, 85 of Lepanto died Saturday, April 7 at her residence. She was a member of the Lepanto First Baptist Church and was retired from Lepanto Garmet Factory. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by two great-grandchildren...

Tribune Sports Staff Last Wednesday was a special day for William Ruthven and the Indian baseball program as Ruthven officially signed a national letter of intent with Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge. The signing, which took place in the Marked Tree High School Library, was attended by all of Ruthven's teammates, his parents, coaches and a number of other well wishers...