Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2007

An afternoon four-wheeler outing last Wednesday afternoon ended in tragedy when Lester McCorkle, 65, of Tyronza drowned after his ATV turned over into a pond. According to reports from the Poinsett County Sheriff's office, McCorkle and his grandson were making routine checks of crawfish ponds. ...

Tribune Sports Staff The football Junior Lions of Manila celebrated their first home game in more than three decades last Thursday. Unfortunately, they did this at the expense of the Junior Indians, downing them 20-0 to put them at 2-4 for the season...

Tribune Sports Staff "We should be able to find out something about ourselves against Augusta," coach Tim Branum said prior to the Indian-Red Devil contest last Friday night, referring to the outstanding running backs Augusta had and how they would test the Indians. But, what Branum and everyone else in attendance found out was that Marked Tree can run on Augusta as they racked up 373 yards on the ground to 123 for the Devils in the 27-3 victory at Don Lovell field...

Tribune Sports Staff For a long time at Lepanto Friday night it seemed to be the type of game where the last team with the ball was going to win. In the end, though, undefeated Hoxie took advantage of halftime mistakes by the Warriors to hand EPC their second loss of the season, 50-30...

Lester McCorkle, 65, of Tyronza died Wednesday, Oct. 3 after drowning in a four-wheeler accident. He was a retired self-employed heavy equipment operator and of the Baptist faith. McCorkle loved his family very much and spent most of his days with his grandchildren of whom he was very proud. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He also was a great cook and always had a new recipe to be sample by all...

Larry Warren, 60, of Kennett, Mo. died on Sunday, Oct. 7 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Kennett and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Diane Warren. He is survived by one son, Bryan Warren of Springfield, Mo.; one daughter, Heather Warren of Kennett, Mo.; two brothers, Don Warren and Wilton Warren; one sister, Bonnie Warren all of Lepanto; and one grandchild, Jaxson Warren...

Glen Evert Perkins Sr., 89, of Monticello passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at his home. He was born Sept. 8, 1918 in Tyronza to the late Charles Oliver Perkins and Minnie Lillard Perkins. He was a farmer and owner of Perkins Farm Supply, a U.S. Army and Air Force Veteran of WWII and a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a 1950 graduate of U of A at Fayetteville, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture...

Willie Dallas Burns Jr., 63, of Marked Tree died Monday, Oct. 8, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. He was born in Tyronza on Feb. 20, 1944, into the family of Willie Dallas Burns Sr. and Mollie Phillips Burns. He was a tree trimmer and was of the Baptist belief...

First United Methodist Church in Marked Tree will host a Halloween Carnival on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at the church. Tickets will be available at the gate that night for only 10 cents. Tickets may be used to play games such as ring toss, fishing, fortune telling and bean bags. Food will also be available to buy with tickets. There will also be a haunted house for everyone to enjoy...

Tribune News Staff National Fire Prevention Week is always the week in which Oct. 9 falls. On Oct. 9, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire started. This tragic fire killed some 300 people, left 100,000 homeless and destroyed more than 17,000 structures all in just 72 hours. One popular legend claims that a milk cow kicked over a lamp setting the barn on fire and started the fiery conflagration...

Tribune Editor Choosing an engineer to design and build the sports and recreation complex sparked a debate and divided the council at the Marked Tree City Council meeting Monday night. Tommy McCrary and Brad McDaniels, members of the Marked Tree Parks and Recreation Committee, were on hand at the meeting to present the committee's recommendations after interviewing eight engineers...

Tribune Sports Staff The Hughes Junior Blue Devils came to Lepanto last Thursday afternoon looking for their first win of the season. By the time the contest was over some 90 minutes later, they had achieved their goal, defeating the Junior Warriors 22-8...