Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2007

"They can use the money for anything they need," said Representative Buddy Lovell when he presented $10,190 checks to both the Lepanto and Marked Tree Senior Life Centers last Thursday afternoon. The disbursements came as part of a $3 million dollar grant designated for all such center in the state...

Tribune Sports Staff Fumbles and unusually long drives by McCrory, kept the Junior Indians defense on the field for all, but 7:42 in their loss to the Junior Jaguars, 20-0 Thursday night. The loss at Don Lovell Field came in last game of the year giving Marked Tree a 2-7 record on the season...

Tribune Sports Staff The game between Walnut Ridge and Marked Tree Friday night was just the type of situation a coach hates. The Bobcats (2-7, 2-3) were clearly outmatched by the 8-1 Indians who had already secured at least a tie for first place in the 2A-3...

Tribune Sports Staff When EPC played Harrisburg last season they were playing for nothing, but respect in a one-win forgettable season. Friday night, the Warriors traveled to their cross-county rival in hopes of winning a third place finish in the 3A-3 conference. A win would have given the home-field advantage for their first round play-off game...

Oberia Rofe, 76, of Osceola died Friday, Oct. 26, at SMC Regional Medical Center in Osceola. Rofe was born on Oct. 4, 1931 in Sherrill to the late John Henry and Viola Sims Clayton. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Vertie Mae Clayton. He was a member of Pleasant Grove M.B. Church in Osceola where he served on the motherboard. He was employed at EOC for 15 years and retired from American Greetings...

Warren Albert Dunn, 79, of Marked Tree died Thursday, Oct. 25 at NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 3, 1928 in Kossuth, Miss., he was a member of the First Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, Miss. to the late John W. and Leona Crum. He was also preceded in death by his son, James Albert Dunn, and two grandchildren, Michael Jordan Dunn and Meghan Dunn...

Wilburn Ray Comstock, 79, of Marked Tree died Oct. 25 at North East Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a member of the Church of God and a retired police officer. Survivors include his wife, Christine Swan Comstock of Marked Tree; a daughter, Betty Spurlin and her husband Larry of Memphis; sisters, Charlsie Garrison and her husband, Homer, of Marked Tree, and Opal Armstrong of Middle River, Md.; one grandson, Dean Rickvalsky and his wife, Kara, of Spring Hill, Tenn.; one step-grandson, Tyler Spurlin and his wife, Natasha, of Arlington, Tenn.; one step-granddaughter, Laura Crook and husband, Mike, of Atoka, Tenn.; one great-grandson, Maddox Rickvalsky of Spring Hill, Tenn.; two step-grandchildren, Kyle and Madalyn Crook of Atoka, Tenn.; three brother-in-laws and two sister-in-laws.. ...

Ruth Opal White, 97, of Cherokee Village, formerly of Marked Tree, died at her home on Friday, Oct. 26. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion F. White. She is survived by four daughters, Maxine Talley of Marked Tree, Amy Blysma of Washington, Mo., Carolyn Carroll of Mountain View and Mildred Carroll of Cherokee Village; one son, Jerry W. White of Cherokee Village;16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren...

Flu season is near, and it's time to get your flu shot. The Poinsett County Health Marked Tree Unit is part of 81 health units statewide that are participating in one-day mass flu vaccination clinics. On Nov. 9, 2007, the Poinsett County Health Marked Tree Unit is practicing its local mass dispensing plan and will be providing free flu shots from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the National Guard Armory at 802 Liberty Street. No services will be provided at the local health unit that day...

The Crossroads Coalition will celebrate a year of accomplishments and announce some significant new initiatives at its third annual banquet, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Technology Center for the Delta in Wynne. Tickets are $35 and include a 2008 membership to the Crossroads Coalition. Corporate tables of eight are $250 and include eight memberships. Tickets at the door will be $50...

Tribune Sports Staff It took till the last game of the season to get something other than a loss, but the Junior Warriors finally did just that with a 6-6 tie against Barton in Lepanto last Thursday night. "It was a very competitive game in very bad conditions," coach Brian Weather said. "It was sloppy and cold for both teams. We ended up with seven penalties each and we both had several fumbles. It came down to the very end as to what the outcome was going to be."...