Stories from Thursday, November 15, 2007

Tribune Editor "In 1918… at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month… the world rejoiced. An armistice was signed to end the "war to end all wars." These were the opening words of State Representative Buddy Lovell at Monday night's Veterans Day Ceremony held in Marked Tree. The Marked Tree native had many words of appreciation to express as the event's key speaker...

John Warren Capooth passed away Nov. 2, 2007 at Brownstown, Mich. He was born Dec. 16, 1928 the son of Dewey Lee Capooth and Elzetta Mae Pinkston of Ramer, Tenn. He was a World War II veteran, a farmer in Black Oak and a retired supervisor for Martin Oil Company...

Linda Eubanks, 62, of Lepanto died Tues., Nov. 6, in Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. She was a member of the Lepanto Church of God and was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and four brothers. Survivors include her husband, Johnny Eubanks of Lepanto; three brothers, James Smith and Johnny Smith, both of Lepanto and Donald Smith of McEwen, Tenn.; three sisters, Ruby Gooch of Lepanto, Tiny Brewer of Ft. Gibson, Okla., and Roberta Brewer of McEwen, Tenn...

Billie Newt Grant, 48, of Marked Tree died on Nov. 5. He was a member of Baptist Faith Church and a U.S. Army Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Holly (Hamilton) Grant; one step-daughter, Bobbie Lynn Brown of Bladenboro, N.C.; two sisters, Elizabeth Grant of Tyronza and CyBill Grant of Savannah, Tenn.; one brother, Robert Alton Grant, Jr. of Tyronza and one grandchild...

Letha Mae Williams Overbey, 83, of Lepanto died Friday, Nov. 9, at her son's residence in Drummonds, Tenn. A member of the Church of Christ, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Overbey. The Overbey's were previous owners of a Lepanto gas station and garage and Mrs. Overbey was a beautician for many years in Lepanto...

Carl Edward Price, 78, of Tyronza died on Nov. 5. He was born on May 6, 1929 in Michie, Tenn. Price was a mechanic and a member of the United Methodist Church in Lepanto. He is survived by his wife, Elese Beulah Johnson Price of Tyronza; eight daughters, Carolyn Tucker of Paris, Texas, Jacqueline Shuberte of Gilmore, Mary Joyce Oakes of Tyronza, Pheneliphia Goldman of Lucedale, Miss., Annette Goldman of Whitton, Cheryl Kail of Marked Tree, Miriam Avery of Blytheville and Renee Wilson of Morrilton; three sons, David Price of Lepanto, Jimmy Price of Lepanto, and Jeffrey Price of Chelford; 35 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.. ...

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. She was also preceded in death by his sister, Vertie Mae Clayton. She was a member of Pleasant Grove M.B. Church in Osceola where she served on the motherboard. She was employed at EOC for 15 years and retired from American Greetings...

Glenn Turpin, 76, of Harrisburg, formerly of Lepanto, passed away Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in St. Bernards Medical Center at Jonesboro. Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in Harrisburg First Baptist Church with interment following in Potters Cemetery at Lepanto...

Tribune Sports Staff For 46:45 of the Marked Tree-Spring Hill first round state playoff game Friday night, defense dominated both sides of the ball. With the scoreboard showing 0-0, virtually everyone in Don Lovell Stadium was getting prepared for overtime. Indian halfback Michael Gray and his teammates had a different scenario in mind, however...

Carolyn F. Bolick, 61, died Sunday, Nov. 11 at S.M.C. Regional Medical Center in Osceola. Born Sunday, Aug. 24, 1946 in Tyronza to the late Houston and Loraine Mitchell, she was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Bolick of the home; one daughter, Jennifer Bolick Weaver of Osceola; two sisters, Ruby Mitchell of Michigan and Francis Blevins of Tyronza; four brothers, Doyle Mitchell, Lowell Mitchell, Jr. Mitchell and Freddie Mitchell...

Mrs. Cora Lee Williams, 97, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at the family resident in Marked Tree She was born on Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, daughter of the late Resse Harvey and Minerva Bell Poe Rowe. She was born in Mississippi and had lived in Marked Tree for the past 67 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corner's Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway...

Tribune news Staff Generating the most discussion, heated discussion at times, during the monthly Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting Monday night was a disagreement in the proposed tax millage rate ordinance. The items in question involved the proposed County General Fund millage of 1.6 mills and the County Road Fund millage of 3.0...

A group of talented youngsters from the CHEF Home School Group of Lepanto recently built a robot that placed second in the Mid-South BEST overall competition. The CHEF team of Jared and Jonathan Jennings of Lepanto, Kade and Kolby Stokes of Wilson, Audrey and Kyle Cochran of Dyess, Philip Warren of Marion and Bradley Nielsen of West Memphis were given grant funs to purchase supplies to build the robot...

The City of Lepanto Planning Commission will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Lepanto Community/Court Room. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the rezoning of property located at 408 West Broad Street. All interested parties are encouraged to attend...

The Annual Bake Sale and Soup and Chili Lunch hosted by the Lepanto First Assembly of God Church will be held this weekend at the church. The event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and will end at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $4 for all you care to eat.

All funds will help purchase new parts for the CHEF robots and for team travel to the BEST regionals in Fort Smith where they will compete. Organizers ask that local residents support the team by having their car washed.

Pearlie Arnold, 88, of Monette, formerly of Lepanto, died Sunday, Nov. 11, at Monette Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Lepanto. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Eddie Arnold, two infant children, a daughter, Barbara Miller and a son, Gary Arnold...

Tommie Faye Ulrich, 64, of Dyess passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, in St. Bernards Regional Medical Center at Jonesboro. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her companion, William Cotton of Dyess; two sons, Danny Porterfield of Chelford and Paul B. ...

Barbara Sue Howard Vaughn, 61, of Lepanto died Saturday, Nov. 10, at her residence at Lepanto. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gaines and Viola Howard; and one brother. Survivors include her husband, Clyde Vaughn of Lepanto; son, Jeff Vaughn and daughter-in-law Angela of Lepanto; brothers, Paul Howard of Lepanto and Billy Howard and Walter "Dub" Howard, both of Marked Tree; and grandson, Dalton Vaughn of Lepanto...

Tribune Sports Staff After winning only one game last season, the EPC Warriors went beyond most people's expectations finishing .500 for the regular season with a 5-5 record before losing at Rison 42-14 last Friday night in the first round of the 3A state playoffs...

Tribune Sports Staff By the end of the first period of the EPC-Hughes season opening girl's basketball game in Lepanto last Monday night, it was clear who was the better team on the court as the Lady Warriors built a 22-2 lead on the way to a 74-38 win over the Lady Blue Devils...

On Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 Turners Martial Arts Studio team from Lepanto went to the Battle in Autumn Tournament in Thayer, Mo. They brought home a number of following trophies. In the advanced division 18 and up, Keedrick Campbell finished second in extreme forms, first in sparring, second in weapons and fourth in traditional forms while Koressa Bowman placed second in both forms and sparring...