Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2008

Emma Lois Barton, 70, died on Sept. 13, at her home in West Memphis. She was a sales clerk at Sears and was a member of the Avondale Missionary Baptist Church in West Memphis. She is survived by her husband, Franklin Barton of West Memphis; one daughter, Sharon Barton Avers of West Memphis; one son, Steven Barton of West Memphis; one sister, Louise Cobb of Rossville, Tenn.; one brother, Albert Qualls of Jonesboro; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...

Kathryn Virginia Byford, 78, of Luxora died Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Great River Medical Center. She was born in Gunterville, Ala. to the late James and Myrtle Atchley on Sunday, Nov. 10, 1929. She worked as a cook for River Industry Barge Line and was of the Baptist Faith...

Edith Annabel Bunting Cluck, 73, of Trumann died September 13 at her residence. Born on Nov. 23, 1934, at Kennett, Mo., Cluck was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Trumann. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Joe William Bunting and Joe Clifton Bunting; and three great-grandchildren, Dalton Lewis, Hunter Lewis and Jacob Maddox...

Jacie Lee James, the infant daughter of Thomas James and Jonie James of Joiner, died Sept. 13 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Survivors include one sister, Arianah Kaye James of Joiner; grandparents, Les and Debbie James of Mishawka, Ind., and Johnnie and Rose Clifton of Lepanto; great-grandparents, Leroy and Dorothy James and Barbara Graves, all of Mishawka, Ind., and Jimmy Man and Marsha Ashley of Bassett.. ...

James Louis Wright, 77, of Lepanto died Sept. 13, at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on February 2, 1931 in Helena. Wright was a retired mechanic, an Army Veteran in the Korean War and of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Wright; two brothers, Jesse Wright and Benjamin Wright...

Shelby Young, 89, of Memphis died Sept. 13, 2008 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mae Jeanette Barnett Young. Survivors include one son, Mike Layman of Jonesboro; one daughter, Nanette Stanchak of Horn Lake, Miss.; two brothers, Bruce Young of Georgetown, Mo. ...

Lepanto lost a great volunteer, philanthropist and friend last Thursday when Michael Portis died at the age of 57 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Known as Mik'l to his friends and family, Portis was an honorary fireman of the Lepanto Fire Department and was instrumental in the construction of the new department in 2004. ...

There was one thing missing in the Indians-Warriors annual battle Friday night at Marked Tree -- points. Between the two teams only 13 points were put on the board in the 7-6 Indian victory...

After opening the season with a come-from-behind win over rival Marked Tree last week, the Junior Warriors took their second win of the season at Augusta, defeating the Red Devils 16-12...

"After the game last night I tried to find the police so they could look for my team," Junior Indian coach Matt Wright said last Friday afternoon. "The team I had last week was stolen and I hope we can find them before the game this week."...

In a two-hour meeting last Tuesday, the Marked Tree City Council denied mayor Dixon Chandler's request to approve bids for the sports and recreation complex without the council's approval...