Stories from Thursday, September 3, 2009

Phillip Wayne Reed, 58, of Fayetteville, Ga., died Aug. 24. He was a construction worker and was formerly of Earle. He is survived by one sister, Helen Cagle of Fayetteville, Ga. and two brothers, Larry Reed and Herbert Cshad Reed, both of Horseshoe Lake...

Louis Ivan Hammell III, 57, of Trumann died Aug. 21 at his residence. He was born May 12, 1952, the son of Louis and Mable (Eastres) Hammell. He was a hydraulic mechanic- maintenance worker at Air Tex at Marked Tree. Hammell was a Gulf War Veteran serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He enjoyed watching birds, hunting for arrowheads, hunting and fishing...

TRUMANN - William Deroy "Bill" Swain, 86, of Trumann, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. Swain was born in Lexington, Tenn., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. ...

JONESBORO - Dyer Warren Jr., 74, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and had lived in Jonesboro for the past 14 years and was formerly of Texas. ...

TRUMANN - Martha Petroff Holmes, 84, of Trumann, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Holmes was born in Blue Mountain, Miss., and had lived most of her lifetime in the Trumann area and was formerly of Memphis. She was a member of the Trumann Fine Arts Council, Library Board, Poinsettia Club, Democratic Women, and a member of the First Baptist Church...

The Arkansas Heat softball team won its third consecutive USSSA championship at the 12 and under World Series in Columbus, Ind. August 2. Made up of players from Marked Tree, Paragould, Jonesboro, Lake City, Batesville, Benton and west Tennessee, the Paragould-based team was aided in their victory by the play of Marked Tree native, Claire Brown...

Democrat Tribune Sports "We always have a tough time when we play (Harrisburg)," said Trumann coach Matt Mink of his Lady Wildcats loss to the Lady Hornets last Tuesday afternoon. "It seems like we never go less than five games."...

Democrat Tribune Sports In their annual county rivalry game last Tuesday, the Lady Hornets (6-3-1) volleyball team topped the Lady Wildcats 16-25, 25-20, 25-20, 19-25, 15-10. Overall, though, coach Lauren Baker was pleased with the game and her team...

This column is not about Ted Kennedy. While he deserves it, everything that needs to be said or written about him has already been done by people who did it much better than I could. Besides, when it comes to the Kennedy's, people either love them or hate them, and nothing I could write would change anybody's mind...

The following candidates have filed for the St. Francis Levee District: Filing began Tuesday, Sept. 1 will continue through Sept. 8...

Operation Trumann Clean-up swept through neighborhoods in Ward 1 last weekend as volunteers scoured roadways and ditches for trash and litter. The clean up day was the second time members of Operation Trumann Clean-up and other volunteers committed to beautifying Trumann have given up a Saturday to help make Trumann a cleaner place to live...

Lots to do in the Windy City I had a chance to get away this weekend and snuck off for a min-vacation to the Windy City. Chicago is not somewhere I really had high on my list of places I wanted to visit...

Teams will take to the gridirons around the state Friday as they once again begin their quest for state football crowns. Many will have high expectations regarding how their seasons will turn out, but, as always, only a handful of teams will win their last game of the season...

County Judge Charles Nix gave a presentation to the Marked Tree Rotary club concerning stimulus money for the county. "We didn't get much from the state," Nix explained, "Most of the money went to highway projects which in return will help local economy." Nix further iterated that one reason the county did not receive much stimulus money was because there was not much projects to apply money towards. ...