Stories from Thursday, September 24, 2009

Frances L. Wallace, 78, of Dyess died on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Batesville. She was born Thursday, March 5, 1931 in Tyronza to the late Victor Mitchell and Clara Mae Burt Forrester, she was an active member of Dyess Central Baptist Church and was secretary and treasurer of the church, held a masters degree in special education, and retired from Dyess Public Schools with 30 years of service. ...

Allie Mae Anders Swan, 93, died Sunday, Sept. 20 at the DeSoto Healthcare Nursing Home in Southaven, Miss. She was born on June 23, 1916, in Wynne, to James Henry Anders and Mary Lue Mosier Anders. Swan was the widow of Marvin Lee Swan. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Marvin Lee, Jr. and a daughter, Mary Aline Swan Carpenter...

Ruth Velma Shores, 86, of Trumann died Monday Sept. 14, 2009 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Rector and lived in Trumann for the past 59 years. She was also formerly of Piggott. She was a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church...

TRUMANN -- Jimmy W. King, 62, of Trumann departed this life Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, at Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 14, 1947, at Harrisburg, the son of William King and Lura Smith King. He was a former employee of Roach Manufacturing in Trumann and of the Pentecostal faith...

Ellen Ruthie Qualls, 76, of Trumann died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Salem and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith...

Randall Clay Evans, 37, of Harrisburg, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, in Jonesboro. Mr. Evans was born in Aurora, Ill., and had lived most of his lifetime in the Harrisburg area. He was a construction worker and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church...

As you know, I've been concerned about the intense dislike some people are showing toward the president. A lot of the protesters seem to actually hate the man. Well, Jimmy Carter, a beloved ex-president (because he was definitely not loved when he was president) says he's got it all figured out. He says it's because Obama is black. Wow, thats deep...

When Ethan Corkran turns three years old in January, his mother will be in her second semister at Marked Tree High School. Ethan makes she and her husband, Jacob, happy every day. Mrs. Corkran is in her first full year of teaching seventh and eighth grade English and speech at MTHS. ...

This was written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. To celebrate growing older, she once wrote the 45 lessons life taught her. It is the most-requested column she has ever written...

Marked Tree (1-2, 1-1) was able to spread the wealth around Friday night as they used four different running backs to pound Cedar Ridge into submission resulting in their first win of the season 34-14. It was also the first win for new head coach Waylon Dunn, but he negated that importance in favor of the positive result for his players...

Right off the bat Harrisburg knew they were going to be for a game last Friday night at Riverview. The Raiders took the opening kickoff and, after some slight of hand between the deep receivers, sprinted to the Hornet 37 yard line. Three plays later, they were sitting with a first and goal at the Harrisburg two...

The Junior Indians (1-2) looked as if the breaks might be going their way last Thursday when the hosted Augusta in a conference game. Following the junior Red Devils opening 10 play drive to the Marked Tree 30, Darius Ivy stole the ball out of the Augusta runner's hand. ...

There's good news and bad news for the Trumann Wildcats. The bad news is that they are winless heading in to conference play. But as Greg White told the team following Friday's 27-17 home loss to Paragould, it's a whole new season when conference play starts this week...

East Poinsett County dug themselves an early hole from which they could never recover despite outscoring August 14-13 in the second half in a 36-14 loss to Augusta last Friday in senior high football...

The Junior Warriors battled Cross County to a 22-22 tie at Cherry Valley last week in junior high football. "It went back and forth," said coach Brian Weathers. "Both teams seemed to be pretty even."...

"On offense we stepped up more than the other games," said junior Hornets coach Robert Garrison following his team's loss to Rivercrest 31-6 last Thursday night. "(Unfortunately) on defense we took a step down, though."...

(Editors Note: This is the second installment in a three part series that will look back at Vaden Records and Trumann's role in the early days of Rockabilly music in the 1950s) Northeast Arkansas in the 1950s was once the center of the musical universe...

The Harrisburg School Board met Monday night in their regular session with all but Frankie Lindsey present. Following approval of the minutes and other reports, Superintendent Danny Sample brought up the information he had received regarding the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu...

The Arkansas Department of Health recently announced that Marked Tree Water Department has been awarded a 2008 Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...

Educators from Cedar Park Elementary School were given the red carpet treatment last week in the nation's capitol during a celebration to honor the country's top schools for excellence in math and science...