Stories from Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Mary Evelyn Martin Williams,92, of Tupelo, MS, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at the Gregory Greenhouse Nursing Home at the Traceway Retirement Community, Tupelo, Miss. She had been ill for several months...

Edith C. Ford, 80, of Marked Tree, died Friday, March 26, 2010, in Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence...

Jonesboro- Betty J. Haynie, 60, of Jonesboro passed away at St. Bernards Medical Center on Monday, March 15, 2010. She was born in Trumann to William D. and Frances Swain and was a receptionist for the East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Mary "Lynn" Blagg Hendrix of Trumann, 68, died Thursday, Mar. 25, at her home. She was born June 26, 1941 in Parkin, the daughter of Houston Walker Lee Jenkins and Nancy Lucille Shuebert Mardis. She was a factory worker most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed sewing and making her children's clothing and later in life enjoyed playing solitaire...

TRUMANN - Jimmy Lee LaFarlette, 74 died Sunday, March 28, 2010, at the family residence. Born in Shady Grove, Ark., he had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a car dealer, member of the Trumann Masonic Lodge and First Baptist Church in Trumann. Mr. LaFarlette was preceded in death by one sister, Lila Mae McMasters and his parents, Kirby and Marie Daugherty LaFarlette...

TRUMANN -- Michelle Meridith, 43, of Trumann, died Sunday, March 28, 2010, at UAMS in Little Rock. Meridith was born in Jonesboro, and had lived her lifetime in Trumann. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God in Trumann. ...

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, runners at third and second and a tie score of 3-all, fans of the Trumann Wildcats were on the edge of their seats Friday afternoon. Texarkana - Genoa Central's Kenny Spencer hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth to give them a 3-2 lead. ...

Local police officers had a harrowing altercation with a suspected drug user last week as they tried to make an arrest. According to police reports, on Thursday, March 25 Officer Jonathan Schmidt pulled into the Trumann Police Department parking lot with a Ruth Ann Terry, 49, of 12945 Promised Land Lane in Trumann. ...

Messiah Ministries Spiritual Training Center opened their doors to young men about 15 months ago in Brookland. Chris Holbrook, who is on staff at the center, briefly spoke to members of the Trumann Lions Club on March 17...

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains You try to give up but you come back again Just remember that you're not alone in your shame And your suffering There is hope for the helpless Rest for the weary...

Now that all of the shouting, hysterical speeches and name calling is over, here are a few reflections on that wild and whacky weekend when Congress passed health care reform. Could any group of people have embarrassed themselves more than the Republicans did last week? First some of them stood outside the Capitol and cheered on the TEA partiers who were yelling offensive names at Congressional Democrats. ...

As a pastor, Easter is the main church event of the year....at least for Baptists. Now that's not to say it isn't the pinnacle of all church events for most Christian denominations, because it is. In the Bible belt it seems as if most people know the story of Jesus Christ, as well as His life, death, burial and resurrection. ...

Mamma Mia! That was the theme of the night for the Trumann Rotary Club at their annual Shower of Fortune. All of the money generated from Monday nights event will go toward scholarship for students at Trumann High School. ...

A Level 3 sex offender was arrested for working at a Marked Tree daycare center. According to Marked Tree investigator Jeremy Bond, Kenneth Gillmore, 47, of Lepanto, was arrested for the offense on Friday...