Stories from Thursday, February 10, 2011

TRUMANN - Mrs. Nellie Mae Woodard, 87, of Trumann, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in Lake City, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to Monette. She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith...

WEST MEMPHIS -- Mrs. Janet Ann Barton Roach, 63, of West Memphis, Ark., died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at the family residence. She was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to West Memphis three years ago. Mrs. Roach was an apartment manager and a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Sibyl Catherine Condra Ballard, 92, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Ballard was a former employee of the Singer Company, was the oldest Charter member of the Senior Life Center, and was of the Baptist faith...

Mr. Charles Wilson Atwood, age 88, a resident of 2953 Denton Rd., Thomasville, N.C., died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, in the Hinkle Hospice Home. He was born Feb. 26, 1922, in Laurel, Miss., son of the late Wilson and Annabelle Wooten Wilson. He was employed with Singer Sewing Machine in Trumann, Ark., for 17 years and then worked with Thomasville Furniture Inc. for 25 years...

Construction on Lepanto's Sports Complex was completed in September of 2010, but there is still a lot of work to be done before it can open for play this baseball season. A committee has been meeting to assess what needs to be done and will give the list to the city council for approval. ...

For the first time in 53 years, Trumann is about to host a high school basketball tournament -- actually two tournaments. Trumann School will host the District 3-4A basketball tournament the week of Feb. 14. There will be both boys and girls games, with the tournament concluding Friday, Feb. 18...

The city of Tyronza will have a new police car thanks to a Justice Assistance Grant. With the grant, which is about $49,000, the police department has purchased a Dodge Charger, equipment for the new squad car, three dash cameras for the squad cars they already have and an intoxilyzer...

The founding and growth of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) and its programming and goals were discussed by Mike McCullars, AETN's director of research, grant and special projects, at a meeting last week of the Trumann Rotary Club...

Marked Tree Rotary Club guest speaker James Frans spoke about the advantages of using temporary employees in a talk to the group last week. Frans, marketing representative for AID Temporary Services, Inc., has been with the company since June of 2008...

Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters gave a brief overview of 2010 activities in the city and a look at what is expected in 2011 in a talk last week to the Trumann Lions Club. "2010 was a very difficult year financially for cities with the lack of job opportunities and increased utility costs," she began. "We made it okay. We still can be okay."...

Longtime Marked Tree community worker Gloria Nichols Ritter McCord, most recently of Memphis, Tenn., died Monday, Feb. 7, at age 86 after a brief illness. She was surrounded by her family. Mrs. McCord was the first woman elected to the Marked Tree School Board, the first woman Chair of the Board of Marked Tree Bank and the first woman to serve on the St. Francis Levee District Board...

How do you make a six-year-old's day? You make him an honorary fireman -- and that is exactly what the Tyronza Volunteer Fire Department did for Houston Daniels on Friday, Feb. 4. Daniels has had complications with his stomach since birth, but over the last few weeks has had to go through surgery after surgery and complication after complication. ...

The Trumann Chamber of Commerce normally chooses an active person in the community to receive the "Volunteer of the Year" award. This was the year they had to add an "s." Employees at Southern Bancorp were recognized as a group for the many contributions they have made to the Trumann community...