Stories from Friday, February 25, 2011

TRUMANN - Miss Edith Halsey, 59, of Trumann died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in Jonesboro, Ark., and had lived in Trumann for the past 35 years and was formerly of Lake City. Miss Halsey was a former employee of the Salant and Salant Company, G&K Linen Service and a member of the Elm Grove Baptist Church...

D.B. Ballinger, formerly of Trumann, age 89, died Feb. 11, 2011, in North Port, Fla. Mr. Ballinger was born May 4, 1921, to Dock and Neal Ballinger in Parsons Tenn. Mr. Ballinger was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Pauline Ballinger; an infant son, and sisters Lena Ballinger and Jessie Quinn...

TRUMANN - Mr. Sammy K. Davis, 61, of Trumann died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born in and was a lifetime resident of Trumann, Ark. Mr. Davis worked on the riverboat, was a cosmetologist, Purple Heart Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army and was of the Baptist faith...

James Loudermilk, 68, of Weiner passed from this life on Feb. 17, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro after a short battle with liver cancer. He passed away in the presence of his three loving daughters. He was born Jan. 7, 1943, in Tyronza, Ark. He was a devoted Christian and a member of Community of Christ Church in Fisher...

After a long illness, Alice Penter Stahl went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. She was 78 years old and had been a longtime resident of Bedford, Texas. Alice was born Aug. 21, 1932, in Trumann, Ark., the daughter of the late Jess and Mary Penter. Also preceding her in death were her brothers,...

Arkansas State University head football coach Hugh Freeze will be the speaker when the First Baptist Church of Trumann holds its annual Wild Game Dinner at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in the church's Christian Life Center. Admission is free to the public...

The Trumann Rotary met Thursday, Feb. 17, at the newly-opened Parent Center to view the reconstruction and renovations that have taken place...

Staff Gary Williams, a member of the Scholastic Audit Team, spoke last week to the Marked Tree Rotary Club. The Scholastic Audit Team is called in to audit low-performing schools and make recommendations for improvement...

Among the topics the Marked Tree School Board discussed this week were making up school days and repairing the gym floor. The board reviewed the school calendar and approved a proposal to make up days missed for snow. ...

The Tyronza Planning Commission held a public hearing last week to discuss a request to rezone a residential lot on Chickasaw to a commercial lot...

Marked Tree Masons of Elm Lodge #766 gathered last week with other Masons from around the state to host a dinner open to the public to honor Masonic widows...

Longtime Poinsett County leader and businessman James H. Moon Sr. died Friday, Feb. 18, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was 82. A cotton farmer, ginner and implement dealer, Moon was owner and president of Town and Country International, Inc., Riceland International, Inc., Valley Equipment Inc., and Dixie Gin of Poinsett County, Inc. ...

Dalton Vaughn of Lepanto started shooting bows when he was about five or six years old. He shot until the age of 10 or 11 and then got out of it for a while. He started shooting again when he and his father, Jeff Vaughn, opened Better Outdoors, an archery shop in Lepanto, complete with an indoor archery range...

Trumann's annual Health Fair took place Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Trumann gym and parking lot, bringing out crowds of people looking to benefit from the free health services provided. Booths and displays were set up by Arkansas Children's Hospital, Health South, Trumann Family Health Center, Mid-South Behavioral Health, Arkansas Dental Clinic, Health Source, Poinsett County Extension Service, Poinsett County Health Department, Arkansas Maternal Infant Program, Center on Aging of NEA and many, many more.. ...

Marked Tree's season came to an abrupt end in the first round of the 2A-3 District Tournament Monday night at Caraway at the hands of host Riverside. The Rebels came away with a convincing 78-56 victory over the Indians, led by Josh Anderson's 23 point, 22 rebound performance. ...

The Wildcats played Westside in front of a packed house Wednesday in Trumann for a spot in the finals of the 4A-3 District Tournament. Trumann had to play three nights in a row and win all three contests to advance to the finals. They won the first two, but the third night found the Wildcats a little leg weary. They had 10 turnovers in the first half, hurting their cause...

East Poinsett County showed why they have the number one team in the state in both boys and girls in Class 2A as the Warriors and Lady Warriors rolled through the 2A-3 District Tournament last week at Caraway...