Stories from Sunday, April 24, 2011

TRUMANN - Mrs. Bobbie Lou Alsup, 86, of Trumann, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City, Ark. She was born in Kennett, Mo., and lived her lifetime in the Trumann area. Mrs. Alsup was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Trumann, the Eastern Star and was retired from the Singer Company of Trumann...

BAY - Mr. John Frank Berry, 86, of Bay, Ark., died Thursday, April 7, 2011, at Craighead Nursing Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in Hohenwald, Tenn., and had lived in Bay for the past six years. He was formerly of Pangburn, Ark...

Kristin Elizabeth Hogan, 28, of West 119th Street, New York City, New York, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Kristin was a prominent chef at Colicchio Brothers Restaurant in New York. Kristin graduated with honors, as well as being Valedictorian of her class, from Marked Tree High School in 2000. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Lucille Ruffin, 88, of Trumann died Thursday, April 7, 2011, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in McCrory, Ark., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a former employee of the Singer Company and was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Trumann...

Glada Stafford, 85, of Jonesboro, formerly of Marked Tree, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at her home. She has resided in Jonesboro for the past 11 years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Jonesboro, Ark...

Billy Neil Heckmann, 80, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, April 15, 2011, at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was born Dec. 4, 1930, in Harrisburg to John C. and Dorothy (Henderson) Heckmann. Mr. Heckmann worked 28 years at the Singer Company and 13 years at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was a member of the County Line Church of Christ and loved knifemaking...

J.T. was born May,20 1937 in Trumann, Ar. and passed away at home with his family in Mims, Fl. Saturday, April 16, 2011. He was a Navy veteran of 20 years were he served in country and abroad all over the world...

Leachville will host a Biker Poker Run on Saturday, May 7, as a fundraiser for the Buffalo Island Relay for Life. Poker Run registration will be from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Melody Theater with the ride beginning at 10. There will be a $25 charge per bike and a $5 charge for an additional player...

Hundreds of mourners, including police officers from all over Arkansas, attended a funeral service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro to say goodbye to Trumann police officer Jonathan Schmidt, 30, who was tragically slain in a shooting Tuesday night, April 12, near Cottonwood Manor apartments in Trumann...

Michael Duffy McWayne began work Thursday, April 14, at Wood Ford Sales, Inc., in Trumann as part of the Wood Ford management team. McWayne has over seven years of experience selling cars and has lived in the city of Trumann all his life...

The 60th annual observance of the National Day of Prayer (NDP) will take place in small and large communities alike Thursday, May 5. The Trumann event will be held at 12 noon at the Trumann Recreation complex...

Team Impact will be bringing a Family Crusade Ministry to the Christian Life Center of First Baptist Church Trumann May 4-8. Team Impact members travel around the world to deliver God's message, using incredible feats of strength to grab the attention and focus of those who attend the events...

The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce discussed the success of its recent annual banquet and auction at this month's meeting, held Tuesday, April 19, at Betty's Kountry Kafe. The banquet and auction, which took place Friday, April 8, in the Harrisburg Elementary School cafeteria, was a great success, raising over $7,849.30 with 120 attendees...

Arkansas State University held a media event last week to announce the first Johnny Cash Music Festival Concert, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the ASU Convocation Center...