Stories from Saturday, April 14, 2012

Mr. Bruce Allen "Jody" Davis died April 7, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 87. He was born in Baldwin, Miss., and had lived in Trumann for the past 77 years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church...

Mrs. Carol G. Stout of Trumann died April 4, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 73. Mrs. Stout was born Dec. 1, 1938, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to Herbert and Bernice Leaths Yuly. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Trumann...

Mrs. Lorene Vuncannon, 75, of Trumann died April 7, 2012, at the family residence. She was born in Walnut Ridge to Raymond and Marie Chestine Blackwell. After living in Dyess she lived in Trumann for the past 53 years. Mrs. Vuncannon was a housewife and a fan of Cedar Park Elementary School, where she always helped her daughter Reba in her classroom. She was a Baptist...

James Edward (Eddie) Willis of Perryville, Mo., formerly of Marked Tree, died Thursday April 5, 2012, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Mr. Willis was born Aug. 6, 1959, in Aberdeen, Miss., the youngest son of Garland E. Willis and Mary Margaret Willis...

Perry Tidwell, program director for Harris Hospital Senior Care, spoke recently to the Alzheimer's Support Group at Three Rivers Healthcare and Rehabilitation about caring for people who have dementia. Tidwell said at Harris Hospital Senior Care, staff members try to focus primarily on behavior and finding the root causes of behaviors exhibited by people with dementia. One thing they do is try to stabilize patients' moods...

County officials and mayors from all over Poinsett County met this week in Lepanto for a quarterly Intergovernmental Cooperative Council meeting. Many agreed one of the biggest problems cities in Poinsett County have been facing recently is garbage pick-up...

Tommy Dupree, chairman of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission (ACWSC), spoke Wednesday, April 4, at the Marked Tree Rotary meeting. Dupree is urging citizens across the state of Arkansas to take notice of the rich Civil War history throughout the state...

A fire last week in downtown Lepanto destroyed an historic building constructed in the 1920s. According to Lepanto Police Captain David Layman, the fire was reported at 2:03 p.m. April 4. "When firefighters arrived, the fire had already broken through the roof and was coming out the windows," Layman said. "Marked Tree and Tyronza Fire Departments were called in for mutual aid. Approximately 25 firemen fought the fire until nearly 8:30 p.m."...

Trumann hires new police chief By COREY CLAIRDAY DT News Staff Chad Henson, an officer with the Jonesboro Police Department, has been hired as Trumann's new police chief. Former chief Tony Rusher resigned at the end of February after Mayor Sheila Walters ordered an investigation into reports Rusher took prescription medications from the police department evidence room...