Stories from Friday, April 27, 2012

Delois Zettie Lambert, 100, of Manila, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at Manila Nursing Center. Born Feb. 20, 1912 in Manila, she was the daughter of the late Benton and Katey Henry Pasley and was a longtime area resident. Mrs. Lambert was a longtime member of Browns Chapel Baptist Church in Manila. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and doing yard work...

Sam Rosse, 76, of Jonesboro, formerly of Trumann, died April 22, 2012, at his home. He was born in Bay Village and has lived in the Jonesboro and Trumann area all of his life. He was the owner of Home Ice & Cold Storage and formerly owned Sam's Refrigeration in Trumann. He had worked in the refrigeration business for 45 years. He was a very hard worker who, in his younger years, enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Mrs. Suloney Mae Wadlington, 86, of Trumann, Ark., died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born in Lepanto, Ark., and had lived most of her life in Trumann. Mrs. Wadlington was a housewife and member of the Viva Drive Church of Christ...

Poinsett County Judge Charles Nix spoke Wednesday, April 18, to the Trumann Lions Club about things that are going on in the county. Nix opened by thanking everyone who asked about him during his recent health problems. "I've had so many come up and say they have prayed for me or have put me on their prayer list at church," he said. "Where would we be without our churches?"...

Poinsett County Sheriff Larry Mills detailed key achievements in both his career and the sheriff's department in a talk Wednesday, April 18, to the Marked Tree Rotary Club. "When I say I am experienced, I mean I am experienced," said Mills, who is in his 16th year as sheriff and his 31st year in law enforcement. "I started my career in law enforcement as a reserve officer in Meridian, Miss., and in 1981,when I got out of the Navy, I came back to Poinsett County and got a job here as a jailer...

U.S. Army Colonel Douglas E. Moore (retired) recently was inducted into the Army Aviation Association of America Hall of Fame. Born and raised in Payneway, Moore is a 1954 graduate of Marked Tree High School and a 1959 graduate of Arkansas State University, where he studied agriculture. He was one of the first to be recognized among ASU's Distinguished Alumni and is in the ASU Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Hall of Fame...

In a special meeting Monday, the Marked Tree City Council passed two resolutions regarding the future railroad spur for the Awesome Products facility. The council approved the terms of an agreement which joins the City of Marked Tree and Awesome Products in a plan with Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway regarding a rail spur that will run from the BNSF mainline to the Awesome Products facility in Marked Tree...