Stories from Friday, September 21, 2012

TRUMANN - Mr. Jackie Lee (Duke) Conway, 68, of Trumann died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born in Trumann, Ark., and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired factory worker, veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Friendship Assembly of God...

LEPANTO - Danny Kay Laden, 64, of Lepanto passed away Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Laden was born Jan. 3, 1948 in Etowah to Luther and Pearl Laden. He served in Vietnam while in the United States Army. He was a retired construction worker and of the Baptist faith...

TRUMANN - Mr. Arlen Charles Hervey, 95, of Trumann, Ark. died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree, Ark. He was born in Cardwell, Mo., and had lived in Trumann for the past 17 years and was a retired factory worker. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gracie Hervey in 1996, his second wife, Alberta Hervey in 2007, one stepson, William Bushong Jr., two brothers, three sisters, two stepbrothers, one stepsister and was the son of the late Jessie and Lettie Coleman Hervey.. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. John Lloyd Poff of Trumann died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Trumann. He was born in Montgomery, Ala., and lived in Trumann for the past three years. He was a graduate of Trumann High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Joseph and Avanelle Hasty Poff; one sister, Grace Suzanne Wood, one brother; Joseph "Joe" Poff, Jr...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Marilyn Denise Qualls, 52, of Trumann died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born in Springfield, Mo., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Qualls was a housewife and member of the First Assembly of God in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her father, R.C. Benson, and one sister, Janet Benson...

BAY - Mrs. Ellen Lucille Whitaker, 85, of Bay, Ark. died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at the family residence. She was born in Newark, Ark., and had lived in Bay for the past nine years and was formerly of Texas. Mrs. Whitaker was retired from St. Bernards Medical Center and was of the Church of Christ faith...

Hubert Brodell, former mayor of Jonesboro, and Phyllis Rambin, director of the Literacy League of Craighead, Greene and Poinsett Counties, were the guest speakers at the Trumann Lions Club weekly meeting on Sept. 12. Rambin said the Literacy League was established in 1989 as the Crowley's Ridge Literacy League that served Craighead county. ...

When Carol Dabney set out to write the book Dance Me Home three years ago, she started with the intention of writing about her father's military career. But from there the book grew to tell the life stories of both her parents and the story of America during their lives...

Recently, Ritter Communications customers in Poinsett County have been experiencing problems with the quality of incoming long-distance calls. The quality on such calls has either been poor or the calls are not completing at all. John Strode, VP of External Affairs for Ritter Communications, said Ritter has struggled with this problem periodically, like a lot of other smaller phone companies across the country, but that there has been an increase in complaints since August...

The Civil Wars' John Paul White wasn't even born when Johnny Cash had a hit in 1961 with "The Rebel--Johnny Yuma"--the theme from the TV western "The Rebel," about Confederate Army veteran Johnny Yuma. But the guitarist for the award-winning folk-country duo, who with vocalist-partner Joy Williams will appear at the second Johnny Cash Music Festival in Jonesboro, at the ASU Convocation Center Oct. 5, can certainly relate to the song--and singer...

In late 2010 Roach Manufacturing was contacted by Green House Pictures, Inc. to provide conveyors for the Disney movie, The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The conveyors were to be used as part of the props in select scenes in the movie. The application was discussed with the Sales and Engineering Department and the conveyors were shipped in time for filming February 2011...