Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

TRUMANN-Mr. William David Gossett, 66, of Trumann died Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in Jonesboro and lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a retired car salesman, mayor for the City of Trumann from 1991-1994, veteran of the U.S. Army serving three tours of duty in Vietnam and a member of the First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray W. Sr. and Gladys Stutts Gossett...

CABOT-Mr. Wade Winfield McClung, 33, of Cabot died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at his residence. He was born in West Memphis, Ark., and he had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann before moving to Cabot 12 years ago. Wade was an autocad designer for Perkins Fire Pro in Jacksonville, Ark. He was a very adventurous outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, and race four wheelers and mud trucks. He had a great love for animals, especially his two dogs, Smoke and Rambo...

Bonnie Sue Minor Shannon, 61, of Wilson entered into rest Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in Jonesboro. Born Sept. 25, 1951 in Osceola to Wordie and Addine Minor, she was a homemaker, a past jailer for Mississippi County Sherriff's Department, a member of the Police Association and Fallen Police Officers Association, and of the Baptist faith...

TRUMANN-Mr. Billy James Stevens, 70, of Trumann died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born in Jonesboro, and had lived in Gassville before moving to Trumann four months ago. Mr. Stevens was a floor installer and a member of the Community Bible Church in Gassville, Ark...

Patsy Ann Bishop of Marked Tree died Oct. 21, 2012, at the age of 62. She was born to James Franklin Laster and Mary Ramone Long Jan. 25, 1950, in Marked Tree. Mrs. Bishop was a homemaker and a member of the Red Oak Baptist Church in Marked Tree. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Brenda Sue Bishop, and one grandchild, Abigail Diane Bishop...

A hearing in the case between the St. Francis Lake Association and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission over the removal of duck blinds from private land is set to continue on Friday, Nov. 2. The case regards permanent duck blinds set up on the Wildlife Management Areas of the St. ...

Lady Wildcat Courtney Toddy (top) was awarded Unico Bank Player of the Month for October in volleyball. Lady Wildcat Kelly Guthrie (bottom) was awarded the Unico Bank Player of the Year in volleyball.

Josh Evans of Trumann killed these bucks, a 10-point and 7-point, 20 minutes apart while hunting with with his grandpa James Evans, Sr. last Friday morning. (DT Photo/Anthony Cossey)

The junior high football season came to an end last week in Poinsett County. Harrisburg ended their season with a win while Marked Tree lost a close one. Harrisburg was on the road last Thursday for their season finale at Hoxie. The Junior Hornets came away with a 24-12 victory to finish with a 3-6 record...

Trumann's Junior Wildcats hosted the Highland Junior Rebels in the team's final game of the season last Thursday night at Wildcat Field. The visitors wasted little time jumping out to a lead as they coasted to a 40-8 victory. Highland took Trumann's opening kickoff and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown to go up 6-0 with 7:46 left in the opening quarter. ...

Marked Tree's Darius Ivy has never played in the state football playoffs. Ivy will get that chance this season as he helped the Indians to a 32-28 victory in Cherry Valley to secure a playoff spot. Ivy rushed for 235 yards and scored three touchdowns for the Indians. Brody McCrary had a touchdown rushing and also connected with Dylan Hunt on a 38-yard touchdown pass. Octavius Dean added a two-point conversion reception on the night...

EPC, ranked 2nd in Class 2A and the Salem Greyhounds, ranked 4th in Class 2A, both undefeated, met for the 2A-3 conference championship this past Friday night in Lepanto. The night belonged to the 'Hounds as they posted a 30-6 win over the Warriors...

It was a beautiful day at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock as the Arkansas Razorbacks hosted the Ole Miss Rebels for an SEC match-up. The Rebels kicked a field goal as time expired to escape with a 30-27 victory. Arkansas jumped out to a 10 point lead after one quarter of play thanks to a Zach Hocker 22-yard field goal and a 42-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Wilson...