Stories from Friday, December 14, 2012

Chester Ford, who was terminated from his position as Marked Tree Police Chief by Mayor Wayne Nichols in September, was reinstated this week after calling for a re-vote from the city council now that empty position on the council has been filled. Six aldermen voted in favor of the reinstatement, with Michael Scott and Mary Smith abstaining...

Nathan Maxwell and Josh Evans, both seniors at Trumann High, were named to the Class 4A all-conference team in football.

Arkansas Razorback's linebacker A.J. Turner has earned a spot on the All-SEC Freshman team for 2012. Turner, from Lepanto, played in all 12 games and was a starter the last six. Turner finished third on the team with 53 tackles. He had 3 ½ tackles for loss and one sack. Turner's best games were against LSU with 12 tackles and Ole Miss with 10 tackles...

Girls Marked Tree's Lady Indians used the Perry connection to get by Riverside 55-52 in senior girls basketball action in Lake City last Thursday. The Lady Indians travelled to Monette this past Monday and was handed a 65-53 by the BIC Lady Mustangs...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Kenneth Joy Baker, 84, of Trumann died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Oklahoma to the late Kenneth and Maggie Hall Cox. She lived in Trumann most of her life. She was a homemaker and of Church of Christ faith...

Trumann's Wildcats won their opening round of the boys' Pre-Holiday Tournament over Ridgefield Christian before suffering back to back losses, the last coming in the third-place game of the tournament last week in Harrisburg. Last Tuesday the Wildcats opened with a 50-48 win over RCS on a buzzer beating shot my Cameron Jones...

MANILA - Patricia Helen Kelley-Keating entered into eternal rest Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Manila Nursing Home in Manila. She was born May 23, 1937, in Pittston, Penn., to the late Dr. Gene and Helen Kelley. She preferred to be called Tia or Tia-Nana. ...

Bay hosted Brookland in boys' high school basketball this past Tuesday night. Bay was slow coming out of the gate, righted the ship about midway through the first period and then answered each time the Bearcats made a rally to win 63-54. Brookland's Chandler Thompson opened the scoring with a three-pointer at the 7:04 mark of the first period for a 3-0 Bearcats lead. ...

LAKE CITY - Mr. Kenneth Ira Dunman, 67, departed this life while walking with Jesus on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Mr. Dunman was born in Lunsford to the late Charles and Betty Sutterfield Dunman. Ken was a retired farmer and banker. He taught vocational agriculture at Bay High School for many years, and was a member of the NEA Angus Association and member of the First Baptist Church in Bay...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Prisilla Ann Totty Horton, 63, of Trumann died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Georgetown, Texas. She was born in Michigan City, Ind., to the late Francis Earl and Aline Bundesman Yeakey and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Totty Horton was a homemaker and worked many years at Couch's BBQ in Trumann and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Trumann...

MARKED TREE - Marie Elizabeth Hitson of Marked Tree passed away at the age of 73. Mrs. Hitson was born to Henry Richards and Nora Ann Klutts Richards Jan. 23, 1939, in Trumann. Mrs. Hitson was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Jack Hitson...

TRUMANN - Mr. Larry Lenroe Moody, 58, of Trumann, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Aug. 18, 1954 in Trumann to the late Buford Lenroe and Emogene Dempsey Moody and had lived all of his life in Trumann. Mr. Moody was an electrician for Columbus Forest Products in Trumann and member of the Providence Baptist Church...