Stories from Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Tom Rhoads, who is on the board for United Way of Northeast Arkansas, recently spoke to the Marked Tree Rotary Club about a program aimed at helping children through CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). The program is Suitcases for Kids, and its goal to raise funds and take in items for children who unexpectedly have to be taken out of their homes due to abuse or neglect...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Donna Lee Swindle, 91, of Trumann, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at her home in Trumann. She was born in Hardy, Ark., to the late Cleo and Maude Weaver Biggers and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. Swindle was a homemaker and worked on the farm with her husband and was a member of Melton Avenue Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband Mr. Charley Gorden Swindle, and her parents...

Funeral services for Earl K. Tacker of Bates, Arkansas will be held at10:00 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2013 at Corners Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway. Interment will follow in the Tyronza Cemetery. Mr. Tacker, 77, passed away March 19, 2013 in Ft. Smith. ...