Stories from Thursday, April 16, 2015

WEST MEMPHIS - Doris Rowlett Boyles, 85, of West Memphis died Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Doris was a member of the First United Methodist Church in West Memphis and a member of the United Methodist Women. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Ida Rowlett; a daughter, Jonanna Boyles; a sister, Betty Sue Rowlett; and two brothers Jack Rowlett and Jerry Rowlett...

TYRONZA - Rue L. Pace, Jr., 54, of Tyronza, AR passed away April 14, 2015. Rue was baptized into Christ at 23 years of age and worshipped with the Tyronza Church of Christ. He is preceded in death by his mother, Coravallene Pace; and two sisters, Eileen Schmidt and Corinne Durfee...

Trumann (10-2, 8-2 4A-3) used a six run second inning to take a 7-1 lead on their way to a 16-6 win over Walnut Ridge last Thursday in high school softball action in Trumann. The Lady Bobcats scored on an error in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0. ...

For six innings, Trumann's Kevnote Andrews and Brookland's Mason Tate kept the goose eggs up on the scoreboard. Brookland scored nine runs in the top of the seventh as the Wildcats loaded the bases in their half and left them that way as Brookland posted a 9-0 win this past Tuesday in Trumann...