Stories from Saturday, April 16, 2011

Beans, beans, musical fruit -- the more you eat the more the loot!

This week's Pet of the Week at the Blytheville Humane Society is Prancer, an adult female Carolina dog mix. Prancer is shy to warm up, but with time, she will be your best friend. Prancer is up-to-date with routine shots. For more information, call the Humane Society at 870-532-6698 or send e-mail to humanesociety1@earthlink.net.

Virginia Lee Austin went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, April 14, 2011, in Dardanelle Nursing Center after a long illness. Mrs. Austin was born March 29, 1919, in Saltillo, Tenn., the daughter of J. R. and Flossie McCormick. She was united in marriage to Conley Fay Austin in Blytheville in 1940...

Conner Levi Ivy, the nine-month-old son of Tony Lee Ivy Jr. and Amanda Dawn Maddox Ivy, died Thursday, April 14, 2011, in the family's residence in Newbern, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Georgia Carson and Aubrey Turner. Conner leaves his parents;...

Carolyn Sue Peek Lapinoja, 69, of Maud, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011, in a Little Rock Hospital. Ms. Lapinoja was born Dec. 24, 1941, in Middlebrook, Mo. She was a Christian, was retired from the Blytheville Country Club, and was preceded in death by a son, Mark Peek, and a sister, Marilyn Bridges...

If our lives were like those on the movie screen, backed by theme music, then the notes of Reid Bruton's life would be his family. Pushing him along the staffs to issue forth a beautiful melody. I was honored to interview Reid as this weeks "Local Celebrity". ...