Stories from Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Greg Adams, 47, of Hernando, Miss., died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. Born at West Memphis, Ark., he was the son of the late Dr. George Adams and had lived most of his life in Marked Tree. ...

Mrs. Sadie Louise Allmon, 67, of Blytheville, Ark., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at her home after a brave battle with cancer. Mrs. Allmon was born Nov. 19, 1943, in Lafe, Ark., to the late Rupert Barney and Hazel Lorene Lake Williams. ...

Ruby Doris Atkinson, 92, of Paragould, passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. She was born Sept. 14, 1919, to Will and Fannie Freeman in Marmaduke, Ark. She was of Baptist faith, she liked to sew, make dresses and loved to bake and cook for the family. She loved talking about the Bible...

James Harold Hitchcock, 70, of Manila, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at his residence. He was born May 21, 1941, in Lambert, Miss., to the late James Chester Hitchcock and was raised in the Manila and Osceola areas. He had been a longtime Florida resident before making his home in Manila 13 years ago. He was a retired farmer and of the Baptist faith...

Terry Ramsey, 63, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at his residence. He was born Sept. 24, 1948, to Camille Mangrum Ramsey and the late Elvin Ramsey. He was a resident of Manila until 1992 when he moved to Caraway. ...

Stephen Jared Shaneyfelt, 28, of Gobler, Mo., passed from this life Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Born at Blytheville he was a 2001 graduate of Senath-Hornersville High School and was employed by Daniels Farms in Rives, Mo...

Julie Denise Tarver, 33, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at her home. Born in Blytheville, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Wayne McDole and had been a lifelong Manila resident. She was a 1996 graduate of Manila High School and was a nurse at the Wagner Medical Clinic. Julie was a member of the First Baptist Church in Manila...

Bradly Stevens rambled 79 yards for a touchdown on Piggott's first play from scrimmage, and the junior Mohawks never looked back en route to a 28-6 3A-3 conference victory Thursday night over Manila...

Mrs. Thelma Gilless Watkins, 91, of Luxora, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Manila Nursing Center.

Mrs. Lois Irene Tucker Wadkins, 71, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at her home.

Mr. Bryan Wayne Turner, 44, of Blytheville passed from this life Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

Julie Denise Tarver, 33, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at her home.

Mr. Stephen Jared Shaneyfelt, 28, of Gobler, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.

Mr. Robert D. "Bob" Sarrels, 68, of Blytheville, passed from this life Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at his home.

Allen "Sonny" King, 68, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at his home.

Mr. James Lee Howard, 76, of Marked Tree, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree.

Mr. James Harold Hitchcock, 70, of Manila, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at his residence.

Mr. Michael M. Baughman, 62, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, in Cordova, Tenn.

Those of us who plant a lot of flowers for the purpose of sitting outside and enjoying the brilliant colors and the wonderful scents usually plant at least one good big patch of flowers within sight of our favorite lawn chair or porch swing that will attract hummingbirds.

The National Wild Turkey Federation will be hosting the inaugural Redneck Rendezvous on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Chickasaw Saddle Club and Shooting Club grounds on the Arkansas Aeroplex.

The Arts Council of Mississippi County is opening the doors at The Ritz Theater for its annual fundraising Halloween event "The Haunted Theater."

The second monthly "3rd Thursday" event, in downtown Blytheville, will be Thursday. This means participating businesses will not be closing until 7 p.m., as opposed to the usual 5 p.m. or earlier.

The results are in for the 2011 United Way of Greater Blytheville 31st Annual Championship Chili Cookoff.

Chris Wamble, who is facing charges for filing a false police report, appeared at a chambers date in court Monday. A motions date for the case was set for Jan. 5, 2012, and a trial date of Jan. 17, 2012.

Hoxie rolled up 40 first quarter points and went on to crush Manila 47-8 in 3A-3 conference action Friday night at Manila. The Mustangs scored on their first possession, when quarterback Sebastian Irvin raced into the end zone from 15 yards out at the 10:32 mark of the opening period. Seth Hart's point after gave Hoxie a quick 7-0 lead...

Caraway City Council met Thursday, Oct. 13, and discussed employee bonuses for education, and placement of city tax on the November ballot. The council discussed at length a request by Water Superintendent Terry Couch for a $500 bonus to go to Water Department employee Johnny Boatman, for having passed a level of his wastewater accreditation...

Caraway's 11th annual Harvest Fest will be held from 12:30-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, along Main Street. There will be lots of family fun, games, concessions, arts and crafts, live music, face painting, karoke, and more...

Pamela Castor, superintendent, announced Oct. 7 that Manila School District was granted District Accreditation from the AdvancED Accreditation Commission, the national commission that confers the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) accreditation seal. ...

Manila voters said yes to a one cent sales tax to construct a swimming pool/water park facility and plans will move forward. The vote was 263 for and 70 against. "The council and I are thrilled to have the community behind the project," Manila Mayor Wayne Wagner said. ...

The United Way Chili Cookoff 5K Run/Walk was held Saturday morning at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex. A record 139 participants took part in the third annual event. The run/walk was sponsored by Tenaris, and official event timing was by Stearns Race Timing...

Carl Wilson of Blytheville won the weekly Blytheville Courier News Pigskin Payoff contest. Wilson and Colton Stice of Blytheville missed just two high school/college football games. However, Wilson edged Stice in the tiebreaker. He predicted 58 points in the Gosnell-Highland game, which produced 62. Stice predicted 57 points...

Pocahontas (5-1, 2-1) at Gosnell (5-2, 2-1) The Redskins knocked the Seminoles, 33-30, with a late field goal to send the 3-4A into a tizzy last week. Their only loss was a 28-8 home defeat at the hands of Valley View. Like Highland, their record may be deceiving because the combined records of their opponents is 14-27-1 with no wins against teams with winning records. In fact, the Pirates will be just the second team they've played with a winning percentage above .500...

Hometown girl and author Charlene Pillow Little will be at the Buffalo Island Museum in Monette from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, to sign copies of her new book, "The Song of Sarah."...