Stories from Saturday, May 11, 2013

North East Arkansas Transit is providing affordable, rural transportation opportunities to residents in Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, Mississippi and St. Francis Counties. Services began in Jackson and Woodruff on March 25...

This day belongs to all the mothers that read this, and what a joy it is to become a mother.

Mr. William Douglas Green, 87, of Gosnell, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at Great River Medical Center is Blytheville. Born Sept. 21, 1925, in Obion, Tenn., he was a retired security guard and a member of the Revival Center in Blytheville. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Jason and Clara Lucindy Hunt Green; his wife, Evie Kennedy Green; one daughter, Mary Louise Green; two sons, Patrick Michael Green and Adam Green; three sisters, Nora Lee Cash, Ceptola Holt and Dorothy Sue Price; and three brothers, Elmer Hubert Green, Hubert Columbus Green and Robert Cecil Green.. ...

Nettie Iva Lee Wilbanks Haley, 73 of Manila, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Friday, May 10, 2013, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Born in Chalybeate, Miss., to William Lee and Iva C. Campbell Wilbanks, she was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. Homemaker was a fitting description of Nettie and her life. Her family was her life and no sacrifice was...

Mrs. Lillian Elaine Wood Henderson, 96, of Wynne, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Blytheville. She was born July 25, 1916, in Hamlin, Ark., to Hampton Wood and Emma Prose Wood. She was a lifelong resident of Cross County, except for one year she enjoyed living in Gallipolis, Ohio, hometown of her father, with close relatives...

Mr. Jack Presley Wagner, 88, of Manila, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 23, 1924, in Earle, he was the son of the late Nolan and Grace Evelyn Cokenour Wagner and had lived most of his life in Manila. ...

Mrs. Selma Washington, 70, of Blytheville, died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McDonald-Horne Funeral Home of Blytheville.

Aviation Repair Technologies is the featured artist for May at the Ritz Civic Center in downtown Blytheville. The gallery, titled "The Power of ART," plays on the company's acronymic name and will showcase a number of pieces in various media that will give visitors a better idea of what ART does in their day-to-day activities...

PINE BLUFF -- This time, Taylor Hopper finished the deal for Ty Wagganer. Hopper retired his only batter in the sixth inning with bases loaded and pitched a near-perfect seventh inning to preserve Armorel's 5-4 victory over Nemo Vista on Saturday in a 1A state baseball quarterfinal at Taylor Field. That sets up a meeting with another 1A perennial power, Taylor, at noon Monday here for a ticket to the statefinal in Fayetteville...

Mrs. Margaret Brownlee Shouse, 82, of Blytheville passed from this life Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City.