Stories from Tuesday, August 13, 2019

After recently moving to Gosnell High School due to his stepdad, Lewis Earnest, taking the football head coaching position, junior Cooper Pieri has committed to Arkansas State University to pitch for the Red Wolves baseball team. Pieri is a multi-sport athlete as he pitches on the baseball diamond and also calls play from under center for Earnest as Pieri will be the starting quarterback for Pirates this season...

James Michael Grable, 57, of Manila, passed from this life Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in West Memphis to the late James Russell and Georgia Lee Wright Grable, he had been a lifelong area resident and was a 1980 graduate of Manila High School. ...

Lorinda “Sue” Hill Lee, 74, of Manila, passed from this life Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at her home. Born in Benton Harbor, Mich., she was the daughter of the late William and Ovie Gray McCain and had been a longtime Manila area resident. She was a former employee of Borg-Warner of Blytheville and American Greetings in Osceola; she retired from the former Hill’s Grocery in 2006, where she was known for her cooking. ...

Jackie Ann Thompson, 63, of Gosnell, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Jackie was born in Kennett, Mo., to Lindell “Cotton” and Jewell Haynes Cox. She was a homemaker and a member of the USBC Bowling Association. Jackie enjoyed camping, bowing and spending time with her grandchildren...

Dorothy Fay Hamm, 88, of Luxora, passed away Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 at Heritage Nursing Home in Osceola. Dorothy was born in Scott Hills, Tenn., to James and Claudie Tucker Wheeler. She was a graduate of Burdette Public Schools and retired from Bush Canning Company and the Armorel School District Cafeteria. ...

The Armorel School Board met for its monthly meeting, Monday night, just hours before the start of the 2019-2020 school year. With the construction of the new elementary building coming later this year, Nabholz Construction and the school district will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m., Friday, followed by “Touch a Truck” for elementary students, which teaches the hazards of the construction equipment and emphasizes safety while it is on campus. ...