Stories from Monday, November 11, 2019

Hays Tompkins Sullivan passed away peacefully on Nov. 9 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro following a long illness. He was born in Vanndale, Ark., the son of Emily Tompkins and Hays Sullivan. Raised on his family’s farm in Burdette, Mr. Sullivan graduated from Blytheville High School in 1956 and attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He then returned to Burdette to fulfill his dream of working on the family farm...