Stories from Friday, February 28, 2020

Nellie Irene Sherrod, 75, of Leachville, widow of Jimmie Wayne Sherrod, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Jackson County, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ethel May Ringler Gilbert...

Janet Stewart Yarbro, 90, of Milan, Tenn., formerly of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at her home. Janet was born in Blytheville to Virgil and Gladys Long Stewart. She was a homemaker and loved to travel. She enjoyed playing music. She sang and played the bass fiddle with the Stewart Family and also Pappy Stewart and the Arkansas Cowgirls in the mid 1940s to the mind 1950s...

Mother Josephine Coleman, 98, formerly of Blytheville, passed away Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at Ascension-Genesys Hospital, Flint, Mich. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Coleman, Sr.; sons, Richard Coleman and Joseph Coleman; and daughters, Rosetta Rumph, Willie Mae Jackson and Deborah Coleman...

Kechia Ann Burrow, 48, of Paragould, passed from this life Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Manila, she was raised in Leachville and was a 1990 graduate of Buffalo Island Central High School. She was of the Pentecostal faith. Kechia was preceded in death by her mother, Connie Sue Imler Brandon; daughters, Kyra Thomas and Sunshine Lakechia Slayton; and a sister, Tonya Burrow...

Manila Middle School Robotics Teams, under the direction of Coach Heath Hawkins, have been successful in competition all the way to the state levels. The team has been invited to compete at the international level. They will submit their research to the Global Innovation Challenge. If selected in the top 20 in the world, they will present their research at Epcot in Orlando, Fla., this summer...