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NYS donates 10,000 masks
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
The Blytheville Police Department was one of the recipients of N95 masks donated by Nucor-Yamato Steel. Blytheville Mayor James Sanders and Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson welcomed the gift expressing their appreciation. Delivering the masks from Nucor-Yamato to the BPD Monday morning were Thad Solomon, NYS general manager and vice president; Judy Haynes, NYS HR supervisor, and Gina Taylor, NYS occupational health nurse...
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Kindergarten teacher makes more than 75 masks
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Johnetta Orr is a teacher at Blytheville Primary School who has taught kindergarten for 32 years in Blytheville. Since the COVID-19 outbreak she has found a hobby in creating protective masks for her friends and family in the community. Orr has so far made more than 75 masks with a sewing machine that was given by a parent of one of her students...
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Farm Family of Year named
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
County winners for the 73rd annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected. The 2020 Mississippi County Farm Family of the Year is Senter Farms, Osceola. Berger Farms of Weiner was named the 2020 Poinsett County Farm Family of the Year, while Chris and Breanne Damron of Jonesboro earned the honor in Craighead County...
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William Joey Boone
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
William Joey Boone I, 55, of Wilson, died May 2, 2020 at his home. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Boone was born June 18, 1964, in Osceola to Roy William and Betty Johnson Boone. He is survived by his parents, Roy and Betty Boone of Osceola; mother of his children,, Rina Boone of Frenchman Bayou; one son, Joey (Adrenne) Boone of West Memphis; one daughter, Heather (Kyle) Waller of Marion; one brother, Rodney Boone of Whitton; one sister, Becky Boone Heugel of Marion; three grandchildren, Denver Boone and Leland Boone of West Memphis, and Emilia Waller of Marion.. ...
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De’ Anthony Jermaine Perry
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
De’ Anthony Jermaine Perry, known as The King of Host, was born Dec. 29, 1986, in Blytheville to Anna Perry Brown and Hossie Woods. He departed this life on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at his home in Blytheville at the age of 33. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Rosie Woods, and grandfather, Joe Charles Perry Sr...
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Jewel Smith Rouse
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
Jewel Smith Rouse of Trumann departed this life on Friday, May 1, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 85 years, 5 months and 22 days. Mrs. Rouse was born Friday, Nov. 9, 1934, in Lepanto and lived most of her life in Trumann. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Rouse; one daughter, Barbara Ann Rouse; two sisters; three brothers and her parents, Wiley and Clara Evans Smith...
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Ann Wells
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
Elizabeth Ann Wells, 73, of Leachville, passed from this life Sunday, May 3, 2020, at Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 27, 1947, in Manila to the late Hugh and Elizabeth Hornberger Miles, she was a 1964 graduate of Manila High School and later received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Arkansas State University. ...
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