Stories from Thursday, March 18, 2021

Lawrence Crawford Hale, 61, of Memphis, died Thursday, March 11, 2021, at his home. Larry was born in Blytheville to Jack Hale and Eugenia Crawford Hale. He was a 1977 graduate of Blytheville High School. After serving in the U.S. Army, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1989. ...

Clytie "Diane" McCallie, 59, of Leachville, former longtime Manila resident, passed from this life Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Eugene and Evelyn Deloise Woolard Carpenter and had lived most of her life in Manila before returning to Leachville in 2019. She was an employee of Basler Electric Company formerly of Caraway. She enjoyed visiting with friends and spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Elvis Eugene Carpenter.. ...