Stories from Monday, March 14, 2022

A one vehicle accident on Sunday, March 13, claimed the life of 35-year-old Daniel Perez of Manila. According to the Arkansas Police summary report, Perez was traveling westbound on Highway 18 near the Big Lake Wildlife Refuge, east of Manila, when the vehicle, a 2020 Ford Explorer, exited on the right hand side of the roadway entering a drainage ditch located on the north side of Highway 18...

Corey Lee Hamilton, 33, of Manila, passed from this life Thursday, March 10, 2022, at his home. Born in Blytheville and raised in Manila and Hornersville, Mo., he was a 2006 graduate of Senath-Hornersville High School. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and had been associated with Towell and Son's Auto Sales as an automotive technician for several years. Corey was also an employee of White Gold Mills in Wilson. He was an avid race car enthusiast, enjoyed hunting, fishing and riding the back roads and levees. Corey was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Glenn Hamilton, and a sister, Chasity Collier.. ...

Bonnie Catherine Boren, 92, of Blytheville, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Catherine was born in McCrory to Benjamin and Margaret Miller Pollard. She was a former member of Gosnell Pentecostal Church of God and was a current member of Bethany Baptist Church. ...