Stories from Friday, April 24, 2020

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders said the state is funding the resurfacing of Highland and Ruddle. “Almost two years ago what we did here in the city of Blytheville was ask for a grant that we filed for to take care of some of the streets that would relieve our own budget and allow the state of Arkansas to help us through a tax that you’ve voted on already in the Highway Severance Tax,” Mayor Sanders said. ...

Jimmie Louise Hughes Raines was born March 10, 1939, in Blytheville to the late Willie David Hughes and the late Allie Calloway Hughes. She was a retired teacher with a master’s degree in special education and she was a member of Pilgrim Rest. M.B. Church where she was on the mother board and the usher board. ...

Ronald Wayne Barber, Sr. was born Nov. 6, 1952, in Central City, Ky., to the late Robert “Bob” Barber and the late Nomie Jean Beliles Ramey. He was a carpet layer. Mr. Barber passed away on April 21, 2020, at his home in Steele, Mo., at the age of 67. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert “Bob” Barber; his mother, Nomie Jean Beliles Ramey; two brothers, Barry Barber and Bolo Barber; his sister, Vicky Cane; and one grandchild Kaitlin Thorne...