Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Blytheville police are investigating another car theft, as well as robberies at two local businesses. Friday at 7 a.m., Elliot Simmons reported to police that his 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra, brown in color with license plate number 935-LGT, was taken sometime between the hours of 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. The vehicle is valued at $2,000...

The Mississippi County Sheriffs Department recently arrested five people on drug charges, according to reports. On Dec. 28, Manila Police received information that Raymond Johnson, 26, and Shelly Malloy, 27, were allegedly in possession of a large number of pseudoephedrine pills inside their residence at the 600 block of North Duncan, Apartment No. 3, in Manila. Officers were aware that Malloy was on probation and went to the home...

Clell Castleman, 88, of Manila, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at his home. Born at Bay, he was the son of the late J.E. and Inez Behmy Castleman and had lived most of his life in Manila. He spent 20 years in Michigan and retired from General Motors. ...

Millard Harvey, 82, of Lake City died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at his residence. He was born Sept. 7, 1926, in Dixie to the late Tom and Wanda Harvey. He had worked at Atlas Construction Company as a dragline operator and at Monroe's as a line supervisor. Mr. Harvey was a member of the Lake City Masonic Lodge and served his country in the United States Army...

Hazel Wilborn Holmes, 65, of Saint Ann, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at her home. Born at Leachville, she was the daughter of the late John and Opal Wilborn. She was a retired Boeing Aircraft employee...

Billie Jo Huskey, 44, of Powhaton, formerly of Joiner, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born May 4, 1964, in Blytheville, the daughter of Billy and Janet Harston of Powhatan. She was a member of Faith Tabernacle in Hoxie...

Kenneth Raymond Keating, 59, of Farmington Mo., formerly of Senath, Mo., died on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008 at Mineral Area Hospital in Farmington, Mo. after an extensive illness. Born June 13, 1949, in Kennett, Mo., to the late Ray E. ...

Vivian Valeria Oglesby, 88, of Flint, Mich., formerly of Manila, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at Maple Woods Manor in Flint, Mich. Born in Como, Mo., she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Bennett Still. She was the widow of Everett Oglesby who preceded her in death in 1979. She was a homemaker and a member of the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Flint...

Phyllis Ann Gourley Simpson, 67, of Mountain View died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2009 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Formerly of Caraway, she was born May 3, 1941 in Delaware. She was retired from American Greetings in Osceola and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mountain View...

Kathryn Marie Morris, 54, formerly of Manila, died at Mainland Hospital in Texas City, Texas, on Dec. 23, 2008. She was born May 20, 1954 in Houston, Texas, to the late Ray and Mary Morris (Rogers) of Manila. She was a Baptist and had worked most of her life as a certified nurses aide...