Stories from Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Violet Bera Cannon, 87, of Paragould, formerly of New Jersey, died Jan. 4, 2011, at Greene Acres Nursing Home. Mrs. Cannon was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Hazleton, Penn., to the late Valentine and Laura Bera. Her favorite flower was a violet and she loved her coffee and working crossword puzzles...

Mary Alice Cude, 77, of Leachville, widow of Bill Cude, passed away Sunday Jan. 9, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville she was the daughter of the late L.M. and Blanche Bishop McClearn and was a lifelong Leachville resident. She loved her life as a farmer's wife and was of the Baptist faith...

William Louis Hansen, Jr., 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 30, 2010, at the Poplar Bluff Medical Center. Mr. Hansen was born March 16, 1934, to the late William and Lubina Hansen in Pigeon, Mich...

Louise Keith, 68, of Heth, Ark., died Dec. 30, 2010, at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Mrs. Keith was born Aug. 2, 1942, at Luxora to the late Elmer and Cora Sharp. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family...

James Edward Lyons, 74, of Caraway, died Dec. 31, 2010, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born March 5, 1936, at Memphis, he was the son of the late John and Mary Scott Lyons. Mr. Lyons enjoyed reading the newspaper and watching football...

Roy Daniel Rollings, 61, of Paragould died Monday Jan. 3, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born Dec. 8, 1949, in Wisconsin, he was the son of the late Louis and Rosella Johnson Rollings. Mr. Rollings enjoyed horse races and fishing and was of the Baptist faith...

Lonnie Wilkerson, 91, of Leachville, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at St. Bernards Medical Center. Mr. Wilkerson was born May 2, 1919, to the late James and Mauldie Wilkerson. He was a long time resident of the Leachville area, an avid sportsman who loved hunting and fishing with his children and grandchildren. ...

Glen Wade Wood, 67, of Caraway, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at his home. Born May 5, 1943, in Caraway, he was the son of Clifford and Tressie Griggs Wood and had been a longtime Caraway area resident. ...

Buffalo Island area was blanketed with a cover of snow on Monday morning closing schools and slowing traffic. Manila sanitation department did not the snow stop them for collecting the trash.

Clif Chitwood, president of the Great River Economic Development Area, welcomed guests, including Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, to Blytheville on Wednesday as expansion plans of Aviation Repair Technologies (ART) were announced...

Buffalo Island Central Homecoming will be held Friday, Jan. 14, at the Mustang Athletic complex in Monette. Homecoming class Representatives are Taylor Owens, Jenna Pike and Jenny Walker, seniors; Jessica Clark, Rebecca Cunningham, Chasity Garrett, juniors; Jodiee Clay, Kaylee Greathouse, Cassidy Qualls, sophomores.

Mississippi County Farm Bureau hosted a Legislative Affairs meeting at the Holiday Inn in Blytheville Wednesday morning welcoming State Representatives Charolette Wagner and Tommy Baker and newly elected State Senator David Burnett...

While it's flattering to Garrick McGee being mentioned as one the Big East champion Connecticut Huskies reportedly plan to interview for their vacant head coaching job, look for Arkansas' offensive coordinator to be a strong candidate for the Tulsa head coaching job.

Mike Henson of Blytheville won the Dec. 21 Blytheville Courier News Pigskin Payoff.

Mrs. Mary Alice Cude, 77, of Leachville, the widow of Mr. Bill Cude, passed away Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Darron "Lovey" Lamont Williams, 36, of Blytheville, died Jan. 5, 2011, in Blytheville.

Mr. W.T. Pillow, 92, of Brandon, Fla., passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2011.

Mrs. Cynthia Harrison Holt, 43, wife of Larry Holt of Kennett, Mo., formerly of Blytheville passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett.

George Willie Grant, 64, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010.

Gosnell police are still investigating an incident that happened in December, in which a 16-year-old girl claimed she was kidnapped while waiting for a school bus.

The Armorel school board unannomously voted to offer the district's superintendent position to Bruce Young for another year Monday night at their monthly board meeting.

While area law enforcement officers were busy trying to clear numerous wrecks in the slippery conditions, employees of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department are working to get the roads cleared.

The Blytheville City Council's Finance Committee continued its series of budget meetings Monday night, examining the proposed Parks and Recreation budget.

Cash-strapped Thunder Bayou Golf Links is taking an aggressive approach, with new marketing strategies this year, in hopes of generating more revenue.

We have all seen it, the iconic "We Can Do It" image that has become a symbol for the feminist movement and a cultural icon here in the United States.

With only an inch or so of snow on the ground, Monday morning's driving conditions certainly weren't the worst I'd ever seen. But they weren't the greatest either.