Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2015

To the Editor: Change in welcoming new businesses is the key for growth. Blytheville is in a prime location that has the potential to become a major industrialized city. It is strategically located along a major interstate (I-55) adjoining 3 states (Missouri, Arkansas, & Tennessee). ...

To the Editor: I have already written some letters to this paper about Blytheville. I do not clam to be an expert on what is going on in our City, but being that I am a part of this City and Live in Blytheville I have concerns about what is happening in our City...

Great River Medial Center, along with several area businesses, are presenting the 2015 Breast Cancer Awareness program for October. Breast cancer awareness candles were purchased and will be given to each person who gets a mammogram at the hospital in October. ...

The Mississippi County Republican Committee (MCRC) announced Monday, Sept. 28, Republican candidates for public office (county and township) or County Committeeman/woman and delegates to the County Convention shall pay their filing fees between 12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 and 12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9...

Mrs. Bobbie Jean Guyton Posey, 69, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the home of her daughter in North Wales, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Posey was born near Blytheville, where she attended school and was a graduate of Harrison High School. She married Eddie Posey and they moved to Memphis during the late 1960s. They lived in New Jersey before she moved back to Blytheville a few years ago...

Morris Lynn Elam Jr., 55, of Lake City, passed away September 27, 2015 at St. Bernard's in Jonesboro. Born June 28, 1960 in Memphis to the late Morris Lynn Elam Sr., and Ida Louise Elam, he was a welder and of the Pentecostal Faith. Mr. Elam is survived by his wife, Sissy Elam, of Lake City;...

Gerald Stanley Gadberry, 66, of Monette, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born in Monette, he was the son of the late Hope and Opal McFarlin Gadberry and had been a lifelong area resident. A 1967 graduate of Monette High School, he served in the Arkansas National Guard and was a longtime farmer and cotton ginner having worked many years for Kiech-Shauver Gin Company in Monette. ...

Robert Earl Hamilton, 51, of Manila, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at his home. Born in Visalia, Calif., he had been a Manila resident for most of his life. He attended Manila High School and was a retired millwright having worked through the Millwright Local Union #1544 in Nashville. Robert was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends...

Robert Lee Jones, 68, of Ferguson, Mo., passed away September 23, 2015 at Christian Hospital. Born June 27, 1947 in Osceola, he was a factory worker and U.S. Marine veteran. He is survived by his daughter Stacy Smith, of South Bend, Ind.; Son, Robert Jones Jr., of South Bend, Ind.;...

Mr. Linzell Miller, 81, of Luxora, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements will be announced by McDonald-Horne Funeral Home.

Margaret Ann Scroggins, 68, of Blytheville, passed away September 27, 2015 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born June 8, 1947 in Memphis to the late Leroy Johnson and Francis Irene Warren Wiseman, she was a retired nurses aide and of the Baptist Faith...

Barney Z. McGill, 91 of Luxora, passed peacefully from this world to his eternal home on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born to Daniel and Annie Baswell McGill, Barney was a retired farmer. He was a workaholic. If he was working, he was happy. Working was his hobby, and he worked hard at a fast pace...

Greg Watts, 52, of Blytheville, died Sept. 30, 2015 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Born in Kennett to Gene Watts and Mary Jane Burden Watts, he was a 1981 graduate of Kennett High School, an Eagle Scout, and a faithful member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church at Huffman...

The Gosnell School Board met in regular session Monday evening and chose to retain board officers just as they were last year. The Board President and Primary Distribution Officer will once again be Donnie Wright. J.F. Smith was elected Board Vice President and John Weiss was elected Board Secretary...