Stories from Monday, October 23, 2017

Mrs. Helen Ruth Jester Gordon, was born in Glenwood, Ark. on July 16, 1931. She was the youngest daughter of William “Willie” Jester and Chessie Long Jester. Helen died on October 20, 2017, in Hot Springs. Preceding her in death was her husband of 41 years, Fletcher Ross Gordon; their daughter, Ruth Ann Herndon; as well as her mother and father; brothers, Luther, John, Roy and Sherman; and sisters, Lettie Howard and Lottie Droke and an infant sister, Floy...

Ms. Sharon Berneice Thrasher, 73, of Inwood, Iowa and formerly of Osceola, passed away in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She was born February 24, 1944 to Ode Eugene and Lois Mae Rogers Smith in Steele, Missouri. She was a retired bookkeeper and of the Pentecostal faith...

Charles M. “Chuck” Schoolfield of Conway, formerly of Caraway, died Oct. 12, 2017. He was born in Paragould on Feb. 25, 1971, to Cheryl (Presley) Schoolfield and the late Charles Murl Schoolfield of Caraway. Chuck graduated from Riverside High School in 1989 and enlisted in the Army the same year. ...

A local man was arraigned on rape charges, Monday, in Blytheville District Court after an alleged incident involving a 7-year-old. According to Criminal Investigations Division Commander Sgt. John Frazier, the juveniles’ mother reported that 70-year-old Johnny Warren of Blytheville sexually assaulted her child on Aug. 7...

Mr. Steven N. Johns, Jr., 62, of Conway, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 12, 2017. Steve is survived by his daughters, Mary (Jared) Blevins and Audrey Harris; his grandchildren, Ana, Seth, Cable, Nathan and Harper; his sister, Suzanne (Jeff) Wallace and brother, Hugh (Pam) Johns; and many loving nieces, nephews and extended family ...