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3 races to be recounted in Mississippi Co.
(Local News ~ 11/06/20)
Mississippi County voters went to the polls, casting 11,751 total early votes and Election Day ballots. There were 508 absentee ballots. Some of those votes will be recounted at the request of candidates on the losing end. According to Mississippi County election coordinator Melisa Logan, Republican District 55 challenger Gary Tobar and Osceola City Council candidates Brian Holthouse (Ward 3) and Sally Parks (Ward 2) have all requested recounts in their respective races...
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Kathy Ann Akers
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Kathy Ann Akers of Blytheville was born Dec. 3, 1969, in Steele, Mo., to the later Alvin Inman and the late Mary Louise Inman. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Akers passed away Nov. 3, 2020, her home in Blytheville at the age of 51. She was preceded in death by her father, Alvin Inman; her mother, Mary Louise Inman; and one son, Johnathan Akers...
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Elouise Bradley Heninburg
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Elouise Bradley Heninburg of Memphis, Tenn., was born Sept. 2, 1953, in Blytheville to the late Lee Percy Bradley and the late Thelma Fields Hall. She was a retired banker and was of the Christian faith. Mrs. Heninburg passed away Oct. 27, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 67. She was preceded in death by her father, Lee Percy Bradley; her mother, Thelma Fields; and one sister Gloria Ann Bradley...
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Robert Wilson “Bob” Flinn
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Robert Wilson “Bob” Flinn, 80, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Bob was born in Kenton, Ohio, to Wilson and Gertrude Flinn and was a graduate of Ohio State University. Following his graduation from Ohio State University, Bob was employed by American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1878, he transferred to American Greetings in Osceola and retired from the company as a senior design engineer in 2005...
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Lou Alice Reed
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Lou Alice Reed of Blytheville was born Feb. 17, 1948, to the late Louis Reed and the late Louise Clark Reed. She was a worker at the Bush Canning Factory in Blytheville and was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Reed passed away Oct. 27, 2020, at her home in Blytheville at the age of 72. ...
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Margaree Parker
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Margaree Parker, 90, of Osceola passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. She was born Jan. 19, 1930, in Crenshaw, Miss., to Jeffrey and Lillie (McKinley) Thompson. She retired as the manager of food service from the Osceola School System and she was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Osceola. She was also a member of Ebonette Society, NAACP, the American Legion, and was a former president of the Osceola PTA. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, traveling and garage sales...
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Monette couple celebrates 74th anniversary
(Local News ~ 11/06/20)
Claude Earl and Glendeen Honnoll Barnett of Monette celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary on Nov. 1. The couple married on Sunday, Nov. 1, 1946, in Leachville. They are well known in the area for their years in business, owning and operating a parts store for almost 40 years in Monette. Mr. Barnett is a retired volunteer firefighter for Monette and a U.S. Navy veteran...
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Joseph “Joe” Earl Ussery
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Joseph “Joe” Earl Ussery, 76, of Trumann, was called Home to be with the Lord on Nov. 3, 2020, with his daughter at his side. He was born Sep. 4, 1944 in Conway to the late Joseph Chester and Fanny Belle (Gentry) Ussery. Joe was a retired supervisor at Baldwin Piano and Organ where he worked for 45 years. He was a fun and loving husband, Daddy and Poppa Joe. He was an involved member of Central Baptist Church and a faithful man of God...
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Matilde L. Garcia
(Obituary ~ 11/06/20)
Matilda L. Garcia, 80, passed away Nov. 3, 2020, in Trumann. She was a homemaker, a farmer and of the Apostolic Pentecostal faith. Ms. Garcia was born March 27, 1940, in Los Iadio, Texas, to Manuel and Matilda Alegria Leija. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Juan Garcia; one son, Esequiel Cavazos Leija; five brothers, Rafael Leija, Manuel Leija, Margon Leija, Abel Leija and Pedro Leija; two sisters, Angela Guzman and Rosa Conde...
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