Stories from Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Audrey Booth Williams of Manila recently was crowned Ms. Arkansas Wheelchair and will be representing her state. Ms. Arkansas Wheelchair Competition was held Nov. 7, 2020. She will go on to compete in Ms. Wheelchair America in 2021. This will be the 50th year for Ms. Wheelchair America competition  and Arkansas has been competing since 1974...

The 2020 NEA Town Courier Headliner of the Year is the National Cold War Center, located at the former Eaker Air Force Base. The award is given each year in recognition of contributions toward positive headlines in the Blytheville/Buffalo Island area...

Christopher Steve Randolph, 46, of Steele and formerly of Blytheville, was taken from us on Dec. 24, 2020. Steve was born to Chris B. and Janice Diane Cox Randolph and was the only son of three children. He was probably the most spoiled one, too. His children were his world and he loved to watch, listen and be around them when he could, even if they aggravated the fire out of him. ...

Michael “Mikey Joe” Thompson, 60, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, at his home. Mike was born in Little Rock to Wilburn and Bonnie Sue Ragsdale Thompson and was retired from Nucor Yamato Steel. He called himself a “veteran outdoorsman” and enjoyed hunting and fishing...

James “Jim” Nance, of the Tyler, Mo., Community, went to be with his Heavenly Father Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at the age of 81. Jim was born in Cooter, Mo., and was the youngest of five children. His love of farming led him to work in the grain business, and he was formerly employed with Farmers Soybean Corp and retired from Bunge Corporation in 2007. ...