Stories from Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Mable Irene Towery Beltran, 50, of Trumann, died July 12, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Beltran was born Sept. 30, 1970, in Osceola to Robert Towery and Felipa Gonzalez. She was preceded in death by her parents...

Donald Harold Bruce, 56, of Osceola, died July 8, 2021 at his home. He was an industrial painter for 25 years for Webb Farms in Enid, Okla., and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Bruce was born March 15, 1965, in Parkin to Willie Dillard and Cora Anderson Bruce. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Johnny Lee Bruce...

Johnnie L. Dodd was born June 8, 1923, to the late S.T. Dodd and Pearlie Dodd in Mississippi. Johnnie departed this life on Saturday, Thursday July 15, 2021, in Blytheville at the age of 98. He was preceded in death by his parents. Johnnie was an Army veteran, he served in World War II. He also work for Memphis Light Gas & Water for 32 years...

Johnnie Pearl Rogers was born April 21, 1961, to Charlie Robinson and Mary J. Emory in Steele, Mo. She departed this life on Friday, July 16, 2021, at the age of 60 at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. She was preceded in death by her parents...

David Lee Polk, Sr. of Blytheville was born July 26, 1955, in West Memphis to the late Early Polk and the late Maggie Lee Robinson. He was an auto body mechanic as well as of the Baptist faith. Mr. Polk passed away July 17, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 65. He was preceded in death by his father, Early Polk; his mother, Maggie Lee Robinson; five brothers, three sisters and one grandson, Markel Polk...

Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston presented the Arkansas Economic Development Competitive Community Initiative Award to Mississippi County at a luncheon held at the Holiday Inn in Blytheville on Tuesday. Pictured are (from left) President of Mississippi County Economic Development Clif Chitwood; Mississippi County Judge John Alan Nelson;  Preston; and Vice President of Mississippi County Economic Development Tamika Jenkins...