Stories from Friday, July 23, 2021

Glenn Curtis Yates, 47, of Monette, formerly of Caraway, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House. He was born Dec. 7, 1973, in Jonesboro. Glenn was a good artist and collected all kinds of caps. He was a member of the Caraway Church of Christ. He will be remembered as a loving son, brother and uncle...

Bonnie Sue Statler Carter, 84, of Jonesboro and a former longtime resident of Blytheville, passed from this life on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at her home in Jonesboro. Born to Omer and Johna Lee Gillette Statler in Blytheville, Bonnie was retired from Borg Warner and went on to self-employment as a housekeeper. ...

Dr. Max Briley, 74, of Gosnell, passed from this life Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in Waynesboro, Tenn., to Max and Ruth Duncan Briley, Max was a 1965 graduate at Blytheville High School. He had a love for baseball and was the American Legion’s most valuable player in the state tournament in 1965. ...

Buffalo Island Central School Board passed a resolution Thursday evening to give a $200 one-time compensation payment to all full-time and part-time employees who volunteer to receive full Covid-19 vaccinations before Sept. 15. “We want to offer this as an incentive for them to get vaccinated early in the school year, so we can safely reopen our school district,” said BIC Superintendent Gaylon Taylor...

Mark David Duncan, 67, of Manila, passed from this life Thursday, July 22, 2021, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Cape Girardeau and raised in Chaffee, Mo., he was the son of the late Sterling and Lila Yancey Duncan and had been a longtime Georgia resident before making his home in Manila 25 years ago. Mark enjoyed building small scale buildings and other structures and attended Souls Harbor Trinity Pentecostal Church in Manila...

Meghan Brown and Angie Master, members of Moving Manila Forward, are excited to be able to pick corn from the community garden located near the senior citizen center in Manila. The corn will be donated to the Manila Food Pantry to be distributed. The community garden is in its third year. ...