Stories from Friday, December 17, 2021

Yamato Sushi Steakhouse of Blytheville will open on Tuesday, the restaurant told the NEA Town Courier on Friday morning. On Thursday, the Japanese steakhouse provided a sneak peek inside its renovated building and unveiled its menu on its Facebook page...

James B. “Jim” Pereszlay, 61, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Montpelier after becoming ill at work. Mr. Pereszlay was employed by CK Technologies in Montpelier, Ohio, on the paint line. ...

Jaqueline Elaine Botts, 69, of Jonesboro passed from this life Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at St. Bernards Hospital. She was born to the late Byron and Talmadge Billingsley on Nov. 30, 1952 at St. Bernards in Jonesboro and spent her childhood with her mother and five sisters in Leachville. Jackie attended ASU and earned her bachelor’s in elementary education. In 1977 she met her husband Bill in Marianna, where they resided and raised their son Bryce until moving to Jonesboro in 1992...

Marsha Rhea Fair was born Jan. 1, just an hour and 46 minutes into 1946, at Nobles Memorial Hospital in Paris, Tenn., where her mother Jeanne Bradsher Fair worked as a nurse while her father War Hero B-17 Pilot Captain Albert L. Fair, Jr. finished duty in the Army Air Corps nearby. Marsha Rhea was delivered by her namesake, Dr. W.G. Rhea, beloved Paris physician for whom her mother worked...

Steve West, 69, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Steve was born in Blytheville to John W. and Elizabeth Mitchell West. He was a third-generation farmer and a lifelong resident of Blytheville. ...

David Otis Clapp, Sr., 73, of Jonesboro, passed away Dec. 13, 2021 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a retired painter, a U.S. Army veteran and a resident of Mississippi County for 10 years. Mr. Clapp was born April 4, 1948 in Havenhill, MA, to James J. Tomacchio and Martha Woodard. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son James Clapp; two daughters, Shianne Robinson and Dami-Ann Clapp...

Blytheville Mayor James Sanders reported 145 active cases in the county during his weekly Covid briefing on Wednesday. With cases rising in recent weeks, Mississippi County health officer Dr. Valencia Andrews-Pirtle gave a breakdown of the recent cases she’s seen...