Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Rex Allan Clark, 65, of Bonham, Texas, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Born in Dowagiac, Mich., he was the son of the late Richard Lee and Bonnie Giller Clark and was a 1974 graduate of Dowagiac High School. Following high school he served in the U.S. Army before making a lifelong career as a law enforcement officer. ...

Shabria Janae’ Furlow, 23, of St. Louis, Mo., formerly of Blytheville, departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in St. Louis. She was born on Sept. 28, 1998, in Blytheville, the daughter of Shaunda Brown and Billy Furlow. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at New Immanuel M.B. ...

Shirley Nadeen Sorrell, 81, of Harrison, former Manila area resident, passed from this life Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. Born in Etowah to the late Rufus and Bernice Jackson Bradberry, she had lived most of her life in the Manila area and had worked in several area shoe factories. She was a longtime member of the Etowah Pentecostal Church of God and enjoyed going to yard sales and spending time with her grandchildren...

Ufelia B. Alvarado of Manila was born Jan. 15, 1954, in Munford, Texas, to the late Bacilo Alvarado and the late Paula Betancourt Alvarado. She was a teacher’s aide at the migrant head start in Blytheville and was of the Catholic and Baptist faith. Ms. ...

Luella Brown was the eighth child of 14 born on Oct. 12, 1954, in Earle to the late Robert Dorsey, Sr. and the late Viola Dorsey. Luella passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the blessed age of 67. She attended Blytheville High School and graduated in 1973. ...

Vivian Maxine Evans was born to Lewis Austin Martin and Pearl Margaret (Neely) Martin in Quaker, Mo. She was the eighth of nine children. She grew up on the banks of Cub Creek in a hard-working farm family. In June, 1952, she married the love of her life, Edward L. ...

The city of Blytheville came together at the Ritz Civic Center on Jan. 17 to celebrate the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Starting at noon, the program highlighted the struggles of the country’s past, acknowledged the present and also foreshadowed a possible future. The program committee used a series of skits to depict the fight against racism during King’s time and also how that fight has evolved over time...