Stories from Friday, September 23, 2022

Alan “Big Al” Spaulding, 64, of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at his home surrounded by his wife and children. Alan was born to the late Marion E. and Glenda Lou Spaulding and retired from Phoenix. He was a 1976 graduate of Blytheville High School, and of the Baptist faith. ...

Kenneth Ray Blair, 56, of Manila, passed from this life Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the Manila Nursing Center. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., he was the son of the late Donald and Norma Dildy Blair and was raised in the Manila area. Kenneth had worked for Western Geophysics and was a longtime employee of SAFE, a barge service company in Mobile, Ala. ...

Jerry Clay Groves, 83, of Little Rock, passed on Sept. 22, 2022. Visitation at 1 p.m. and service at 2 p.m. will be Sunday, Sept. 25, with Roller-Chenal Funeral Home. For details and guestbook, visit www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.

LITTLE ROCK—Former Craighead County Clerk Jacob Kade Holliday was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison Wednesday, Sept. 21 for taking more than $1.5 million in county money for his personal use. Holliday, 34, of Jonesboro, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., who also imposed three years of supervised release after Holliday completes his prison term...