Stories from Friday, February 9, 2024

Laticia Baldridge Gillen, 56, of Mountain View, passed away Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Laticia Dianne Baldridge, Richter, Odom and Gillen, these were the names given during her lifetime and each one holds special meaning. In her words, “I’m kind of a big deal.” Born on Dec. ...

Dora Bernice Wylie King went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Dora Bernice came into this world April 23, 1938, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Growing up in Blytheville with two exceptionally fine and loving parents, Heard Lawrence Wylie and Hiram William Wylie, and one older sister, Heard Wylie, D.B., as was always her nickname, was a delightful child and turned into a most beautiful teenager, inside and out. ...

The family of AnnaLee Chipman will host a birthday celebration in honor of her 90th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 17. The celebration will include a drop-in reception from 5-7 p.m. at Sweet T’s, 603 West Fleeman Street, Suite 4, Manila. There will be refreshments. No gifts are required. Friends and family are welcome to drop by and share birthday wishes...