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Perry Dixon
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Perry Dixon, 75, of Dell, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born to Noble and Debbie (Ramsey) Dixon in the Little River Community, Perry was a lifelong farmer and a member of First Baptist Church in Blytheville. ...
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Lola Caviness
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Lola "Walters" Caviness, 90, of Blytheville, passed away April 17, 2016 at Gosnell Therapy and Living Center in Gosnell. Lola was born to Albert and Jenny Lyles on March 5, 1926 in Elliott, Mississippi, where she lived until moving to Blytheville. She was employed at TRI-AD Utrad and Columbia Ribbon Company until their closing. Lola was then employed at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville as a respiratory therapist for 23 years before retiring...
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Reba Coles
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Reba Jo Coles, age 52 of Leachville, died Sunday April 17, 2016 at her home. Born at Leachville, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Coles and had been a lifelong area resident. Reba was a 1981 graduate of Leachville High School and was a retired truck driver, having worked for J-Mar Express in Searcy and Ronnie Montgomery Trucking in Bono. She was a member of the Community Fellowship Church in Jonesboro. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her sister, Wilma Brandon...
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Perry Dixon
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Perry Dixon, 75, of Dell, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born to Noble and Debbie (Ramsey) Dixon in the Little River Community., Perry was a lifelong farmer and a member of First Baptist Church in Blytheville. Mr. Dixon was awarded Mississippi County Farm Family of the Year in 2002. He was a lifelong resident of Dell. Perry was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who has faithfully taken care of his wife and family...
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Julia Dorris
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Julia "Judy" Dorris, 90, of Santa Teresa, New Mexico and formerly of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016 in El Paso, Texas. Born to Harvey and Celesta (Walthal) Hicks, Judy was the bookkeeper at Briggs Furniture in West Memphis and Barton's Lumber Company...
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Ruth Estell
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Ruth Ivory Estell, 55, of Eufaula, Okla., formerly of Osceola, died April 14 in Muskogee, Okla. Born March 27, 1961 in Osceola, she was a factory worker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Curly Estell and Bernice Pointer Estell, sister Dorothy Estell and brother Melton Estell...
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Henrietta Harrison
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Henrietta McCadney Harrison, 66, of Rocky Mount, N.C., formerly of Mississippi County, died March 27 in Rocky Mount. Born August 2, 1949 in Mississippi County, she was a secretary at Nash Community College for 26 years, and was a veteran of the United States Air Force...
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Jackie Hunter
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Jackie Hunter, 67, of Marked Tree, died April 14 in Marked Tree. Born January 13, 1949, she was a homemaker. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on April 20 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Evadale, Ark. Arrangements are being made by Wilson Funeral Home of Osceola...
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Johnson convicted in Stone murder
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
A California man has been convicted in the June 22 murder of Vincent Stone at Williams Park. Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced Wednesday evening that Daniel Johnson, 24, was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years for firearm enhancement by Circuit Judge Melissa Richardson, who followed the jury's recommendation after being found guilty of first degree murder for killing Stone...
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Gosnell finishes conference schedule with sweep over Pocahontas
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/16)
Blytheville Courier News POCAHONTAS-The fact that the Gosnell Pirates had already wrapped up the 3-4A conference championship and a one seed in next week's 4A East Regional at Lonoke didn't prevent them from traveling to Pocahontas and sweeping the Redskins on their home field Tuesday night. The Pirates outscored the Redskins 17-4 over the two games winning game one 8-1 and the nightcap 9-3...
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Tigers finish another perfect conference season with win over Bay
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/16)
Blytheville Courier News ARMOREL-Winners of seven straight 1A-3 East conference titles, the Armorel Tigers finished their third straight perfect season in the league with a 11-0 win in five innings over Bay Tuesday night at Billy Brown and Hugh Don Ashmore Field...
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Forrest City sweeps Chicks
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/16)
Blytheville Courier News BLYTHEVILLE-The Forrest City Mustangs swept both games of the 5A-East double header over the Blytheville Chickasaws winning game one, 3-1, and game two, 8-4. In game one, Alex Draughn allowed one earned run on four hits and struck out six batters in seven complete innings of work in the loss...
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Armorel Lady Tigers sweep Maynard
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/16)
Blytheville Courier News MAYNARD-The Armorel Lady Tigers outscored the host Maynard Tigers, 34-1, in a 1A-3 East double header Tuesday night winning game one, 17-0 and game two 17-1. Brooke Trout got the win in both games. Trout struck out five of the six batters she faced in a game one two inning perfect game and seven of the 11 batters she faced in the three inning game two...
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