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Palmer Jean (Lee) Winchester
(Obituary ~ 02/25/19)
Palmer Jean (Lee) Winchester was born to Chester and Elizabeth Lee on July 23, 1950, in Wardell, Mo. Palmer was an educator and it showed through everyone that she came in contact with. She was quiet, but when she had something to say, she said it with no filter. If you ever met her, you would surely remember her. Her kind heart most of all...
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Floyd M. Reeves
(Obituary ~ 02/25/19)
Floyd M. Reeves, 91, of Leachville, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at Monette Manor Nursing Center. Born in Leachville, he was the son of the late Robert and Flossie Lowry Reeves and had been a lifelong area resident. Floyd was a 1945 graduate of Leachville High School and was a U.S. ...
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Blytheville High School has lockdown; no gun found on campus
(Local News ~ 02/25/19)
According to the Blytheville High School Facebook page, the school went on lockdown Monday morning after a potential threat of a gun on campus. "In the interest of transparency, we want to share that we had a report of a possible gun on campus this morning and immediately went into perimeter lock-down," the post reads. "After a thorough search, no gun was found."...
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Katherine Wheeler Wildy
(Obituary ~ 02/25/19)
Katherine Wheeler Wildy, 88, died at her home in Etowah, on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. She was born Sept. 7, 1930, in Imboden, to Carl Clifton and Ray Pace Wheeler. She was raised in Caraway, where she learned to be a merchant extraordinaire, working in her father’s general store. She graduated as valedictorian from Caraway High School. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1952 where she served as president of Delta Delta Delta sorority and tapped for Mortar Board. Katherine married Charles Luther Wildy in 1953 and became a farm wife, mother, English teacher, tutor and a volunteer. She is a past member of Osceola Junior Auxiliary, Mississippi County Cotton Wives, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. . ...
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Manila woman dies in two-vehicle accident
(Local News ~ 02/25/19)
Katharina McGrew, 94, of Manila, died in a two vehicle accident on Sunday, Feb. 24. Ms. McGrew was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Dale McGrew, 80, also of Manila. According to a preliminary fatal crash summary of the Arkansas State Police, the accident occurred at 4:57 p.m. at Highway 18/Lake Street intersection, Manila...
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