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Phyllis "Penny" Moreland
(Obituary ~ 09/24/20)
Phyllis "Penny" Moreland, 73, of Payson Ariz., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. She was born in Blytheville on March 2, 1947. Penny had a career with the USPS from which she retired. She had a passion for animals and volunteered at Blytheville Humane Society. Penny was preceded in death by her youngest son, Billy Cawthon, and is survived by her oldest son, George Cawthon...
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Oscar Perez
(Obituary ~ 09/24/20)
Oscar Perez, 58, of Leachville, passed from this life Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born and raised in Rio Bravo, Mexico, he was the son of the late Jesus Perez Garcia and Juanita De Leon Rodriguez and had been a Leachville resident since 1999. He was employed by Miller Farms and of the Catholic faith. Oscar enjoyed grilling, spending time with his family and working in his yard and garden...
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Emon “Lady T” Thompson
(Obituary ~ 09/24/20)
Emon “Lady T” Thompson was born in Holly Springs, Miss., to Emon and Coretha Echols Houston on April 22, 1943. In 1953 at the age of 10 the family moved from Mississippi to Blytheville. Emon came on the scene as a local disc jockey using the name “Lady Taurus”, she later shortened it to simply “Lady T”; spinning records at all the local clubs in the Blytheville area, and having the distinction as the first female DJ in Arkansas. ...
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Junior high student arrested after gun found on campus
(Local News ~ 09/24/20)
A Gosnell Junior High School student was arrested Wednesday after authorities found a weapon on campus. "The Gosnell School District takes pride in maintaining a safe learning environment," Gosnell superintendent Bonard Mace told the NEA Town Courier Thursday. ...
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Joycelyn Reed (Joy) Robertson
(Obituary ~ 09/24/20)
Joycelyn Reed (Joy) Robertson, 88, recently of Memphis, Tenn., passed from this life on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. She was born in 1932 to Charles Blythe Childress and Novelle Reed Childress. Joycelyn grew up in Manila, along with her younger sister Jane Roths, and married her loving husband E.W. ...
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