Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2002

The Marmaduke Greyhounds fell to Buffalo Island Central in high school baseball last Wednesday night in Monette, 9-5. Shaun Fleming picked up the win for BIC while Ryan Wallace earned a save. Andrew Dodd suffered the loss for Marmaduke. BIC's Mark Hawkins had a bases-loaded double in the fifth iining...

Excitement is building for Marmaduke's 14th annual Mayfest, set Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, in downtown Marmaduke. Event chairperson Leane Parrish is hard at work lining up a schedule of events sure to please everyone in the family. Signup for three scheduled pageants will be from 9 a.m. ...

Performances have taken him to Chicago, Houston and Memphis, to North Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, and now 1992 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion Scott Odena will come to Rector to present a lively show of musical tunes at the Rector Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, set for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Rector Community Center...

In a brief meeting Monday night, the Rector City Council discussed street paving and widening and repair issues. Delta Asphalt is ready to begin paving streets on this year's priority list, Mayor Ron Kemp said, however, most of the streets on the priority list that have not yet been paved are on the south side of town, which currently is undergoing drainage work...

Arkansas residents in all 75 counties will have a chance to come together Thursday, April 4, to discuss what they want their public schools to do to educate children. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education will host community meetings called SPEAK UP, ARKANSAS! in all 75 counties in an organized effort to allow every Arkansas resident the chance to contribute ideas for education reform. The meetings will be held simultaneously across the state from 6 to 8 p.m. that night...

Filing for the May Preferential Primaries closed at noon Tuesday, April 2. Candidates filing notices with the Clay County clerk's office in Piggott were ( denotes incumbent, I as independent, D as Democrat and R as Republican): County judge -- Gary Howell(D) and Sheila Vaughn (I)...

O.W. "Pete" Burns, 88, of Paragould, a native of Rector, died Monday, April 1, 2002, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born June 26, 1913, in Rector, he graduated from Rector High School in 1934 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1938 from the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture...

Sylvia Mae Eckles, 67, of Marmaduke died Friday, March 29, 2002, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born May 5, 1934, in Marmaduke to the late Clyde Farmer and Ola (Hampton) Farmer, she was a homemaker and a member of the Marmaduke First Baptist Church. She was married in 1954 to Donald Eckles, who survives...

Leon "Fuzz" Cate, 71, of Corning died Friday, March 29, 2002, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. A retired farmer, he was born April 22, 1930, in Hickoria. He was an Army veteran and a member of Hickoria Missionary Baptist Church...

Joe Dewain Cossey, 61, of Detroit, Mich., a native of Greene County, died suddenly at his home on Feb. 20, 2002. He was born March 3, 1941, to Ora Cossey and Aline (Shelley) Cossey. The family moved to Detroit in 1944 and he graduated from Western High School in southwest Detroit. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving in Long Beach, Calif., and Guam. He was honorably discharged in 1963...

MARMADUKE When Piggott Mohawk relief pitcher James Fry trotted in from right field to take over the pitching duties in the first inning last Thursday, there were no outs and the Marmaduke Greyhounds had scored their first five batters and were leading, 5-3...

The Marmaduke Lady Greyhounds fell to 1-1 on the season with a 16-11 slugfest loss to Pocahontas Thursday afternoon at home. Pocahontas' Charraka Chitty connected for two homeruns in the contest. Erica Smith suffered the loss in a complete game for the Lady Hounds...

The Piggott Lady Mohawk tennis team picked up a huge 4-3 win over defending district champions Pocahontas last Thursday afternoon on the road. The win sets the teams' record at 1-1. In singles play, Piggott's Meagan Swann, Lindsey Sutfin and Rebecca Hickson all picked up wins. Swann defeated Rebekah Prince 8-5, Sutfin shut out Alicia Johnson 8-0 and Hickson was victorious over Katie Perry 8-5...

MARMADUKE When Piggott Mohawk relief pitcher James Fry trotted in from right field to take over the pitching duties in the first inning last Thursday, there were no outs and the Marmaduke Greyhounds had scored their first five batters and were leading, 5-3...

Plans are coming together for the annual Clay County Relay For Life that will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Heritage Park in Piggott. This year's motto will be "Cancer Doesn't Stop, So We Can't," which was coined by a college student active in the Relay For Life movement...

Filing for the May Preferential Primaries closed at noon Tuesday, April 2. Candidates filing notices with the Clay County clerk's office in Piggott were ( denotes incumbent, I as independent, D as Democrat and R as Republican): County judge Gary Howell(D) and Sheila Vaughn (I)...

Small towns often depend on themselves to survive and maintain quality of life for residents, including providing fire protection. The Pollard Fire Department was formed sometime during the 1960's, according to Steve Baker, who has served as chief for around three years...

Doyne Holifield of Pollard announces he will seek re-election as Clay County Justice of the Peace, District 1, subject to the May Democratic Primary. "I have enjoyed serving on the quorum court and hope to be serving the people of this county again," he said...

Filing for the May Preferential Primaries closed at noon Tuesday, April 2. Candidates filing notices with the Clay County clerk's office in Piggott were ( denotes incumbent, I as independent, D as Democrat and R as Republican): County judge -- Gary Howell(D) and Sheila Vaughn (I)...

Janice E. Millikan, 58, of Greenway died Friday, March 29, 2002, at her home. She was born Jan. 19, 1944, in Clifton, Tenn., the daughter of Alvin Wayne and Monetta Hill Boyd. She married Harold Millikan on April 29, 1967. To this union one son was born...

Leon "Fuzz" Cate, 71, of Corning died Friday, March 29, 2002 at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born April 22, 1930, in Hickoria, the son of the late Barney Floyd and Ona Woods Cate. He married Betty Marie Poyner on March 6, 1952...

Losson Ethridge Dover, 83, of Piggott died Friday, March 29, 2002, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 12, 1918, near Piggott, the son of the late Herbert Millage and Lula Hayes Dover. He married Sulvanda Neeley on Dec. 14, 1935. To this union two daughters were born. His wife preceded him in death on Feb. 26, 2000...

Maxine Dana Hendrix, 54, of Rector died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born April 9, 1947, in Rector to the late Huley and Rosie Lloyd Dubar, she was a caregiver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Raymond, and by two grandsons, Shane Guffey and Joshua Guffey...

Barry Lynn Honeycutt, 37, of McDougal died Saturday, March 30, 2002, in Fagus, Mo. He was born Oct. 4, 1964, the son of Junior and Carolyn Windle Honeycutt. He was preceded in death by one brother, Billy Gene Honeycutt. He is survived by one son, Brandon Finley of McDougal; his father and mother, Junior and Carolyn Honeycutt of McDougal; two brothers, Junior Lee Honeycutt of Pollard and Jimmy Honeycutt of McDougal; one sister, Donna Melton of Broseley, Mo.; and other relatives and friends...

Wendell Berry, 67, of Piggott died Monday, March 25, 2002, at his home. He was born July 18, 1934, in Mountain View, Ark., the son of the late Wiley and Olga Berkley Berry. He married Lavonne Weece on Aug. 29, 1953. To this union seven children were born...

The fourth annual citywide yard sale and 28th annual FFA farm equipment sale will be held Saturday, April 6, in Piggott. The yard sale is sponsored by the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce and the FFA sale by the Piggott High School FFA chapter. The farm sale will be held at the Clay County Fairgrounds on North Street...