Stories from Wednesday, December 24, 2003

A Vietnam veteran spoke to the Lions Club last week at the Sugar Creek Country Club in Piggott. Darrell Dickson, a Paragould native and USPS retiree, spoke about his harrowing experience in Vietnam in 1969, one year after the infamous Tet offensive...

Opal V. Duty, 91, of Piggott died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, in the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born March 20, 1912, in Melbourne, Ark., the daughter of the late George and Laura Twilley Reeves. She was united in marriage to Jeff Duty on Nov. 18, 1944. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 1986...

Eula Francis Neely, 91, of Piggott died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, at Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 5, 1912, in Rector, the daughter of Tom and Nettie Shannon Dowdy. She was united in marriage to Arley Lee Neely on Dec. 18, 1926, in Clay County. He preceded her in death in July of 1994...

Hurley B. Carter, 84, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003, in the Paragould Nursing Center in Paragould. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Warren, Ark. He was united in marriage to Betty Rouse in Oct. 1993. She preceded him in death on Sept. 9, 2002...

Claybourne Nelson Hamon, III, 56, of Piggott died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, in the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born Nov. 24, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of Claybourne Nelson Hamon, Jr., and Martha Ann Bradsher Hamon. Preceding him in death was his father, Claybourne Nelson Hamon, Jr...

Lloyd Hays Adams, 82, of Piggott, died Thursday at John J. Pershing V.A. Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born in ElPaso, Ark. to the late Orn and Emma Adams, early Leachville residents. He was a retired supervisor for Pepsi Cola Company and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church in Pollard. Mr. Adams was an Army veteran of WW II...

Nina Louise Winberry, 96, of Piggott died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003, in the Murphy Health Care and Rehab Center in Piggott. She was born Feb. 23, 1907, in Beech Grove, Ark., the daughter of the late Ferman Samuel and Artie Louise Rainey Gibson. She was united in marriage to Cecil K. Winberry on April 18, 1923, to this union four sons and one daughter were born. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 1975...

Henrietta Coleman, 84, of Campbell died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at Three Rivers Healthcare-North Campus in Poplar Bluff. She was born Oct. 8, 1919, in St. Louis, the daughter of the late Chehoydia and Florence Cashion Mitchell. She was a factory worker and a member of the South Canaan General Baptist Church...

Hitt's Chapel General Baptist Church held its' 19th annual live nativity Dec. 19-21. The "Journey To Bethlehem" originated in 1985 with a suggestion from the late Steve Crowson that a Sunday school class at the church try a live nativity. Over the years the project has grown with the women of the church making costumes, members of the community loaning llamas, donkeys, ponies, rams, goats and sheep, and others donating feed. ...

Joe Payne -- Like most people, for me Christmas means special time spent with family and friends. Christmas is so much more than a holiday; it's actually an experience that is shared by millions of people at the same time. As we all go about our last minute shopping, get ready for company, or make travel plans, we realize that the great majority of Americans are also doing the same thing, making similar preparations, and thinking about the people they care about the most...

Tallon Lowrie - My turkey will weigh 3 lbs. I will get it at the store. I don't know what I will cook with my turkey. I will cook my turkey for 30 hours at 50 degrees. Peyton Mann - Age 5 - My turkey will weigh 51 lbs. I will get it from an egg. I will cook my turkey with chicken meat. I will cook it for 5 minutes on 6 degrees...

In addition to renewing the contract with Delta Disposal during its' meeting on Thursday night, the Piggott City Council voted to absorb one of the new fees that otherwise would be passed on to customers. Mayor Gerald Morris recommended that the city, in light of funds becoming available elsewhere in the budget, absorb the 13 cent tipping fee. This would be a monthly fee added to the customer's bills for trash-pickup...

The Piggott Lady Mohawks are gearing up for NEA Invitational Tournament action at Jonesboro on Friday. The foe will be Hoxie. The time will be 4:30 p.m. If the Lady Mohawks win, they will advance to a quarterfinal game against either top-seeded Valley View or Harrisburg at 9 p.m. Saturday...