Stories from Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Family Life Center in Piggott was the site for the third annual Clay County Relay For Life Survivors Dinner Monday night, as the local relay kicked-off the busiest week of the year. Several dozen survivors, along with their families and friends, were on hand for the event. The annual relay will be held this Saturday at Piggott's Heritage Park...

An important part of the country's history soon will return to life in Clay County. The annual reenactment of the Battle of Chalk Bluff will be held at the state park located at the historic site. The event will encompass the entire weekend of Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4...

I'm thinking we may have to revert back to olden days. We can't afford present days. Remember when we fried a skillet of potatoes, heated or slightly browned a package of bologna and opened a can of pork & beans. That was supper...

1968 Big news out of Memphis 40 years ago this past Friday as Piggott's own Deborah M. "Debbie" Sale won the Miss Memphis pageant, taking the crown over 25 other Midsouth beauties. In other news, members of the local citizens band radio club have joined together and are forming a Civil Defense unit. The effort will be coordinated by sheriff Burness Dalton...

Hazel Pillow Johnson, 92, of Berkley, Mich., died Monday, April 14, 2008, at William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan. She was born June 4, 1915, in Pollard to the late Rev. Samuel Pillow and Nora Johnson Pillow. She was united in marriage to the late Ruel Leslie Johnson Dec. 25, 1936 and the couple had three children. She had been a resident of Berkley since 1947...

Kathy Ann Tilmon, 46, of Greenway and formerly of Braggadocio, Mo., died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center at Kennett. She was born June 9, 1961, in Hayti, the daughter of Jack Lawhorn and Delores Moyers Gray. She married John Tilmon June 25, 1995, in Braggadocio...

The Piggott Mohawk baseball squad split a pair of games last Tuesday at Hoxie, had a game rained-out on Saturday and fell to Manila at home Monday afternoon. The Tribe was scheduled to host the Harrisburg Hornets in conference action Tuesday afternoon, weather permitting, and were to close out the regular season with a makeup game at home Wednesday against Brookland. ...