Stories from Thursday, July 11, 2013

Gary Prince and Sugar Creek Band to be featured

Events open to all area youth, being held at fairgrounds.

Amanda Smallmon, FNP, returns to service with PCH

Variety of musical styles to be featured

Kenneth Ray Felks, 72, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was born on December 16, 1940 to the late Alvin and Edith Felks. He will be remembered as a loving father and grandfather, and having a kind heart who believed in helping others. He is survived by a daughter, Salina Felks and friend Jim Chilcutt of Piggott; a grandson, Luke Felks; a brother, James Felks of Chicago and family friends, John and Nancy Brewer of Trumann...

Cammie Lynn Copeland Wells, 43, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Friday, July 5, 2013, at her home. She was born on October 2, 1969, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and is the daughter of Edward Copeland and Carolyn (Henson) Johnson. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clinton Henson of Piggott, Ark. and Wilson and Imogene Copeland of Rector, Ark...

Through the 14 quarterly issues of Delta Crossroads magazine, stories and images that help create the magic of this part of our wonderful state have been shared with our readers. It has been fun, but also educational. My wife Nancy has worked tirelessly to present each issue in a comprehensive, unique and creative manner. Her own writing and photographic talent has shown forth in the magazine's pages, along with the great contributions of members of our staff and other contributors...

I start to do something then wind up doing something else. Like this morning. One of the posts on my white poster bed got wobbly and leaned. It wouldn't stay upright. And I couldn't get it to screw back into the grooves. So I decided to fix it somehow...

Venom take championship at Heber Springs

Afternoon rain fails put damper on annual celebration

Bert Lee Watson, Jr., 83, of Piggott, Arkansas, passed away July 1, 2013, at Twin Lakes Nursing and Rehab Center in Flippin, Ark. He was born March 23, 1930, in Pollard, Ark., and was the son of the late Bert Watson Sr. and Clara (Allen) Watson. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Hogard on July 6, 1949...

Clara Lynn Watson, 55, of Piggott, Ark., went to be with her Savior on July 9, 2013. The daughter of John and Lorraine Watson, she was born on January 22, 1958, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Piggott, Ark...