Stories from Monday, December 8, 2014

Clarice "Junie" Manning Owen, 88, of Rector, passed from this life on Dec. 8, 2014. She was born June 3, 1926, at Stanford, Ark. to the late Jess and Ollie Mae (Hunt) Rickman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Don Manning; a daughter, Donna Turner; her brothers, Carroll and Weldon Rickman and her sisters, Hattie Smart, Mamie Smith, Gertrude Sims and Mary McDaniel...

Michael Wayne "Mike" Morris, 61 of Cardwell, Mo. passed away on Dec. 5, 2014, in Paragould. He was born on Aug. 23, 1953, in Rector. He formerly worked at Smurrfitt/Stone Container in Jonesboro. He loved to hunt and fish the St. Francis River, He was a member of the Brown's Landing Hunting Club...