Stories from Monday, February 20, 2017

Miranda "Randi" Cribbins, 75, of Fayetteville, Ark., formerly of Russellville, Ark., passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Brookstone Assisted Living in Fayetteville. The daughter of Earl and Laverne Haley, she was born December 30, 1941, in Piggott, Ark. ...

Donald Raymond Thompson, 85, of Rector, Ark., passed away on February 18, 2017, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born on June 15, 1931, in Gainesville, Ark., was a veteran of the United States Army of the Korean War and formerly owned Rector Feed and Seed for 20 years or more. Donald was a member of the New Life Christian Center in Rector...

Laverne Beckley, 93, of Cabot, Ark., formerly of Rector, Ark., passed away February 16, 2017, at the Springhill Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock, Ark. She was born December 25, 1923, to the late James and Mary (Bryant) Parham. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, George Wallace Beckley; her son, Bryon (Bill) Beckley; a daughter, Deloris DeLuryea; grandchildren, Little John DeLuryea and Robert DeLuryea; brothers, Chester Parham, Horace Parham and Rudolph Parham, and her sisters, Grace Webb, Jessie Parham, Hazel Parham, Ruth Curtis, Opal Parham and Dimple Gregory.. ...

Both Rector teams and Lady 'Hounds, moving into regional play