Stories from Monday, April 30, 2018

Mohawks meet Lions at 4:30 for district championship

Cleta Marie (Whitaker) Simmons, aged 104, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Rector Nursing and Rehab, Rector, Ark. Cleta was born August 17, 1913, in Rector, and was the daughter of John Reese and Pearl Cleveland (Hardin) Whitaker. Cleta was married to Auda Lee Simmons on Sept. 15, 1946, in Portageville, Mo. The couple settled in the Blue Cane community southeast of Rector where they were engaged in farming until their retirement...

JoAnn Lax, 80 of Lafe, Ark., passed from this life on April 27, 2018, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House, Jonesboro, Ark. She was born November 18, 1937, to the late Floyd and Mary (Stricklin) Harrell in St. Louis, Mo. She was a woman who loved life and lived it fully each day with a smile. She enjoyed singing karaoke, going to the river to gamble, yard sales and auctions...

Coy Mauldin, 73, of Piggott, Ark., passed away April 26, 2018, in Kennett, Mo. He was born in Mt. Ida, Ark., on July 9, 1944, and was the son of the late Carl Alvin Mauldin and Margaret Lucille (Bean) Mauldin. He was preceded in death by his mother and father and his sister, Mary Yow...