Stories from Monday, March 16, 2020

State and region react to COVID-19 outbreak

Maxine Elizabeth Craft, 88, of Paragould, Ark., and previously of the Knob community, passed from this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 13, 2020, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born on August 7, 1931, to the late Arthur W. and Emma Althea Massey in Greenway, Ark...

Marguerite Malone Smart, 98, of Piggott, Ark., passed away March 12, 2020, at the Heritage Nursing Home in Kennett, Mo. She was born on February 20, 1922, in Greenway, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Hightower and Ida (Moore) Crowson. She was united in marriage to W.F. "Dub" Smart on March 7, 1942. He preceded her in death on December 13, 2014, after over 70 years of marriage...