September 2022

IT HAPPENED HERE YEARS AGO….

1982 Four teams from the Piggott Girls’ Softball Association were awarded trophies for the 1982 season in the Tri-County League. They received two first place trophies, McElvoy Floor Service’s 10-12 year old team and Piggott Florist’s 13-15 year old team.

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Correction….

The longest distance travelled award for the Labor Day Picnic total miles was incorrectly listed as 1440 miles and should have been 4144 miles. The award was presented to Carole Pruett-Petricek of Ewa Beach, HI.

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83 AND KICKIN’

Judy Kellogg, Vicki Gipson, Alma Webb, and Theo Parker celebrate with the sign 83 and Kickin’ at the Rector Labor Day 5K. Gipson and Webb are traditional walking partners and Kellogg and Parker travelled from Yukon, Okla. to cheer on Kellogg’s mother, Alma Webb. (TD photo/Jane Gatewood)

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Telescope available for check out at Piggott Public Library

The Piggott Public Library will be checking out a telescope to patrons to help improve an interest in Astronomy. Through a grant in cooperation with the Arkansas Natural Sky Association and theArkansas Space Grant consortium, the library has one Orion Star Blast 4.5 inch Astronomical telescope. This telescope may be checked out for a period of one week at no cost to the library card holders.

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Linda Sue Conley

Linda Sue Conley, 79, of Pollard, Ark., passed away September 6, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born on December 17, 1942, in Piggott, Ark., and was the daughter of the late Willis and Pearl (Byrd) Johnson.

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Earlene Presson Wiles

Earlene Presson Wiles passed away Thursday September 8, 2022, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born August 17, 1925 to the late Ira and Gladys (Clayton) Harris in Black Oak, Ark.

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Ramona Magee

Ramona Magee, 76, of Piggott, Ark., passed away September 9, 2022, at Corning Therapy & Living Center in Corning, Ark. She was born on January 20, 1946, in Pollard, Ark., and was the daughter of Denver and Rosa (Conley) Allen.

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Sonny Burgess

Sonny Burgess, 75, of Farmington, Mo., passed away September 2, 2022. He was born on August 4, 1947, in Cullman, Ala., and was the son of the late Thomas Harvey and Lillie Nadene (Underwood) Burgess.

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