Fallon Winscott is running for Piggott School Board Position #3 in the upcoming election. She is married to Josh and they have two sons, 14-year-old eighth grader Peyton and 10-yearold fifth grader Rylan. The family stays busy attending the football, basketball, baseball and track events the boys are participating in.
Kristen Crittenden is running for Position #5 on the Piggott School Board. This position is for the remaining term of Jim Threatt who resigned. She is married to Joseph Crittenden and has two children, 12-year-old Claire and nine-year-old Ryan. Kristen graduated from Piggott High School in 1999 and returned after graduating college in 2004 and currently works at Affinity Counseling in Piggott and Kennett and Families Inc. in Piggott and teaches junior high youth at the First General Baptist. “I have been blessed to work with many different people from all works of life,” she said.
1984 The new sign went up this week for Dollar General Stores, which will be located in the building previously occupied by Ben Franklin at 107 South Third. The new business will open Thursday, Feb.
The Clay County Extension Service is offering its annual pesticide applicator training at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Extension office located at 148 East Main in Piggott. The training is required for ag-riculture producers to qualify for license to purchase restricted pesticides. The class costs $20 and those interested must be present for the entire training session to be certified for a license for the Arkansas State Plant Board. The course can also be completed online at https:// courses.uada.edu/. Those wanting additional information may contact the Extension office in Piggott at (870) 598-2246.
Tonia Charlene Hart Tonia was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on February 22, 1951. She was preceded in death by her mother and father: Charlie and Louise Cole of Fennville, Mich.; and one infant child.
Mary Louise (Underwood) Smart Mary Louise (Underwood) Smart, 95, of Corning, Ark., passed away February 6, 2024, in the gentle care of Corning Therapy and Living Center and Legacy Hospice of Walnut Ridge. She was born September 20, 1928 in Piggott, Ark., to Earnest and Vera (Wiley) Underwood.
Danny Roy McKenney Danny Roy McKenney, 68, of Rector, passed from this world on February 2, 2024, at the Rector Nursing and Rehab. Danny was born in St.
Georgia Crabtree Sallee Georgia Crabtree Sallee, 97, of Paragould and formerly of Pocahontas and Rector, Ark., passed from this life to forever be with Jesus on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at the Greenhouse Cottages of Belle Meade. Georgia was born on November 16, 1926, in Imboden, Ark., to the late Marshall Dexter and Margaret Mae Warden Crabtree.
David Lane McPherson David Lane McPherson, 63, of Piggott, Ark., passed away February 2, 2024, at his home. Many in Piggott knew him as Mac.
Leroy Thompson Leroy Thompson, 78, of Piggott, Ark., passed away February 1, 2024, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. He was born on November 6, 1945, in Paragould, Ark., and was the son of the late Junior and Freeda (Phillips) Vowell.