Stories from Monday, April 17, 2017

Lonnie Cecil McDonald, 89, of Rector, Ark., died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at his home. Born November 10, 1927, in Greenway, Ark., Mr. McDonald was retired from Emerson Electric and from farming. He enjoyed playing music, traveling all over the U.S. as a teenager playing the bass guitar with several groups. He also played with Roy Clark, and his cousin was “Skeets” McDonald of the Country Music Hall of Fame...

Sandra McElvoy Pace, 63, of Piggott, Ark., passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born on December 31, 1953, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Junior and Frances Howard McElvoy. She was a 1971 graduate of Piggott High School, a long-time employee of Rector Sportswear and later Aerial Bouquets. She was a member of the Piggott First General Baptist Church...