Those on hand for the groundbreaking were, from left: Jamar Andrews (WBU Board of Trustees member), Sonny Tucker, Executive Director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, JR Cox, WBU Board of Trustees member, Dr. Stan Norman, WBU President, Jody Smotherman, WBU Board of Trustees Chair, Brad Flippo, Eagle Farms manager, John Thomison, Lawrence County Judge, and Charles Snapp, Mayor of Walnut Ridge. (Courtesy photo)
Williams Baptist University officially broke ground Friday, April 8 on a 4,200 square foot meat processing facility that is scheduled to open by the end…