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Wallace lights up Willow Street
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
BY CARIN MCCLUNG, Democrat Editor Diane Wallace is lighting up Willow Street with her festive Christmas lights that adorn her house and lawn. She estimates that she has thousands of twinkling lights draped around her property. This is not including the lights she has decorated with inside her home...
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Roy Goodman
(Obituary ~ 12/16/03)
Roy Goodman, 78, of Marked Tree died Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a farm worker and a Baptist. Survivors include three sons, Larry Goodman of Pontotoc, Miss., Jerry Goodman of Harrisburg and Darrell Goodman of Marked Tree; three daughters, Glenda Muse of Harrisburg, Sandra Scruggs of Tyronza and Lisa Smith of Trumann; 13 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren...
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Margie Udell Matthews
(Obituary ~ 12/16/03)
Margie Udell Matthews, 90, long-time resident of Trumann, died Dec. 13, 2003 in Memphis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dexter Matthews. She is survived by three sons, Joe C. Matthews, Jack Matthews and W. D. Matthews, all of Memphis; three daughters, Thelma Williams, Lela Jenkins and Lucy Rutherford, all of Memphis; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren...
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Doss Tatum, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/16/03)
Funeral services for Doss Tatum Jr., 75, of Trumann, who died Tuesday, Dec. 9, were Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. The Rev. Kenneth Doke officiated, and burial followed in Macedonia Cemetery at Jonesboro. Active pallbearers were Kelly Baker, Kyle Bryant, Floyd Inzer, Marty McDaniel, Barry Morgan, Johnny Moss and Johnathan Picklesimer...
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Deloris Dungan
(Obituary ~ 12/16/03)
Deloris Dungan, 69, of Manila died Saturday, Dec. 13, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville, she was a 1952 graduate of Trumann High School and later became a bookkeeper and secretary for the family-owned Dungan Furniture Co. in Trumann. During her years in Trumann she also operated a child day-care facility. She also worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for Costner Farms and was a member of the Trumann Church of Christ...
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Free Christmas dinner
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
There will be a free traditional Christmas dinner at the Old Community House in Trumann on Christmas Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Deliveries are available by calling 870-483-6219 or 870-926-0136. Everyone in the community is invited to attend.
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Special holiday events
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
The First Methodist Church on Pine Street in Trumann will be holding special events during the holidays. At the 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, morning service, during the children's sermon, there will be a birthday party for Jesus. at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, there will be an open candlelight communion service. The public in encouraged to attend either or both services...
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Can food drive
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
Dr. Derrick M. Wood is holding his second annual food drive for the needy. He is taking collections of non-perishable foods at Poinsett County Chiropractic on Hwy. 463. The donations will be distributed to needy families before Christmas. He is offering a free consultation for any new patient with the donation of two cans of food...
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CRDC board meeting December 18
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
The Crowley's Ridge Development Council (CRDC) Board of Directors will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, at the Holidome in Jonesboro. This is the annual Christmas meeting of the organization. Board members from the eight-county CRDC service area will gather at that time to act on matters affecting the numerous community service programs supported by the agency, to be followed by dinner and entertainment...
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Santa Claus is coming to town
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
Santa Claus is coming to Trumann to visit all the boys and girls. He will be at the Old Community Center on Poinsett Street on from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19. Children ages 12 and under can have their picture made with Santa. Santa will also be handing out goody bags filled with treats for the children...
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Harrison and Ross receive training at UALR from professional site consultant
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
Bringing new business to town depends, in part, in knowing what prospective businesses are looking for in a new home, then knowing how to deliver it. That's what Mayor Ronnie Harrison and Jackie Ross, Executive Director of the Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce, learned from a national economic development expert in a special class at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dec. 10 and 11...
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Lions Club receives grant
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
The Trumann Lions Club was awarded a $1,000 grant from the Lions of Arkansas Foundation to help finance the replacement of the roof on the Lions Club building in downtown Trumann. The building is used by the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts for meetings and other projects...
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Santa celebrates a CARTI kids Christmas with Trumann pediatric cancer survivor
(Local News ~ 12/16/03)
Christmas came early for Marcus Mitchell, a 16-year-old cancer survivor from Trumann and one of 86 pediatric cancer patients and their families visited by Santa Claus at the annual CARTI Kids Christmas Party on Nov. 23 at the 27th annual CARTI Auxiliary Festival of Trees in Little Rock...
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William Thomas Turner
(Obituary ~ 12/16/03)
William Thomas "Bill" Turner, 66, of Harrisburg died Dec. 14, 2004, at Regional Medical Center of NEA at Jonesboro. He was born at Parkin and was a lifetime resident of Harrisburg. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He retired from Slant and Slant in Trumann and later from Wilshire in Marked Tree...
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