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Bobbie Howard
Bobbie Bales Howard, 93, of Batesville died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in a Batesville nursing home. Born March 1, 1919, in Batesville, she was the daughter of Robert and Trudie Fox Bales. She was of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include three sons, Charles Howard of …
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Doris Cook
HARDY — Doris Miltilda Cook, 87, of Hardy died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Born Dec. 20, 1924, in Baltimore, she was the daughter of George and Cary Horsulein Daye. Survivors include four daughters, Valerie McCord, Pauline Weaver, Rose Kerr and Ethlyn …
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Morris Barwald Jr.
CHEROKEE VILLAGE — Morris Lazeron Barwald Jr., 82, of Cherokee Village died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1929, in Miami. He was a veteran of Korea and was a personnel manager for Pan Am Airways. Survivors include a …
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Adgede Gay
Adgede Drake Gay, 78, of Batesville died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at her home. Born Jan. 13, 1934, at Locust Grove, she was the daughter of William Guy and Leslie Leota Curtis Drake. She was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. Survivors include …
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Sylvia Pegg – Paid Obituary
Mrs. Sylvia Pegg, 102, of Batesville died early Monday, December 10, 2012, in Little Rock. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Dolph Pegg of Batesville. Born June 11, 1910, at Oil Trough, she is survived by two daughters, Marian Beth Highsmith …
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Barbara Wood – Paid Obituary
Barbara Jean Russell Wood of North Little Rock passed away on December 7, 2012. She was born on August 25, 1938, to the late Comer and Polly Heep Russell. She grew up in Searcy, Arkansas, and graduated the Searcy Lion Class of 1956. She was …
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Sports Briefs
Professional football NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Finding fault with nearly everyone tied to the New Orleans Saints’ bounty case, from the coaches to Roger Goodell, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue tossed out the suspensions of four players Tuesday and condemned the team for obstructing the …
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Cancer patient to ‘calendar girl’
She may be a little younger than most calendar girls, but you can call Sophie Krug “Miss December.” The 3-year-old daughter of Brian and Jessica Krug, formerly of Batesville and now living in Paragould, is the face on the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s calendar …
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Bringing hope, food and a little joy
It just goes to show what can happen when everyone works together: 1,200 boxes of staple food such as sugar, potatoes, shortening and even snacks were made up for those less fortunate in Independence County and delivered over the weekend. Schools, fire departments, civic organizations, …
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Students evacuated after bomb threat
SALEM — At least two area schools were evacuated this morning after a bomb threat was called into the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Salem. According to Salem School District Superintendent Ken Rich, the 911 call came into the sheriff’s department but he was told …
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Child sex offender fails to register
Registered child sex offender Calvin J. Staffa, 56, has been named in a felony arrest warrant for failure to comply with requirements that he keep his address updated with local law enforcement. In a court affidavit, Lt. Mike Mundy with the Independence County Sheriff’s Office …
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New industrial park coming to Batesville
Independence County is on its way to having a new — and much needed — industrial park. Quorum court members voted Monday night to approve a recommendation by Independence County Economic Development Director Larry Jones to purchase 47 acres located at 1505 White Drive. “It’s …
