Revolutionary War patriot to be honored in Murfreesboro

Submitted by Pat and Charles McLemore

The DeSoto Trace Chapter of the Arkansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will honor Captain William Jenkins as a patriot of the American Revolution at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2. The ceremony will take place at the Murfreesboro Cemetery, Pike County, Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

Capt. Jenkins was born Feb., 19, 1762, in Maryland and died in Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, on Oct. 14, 1842. He filed for his pension on Aug. 3, 1832, in Jackson County, Alabama. Pension was granted #S31774.

The ceremony will include a black powder musket salute and a bag piper.

SAR members from the South-Central District (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas) have been invited to take part in the ceremonies. Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)will also be in attendance.

Period attire will be worn by SAR and DAR members. The public is invited to see this colorful and dignified tribute to America’s first veterans.

Three Revolutionary War patriots recently honored SAR marked three Revolutionary War patriots in Crawford County, Arkansas, on Nov. 4. SAR members attending the ceremony were from all five states of the South-Central District.

DAR from several chapters in Arkansas, and two members from Kansas and Oklahoma, also attended.

The first ceremony took place at the Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren for James Phillips. His tombstone was placed by the Mary Fuller

Percival Chapter, DAR, in 1909. The second ceremony was held at the Kimbler Cemetery in northern Crawford County for Isaiah Mobley and his brother Clement Mobley. Each ceremony included a black powder musket salute and taps.

SAR and DAR honoring James Phillips at Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, Arkansas (left and top), and brothers Isaiah and Clement Mobley in Kembler Cemetery in north Crawford County (right). (Submitted photos)

Mena-Polk County Senior Center Veterans Dinner & Covenant of Life Family Church “Don’t Eat Home Alone”

By Ariel Varner

You may have heard me in the mornings as I host the morning radio show Swap Shop on KENA 104.1 FM at 8:06, Monday-Friday. I have recently been training a new morning radio host Matt Allen. Before Swap Shop begins, I read off the menu and activities of the day happening at area schools and the Mena-Polk County Senior Centers.

Patsy Austin from the Senior Center made a call to the Swap Shop