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Spring Has Arrived, But Where’s Our Warm Weather?
AROUND THE COUNTY
16th Annual Spring Home & Garden Show
The event will be held April 6 starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Arkansas County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building. Vendor sales will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gate fee is $2 and children under 12 are free. Lunch will be served following the vendor sales, and Chris Olsen will present a program. Ticket are $15, limited to 125 seats.
Miss Arkansas County Rice Contest Entries
In an effort to bring about a better appreciation of our rice industry locally, all persons ages 16 to 19 are invited to participate in the Miss Arkansas County Rice Contest scheduled for April 8 at 6:00 p.m. at the County Extension Office in DeWitt. Anyone interested in entering can obtain more information by calling 946-3231 or 673-2346. Deadline for entry is Monday, April 1.
BY VALENYA FRANKS EDITOR dewitt00@centurytel.net
First United Methodist Church Special Holy Week
Thursday, March 28, the church will be hosting The Last Supper starting at 7:00 p.m. On Friday, March 29, the church will celebrate Good Friday with a program titled “Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross” also starting at 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday the church will have a special Easter service starting at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend these events.
DeWitt PTA
DeWItt Parent Teacher Association Meeting on Tuesday, April 2nd in the DeWitt Elementary Library at 5 PM. Please make sure you attend the April meeting for officer elections.
DeWitt Athletic Booster Club
The DeWitt Athletic Booster Club will meet Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the DeWitt High School Library.
March 20 was a day that many have looked forward to since mid-December, the first day of spring. However, that day, and the days following, have been nothing but disappointing. DeWitt, along with the rest of Arkansas, has spent those first few days of spring plagued by cold weather. Temperatures rose to a nice eighty degrees the weekend before. Rising along with it were hopes for warm weather. However, not a day later, the state was overwhelmed by storms and cold fronts that have lasted well over a week. It looks like we may have broken out the flipflops and shorts a bit early! DeWitt should consider
itself lucky. We may have gotten rain and bitter cold, but at least we didn’t have to deal with sleet and snow like many other areas throughout the state. That doesn’t mean it didn’t have an effect, though. Many early blooming flowers are wilting due to this unexpected bout of cold weather. For any early gardeners, this may have spelled disaster. There may be some brightly colored flowers that have survived this cold, but don’t let it fool you. We still have a couple more days of cold weather to come. We all talk and joke about the “crazy Arkansas weather,” but when it comes to a shock of a cold front like this recent one, we can’t help but complain. Warm weather is coming our way, but don’t get too comfortable because you never know when the unexpected will happen.
More Drug Arrests Made in St. Charles A drug arrest was made in St. Charles Friday, March 15. On a routine traffic stop made by Officer Johnathan Powell at 9:00 p.m., the passenger of the vehicle was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. After receiving consent to search the vehicle, Chief Jamie Forbes searched the purse of Amanda Thistlewate. Chief Forbes located 3 needles, 1
spoon and 2 straws with a white powdery substance. Ms. Thistlewate stated these items were used to take a synthetic type of heroin. She was then placed under arrest and charged with one count of Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and transported to ACDC. Another dress arrest was made on March 20, 2013,
when Chief Forbes made a routine traffic stop for driving 66 MPH in a 45 MPH speed zone. When he approached the vehicle, he smelled the odor of a green, leafy, vegetable-like substance coming from the car. Chief Forbes asked the driver and the passenger to get out of the car. Upon searching the vehicle, a small amount of a green,
leafy, vegetable-like substance was found in a glass pipe in the glove compartment. The driver, Michael Bouscher, was placed under arrest and charged with Speeding and one Misdemeanor count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Mr. Bouscher was transported to ACDC.
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Maunday Thursday - March 28
PATSEY’S 6x9 7:00 pm The Last Supper
Good Friday - March 29 7:00 pm Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross told in scripture and hymns led by Youth & Chancel Choir
Easter Sunday - March 31 Hallelujah! The Lord is Risen! 9:30 am: Sunday School 10:30 am Divine Worship
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LOCAL NEWS ewitt police report
March 19, 2013- Officer Chapman reported that a vehicle was traveling south bound on Highway 165. While negotiating the curve, the driver left the roadway and entered the ditch. The driver said that an oncoming vehicle crowded him off the road in the curve. March 20, 2013 – Officer Jenifer Crossett was on patrol with Sgt. Miller, and heading West on Second Street when they came to the intersection of W. Second and S. Jefferson. A Chevy Malibu pulled up across the intersection from the officers, and the driver was a male. Sgt. Miller knew that the male was suspended in the past so the officers turned around and initiated a traffic stop to check if he had a valid driver’s License. The driver pulled over in the A to Z Mart parking lot. The officers approached the vehicle and told the driver the reason for the stop. Officers asked the driver for his driver’s license, insurance and registration. The driver was his driver’s licenses was suspended. Officer Crossett verified that his driver’s license was suspended. The driver’s family pulled on the scene at this time. The driver was asked to step out of the vehicle and advised he was under arrest for driving on suspended licenses. The vehicle was released to the family. The driver was placed in the patrol car and transported to Arkansas County Detention Center and booked on the charges mentioned above. March 20, 2013 – Officer Crossett was dispatched to an accident at Fairview Apartments. Upon arrival at Fairview, EMS was pulling next to a grey Santa Fe. There were two people present in the grass. EMS was loading the identified driver into the ambulance. The other vehicle was parked across the road unoccupied. The owner said she was in her residence at
the time of the accident. Officer Crossett went to the ER to gather information about the driver of the Santa Fe. The driver stated she has a history of seizures and thinks she may have had one at the time of the accident. Pictures were taken at the scene. Both parties were advised to contact their insurance companies. March 21, 2013 – Officer Bazarow was dispatched to DeWitt City Nursing Home for a report of hit and run. Upon arrival Officer Bazarow spoke to a female who said that sometime after she got back from lunch around 2:00 p.m. someone hit her car and left the scene. She said that when she got back from lunch she did not notice the damage to her vehicle, but when she came out for brake around 2:00 p.m. she noticed it. She also said that there was no damage to her vehicle when she left her house in morning. The damage was to the driver’s side rear bumper, and it was done by a red vehicle. Pictures were taken of the damage. March 23, 2013 – Officer Spencer reported that while traveling eastbound on Second St., he observed an older model truck crossing the centerline. The truck turned left off Second St. onto Cedar St. and continued down the middle of the street. Officer Spencer activated his emergency lights and made a traffic stop. Contact was made with the driver. The driver was told the reason for the stop was his weaving over the centerline and traveling down the middle of the street. The officer said that weaving is usually a good sign that someone has been drinking. The driver said he did not drink in a very sarcastic tone. The officer asked for his license and insurance. The driver provided his license and was unable to locate his insurance card. The officer told him that the
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two very young females needed to be restrained in some kind of seatbelt (Note: this was a single cab truck with only three seatbelts with four occupants in the cab). The driver kept repeating, “I don’t drink.” The officer returned to his patrol car and issued a citation for No Child Restraint times two and No Proof of insurance. The officer returned to the driver and advised hi that a citation was being issued He told him that he needed to sign the citation as a promise to appear, not an admission of guilt. The driver stated, “I’m not signing that.” The driver was asked to exit the vehicle and place his hands behind his back. The driver said, “I didn’t do anything to get arrested.” He was told that not signing a promise to appear is a misdemeanor and an arrestable offense. The driver was walked back to the patrol car and refused to enter the back seat at first. The driver complied after a short time. The driver was transported to the Arkansas County Detention Center and given a court date. March 24, 2013 – Officer Toby Smith while running moving radar on South Whitehead Drive around about the old Purdy pipe yard observed a silver car traveling at a higher rate of speed than the 40 mph speed limit posted. Officer Smith activated his radar and locked the vehicle in question at 58 mph. He initiated his emergency lights and siren and made the traffic stop in the Alco parking lot. When the officer made contact with a black female, he told her the reason for the stop and asked for her insurance, registration and driver’s license. Officer Smith did a records check on the driver and her driver’s license came back suspended out of Jefferson County for reinstatement fees. Officer Smith then asked the driver to exit the car and placed her in hand restraints. The vehicle was left in the Alco parking lot in a safe place at the driver’s request. The driver was transported to the Arkansas County Detention Center. White Milk Lunch Sloppy Joe, Baked Beans, Raw Vegetables, Chilled Pears, Milk Thursday, April 4 Breakfast Scramble Eggs, Whole Wheat Toast , Sausage Links, Fruit Juice, Low Fat White Milk Lunch Lasagna/Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad, Fresh Fruit Cup, Hot Roll, Milk Friday, April 5 Breakfast Toast with Jelly, Cereal , Fresh Fruit or Juice, Low Fat White Milk Lunch Chicken Sandwich, Potato Wedges, Lettuce/Tomato/Pickle, Carrot/Celery, Fruit Cocktail, Milk
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS The Arkansas County Community Calendar is a compilation of events coming up in Arkansas County in the near future. Persons wishing to publicize an event in the calendar — the listing is free — should send or bring the event to the DeWitt Era-Enterprise office (no calendar events will be taken over the phone). The staff of the DeWitt Era-Enterprise will attempt to make the calendar as comprehensive as possible each week depending on space available. Coming up: March 22 – Bake Sale – DeWitt Senior Center, 205 N. Main – Cakes, pies, cookies etc. Donations are greatly appreciated. 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. April 20 - The 6th annual German Heritage Festival will be celebrated at the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, 921 East Fourth Street in Stuttgart starting at 9 a.m. Government •Arkansas County Quorum Court meets the second Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the courthouse. • Crocketts Bluff Volunteer Fire Department meets the third Monday of February, May, August and November at 7 p.m. at the fire station. You do not have to be a board member to attend. • DeWitt Airport Commission meets the second Thurday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at DeWitt City Hall. • DeWitt/Arkansas County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets the third Monday of each month at 10 a.m. • DeWitt City Council meets the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. • DeWitt Municipal Waterworks meets the second Monday of each month at 3 p.m. at the water office. • DeWitt School Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the district office. • Gillett City Council
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meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. (November-March) or 7 :30 p.m. (April-October). • St. Charles City Council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the St. Charles Museum. • St. Charles Zoning Commission meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the St. Charles Fire Department. The St. Charles Volunteer Fire Depart meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the fire station at 610 Broadway. • The St. Charles Fire Department Auxiliary meets the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the fire station at 610 Broadway. Club Meetings • American Legion and Auxiliary meets the first Thursday of each month at Camp Doughboy at 6:30 p.m. • Arkansas County Diabetic Support Group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Arkansas County Bank Community Room. • Caring and Sharing Food Pantry is open the second and fourth Tuesday and Thursday of each month from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Court Square in DeWitt. • Delta Medicine Assist Program (will be open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Baptist Medical) Health Clinic in Stuttgart. • DeWitt Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the DeWitt City Hall courtroom. Use the east door. • DeWitt Athletic Booster Club meets the first Monday of each month in the DeWitt High School library at 5:30 p.m. • DeWitt Band Parents Association meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the DeWitt High School band room. • DeWitt Chamber of Commerce meets the third Thursday of each
month at noon at a location to be announced. • The DeWitt Community Book Club meets the second Monday of each month at PCCUA DeWitt campus at 5:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction and discussing books with other readers is welcome to attend. • DeWitt Hospital Auxiliary meets the second Tuesday of each month at noon at PCCDeWitt. • DeWitt Lions Club meets every Tuesday at noon at The Catfish Shack. DeWitt Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at The Catfish Shack. • 40 et 8 meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Doughboy. • The Gillett Civic Group meets the second Thursday of each month in the community room at the Planters and Merchants Bank. • Grand Prairie Charitable Christian Medical Clinic is held the second Tuesday of each month, 6 p.m., at 115 N. Adams in DeWitt. • The Grand Prairie Historical Society meets the third Thursday in Jan., April, July and October. • The Grand Prairie Quilt Society meets the second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the Stuttgart Public Library. • The Grand Prairie Ruritan Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at The Willows Restaurant. • Kingdom Outreach Women’s Group meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Changing Lives Ministries building at the corner of Madison and Gibson streets. • Masonic Lodge #157 meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. • Prairie Angels 4-H Club meets the fourth Monday of each month at 3:45 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church. • TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets each Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Gillett. Weigh-in starts at 5:30 p.m.; meetings at 6 p.m. • Weight Watchers meets every Monday at New Life Fellowship. Weigh-ins begin at 5 p.m.
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Obituaries
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Maria Carrillo
Maria Carrillo, 44, of DeWitt, died March 19, 2013, at DeWitt City Hospital. She was born September 9, 1968, in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato Mexico. She was the daughter of Francisco Manzuna and Bulbina Mellado. She was a housewife and the mother of five children. She leaves behind her husband, J. Santos Carrillo, of DeWitt, Maria Carrillo, Jose Carrillo, and Cassandra Carrillo, all of DeWitt. Funeral services will be at a later date in Guanajuate, Mexico.
Len Hutchins Len Hutchins, 82, of DeWitt, departed this life March 22, 2013, quietly in his sleep at his home. He was born July 15, 1930, in Tichnor to Archie William and Helen Vaughn Hutchins. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jenay Beaver Hutchins. Other survivors include their children, Paul (Cathy) Hutchins of Star City, Sue (Tony) Russo of El Dorado and Janice Davis of DeWitt. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Dale Davis, John Davis, Rusty Hutchins, Brandy Russo Misenheimer; and great grandchildren, Lydia, Tristin, Carlee, Noah, Brody, Madely;n and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents, Archie and Helen; a sister, Rhoda; a nephew, Jimmy; a brother-in-law Bob Davis; and a grandson, Nick Russo. He enjoyed hunting with the Sims Deer Camp. He was a retired warehouse foreman of 48 years with L.A. Black, Inc. Mr. Len was a member of Unity Missionary Baptist Church where he especially enjoyed his “FRIENDS” Sunday School Class. Memorials may be sent to Forks of LaGrue Cemetery Association, % DeWitt Bank and Trust, PO Drawer 71, DeWitt, AR 72042. Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Unity Baptist Church with burial at Forks of LaGrue Cemetery by Essex Funeral Home.
Archie Carroll, 86, of Stuttgart, went to be with the Lord Friday, March 22, 2013. He was born in Hickory Flat, MS, on June 4, 1926. He was a farmer, a Baptist and an Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Maxine Carroll; his parents and three sisters. He is survived by two sons, Joe Floyd (Shirley) of Humphrey and Billy Floyd (Debbie) of Stuttgart; and three grandchildren, Joseph (Mary) of Forrest City, Teressa (Michael) Lynn of Shannon Hills and William Marion (Lisa) Floyd of Seattle, WA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Roller England Funeral Home Chapel (501) 842-3939 at 2:00 P.M. with burial in Lone Tree Cemetery in Stuttgart, AR. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at the Roller England Funeral Home Chapel from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. www.rollerenglandfuneralhome.com
Henry Lester Henry Franklin Lester, age 47, of Stuttgart died March 21, 2013. He was born June 9, 1965 in DeWitt to Wilburn Reece and Mary Frances Mooneyman Lester. He was in the U.S. Army Reserve and worked as a mill operator. Survivors include his sons: Clayton Lester of Stuttgart and Bradley Lester of DeWitt, brother Ramon Lester (Peggy), nieces: Haley Lester, Christine Crews, Mary Jo Lester; nephews: Derrick Lester, Wayne Lester, Ted Starks. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Joe Lester and Norman Lester; sisters: Judy Lester and Vicky Lester Gordon. Cremation arrangements by Essex Funeral Home, DeWitt. There will be a private service.
Ned Hudson Ned Lee Hudson, 71, passed way Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the DeWitt Nursing Home. He was born March 2, 1942. He was preceded in death by his father, James Hudson, who died in 1943. He was also preceded by three sisters, Evie, Marvit, and Mary Jane; a brother, Franklin Hudson; and a
nephew, James Hudson. He is survived by two sisters, Eva Horton and Nadine Jackson; four brothers, Robert Hudson, Jerry Hudson, James Hudson and Wade Hudson; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services have yet to be determined.
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Charles Hamilton Charles Howard Hamilton, 90, died March 20, 2013. He was born on February 24, 1923, in DeWitt. On his 90th birthday, just a few weeks ago, he was honored by the city of DeWitt with “Charlie Hamilton Appreciation Day” for over 65 years of dedicated service to his customers and the city of DeWitt. During World War II, he served in the Army. During his service in the Army, Charlie was awarded four Bronze Stars for campaigns in Rhineland, Central Europe, Northern France and Normandy; and a Good Conduct Medal. He was also part of the American troops that freed the Nazi concentration camp, Dachau, in April of 1945. After the war, Charlie returned home to DeWitt and opened Hamilton TV & Repair Shop. For over 65 years, Hamilton TV has been a mainstay of downtown DeWitt and has affectionately been dubbed “The Knowledge Corner.” Charlie married Priscilla Browning on November 28, 1946. Charlie was an active member of the DeWitt Lions Club for over 55 years and was the “Tailtwister” for many years. He was also a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in DeWitt. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Priscilla Browning Hamilton, and his son, Ralph Edward Hamilton. Survivors include his daughter, Nancy Hamilton Holmes and her husband, Rick, of Devon, PA; his grandson, Matt McClellan and his wife, Mandy, of Conway; three great-granddaughters, Abby, Keely and Sophie; and many friends. Charlie will be remembered for his love and devotion to his family and friends, service to his community and country, and his practical jokes that he played on everyone. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at First United Methodist Church in DeWitt with burial following in DeWitt Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Friday, March 22, at Essex Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 608 S. Grandview Dr., DeWitt, AR 72042.
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Eunice Merritt Eunice Isabell Wheatley Merritt passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013. She was born January 9, 1917, in Rutherford, TN, to Soloman Washington Wheatley and Minnie Mae Glisson Wheatley, who preceded her in death. Others preceding her in death were four sisters, Johnnie Louise Steward Moody, Beatrice Elizabeth Smith, Ida Lorene Almond, Eula Florene Almond; and one daughter-in-law, Martha Ragan Merritt. Eunice is survived by two sons, James Clyde Merritt II and his wife, Sarah, of Bainbridge, GA, and Michael Wheatley Merritt, Sr., and his wife, Diana, of DeWitt. She has three grandchildren, William Lee Merritt, Denese Michelle Canedo and Michael Wheatley Merritt, Jr., and his wife, Christie; four great-grandchildren, Michael Wheatley Merritt III (Tre), Graciela Marata Canedo, Tristan Reign Merritt and Ragan Keye Merritt; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Eunice’s family moved to Aubrey, AR, when she was one and then to south Arkansas County when she was two. She graduated from DeWitt High School in 1934. After graduation, she moved to Little Rock, AR, where she graduated from Capitol City Business College in 1935. She then worked for GMAC for 6 years before moving to San Antonio, TX. There she worked for Postal Censorship until 1945 when she moved to Fresno, CA. She returned to DeWitt later in 1945 where she remained until her death. While in DeWitt, Eunice worked for DeWitt Municipal Water Works for 10 years. She then worked at Southside Elementary School as the librarian until 1986 when she retired. She was an active member of the DeWitt First United Methodist Church, working with the youth while her boys were young and then in the UMW and Mature Methodists. Eunice was also a member of the Mendelssohn Club, and she enjoyed playing bridge with her friends. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in DeWitt. Burial followed in the Merritt Cemetery in DeWitt by Essex Funeral Home. Ms. Eunice requested memorials be sent to the DeWitt First United Methodist Church, 608 S. Grandview Dr., DeWitt, AR 72042, in lieu of flowers.
William Stoecker William “Bill” Herbert Stoecker, 65, of Benton, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The son of the late Herbert Carroll Stoecker and the late Rubye Clark Stoecker, he was born in Ballenger, Texas, and grew up in Marianna, Arkansas. He graduated from T. A. Futrall High School in 1965. He earned his Bachelors of Music Education from Arkansas A & M College in Monticello in 1969. He began his teaching career as a band director in DeWitt, Arkansas, from 1969 until 1973. In 1973, he moved to Malvern and was the band director at Malvern High School. Under his direction, the Malvern High School Band was selected as the Bicentennial Band of Arkansas, as proclaimed by the governor, David Pryor. As such, they performed in Washington, D.C., in the Parade of States Celebration. From 1979-1984, he was the owner of Stoecker Plumbing Company in Malvern, Arkansas. In 1985, Bill developed the first ever band program at Glen Rose Public Schools and directed bands in Glen Rose through 1991. Bill then became the Director of Bands for the Hot Springs Public Schools from 1991-1995. His Hot Springs High School Band was invited by President Bill Clinton to march in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. After leaving Hot Springs, Bill returned to DeWitt Schools as Director of Bands from 19962006. From 2006-2007 Bill spent his final years directing band at Hamp-
Virginia E. Ruffin, 82, of Atkins, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the Atkins Nursing Center. She was born January 11, 1931, in DeWitt, the daughter of Richard and Mary Rothenhoffer Eggburn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Dewell Ruffin; a brother, Richard Powell; and a sister, Mary Catherine Cohrt. She is survived by three children, Karla Archer of Little Rock, Larry Dewell Ruffin, and Dwight and his wife, Michele, all of Atkins; nine grandchildren, Jonathan Archer, Michael Ruffin, Amanda Tollison, Aaron Ruffin, Kara Ruffin, Ashton Taylor, Haley Chronister, Alex Moore and Elizabeth Keeling; and 10 great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held from 6:008:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, at Lemley Chapel. Private burial will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden at a later date. Online obituary and condolences are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.
Mary Wade Mary Elizabeth Strain Wade, 62, of DeWitt, died Monday, March 18, 2013. She was born January 18, 1951, in DeWitt to Feadachia S. and Earlene Eleanor Wilson Strain. She was a homemaker and member of Faith Baptist Church. Survivors are her children: Steve Gresham and Cindy Duncan of DeWitt, Billy Joe Gresham, Jr. of Conyers, Georgia, Robert Wade of Russellville; brother: Danny Strain of Atkins; sisters: Dean Ashbrook of Humnoke, Glendora Lynn of Winter Haven, Florida; grandchildren: Steven Scott and Bradley Gresham, Amanda Cook, Joseph, Blake and ShaNae Duncan; great-grandchildren: MaKyna, Garrett and Brooklyn Duncan. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Nevlyn Bogue, and a brother, Vanny Strain. Funeral services were 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at Essex Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Bayou Meto Cemetery. Visitation was 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
ton Public Schools. He concluded his love for education by working for the State of Arkansas Department of Career Education as the Education and Instruction Coordinator in Apprenticeship Plumbing from 2007 to present. In recent years Bill expressed his love for the musical arts by participating in the North Little Rock Community Band. Bill always felt deeply honored to have played a role in cultivating a love for music in so many young people’s lives. He was an avid duck hunter and fisherman. He proudly served on the board of directors for the Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest Scholarship. Bill is survived by his wife, Mary Stoecker of Benton; his daughter Katrina Gangluff of Bryant; his son, Eric Stoecker of Malvern; five grandchildren; his sister, Kaye Richardson of Big Spring, TX; his brother, Steven Stoecker of Benbrook, TX; his sisters Becky McReynolds of Abilene, TX, and Ruthie Kissick of Weatherford, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chick & Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Scholarship Fund c/o Pat Peacock, 2203 Shady Grove, Stuttgart, AR 72160. Visitation was Friday, March 22, at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home (315-4047) in Benton, AR, from 6-8 pm. A graveside service was held Saturday, March 23, at 12 p.m., at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, AR. A memorial service followed at 2:30 p.m. at Salem United Methodist Church, 1647 Salem Road, Benton, AR 72019.
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The words “thank you” are not enough for everyone who said a prayer, gave words of encouragement, brought food, and showed acts of kindness during the loss of our loved one. Dr. Tracy, DeWitt Hospital and Hospice, thank you for the excellent care given. Most of all, thank you to our family for always being there to lend a hand. May God bless you all —
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Charlie Hamilton, Icon Who is an icon? I’ve heard about icons, and I’ve always associated that word with great men and women, but I never knew the meaning of the word. The dictionary said an icon likens to a sacred image. I believe DeWitt lost an icon when Charlie Hamilton left us. He was a man way before his time. I am told that even as a kid in school if something wouldn’t work people would say, “Go get Charlie.He can fix it.” His knowledge of electronics was way beyond the norm. I think someone should have written a book about Charlie. There were many stories from his whole life, all ninety years of it. That corner on the Square will not be the same. It makes me very sad to go passed
it.
He was a man of humility, a man that never said, “No, it can’t be fixed.” In his younger days, no tower was too tall to climb. One can only imagine all the knowledge spread in that TV repair shop that corner that entertained so many people through the years. He was a faithful member of the Lion’s Club for some sixty years. Things will not be the same. I declare Charlie Hamilton DeWitt’s icon. There will never be another person like Charlie Hamilton. Today I am sure that he is fixing something in heaven. Vivian Miens
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ARKANSAS HISTORY
Civil War Nursing in Richmond By Don Roth During the nineteenth century, nursing was associated with motherhood and caring for sick relatives. Nursing strangers in hospitals went beyond a respectable woman’s role, for it placed her in the midst of unseemly conditions surrounded by unknown men from diverse backgrounds and removed her from her proper domestic world. When war exploded, emergency conditions in the South enabled women to start their own hospitals and nurse unofficially. This in part sprung from a sense of ownership of their husbands, son, and brothers and from a sense of patriotic duty to ensure proper care for soldiers. In 1862 the Medical Department closed such institutions and consolidated military control over medical care while a Confederate Senate committee investigated Richmond hospitals. They discovered the female-run institutions posted mortality rates
half that of general hospitals lacking a female presence, and resulting legislation authorized the hiring of Southern women in military hospitals. Hostility from surgeons subsided early in the war when men and women established amiable working relationships as they began to appreciate competent women and vice versa. This often resulted in strong bonds between the two groups. Also the matron act of 1862 legitimized the roles of women in military hospitals and defined realms of male and female labor. Raucous outcries of male prejudice became next to non-existent though friction between working class women and their elite upper class counterparts prevailed. Southern women rarely served as official “nurses.” They referred to their duties as nursing. White female hospital workers went by the title “matron.” Chief and assistant matrons supervised kitchens and laundries as well as the labor of convalescent soldiers, slaves, and free blacks serving as nurses, cooks and attendants. The ward matrons’ duties included dispensing medicine and food, overseeing workers, dressing wounds, and later in the war, assisting with surgeries. All matrons regularly performed manual labor and at times even left their medical facilities to shop or beg for food supplies. While surgeons fo-
Photo courtesy of www.theatlantic.com. A civil war nurse attends to wounded soldiers.
cused their expertise on treating each disease and wound, women ministered to the entire person. Sitting beside sick and wounded men, getting to know them as individuals, asking questions about their home lives, and performing small tasks such as reading books and writing letters for them, contributed to overall wellness. Before the war no programs for training nurses existed in the U. S. with the exception of religious orders, and the number of Catholic Sisters of Charity remained small. In the vicinity of Richmond, they worked at the Almshouse Hospital and at the Louisiana Hospital. (Libra R. Hilde, Worth a Dozen Men, University of Virginia Press, 2012) In Little Rock, the Order opened a Confederate hospital in a brick house across the street from the convent near seventh and Louisiana
Street. It was furnished with twenty-five cots. The sisters were indefatigable in serving the poor men who died at the rate of two or three a day. The city had received an overload of patients from the 1862 battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove as well as the butchers’ bill from the disastrous April 6-7 battle of Shiloh. Most schools, public buildings and churches had been converted into hospitals, and for months, many had to be cared for in private homes as far away as Pine Bluff. Nothing is known of the operation of military medical facilities in Arkansas, but the virtues of self sacrifice and patriotism by this particular group of men and women in all theatres saved many lives.
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FAITH & RELIGION
WEEKLY SERMON
Questions About the Christian Faith
The Holy Trinity: How Can Three Be One?
Questions About the Christian Faith By Rev. Daniel R. Kirkpatrick One of the unique beliefs which is a foundation of the Christian faith and sets it apart from the other great religions of the world is the understanding that God, the unseen and almighty power and creator of the universe and all that is, is expressed and experienced in three distinct personalities or persons: God the Father, God the Son, Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit. The early church summarized these profound ideas around 500 A.D. in the Athanasian Creed: “…that the Father is God, the Son is God and the Holy Ghost is God, and yet there are not three gods, but one God.” The word “trinity” does not appear in the Bible. Therefore, critics have claimed that the 2,000 year-old doctrine of the holy Trinity is unbiblical or unintelligible. It was only after the birth, suffering, death, and resurrection of the carpenter from Nazareth, Jesus, son of Joseph, in 30 A.D., that the early Christian church concluded that Jesus was, and is, God incarnate, God in the flesh; that Jesus of Nazareth is fully human yet fully divine. And after Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, the third person of the holy Trinity, to earth in His place. So the early Christian Church came to experience and recognize that the God of the Bible has revealed Himself to humanity in three distinct persons while at the same time each person is fully God and are together only one. Some critics outside the church claim that Christians must be poor at math. That one plus one plus one does not equal one, but three! The God of the Bible has an element of mystery in His personality and being. No one human can fully comprehend or understand God in all His glory and greatness. Our minds have limits as does our understanding. So the belief in the holy Trinity, God in three persons while each person being fully God and yet separate and distinct from the other two, while remaining one, is a mystery that can’t be solved at this present time. The first time the early church used the word “Trinity” in its teaching was in 180 A.D. by Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch.
The Christian faith arose out of Judaism, which revealed to the world a monotheistic faith, belief in one God in contrast to the polytheism or belief in many gods that surrounded Israel. After hammering this truth into
the Hebrew people for 2,000 years, God then did the unthinkable and was born in the form of a human baby in a manger and took on a body and became one with the human race through the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. After Jesus ascended back into Heaven, on the day of Pentecost, God poured out Himself through the Holy Spirit upon the early church. The idea of these three parts of God being both one and yet maintaining their respective and distinct personalities has been expressed by three symbols. 1) The three-leaf clover is a symbol of the Christian holy Trinity: three portions of the leaf yet together making up one cloverleaf. 2) Water, the one substance in the greatest abundance on earth is found in three forms: liquid, solid, and steam or vapor. All three forms of water, liquid, solid, and steam, are each made up of H20; yet they are known to us in three different forms. 3) A third analogy is a person. I am a man who is a son to my parents; a husband to my wife; and
a father to my son and daughter. Three different roles, separate and distinct, yet one person. These three symbols are imperfect yet have an element of truth that help a person grasp the unity of God who made Himself known to humanity in three different ways. C.S. Lewis, the 20th century Christian bestselling author and former atheist from England, helps us understand the Christian idea of the holy Trinity with a common image: that of a man kneeling down by his bed at prayer in the evening. He directs his prayer to God, our Father in Heaven; he prays to God the Father, as taught us and revealed to us by Jesus the Son; and he is prompted and reminded to pray by the gentle nudging of God’s third person, the Holy Spirit. So a Christian kneeling in the humble act of prayer encounters all three parts of the Holy Trinity in the act of prayer. The New Testament affirms that there is only one God in John 5:44, Romans 3:30 and James 2:19. One of the clearest and most direct expressions in the New Testament to the truth of the Trinity is found on the authority of Jesus Himself in Matthew 28: 19 and 20 in what is known as the Great Commission. Before Jesus ascended back up into heaven, He gave His followers this command: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” When the Holy Spirit moves within us, we experience the fatherhood of God, the love of Jesus within our hearts and the power and presence of the Holy Spirit working through us and in us. The three are one and one in three. God is not meant to be only understood with our minds, but also experienced in our hearts and lives. To be filled with God’s Holy Spirit is to experience God as Trinity. My prayer is that God in His grace will allow all of us the privilege of knowing, loving and experiencing Him in the fullness of His three in one being. In the name of God the Father, and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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What Is It to Win a Soul? (No. 2)
By Pastor William Wood I cannot suggest to people a more urgent topic than this that we should plead with God for His help in winning souls! It will soon be fifty years ago that I was being witnessed to by some good Christian people, and ended up in a Pentecostal Church, where the Lord convicted me of my sins, and forgave me for them when I repented. In the years that have followed, I have seen the gracious Lord do the same for a number of other people. But in recent years, I have noticed a sharp decline in the number who truly repent and receive a heart change! We long to see this Holy Ghost operation of God again, but we are told in the Scriptures that our Last Age, the Laodicea Age, would be on of lukewarmness, where the supposed Christians would be neither cold nor hot. We would say that because “we are increased with Good and rich, that we have need of nothing.” (Rev. 3:17) But God’s opinion of us is, “Thou art wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” But we dare not open our mouths to change our God with any failures in His office work. We will not accuse him of lacking in Power or Wisdom, He is God, and He is in charge of His creations. He is “Lord, God Almighty.” What if things do not look as bright as we would like? What if he seems to delay in answering our prayers? Is he not the Lord with whom a thousand years are as one day? He declares that he is not slack concerning His promises! We are told to be Bold in speaking to Him, but still He is the Eternal Creator, and we are but dust and ashes! He is our Father, but He is in Heave and we are still on Earth in vile bodies. He is out Friend, but He is also our Judge! We know that whatever He does is best, and whatever He leaves undone should be left that way! We will not say to our maker, “What makest Thou?” Nor to our creator, “What hast Thou done?” Shall the Potter (God) give account to the clay for the works of His Hands? (Isa. 29:16) “It is the Lord, Let Him do what seemeth Him Good.” (Jdg. 10:15) My dear Christian friends, though the cause of God has not proposed as in times past, whose fault is this? It cannot be found in God, then whose fault is it? Would we blame it on the devil, when God has given us “Power and Authority over all the power of the devil.” (Luke 10:19) We must take the blame upon ourselves, when we fail to take Christ to those around us! We have no charges to bring against him, no accusations against the most high, but we must confess that we ourselves are often at fault! God works through His church; we must live a life before the world that will prove to them the Power of our God! We must love them while they are yet in their sins, as God did us! But that is not all. A far greater work must be done before a person is saved! A miracle of Power and Divine Grace must be done upon the soul. This is far ahead of anything that one man can do for another. All that we would want to see come to Jesus must be “Born Again!” “Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” The Holy Ghost must do his work of “converting” the hearts of those that we witness to and pray for. They must be quickened into a New Life, and become “New Creatures.” Nothing short of this can meet the need. Amen.
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Arkansas Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Colonial Dames of America Chapter XXXIV Century Hold Sixty-Fourth State Conference Meeting
Front row, left to right: Nancy Holder, Betty Harp, Mary Reid Warner, Barbara Rhodes, Dorothy Wilks and Jean Pollard. Second row: Jackie Downs, Mary Ann Reihart, Virginia Frost, Jean Hirsch, Nell White, Linda Thomas, Betty Korbus, Jerrie Townsend, MarJo Dill, Diane Newton and Frankie Ochsner. Attending from the John Elliot Chapter (left to right): Jerrie Townsend, Genevieve Paulson, Beverly Sullivan, Susan Railback, MarJo Dill, Jean Pollard, Frances Jernigan, Dorothy Wilka and Sharon Derden.
Arkansas Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century held their Sixty-Fourth State Conference in the Holiday Inn Presidential, Little Rock. Genevieve Paulson, State President, presided over the March 1 and 2 meetings. The State Theme was “Be Open to Possibilities,” and the host chapter was Colonel John Washington. Chapter President “Frankie” Ochsner was over-all-chairman. The executive board meeting and the board of management meeting were held on March 1. All meetings were held in the Bush/Reagan Room. The memorial service was held before the general meeting on March 2 at 8:30 a.m. with acting State Chaplain Melrose Bagwell conducting the Service of Remembrance for Roberta Jackson Dix of Colonel John Washington chapter and Louise Nix Doak of the John Eliot chapter. President Paulson called the general meeting to order with Bagwell giving the opening prayer. Paulson Introduced the state officers seated at the head table and the seven honorary state presidents: Jo Kilduff, Peggy Vandenberg, Beverly Sullivan, Virginia Frost, Jean Pollard, MarJo Dill, Mary Reid Warner. Mary Miller, state secretary called the roll and Judy Coleman gave the credential report stating 31 in attendance: 7 honorary state presidents, 9 state officers, 13 state chairman, 4 chapter presidents. Paulson presented awards from national to Ouachita Valley Chapter for marking four historic sites, Arkansas State for historic markers placed, Jean Pollard for state conference coordinator 2013, Frankie Oschner for state conference coordinator 2013, Melrose Bagwell for research and records. Time Keeper appointed by Paulson was Frances Jernigan. Officer reports included State Registrar Virginia Frost reporting twelve new members, sixteen supplementals approved with a total state membership of 173. Four state chairmen reported with Frances Jernigan as flag chairman requested the purchase of a new set of flags. Request was granted. Beverly Sullivan, Membership gave her report, and Dorothy Wilks Pocahontas committee had no report. Jean Pollard reported
on the public relations committee and presented an award certificate to Ouachita Valley Chapter for their 806 inches of publicity printed. Paulson announced for scholarship chairman that entries are due by April 1. Pollard reported as chapter president of John Eliot that her chapter had increased in membership, had presented monetary award to an ROTC cadet recognizing him for receiving one of 100 national awards, continuing the Chapter’s Bible Records Project. The 2013/2014 budget was proposed by committee of state treasure, Jean Hirsch, Jean Pollard, and Peggy Vandenberg. It was approved. Elected delegates to the national conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in April, were Paulson, Mary Miller, MarJo dill, Jean Pollard and Virginia Frost. Susan Railsback, chairman of the nominating committee presented this slate for 2013-2015: President, Mary Miller; Vice President, Susan Railsback; Chaplain, Melrose Bagwell; Recording Secretary, Frances Jernigan; Corresponding Secretary, Fern Taylor; Organizing Secretary, MarJo Dill; Treasurer, Jean Hirsch; Registrar; Historian, Shirley Barham; Librarian, Frankie Oschner. These were elected and Beverly Sullivan installed them. “Cay” Jones, Mary Place Chapter President, Clinton, gave the invitation to 2014 state conference. The time and place will be announced later. Genevieve Paulson was elected Honorary State President. Colonial Dames 17th Century and Daughters of American Colonists joined together for a luncheon. Guest speaker was Bob Byers, Associate Director, Garvan Woodland Gardens. The title of his presentation was “Colonial Gardens and Plants of the 17th Century.” He explained early American plants were for food, flavoring and medicinal. The dandelion, one of today’s weeds, was introduced intentionally as flavored tea. The French influenced a lot of early American plantings. They were artistic and ornamental. Spices and herbs were found in most of the Colonial gardens. The joint meeting concluded with a silent auction. CDXIIC’ proceeds from this activity goes to state scholarships and a gift to the President General’s Project.
Colonial Dames of America Chapter XXXIVArkansas met on March 8 at the Best Impressions Restaurant at the Arts Center in Little Rock. Chapter President Mary Reid Warner called the meeting to order at 11 a.m. Chapter Chaplain Dorothy Wilks gave the opening prayer. Parliamentarian Betty Korbus led the Pledge of Allegiance. Chapter Recording Secretary Jean Pollard read the minutes of the September 11, 2012, organizational meeting, which were approved. Betty Harp, bylaws committee chairman, moved to accept the bylaws that had been sent to the membership. Betty Korbus and MarJo Dill served with Harp in writing the proposed bylaws, which had been approved by national. The motion was accepted. President Warner announced that meetings are held the second Friday of March and September. The next meeting will be September 13. The annual meeting of the National Society is in New York, May 5 and 6. Following the lunch, President Warner introduced the program speaker, Nell White. She is the current vice president general of the Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783. She will be installed as president general of the Guild in April. White said that Jean Pollard serves the Guild as chaplain general and will be re-elected in April. Nancy Holder, guest, assisted White with her power point presentation. Women on the Mayflower was the title of White’s program. Of the 102 passengers, only 28 were women. This group started their journey from Sorooby, England, located on Great Northern Road. For religious reasons, they moved from England to Leiden, Holland, and then to America. Women came to America in 1619. 78% of all women died their first year. The ship Anne brought supplies in 1823. Four women were left to care for the colony’s fifty men who had survived. Indians helped the colonists and introduced them to popcorn. Before 1627, a large engagement party was held in honor of Mary Chilton who was to marry John Winslow. It was a great celebration for the colony. Chaplain Wilks gave the Benediction and the meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Arkansas County 4-H Achievement Banquet
The Arkansas County 4-H Achievement Banquet was held on Monday, March 11 at the DeWitt High School cafeteria. All 4-H members and leaders were honored. Twenty-nine 4-H’ers who submitted record books received special recognition in their project area.
PHOTO 2: Repeat Project Winners received a t-shirt sponsored by DeWitt Bank & Trust Company and a project medal. First Row: Will Phillips, Daniel Ruffin, Heather Poole, Haley Poole, Destiny Brown, Lizzy Bronson, Erika Black and Riley Allen Back. Row: David Jessup.
PHOTO 1: Cadet 4-H members received a pencil pack sponsored by Arkansas County Bank and a project medal. First Row: Rachel Goldman, Harley Edwards, Autumn Danner, Jayden Allen, Kameran Hudson and Gabe Pfleger. Second Row: Warren Jennings Jr., Allie Beleford, Will Phillips, Shasta Batchelor, Malachi Allen, Mary Claire Grantham, Chloe Belle Grantham, Allie Hill and Jaylen Phillips.
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“K2 professional grade coolers are roto-molded with high quality polyethylene resin for extreme durability and are injected with premium polyerethane insulation for maximum cold retention.” - from k2-coolers.com/ PHOTO 4: Chuck Capps, County Extension Agent Staff Chair presents 4-H Leader Kristy Batchelor the 4-H Leader of the Year award sponsored by First Electric Cooperative, Riceland Division.
PHOTO 5: Club President Chloe West accepts the 4-H County Champion Club award sponsored by First Electric Cooperative, Riceland Division on behalf of Arkansas County Razorbacks 4-H Club. Honor clubs recognized were Arkansas County Razorbacks 4-H Club, Prairie Angels 4-H Club and Spirit of ’76 4-H Club.
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PHOTO 6: The most prestigious awards Arkansas County 4-H presents to a 4-H member is that of Jr. and Sr. County Champions. These members must submit a record book, and the 4-H’er who has contributed the most to the program throughout the year is selected. Champions receive a trophy sponsored by First Electric Cooperative, Riceland Division and a monetary award sponsored by Farmers & Merchants Bank. Pictured: Lizzy Bronson, Sr. County Champion, and Destiny Brown, Jr. County Champion.
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Silas and Lauren Cross Welcome Baby Boy, Isaiah
Kemp to Wed England May 18, 2013 David and Mary Kemp of DeWitt announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Brandi Leigh Kemp, to Brandyn Tyler England, son of Bryan and Sheryl England of Hope. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Ralph and Katherine Fisher of DeWitt and the late Arthur and Vivian Kemp of Pine Bluff. She is a 2007 graduate of DeWitt High School and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture: Plant and Soil Science. She is currently working on her master’s in agronomy from Iowa State University and is employed by Southern Agronomics as an agronomist. The prospective groom is the grandson
Isaiah Randall Cross was welcomed into this world on March 8, 2013 by his parents, Silas and Lauren Cross, of Pine Bluff. He weighed 3lbs and was 15.75 inches. His maternal grandparents are Steve and Debbie Moon of Pine Bluff. His paternal grandparents are Randall and Kathy Cross of DeWitt.
PCCUA News
PCCUA DeWitt Campus students (first row: Nytoria Reed, Adrienne Jordan and Shonnie Lee; second row : Josh Lester, Tiffany Young, Quartaus Cobbs, Tamela Jones, LaKista Turner, Sandra Holmes, Kristal Gibson and Summer Johnson) recently completed a weekend class that met for three weekends. The course “The Family” is required for Early Childhood and Behavioral Health majors. Students are pictured with quilt pieces which each student created depicting his or her family.
of the late Joe and Merle England of Hope and the late Erman and Lucille Bright of Hope. He is a 2006 graduate of Spring Hill High School. He attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and will graduate from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences with a Doctorate of Pharmacy in May. Brandyn will work for Dean’s Pharmacy in DeWitt. The couple will be united in marriage on May 18, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place at First Baptist Church in DeWitt, AR. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception will be held in the fellowship hall of the church. All friends and family are invited to attend. Only out of town invitations will be sent.
BRANDYN ENGLAND AND BRANDI KEMP
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8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Vendor Sales Regional vendors with plants, garden related gifts and crafts Gate fee $2.00, children under 12 free
Lunch will be served following the vendor sales. Meal prepared by the Arkansas County Master Gardeners and Program “Live Life to the Fullest Starting with Your Home and Garden” presented by Chris Olsen. Tickets $15 (limited to 125 seats) Gate fee free with luncheon ticket
This program is open to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.
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ESTATES WE BUY - estate contents. If you need to have an estate sale, but prefer a private sale rather than a public one, give us a call. We will make you a very fair offer, pack, load, and remove all items. Call 946-4199. Adv. 56-4tp
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Th Yo ank u IDLE ITEMS take up space. Sell them with a classified ad in the DeWitt Era-Enterprise! Stuttgart Monument Co. Carroll and Vicki Martin 1308 E. 10th Street Stuttgart, Arkansas (870) 673-2120 (877) 741-2233
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Frank Scott & Christina Verderosa Sat., March 30th at 10 a.m. 2803 Hwy 153 Crockett’s Bluff, AR Auctioneer’s Note: Saturday, we will conduct an auction for Frank Scott & Christina Verderosa who have sold their business and are moving out of state. The sale will consist of: nice John Deere riding mower and trailer, car trailer, leaf sweeper, 3 antique scales, power tools, hand tools, Noritake china, nice stereo system, couch, tv cabinet, tables, antique glassware, various collectable items, brass bed, pots, pans, and many other items too numerous to mention. 10% buyers premium on all items sold. For more information, contact McPherson Auctions 470 Ricusky Rd. Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870) 673-6038 AALB# 1609 www.mcphersonauctions.com
SALES BAKE SALE – The Redeemed C.O.G.I.C bake sale will be Sat., March 30 from 8a.m. – 12 noon. In front of This and That Beauty Supply. Located next to Kroger. Adv. 571tp
YARD SALE – 522 & 523 E. Halliburton on March 30th from 7am until? (if raining, the following weekend). Dresses, purses, coats, suits & skirt sets, Easter goodies, baseball gloves & balls, and lots more. Any yard work or leaves call 870650-2004. Adv. 57-1tp
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HELP WANTED HELP WANTED FARM HAND NEEDED – Full Time Position. References needed. Send resume to: Farm Hand; P.O. Box 431; DeWitt, AR 72042. Adv. 42-tfc HELP WANTED – Fuel truck driver. Must have CDL. Prefer Hazmat, will assist in getting Hazmat. Drug testing mandatory. Send resumes to: Driver, P.O. Box 82, DeWitt, AR 72042. Adv. 57-1tp
JOBS WANTED CAREGIVER and/ or HOUSEKEEPING JOB WANTED – I am a private sitter looking for work (in the DeWitt area). I have references, and over 2 years job experience. If you need a caregiver and/or housekeeper, please call: 1-870509-2444. Thanks. Adv. 57-1tp YARDS TO MOW – Church or cemetery. Free estimates. Call 946-3002 Adv. 55-4tp FOR HIRE – Need help with spring cleaning inside or outside from windows to carpet? Will also help get garden/flower beds ready. Saturday and Sunday only. $10/hr. References available. Call Jessica at 870-946-1795 or 870-344-3439. Adv. 56-2tp
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The Gillett Post Club is taking applications for lifeguards and pool manager. Applications can be picked up from Jennifer Lowe or Steven Ringo and must be turned in by April 17th.
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Diane Stovall Diane Stovall was born May 28, 1923, to the late Nathan White and Alphanna W. Dunham in Orville, AL. She confessed a hope in Christ at a very early age. Diane left Alabama after graduation and moved to Portland, OR, helping to build ships during World War II. She later moved to Detroit, MI, where she met and married the love of her life, Samuel C. Stovall. They were married June 25, 1952, at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church and spent sixty wonderful years together. While in Detroit, “Tutcy,” as she was affectionately called by her husband, worked at a Detroit library, where she restored old books and historical documents. She would later serve as President of the Library Union. After retirement Diane and her husband moved to Gillett, AR. They joined St. John A.M.E Church in Watson, AR, where she served on the stewardess committee and remained a faithful member until her death. Diane enjoyed traveling and fishing with her husband all over the United States and Canada. She loved to do gardening, canning, and was a great cook. She was best known for her sweet spirit and kindness to others. She would spend countless hours on the phone with her cousin, Roxanne Starks of Portland, OR, and best friends, Nora Payne and Francis Young. Her precious memories will forever be cherished by her husband, Samuel C. Stovall, other family members and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 23, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the St. John A.M.E. Church in Watson with Rev. Goodman officiating. Burial was in Scull Cemetery at Arkansas Post by McKinzie Funeral Home of DeWitt.
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James Sullivan James Elmer Sullivan, 70, of Almyra, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the Baptist Health Care Center in Little Rock. He was born May 26, 1942, in Gillett. He was the son of the late Tom Sullivan and Minnie Kirkoff. He was educated in the Gillett School District. He was a retired trucker. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gillett. He enjoyed his family and gardening. He was a collector. He leaves behind his wife, Marilyn Duncan Sullivan of Almyra; his son, Nicholas Sullivan and his wife, Lori, of Almyra; his daughter, Minnie Ross, Almyra; three brothers, Thomas (Doris), Lester and Lawrence (Ruby); three sisters, Lorie, Minnie and Rosie; five grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends to cherish his memory. Funeral services were held Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Gillett Baptist Church in Gillett with Bro. Fred Gay officiating. The burial was in the Gillett Cemetery.
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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION TO MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION This Instrument Prepared by: SELL TO SELL WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 IMMEDIATE ACTION. Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 IMMEDIATE ACTION. IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE (501) 219-9388 IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION TO FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST SELL ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST YOU. YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOU. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IMMEDIATE ACTION. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN PURPOSE. This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, YOU. P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, ArArkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY kansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007, Adam Uptain and INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH WHEREAS, on July 1, 2008, Kurt Davis executed a mortAmy Uptain executed a mortgage conveying certain PURPOSE. gage conveying certain property therein described to property therein described to JPMorgan Chase Bank, WHEREAS, on April 30, 2009, Jimmy D. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and N.A.; and Clawson, Jr. and Kimberly Lynn Clawson executed a WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded January 3, mortgage conveying certain property therein described WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded July 2, 2008, at Book 2008, Page 5043 in the real estate records 2008, at Book 2008, Page 48 in the real estate records of to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and of Arkansas County, Arkansas; and Arkansas County, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded May 4, WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of said WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of 2009, at Book 2009, Page 2645 in the real estate records indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, wholly said indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, of Arkansas County, Arkansas; and due, and the holder of the debt has requested the unwholly due, and the holder of the debt has requested WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of dersigned to sell the property to satisfy said indebtedthe undersigned to sell the property to satisfy said said indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, ness, the party initiating this action is JPMorgan Chase indebtedness, the party initiating this action is wholly due, and the holder of the debt has requested JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Attn: the undersigned to sell the property to satisfy said Bank, National Association, Attn: Correspondence Mail, Correspondence Mail, Mail Code LA4-555/700 Kansas indebtedness, the party initiating this action is Mail Code LA4-555/700 Kansas Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, (866)550-5705; JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Attn: (866)550-5705; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided Correspondence Mail, Mail Code LA4-555/700 Kansas WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has prothe undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, (866)550-5705; vided the undersigned a copy of the letter required to Adam Uptain and Amy Uptain by Act 885 of 2011; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided to be sent to Kurt Davis by Act 885 of 2011; the party the party initiating this action is JPMorgan Chase Bank, the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent initiating this action is JPMorgan Chase Bank, National National Association, Attn: Correspondence Mail, Mail to Jimmy D. Clawson, Jr. and Kimberly Lynn Clawson Association, Attn: Correspondence Mail, Mail Code Code LA4-555/700 Kansas Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, by Act 885 of 2011; the party initiating this action LA4-555/700 Kansas Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, (866)550(866)550-5705; is JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Attn: 5705; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided Correspondence Mail, Mail Code LA4-555/700 Kansas WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent Lane, Monroe, LA 71203, (866)550-5705; the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent to Adam Uptain and Amy Uptain by Act 885 of 2011; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided and the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent to Kurt Davis by Act 885 of 2011; and WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest to Jimmy D. Clawson, Jr. and Kimberly Lynn Clawson by in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. Act 885 of 2011; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and entire indebtedness has been declared due and in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. payable, and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, indebtedness has been declared due and payable, vested in and imposed upon said Attorney-in-Fact will, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as on April 17, 2013, at or about 3:45 P.M. at the ArkanAttorney-in-Fact will, on April 3, 2013, at or about 3:45 Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, duty, and sas County Courthouse in Stuttgart, Arkansas, offer P.M. at the Arkansas County Courthouse in Stuttgart, authority vested in and imposed upon said AttorneyArkansas, offer for sale certain property hereinafter in-Fact will, on April 24, 2013, at or about 3:00 P.M. at for sale certain property hereinafter described to the described to the highest bidder for cash, free from the the Arkansas County Courthouse in DeWitt, Arkansas, highest bidder for cash, free from the statutory right of statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and offer for sale certain property hereinafter described redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exempall other exemptions which are expressly waived in the to the highest bidder for cash, free from the statutory tions which are expressly waived in the mortgage, said mortgage, said property being real estate situated in right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all property being real estate situated in Arkansas County, Arkansas County, Arkansas, and being more particularly other exemptions which are expressly waived in the Arkansas, and being more particularly described as described as follows: mortgage, said property being real estate situated in follows: South Half of Lot Two and all of Lot Three, Block Thirty Arkansas County, Arkansas, and being more particularly Lot Six (6) and West Half of Lot Five (5), Block Two (2), One, Improvement Company’s Addition to the City described as follows: Improvement Company’s Addition to the City of Stuttof Stuttgart, Northern District of Arkansas County, Lot 1 and the South half of Lot 2, Block 10, Vansickle’s gart, Northern District of Arkansas County, Arkansas acArkansas addition to the town, now City of Dewitt, Arkansas. cording to revised plat made by Thos J. Storde April 12, More commonly known as: 1205 South College Street, More commonly known as: 610 Troy Mitchell Road, 1947.More commonly known as: 902 East 10th Street, Stuttgart, Arkansas 72160 Dewitt, Arkansas 72042 Stuttgart, Arkansas 72160 UNLIKE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALES, THIS UNLIKE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALES, THIS UNLIKE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALES, THIS STATUSTATUTORY FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE STATUTORY FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE TORY FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT FRONT DOOR OF THE Arkansas County Courthouse FRONT DOOR OF THE Arkansas County Courthouse DOOR OF THE Arkansas County Courthouse OR, IF OR, IF THERE IS NO AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OR, IF THERE IS NO AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE THERE IS NO AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FRONT FRONT DOOR, THEN THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT DOOR, THEN THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE DOOR, THEN THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE PLACE AT PLACE AT SAID VENUE WHERE FORECLOSURE SALES PLACE AT SAID VENUE WHERE FORECLOSURE SALES SAID VENUE WHERE FORECLOSURE SALES ARE CUSARE CUSTOMARILY ADVERTISED AND CONDUCTED. ARE CUSTOMARILY ADVERTISED AND CONDUCTED. TOMARILY ADVERTISED AND CONDUCTED. This sale is This sale is subject to all matters shown on This sale is subject to all matters shown on subject to all matters shown on any applicable reany applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any corded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior statutory rights of redemption of any governmental liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrancby a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate es as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and survey of the premises might disclose. survey of the premises might disclose. to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be might disclose. rescinded at the Attorney-in-Fact’s option at any time. rescinded at the Attorney-in-Fact’s option at any time. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to at the Attorney-in-Fact’s option at any time. The right another day, time and place certain without further another day, time and place certain without further is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another publication, upon announcement at the time and publication, upon announcement at the time and day, time and place certain without further publication, place for the sale set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS place for the sale set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS upon announcement at the time and place for the sale PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY WILL BE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE 355-170737 355-179897 CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. 355-211252 WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 (501) 219-9388 (501) 219-9388 Angela Boyd (2008250) Angela Boyd (2008250) Angela Boyd (2008250) Agent for Mortgagee DNoticeofDefaultMortgageeAR_kthomas_130125_ 819 Agent for Mortgagee Agent for Mortgagee For more information regarding this foreclosure sale, DNoticeofDefaultMortgageeAR_kthomas_130215_ 813 visit WWW.MYFIR.COM, or for general information call For more information regarding this foreclosure sale, DNoticeofDefaultMortgageeAR_ktho501-224-5239 visit WWW.MYFIR.COM, or for general information call mas_130206_1621 501-224-5239 For more information regarding this foreclosure sale, Adv. 1tfc visit WWW.MYFIR.COM, or for general information call 501-224-5239
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the Arkansas County Circuit Court, Southern District, made and entered on the 12th day of March, 2013, in the case of DEWITT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY PLAINTIFF VS MARY TRIMBLE
DEFENDANT (Case No. CV2013-4SD) the undersigned, as commissioner of this Court, will on the 29th day of April, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. offer for sale to the highest and best bidder, at the West door of the Courthouse of the Southern District of Arkansas County, Arkansas, upon the credit of two weeks, bearing interest at the highest legal rate from the date of sale until paid the following described real property, situated in the Southern District of Arkansas County, to-wit: The North 100 feet of Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 28 Original Town, now City of DeWitt, Arkansas (Street address: 220 East Cross, DeWitt,
Arkansas 72042). The purchaser will be required to execute a Bond with approved security for the purchase price, and a lien will be retained upon said land to secure the payment thereof. THE SALE OF THE REAL PROPERTY HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES THAT MAY BE DUE AND OWING. WITNESS my hand and seal this 21 day of March, 2013 Sarah Merchant / Alyssa Mannis COMMISSIONER
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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION TO SELL YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST YOU. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 WHEREAS, on September 14, 2006, Donna Jo Brickey executed a mortgage conveying certain property therein described to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as a separate corporation that is acting solely as a nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender and America’s Wholesale Lender’s successors and assigns; and WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded September 15, 2006, at Book 2006, Page 5005 in the real estate records of Arkansas County, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of said indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, wholly due, and the holder of the debt has requested the undersigned to sell the property to satisfy said indebtedness, the party initiating this action is Bank of America, N.A., 7105 Corporate Drive, Mail Stop PTX-C-35, Plano, TX 75024-3632, (800)669-6650; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent to Donna Jo Brickey by Act 885 of 2011; the party initiating this action is Bank of America, N.A., 7105 Corporate Drive, Mail Stop PTX-C-35, Plano, TX 750243632, (800)669-6650; WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent to Donna Jo Brickey by Act 885 of 2011; and WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said Attorneyin-Fact will, on April 3, 2013, at or about 3:00 P.M. at the Arkansas County Courthouse in DeWitt, Arkansas, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder for cash, free from the statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the mortgage, said property being real estate situated in Arkansas County, Arkansas, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot Six 6, Block One 1 of West Oaklawn Subdivision of the West half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 5 South, Range 3 West, in accordance with a plat of the said Subdivision made by Ray H. Russell, Civil Engineer, and appearing of record in the office of the circuit clerk and recorder in the Southern District of Arkansas County, Arkansas, in Plat Book, 1, Page 83, now Plat Book 1 at Page 50, and also appearing in the county court records of the Southern District of Arkansas County, Arkansas, in Record Book A, Page 270; subject to the protective covenants dated February 1, 1966, and appearing of record in the office of the recorder of deeds for the southern district of Arkansas county, Arkansas, in Book V-8, Page 395 More commonly known as: 1301 West 10th Street, Dewitt, Arkansas 72042 UNLIKE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALES, THIS STATUTORY FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE Arkansas County Courthouse OR, IF THERE IS NO AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FRONT DOOR, THEN THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE PLACE AT SAID VENUE WHERE FORECLOSURE SALES ARE CUSTOMARILY ADVERTISED AND CONDUCTED. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.
LEGAL NOTICE
The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION rescinded at the Attorney-in-Fact’s option at any time. TO SELL The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE another day, time and place certain without further IMMEDIATE ACTION. publication, upon announcement at the time and IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE place for the sale set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. YOU. 361-114423 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. PURPOSE. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 (501) 219-9388 WHEREAS, on June 7, 2004, Barbara A. Grammer executed a mortgage conveying certain Courtney Miller (2008263) property therein described to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting as a separate Agent for Mortgagee corporation solely as nominee for Guardian Financial DNoticeofDefaultMortgageeAR_elsmith_130123_1422 Services, Inc., and Guardian Financial Services, Inc.’s successors and assigns; and For more information regarding this foreclosure sale, WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded June 8, visit WWW.MYFIR.COM, or for general information call 2004, at Book E 15, Page 80 in the real estate records of 501-224-5239 MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENTION TO Arkansas County, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of SELL said indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE wholly due, and the holder of the debt has requested IMMEDIATE ACTION. the undersigned to sell the property to satisfy said IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE indebtedness, the party initiating this action is Flagstar FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN Bank, FSB, 5151 Corporate Drive, , Troy, MI 48098, ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST (248)312-2000; YOU. WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH sent to Barbara A. Grammer by Act 885 of 2011; the PURPOSE. party initiating this action is Flagstar Bank, FSB, 5151 This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, Corporate Drive, , Troy, MI 48098, (248)312-2000; P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided Arkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388 the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent WHEREAS, on June 7, 2004, Barbara A. to Barbara A. Grammer by Act 885 of 2011; and Grammer executed a mortgage conveying certain WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest property therein described to Mortgage Electronic in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. Registration Systems, Inc., acting as a separate NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the corporation solely as nominee for Guardian Financial entire indebtedness has been declared due and Services, Inc., and Guardian Financial Services, Inc.’s payable, and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, successors and assigns; and P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, WHEREAS, said mortgage was duly recorded June 8, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said 2004, at Book E 15, Page 80 in the real estate records of Attorney-in-Fact will, on April 17, 2013, at or about 3:45 Arkansas County, Arkansas; and P.M. at the Arkansas County Courthouse in Stuttgart, WHEREAS, default has occurred in the payment of Arkansas, offer for sale certain property hereinafter said indebtedness and the same is now, therefore, described to the highest bidder for cash, free from the wholly due, and the holder of the debt has requested statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and the undersigned to sell the property to satisfy said all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the indebtedness, the party initiating this action is Flagstar mortgage, said property being real estate situated in Bank, FSB, 5151 Corporate Drive, , Troy, MI 48098, Arkansas County, Arkansas, and being more particularly (248)312-2000; described as follows: WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided A part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be Quarter of Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 3 sent to Barbara A. Grammer by Act 885 of 2011; the West, described by metes and bounds as follows: party initiating this action is Flagstar Bank, FSB, 5151 Commencing 336 feet North of the Southeast Corner Corporate Drive, , Troy, MI 48098, (248)312-2000; of the above mentioned tract; thence North on the WHEREAS, the mortgagee or beneficiary has provided East Line of the said Northeast Quarter of Southeast the undersigned a copy of the letter required to be sent Quarter of Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 3 West, to Barbara A. Grammer by Act 885 of 2011; and a distance of 350 feet to a stake in the center of ditch; WHEREAS, there may be tenants that claim an interest thence up the center of said ditch at low water mark in the real property herein based upon said tenancy. to the West line of a certain tract of land purchased NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the by Valentine from Margaret McCallie October 5, 1956, entire indebtedness has been declared due and recorded in Deed Record Number 34, Page 531; thence payable, and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, South on the West line of said tract a distance of 226 P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact, by virtue of the power, feet; thence East parallel with the South line of the duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said said Northeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter, Section 20, Attorney-in-Fact will, on April 17, 2013, at or about 3:45 Township 4 South, Range 3 West, a distance of 105 feet P.M. at the Arkansas County Courthouse in Stuttgart, to the point of beginning, subject to public roads as Arkansas, offer for sale certain property hereinafter now located upon and across said lands. described to the highest bidder for cash, free from the More commonly known as: 1139 Highway 130 West, statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and Dewitt, Arkansas 72042 all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the UNLIKE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALES, THIS mortgage, said property being real estate situated in STATUTORY FORECLOSURE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE Arkansas County, Arkansas, and being more particularly FRONT DOOR OF THE Arkansas County Courthouse described as follows: OR, IF THERE IS NO AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE A part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast FRONT DOOR, THEN THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE Quarter of Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 3 PLACE AT SAID VENUE WHERE FORECLOSURE SALES West, described by metes and bounds as follows: ARE CUSTOMARILY ADVERTISED AND CONDUCTED. Commencing 336 feet North of the Southeast Corner This sale is subject to all matters shown on of the above mentioned tract; thence North on the any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any East Line of the said Northeast Quarter of Southeast restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that Quarter of Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 3 West, may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption a distance of 350 feet to a stake in the center of ditch; of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior thence up the center of said ditch at low water mark to liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created the West line of a certain tract of land purchased by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Attorney-in-Fact’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to NOTICE another day, time and place certain without further IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ARKANSAS COUNTY, ARKANSAS publication, upon announcement at the time and SOUTHERN DISTRICT place for the sale set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS PROBATE DIVISION PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of NO. PR-2013-11 638-112378 DEANIE WILLIAMS, deceased WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Last known address of decedent: 101 N. Tyler, DeWitt, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 Date of death: February 17, 2013 (501) 219-9388 An instrument dated the 16th day of March, 2005, was on the 21st day of March, 2013, admitted to probate as the last will of the above named decedent, and the undersigned has been appointed executrix thereunder. A Kate Lachowsky (2012039) contest of the probate of the will can be effected only by filing a petition within the time provided by law. All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit the, duly verified, to the undersigned within three Agent for Mortgagee (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from DNoticeofDefaultMortgageeAR_tgober_130204_ 750 any benefit in the estate. Provided, that claims for injury or death caused by the negligence of the decedent shall For more information regarding this foreclosure sale, be filed within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever barred and visit WWW.MYFIR.COM, or for general information call precluded from any benefit in such estate. 501-224-5239 This notice first published 28th day of March, 2013. Terri Lynn Williams Womack, Executrix 134 N. Pleasant Ridge Drive, Rogers, AR 72756 Adv. 2-tfc
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Crocketts Bluff, Ethel, and St. Charles Community News By Margaret Aycock Our sympathies go out to the family of Henry Lester who passed away Thursday, March 21 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Little Rock. Henry was the nephew of Elizabeth Criswell of DeWitt, formally of St. Charles. Please keep his family in your prayers. Dana and Beth Padgett, of Ethel, had Beth’s parents Calvin and Mary Sue Covington of Augusta; Beth’s sister and husband, Andra and Mike Borren; and Beth’s son and grandson, Jason and Jamie Wood and Ashton of Vilonia as company over the weekend. I want to wish everyone a very blessed and happy Easter. I hope the Easter Bunny leaves everyone a basket full of good dreams and chocolates. Birthdays for the week include: Ellen Shadwich – March 27 Carrie West – March 27 Anniversaries: Stanley and Jo Beth Shadwick To share any news or information for Crocketts Bluff, Ethel and St. Charles, please contact me by phone at 870-282-8030 or by e-mail at jaymara@ hughes.net.
Dorcas Quilters Celebrate First Row, left to right: Peggy Trites, Dorothy Connelly, Winnie Cotton and Margie Herman. Second row: Lorene Leder, Virginia Place, Norma Jean VanHorn. Third Row: Leland Fuhrman, Marian Fuhrman, Gertrude Rogers, Thelma Connelly, Joni Philipp, Chad Philipp. Not pictured: Margie Holzhauer, Linda Stone, Annette Duncan, Betty Knoll, Pat Cardwell, Genie Navarre, Laurie Eason and Henrietta Gordon
Shoe Collector will be here Friday As you clean out your closets for spring, remember the shoe drive is still being held. Your old shoes get a second life when they are sold to exporters and recyclers for resale or materials for new items. The money is used to purchased well-drilling rigs, water filtration systems and other supplies to bring clean, fresh water to those in need. Tie the shoestrings together, or wrap a rubber band around them, and drop them off at First Baptist Church or call Darla Grantham for pickup. You may also place them in the Grantham garage. Dorcas Quilters Celebrate The Dorcas Quilters were treated to a delicious fish dinner on Tuesday, Match 19. Bill Cotton and Johnny Holzhauer fried the fish, French fries and hushpuppies. The ladies prepared side dishes, and friends and family joined the group at noon. The quilter’s celebrated a very productive cover making workshop. In all, 135 covers were completed. Each Tuesday for the past three months the ladies met at St. Paul’s Lutheran Fellowship Hall to sew and tack quilts. Each day began with a Bible study led by Rev. Chad Philipp. It was exciting to see how God provided the needed materials through donations from all over Arkansas County and beyond. The covers will be sent to World Relief. Some will be given to Dana’s House and some to local families who experience great loss due to fire, etc. The ladies will take a summer break and come together again in September. Work will still continue in the homes. Materials are again needed! Donations of sheets, drapes, etc. can be used and will be appreciated. Those may be given to any of the quilters or left at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Gillett Rabies Clinic Dr. Prescott of Pet Tracks will hold the Gillett Rabies Clinic on Saturday, March 30 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Gillett Fire Department. Dog tags will be sold, and all dogs residing in the city limits (including house dogs) must purchase a city dog tag every year. If your dog has received his rabies shot and you would like to purchase a tag, you may do so at Gillett City Hall for $5.00. Wilbanks Grands Visit Donnie and Bonnie Wilbanks enjoyed the company of their grandchildren, Annika and Atlas Wilbanks of Jonesboro, last week in their home. Services planned Friday First Baptist Church will hold services on Good Friday at 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion will be observed. Gillett EHC Holds March Meeting The Gillett Extension Homemakers Club held its March meeting on Tuesday, March 19, at The Paddy in Gillett with Rose Ella Smith as hostess and seven members present. Club president Margie Hackney called the meeting to order, led the group in an opening prayer and read the thought for the month, a poem entitled “There is Sunshine in a Smile” by Helen Steiner Rice.
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Smith read an inspirational message based on Zephaniah 3:19 about repairing something instead of replacing it, just as God doesn’t throw us away when we are damaged by meanness, selfishness, dishonesty or any other of life’s blows. God works with us to make us as good as new. Smith, family relationships and child development leader, presented the program, “Myths of Aging.” The first handout consisted of ten truefalse questions about aging. After members answered the questions, the group discussed why they were true or false, and we discovered that senility is not inevitable. The less we challenge our brains, the more we think slowly and forget things. Smith gave each member handouts on balance and increasing physical activity as well as eating healthy as we age. She also gave the members five tips for healthy aging: good nutrition, physical activity, proper sleep, de-stressing and staying active. Dorothy Connelly, secretary, led roll call with the question: “What is your favorite hobby?” Because most of the members had more than one favorite hobby, answers were plentiful: baking, gardening, raking leaves, scrapbooking, sewing, canning, fishing, reading, playing games and doing genealogy research. The minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer’s report were accepted. Hackney and Debbie Daniels reported on the 4-H banquet earlier in the month where they furnished cakes and helped serve. Hackney informed the club about the upcoming events in the Extension Homemakers Club calendar. The Spring Council potluck meeting is Wednesday, April 10, at PCC in DeWitt. Daniels volunteered to get a door prize as the club’s contribution. The state EHC meeting is June 4-6 in Hot Springs, and the Delta District rally is October 17. Anyone planning to attend the state meeting needs to make reservations soon. The hobo dinner fundraiser is scheduled for the fall. For an eye opener, Smith brought a vintage aqua and yellow Burrite plastic cake plate and cover with a vintage-recipe cake inside. The cake, using no eggs, milk or butter, was a recipe from World War I. The members enjoyed tasting the refreshments and looking at the recipe she furnished for War Cake. Arlene Ferguson read the helpful hint: Before you chop chili peppers, rub a little vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spicy chili oil. Dorothy Faye Dixon won the door prize. Thelma Connelly was also present, but Jewel Brixie, Cheryl Pfaffenberger, Anita Trimble and Becki Weinrich were unable to attend. The meeting adjourned with members reciting the Extension Homemaker’s Creed. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16, at 2 p.m. at The Paddy in Gillett with Daniels as hostess.
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The Maguire EHC met at The Willows Restaurant on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 4:30 p.m. The Thought of the Month was read by Betty Vansandt: “There is Sunshine in a Smile” by Helen Steiner Rice. Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain, laughter and pleasure, teardrops and pain, all days can’t be bright, but it’s certainly true, there was never a cloud the sun didn’t shine through, so just keep on smiling whatever betide you. Secure in the knowledge God is always beside you and you’ll find when you smile your day will be brighter, and all your burdens will seem much lighter. For each time you smile you will find it true somebody, somewhere will smile back at you, and nothing on earth can make life more worthwhile than the sunshine and warmth of a beautiful smile. Pictured left to right are Jean Pollard, Jerrie Townsend, Susan Railsback, Sharon Wyatt, MarJo Dill, President National Ginger Apyar, Shelia Beatty, JoAnn Cooper, Frances Jernigan and Dorothy Wilks.
The Arkansas Society United States Daughters of 1812 held their 99th Annual State Council on February 28, 2013, at the Hot Springs Country Club. Baseline-Meridian Chapter served as hostess. Shelia Beatty, state president, presided. State Chaplain Dorothy Wilks opened the meeting with prayer. Sylvia Matthews, hostess chapter president gave the welcome. The response was given by Susan Railsback, Simon Bradford Chapter President. Sharon Wyatt, state vice president, read Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe’s proclamation. France Jernigan in her credential report announced 31 in attendance. As state secretary, Jernigan read the minutes of the state council, which were approved. Railsback, state treasurer, gave her annual report and proposed the budget, which was approved. Report from registrar showed an increase of 14 to a total of 78. Linda Thomas, historian/librarian and Jean Pollard, parliamentarian, rounded out officer reports. Reports from the
two chapter presidents were heard. Elected to 121st National Assembly, to be held in Washington, D.C. in April, were Beatty and Virginia Frost. Chaplain Wilks conducted the memorial service remembering Mary Jo Worley, Honorary State President Louise Nix Doak and Honorary State President Wensil March Clark. Beatty assisted by placing white carnations in the ivy-covered cross while Wilks called their names. Beatty introduced guest speaker, Virginia “Ginger” Apyar, President National N.S.U.S.D. 1812. The national president is a member of the Dolly Madision Chapter, first chapter. Apyar joined the Society in 1983. Thomas Sollars is her 1812 ancestor from Virginia. She named her projects Increase Membership and Celebrate Bicentennial Anniversay and Repairs to our two houses in D.C. She has brought some of the commemorative pins honoring Francis Scott Key and had them for sale. She gave a power
point presentation on the Society, noting it was organized in 1812. Membership Nationwide has approximately 3,700 members. Apyar explained the reasons for the War of 1812: imprisonment of American sailors, trade restrictions and British encouragement of Native Americans to fight. “Don’t Give Up the Ship” was one of the several quotes connected to the War of 1812. Apyar discussed Dolly Madison’s saving of treasures from the White House when the British set fire to it. A special ceremony was held for the installation of bicentennial members. Jerrie Townsend was among
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