Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Labor Day perfect in every way (09/09/09)
Rector's 2009 Labor Day Picnic was one of the biggest and best ever -- at least that's what most people are saying as they reflect on four glorious days of fun, food, fellowship and lots of entertainment...

Memorial committee focuses on site plan, fundraising (09/09/09)
A review of site development details and a look toward future fund-raising efforts were primary items at Friday's meeting of the Rector Veterans Memorial Park committee. Co-chairman George Barker conducted the meeting, which held at the Rector City Hall...

Second annual Hall of Fame luncheon held at RHS (09/09/09)
The second annual Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame luncheon brought together generations of former athletes, fans and friends, as the Rector school cafeteria was filled for the special event Saturday...

Touchdown in final seconds leads to Cougar heartbreak (09/09/09)
It was a heartbreaking start to the regular season for the football Cougars Friday night at Temerian Field, as the boys in blue fell to the visiting Manila Lions, 19-13. The game was truly one which "went down to the wire," as the two teams were tied at 13-13 going into the final moments...

What's a hippocampus? (09/09/09)
First off, I'm not a brain expert. But I learned this week that I have a hippocampus in my brain. You have one too. In fact, two of them; one on each side of the brain Hippocampus is the brain's control center. It controls our learning and memory. It first establishes a memory, stores it in our long term memory, then retrieves it. It converts short term memory to more permanent memory...

Kimberly Caroline Tutor (09/09/09)
Kimberly Caroline Tutor, 28, of Fort Hood, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at the Metro Plex Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Tutor was born Dec. 14, 1980, in Rector, Ark. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and the Missionary Baptist Church in Boydsville, Ark. She enjoyed taking pictures and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1999...

Kenzie Mya Rabjohn (09/09/09)
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with the angels in heaven on September 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital...

Clayton "Buddy" Parrish (09/09/09)
Clayton "Buddy" Parrish, 77, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 23, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Dec. 9, 1931, to the late Oval and Annie Parrish. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen Marie Parrish; brother, Allie Parrish, and one son, Cory Blake Parrish...

Betty Jane Jones (09/09/09)
Betty Jane Jones, 58, of Pollard died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born on December 12, 1950, and resided in Clay County her entire life. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a Secretary until she became disabled...

Lelah Agnes Johnson (09/09/09)
Lelah Agnes Johnson, 89, of Paragould died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Marmaduke. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Paragould...

Jewell Sarah Fannin (09/09/09)
Jewell Sarah Fannin, 91, of Rector passed from this life on Sept. 6, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 28, 1918, to the late Jimmy and Lavonia (Townsend) Dildine in Holland, Mo...

Rosettie Allison (09/09/09)
Rosettie Allison, daughter of the late Christopher Columbus and Esty Leoma Bryeans Lamastus, was born Feb. 7, 1918, in Beech Corner, Mo., and passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould, Ark., at the age of 91 years...