Stories from Wednesday, December 6, 2017

No doubt the Dora Falcons are a team to watch in the immediate future. Led by four outstanding freshmen, the Falcons are skilled, aggressive and are a team on the rise. No doubt the Thayer Bobcats are a team to watch in the here-and-now. Led by a cast of players that have been there and done that, the Bobcats are a savvy, veteran bunch and should very much be in the thick of things all season long...

Jumping out to a considerable lead early - and then going on to place three scorers in double-figures - the top-seeded Thayer Lady Bobcats captured the Van Buren Lady Dawg Classic with a 61-37 victory over the third-seeded Alton Lady Comets Nov. 30...

Bonnie Lois (Forney) McCradic, 91, of Mammoth Spring, Ark., died Nov. 26 in Thayer, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of Clary Funeral Home in Thayer. Kenneth Darrell Guffey, 75, of Gepp, Ark., died Nov. 27 in Salem, Ark. Arrangements are under the direction of Barker Funeral Home in Salem...

Virgil White, age 71, of Mountain Home, Ark. was born on March 24, 1946 in Mammoth Spring, Ark., son of Loyd and Dortha Bea (Frazier) White. He departed this life on Dec. 2, 2017 in Mountain Home from congestive heart failure. Virgil was united in marriage to Mary Louise Phillips on Dec. ...

Mary Ethel Scribner, age 78, of Salem, Ark. was born on Sept. 3, 1939 in Camp, Ark., daughter of William Kelsie and Norma Caldonia (Maguffee) Sutherland. She departed this life on Nov. 28, 2017 in Salem. Mary married Roye Huston Scribner on June 28, 1957 in Carlsbad, N.M. ...

Nadine Marie Reynolds, age 78, of Camp, Ark. was born on Jan. 1, 1939 in Mammoth Spring, Ark. daughter of Oliver and Rita (Washam) Collins. She departed this life on Dec. 2, 2017 in Camp, Ark. Nadine was united in marriage to Billy Eugene Reynolds on May 21, 1960 in Salem, Ark. and to this union a son was born. Nadine spent her working years as a supervisor at the Tri-County Shirt Company. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and was a member of the Camp Methodist Church in Camp...

Harold P. Hurst, 78, of Salem, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born in Mammoth Spring, Ark. on Jan. 14, 1939, son of the late Gola Marie (Kester) and John Harrison Hurst. Harold spent his life as a loving son, brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. ...

Bonnie Lois (Forney) McCradic, age 91 of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was born Aug. 24, 1926, in Noel, Mo., and passed away Nov. 26, 2017, in Thayer, Mo. She is survived by: two daughters; Bonita Powell and husband Lonnie and Audrey Tyson and husband Daniel; four grandchildren, Shane Powell and wife Angel, Kimberly Brooks and husband Michael, Danielle Hager and husband Andy, Chelsea Barton and husband Zach; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Bernice Ivey and numerous other relatives and friends...