Stories from Monday, June 28, 2021

Fred Carr Jr., 80, died Thursday, June 17, 2021 at his home in Broseley, Missouri. He was born in Fisk on April 2, 1941 to the late Fred and Maxine Carr. Fred is survived by his wife, Hope and his three sons, Darren, Boyd and Scott; four grandchildren, Hailey, Riley, Mackayla and Jeffrey; three great-grandchildren, Landyn, Brycen and Halia; brother, Steve; sister, Mary (Larry) Shoemake and their children and grandchildren...

LaWanda Thone, born July 10, 1946 and passed away on Thursday June 24, 2021. LaWanda was born to Raymond and Margery Batson in Fisk, Missouri. She enjoyed spending time with her family, quilting and embroidery, gardening and the occasional trip to the casino...

Willine Blagg, 89, of Harviell, Missouri, passed away June 25. 2021 at her residence. She was born, September 30, 1931, at Tuckerman, Arkansas to the late Marlton Runsick and Agnes ‘Buchanan’ Runsick. On August 26, 1953, she was married to Billy J. Blagg, at Newport, Arkansas. He preceded her in death on July 29, 2012...

Joseph Lloyd Williams age 83 of Wappapello, Missouri, passed away on June 26, 2021 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born October 1, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, son of Charles and Laura Thrasher Williams. He and Annetta Young were united in marriage on June 8, 1957...

The students in the Super Kids summer program will have added opportunity and resources this year. The Succeeding in Schools program, which Super Kids is part of, added a computer lab this year. Director Kathern Harris said the computer lab is the result of an economic development grant made available through COVID-19 relief funds...

JONESBORO, Arkansas — Arkansas State University announced the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Spring Commencement, held May 8 in Centennial Bank Stadium. Undergraduates with a 4.0 GPA are designated Summa Cum Laude. Those with a GPA of 3.8-3.99 are Magna Cum Laude, and those with a GPA of 3.6-3.79 are Cum Laude...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The following students achieved the Dean’s List at Belmont University for the Spring 2021 semester. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. • Kaylie Holt, Bernie...

Three Rivers College has released its Dean’s List for the Spring 2021 semester. The honor is awarded to students taking 12 or more credit hours in a semester, who achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or above. Dean’s List honors are also used at graduation to help determine eligibility for honors or highest honors...

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — Williams Baptist University awarded degrees to 93 graduates during its 2021 commencement exercises Saturday, May 1. The graduates represented 19 Arkansas counties, ten states and three nations. Honor graduates were recognized as being cum laude (3.5-3.69 cumulative grade point average), magna cum laude (3.7-3.84 GPA) or summa cum laude (3.85-4.0 GPA)...

Missouri State-West Plains announces 2021 spring semester Chancellor’s List honorees WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) have announced their Chancellor’s List honorees for the 2021 spring semester. To qualify for the MSU-WP Chancellor’s List, students must have earned a 4.0 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours taken during the semester...

WEST PLAINS — A total of 226 students will be candidates for graduation from Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) during two modified commencement ceremonies May 15 at the West Plains Civic Center. Members of the 2021 graduating class, their hometowns and the degrees they will be receiving are listed below:...

Carol Lou LeGrand, daughter of the late Pearl Clifford Ward and Elsie Mae (Campbell) Ward was born September 8, 1944 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She departed this life on June 26, 2021 at her home in Ellsinore, Missouri, surrounded by her family and friends. She had attained the age of seventy-six years...

Two people were killed Friday in separate truck accidents in Southeast Missouri. A 50-year-old woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident at 9:54 a.m. Friday on Highway C in Ripley County, two miles south of Handy. According to the report, Andrea C. Hawks, 50, of Doniphan was southbound in a 1993 GMC pickup when she ran off the roadway and struck a tree...

Accidents Saturday in Carter and Ripley counties left five people injured. The first accident, around 1:30 p.m., involved an incident with an ATV that ejected both occupants from the vehicle. A second accident, shortly after 8 p.m., caused injuries to three people, with one driver arrested on suspicion of DWI...

A Poplar Bluff man has been sentenced to more than 70 years in prison in the death of a man whose body was recovered from the Black River in 2014. Curtis L. Walker, 35, of Poplar Bluff was sentenced Monday to 75 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree burglary in relation to the 2014 shooting death of Salvador Ramirez of Poplar Bluff...

Saint Francis Healthcare System has added a new position that will focus on diversity and inclusion within the organization. Wyky Jean joined the Saint Francis system last month in the newly-created role of director of development and diversity. In making the announcement last week of Jean's appointment, Saint Francis said his role will be to "develop, implement and monitor diversity goals and programs in various departments and make the (Saint Francis) Foundation donor experience as seamless as possible.". ...

After declining in almost every Missouri county in April, unemployment rates throughout the state began to tick upward in May, according to new data released last week by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The new numbers coincided with the addition of seasonal workers to the state's labor force as well as an influx of high school and college graduates looking for employment...