Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Leila Ann Dill, 91, of Berryville, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, in Berryville. She was born Oct. 3, 1910, in Fort Worth, Texas, a daughter of Jessie and Maggie (Correll) Langley. Mrs. Dill was a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by two sons, Thomas Dill and Lonnie Dill, both of Springfield, Mo.; four daughters, Gracie Poe of Ceres, Calif., Dorothy Poe of Lebanon, Ore., Ida Kenney of Ceres, and Betty Dotts of Berryville; three brothers, Doc Correll of Modesto, Calif., S.J. ...

Beverly Jane Langhover, 52, of Holiday Island, died Thursday, April 4, 2002, at her home. She was born June 2, 1949, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Doris (Montroy) Keever. Mrs. Langhover attended the College of the Ozarks at Clarksville (now known as the University of Ozarks at Clarksville). ...

Orville Henry Neill, 84, of Green Forest, died Monday, March 25, 2002, at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Nov. 9, 1917, in Sebastopol, Calif., the son of Marvin Hardy Neill of Goshen, Ark., and Anna Burneson of Oregon. Mr. Neill was a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Army. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in German camps. He had earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star...

by David McNeal As I creaked carefully through the door of the office Monday, then eased into my padded chair with only a small groan, one thing was clear ---- tennis season is open! Yeah, I broke down Saturday and actually went to the tennis court with a friend and, after whacking balls around for a few minutes, we played a set...

When the Eureka Springs Highlanders and Berryville Bobcat boys' soccer teams met the first time, the game ended in a tie, with the Bobcats winning in a MLS shootout. The names changed, but the story was the same Saturday, when the Highlanders scored a tying goal in the final 30 seconds of play to knot the score at 2-2...

The wind was cold, but the sun was shining at the Eureka Springs Highlander Relays on Thursday, and athletes from 17 schools took full advantage of the conditions at their first big good-weather meet of the season. The Berryville Bobcats ran away with the boys' division, scoring 166 points to second-place Decatur's 61.5. Huntsville swept the girls' division, scoring 117 points to second-place Berryville's 89...

Mildred Beck Taylor, 80, of Thomasville, Ga., died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 19, 1922, in Green Forest, the daughter of Clyde and Opal Beck. Mrs. Taylor was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and of the Archbold Hospital Medical Auxiliary...

Blanche F. Flake, 81, of Grandview, died Sunday, April 7, 2002, at her home, in the company of her family. She was born Nov. 6, 1920, a daughter of Odes Franklin and Editha (Johnson) Ferrin. Mrs. Flake participated in the establishment and growth of the Northwest Arkansas Medical Center and the Carroll Regional Medical Center Auxiliary...

Cliff Coleman, 59, of Berryville, died Friday, April 5, 2002, in Eureka Springs. He was born Nov. 12, 1942, in Oklahoma City, Okla., a son of Robert James and Nellie Mae (Maxey) Coleman. Mr. Coleman was of the Baptist faith. He was a truck driver for the Carroll County Road Department, and he drove a trolley in Eureka Springs for several years...

A tired Berryville Bobcat baseball team hosted the West Fork Tigers for a game at high noon on Saturday after finishing a two-game stretch in the Pea Ridge tournament late the night before. Berryville coaches and players were worn out from playing Thursday and twice on Friday, but gave a gusty effort on defense Saturday and pulled out a 2-1 victory. The team is now 13-6 on the season, and 9-0 in league play...