Stories from Thursday, May 2, 2002

Eva Pearl Fitzpatrick, 80, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Thursday, April 25, 2002, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, Mo. She was born June 28, 1921, in Odessa, Mo., the daughter of Leonard T. and Pearl Bogar Alkire. She received her education in Odessa, Mo., where she graduated from high school and then attended two years of college...

Lawrence E. Ginn, 84, of Berryville, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1917, in Tribbey, Okla., a son of Ira Theodore and Hattie Evelyn (McGehee) Ginn. Mr. Ginn was a member of the Northside Missionary Baptist Church, He was a painter, a carpenter, and a farmer. During the Great Depression he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, also known as the 3C camps, in Arizona and Colorado...

Theodore "Ted" Kelley, 77, of Golden, Mo., died Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at his home. He was born April 1, 1925, in Thawville, Ill., the son of Elzie and Tilley Greenwood Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Navy during World War II. ...

Sheila Marie Robinett, 30, of Eureka Springs, died Monday, April 22, 2002, in Eureka Springs. She was born May 24, 1971, in Jefferson City, Mo., to Bud Robinett and Mildred Holtmeyer. She was a waitress at Forest Hill Restaurant in Eureka Springs. She was of the Catholic faith...

Lucy Nadine Root, 65, of Kingston, died Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1936, in the Metalton community of Carroll County, a daughter of Franklin Warren and Lillie Sarah May (Ramsey) Wilson. Mrs. Root was a homemaker, and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Metalton United Baptist Church and Elkhorn Church...

The Berryville Bobcat boys' and girls' track teams dominated the district 1AAA senior high track meet last Thursday, with both teams bringing home the championship trophies. The boys won the team title with 207 points, easily outdistancing second-place West Fork, who had 74 points. The girls had to fight off Huntsville to win, 136 to 126, and it wasn't decided until the final event...

The Bobcat baseball team came through last Wednesday at the 1AAA district tournament in Lincoln, pounding out 13 hits and 8 runs to defeat the West Fork Tigers 8-7, earning them the third-place seed at the Class AAA regional tournament. They hoped to carry the momentum of that game into the regional tournament Saturday in Harrison when they faced Clarksville, but the Bobcat bats went silent on a wild and windy weather day...

John Wilson is a fan of Eureka Springs baseball, especially the team his son, Joseph, plays on. After watching foul ball after foul ball go sailing into the woods, Wilson acted. Enter his employer, Midwestern Pipeline Services, who anteed up $500 for the team...

by David McNeal It was one of those rare days, when the day's plans worked out, with more high spots than low ones. Yep, it was the annual senior high district track meet, held at the Gentry Pioneer track last week. The skies were blue, the sun was shining, but it was pretty darn cold for late April...