Stories from Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Thomas Scott Wilcox, 79, of Alpena, AR passed from this life of a broken heart on Jan. 5, 2015. Tom was born in Troy, PA on Aug. 15, 1935 to Ellsworth Wilcox and Alene (Shedden) Wilcox Patelunas. Tom attended school in Troy, PA. On Jul. 15, 1955 Tom married the love of his life, Billie Bailey. ...

Billie Lee Ogier, of Alpena, accomplished debater, professional tinkerer, and world traveler, passed peacefully from this life on December 30, 2014. He was 77 years young. Bill was arguing from the moment he was born on May 14, 1937 in Grainton, Nebraska. One of his favorite pastimes was to debate anything and everything with anyone who would listen. He was especially fond of arguing with his great-grandson, Landon Shoemaker, who inherited his great-grandpa's stubbornness...

Jerry Dale Morgan, 75 went to Heaven, January 4, 2015. He was born December 27, 1939 the son of the late Dillard and Dorothy Morgan he is also preceded in death by his grandparents John and Loula Morgan and Charlie and Eva Arnold. He was a member of House Of God Church, Rogers AR. He enjoyed family, friends, loved driving trucks, and riding horses...

BERRYVILLE -- Despite losing all three of their games in the 6th Annual Cornerstone Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament, the Green Forest Lady Tigers showed marked improvement by the end of the week. In Wednesday's seventh-place game at Bobcat Arena, the Lady Tigers lost to White County Central 57-39, but Green Forest was within striking distance for most of the game. The Lady Tigers trailed just 32-28 going into the fourth quarter before the Lady Bears' defensive pressure began to take a toll...

BERRYVILLE -- The Green Forest Tigers found themselves in an unfamiliar situation against Elkins on Wednesday in the final round of the Cornerstone Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament at Bobcat Arena -- and they didn't handle it well. Elkins overcame a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated Green Forest 65-62 in the tournament's seventh-place game...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Bobcats won one of their three games in the Cornerstone Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament, but they showed plenty of fight. The Bobcats lost to Valley Springs 62-50 in Wednesday's fifth-place game at Bobcat Gym, but hung with the highly regarded Tigers after falling behind 17-8 at the end of the first quarter...

BERRYVILLE -- Coach Daniel Cornelison's Berryville Lady Bobcats didn't win the Cornerstone Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament championship, but Cornelison said his team will benefit from a 70-42 loss to Valley Springs in Wednesday's title game at Bobcat Arena...