Stories from Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Lorraine Edna Allred, age 90, of Berryville, AR passed from this life into an eternity with her Lord on July 1, 2017. She was born May 22, 1927 near Marshall, Arkansas. Her family (Grooms) moved to the Dean area when Lorraine was 5 years old. On August 5, 1988 she was united in marriage with Bill Allred...

Nancy Jean Reynolds, 61, of Lowell, Arkansas, died June 29, 2017 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born May 26, 1956 at Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Ralph Emanuel and Mary Lavine Hanththorn Pierce. She was a caregiver and a Christian. She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Morgan Brooke Fowler and one great-granddaughter, Lhia Brooke Tabor...

MICKEY RAY TAYLOR, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born April 13, 1946 in Yuma, Arizona, daughter of Dennis and Pearl (Gentry) McKelvey. She departed this life Saturday, July 1, 2017, surrounded by family, at Circle of Life Hospice, Bentonville, Arkansas at the age of 71 years...

This is the small window of time that area athletes have to recover from the hard work that they have put into their respective sport over the last year. Eureka Springs basketball coach Brian Rambo looks forward to rejoining his team on July 10 for summer workouts and basketball camps, but he understands that recovery is a very important part of the game...

Derrek Aynes and James Dyllan Candelaria were hired on as coaches for the Berryville Bobcats at Tuesday's regular scheduled board meeting. Aynes will replace Jacob Meyers, whose resignation was accepted Tuesday, as an assistant football and baseball coach. Candelaria will replace Joey Curtis as head coach for boys soccer and assistant boys basketball coach. Curtis has been named assistant principal at Berryville High School...

Even though it's summer, the Berryville High School baseball team has been able to improve through the Babe Ruth summer baseball league. This is something that excites high school coach David Broseus heading into next season. "The kids that we had come out saw some excellent competition and were able to gain valuable experience," Broseus said. ...

SAMUEL VANCE BULLOCK, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas born May 5, 1926 in Pineville, Arkansas, son of Samuel Henry and Bertha Ellen (Ducker) Bullock. He departed this life Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 91 years.  Vance worked at Bullock Manufacturing Company in Eureka Springs. He had a great love for his family and Native Americans, its history and preservation. He also loved his dogs and cats dearly...