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RNN Sports Stone Cold Lock Of The Week: Playoffs Round 1

Ross Fujibayashi

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5:10 am

RNN Sports Stone Cold Lock Of The Week: Playoffs Round 1

Playoff time!

Last week teams finished out their regular seasons. This week, some turned their stuff in on Monday, some got ready for the playoffs, and some…. well… they enjoyed a little bit of time off.

RNN Sports Lock Of The Week

Barton @ Charleston

Want to talk about football history? Barton still holds the State Record for Consecutive wins and was an absolute powerhouse in the 80’s and 90’s. Wonder if there is anything else that happened starting in the 80’s? Ahh! Charleston started their consecutive runs in the Playoffs, it has been 36 consecutive seasons for the Tigers. Barton is different very different from the teams of yesteryear. But as things go, there’s new Sheriff’s in town, Charleston is starting their title defense Friday night. RNN Sports will be there to cover all of the action

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Centerpoint @ Mansfield

Has anyone driven by Centerpoint’s school and stadium just south of Glenwood? It is super nice, you know what is better though Mansfield’s semi-bowl stadium, where this match-up will take place. I believe Mansfield handles this one quickly. Let’s look at Mansfield’s leg of the 3A bracket. So they get past Centerpoint, who’s next? A Hoxie team that’s 10-0. Does their record make them scary, sure. But looking at their conference and schedule, they may not dominate the Tigers like one would believe. If they take care of Hoxie, more than likely the sleeping undefeated monster that is Salem, waiting in the third round. That will end up being a day after Thanksgiving road trip for the Tigers. Not sure where Salem is? It is a 4hr 32min drive from Mansfield. If the Tigers make it to the third round, drive up the day before, stay on the White River, make a weekend of it.

Drew Central @ Booneville

Booneville rolls onto the 2nd round. I mean what else can I say other than Dax Goff keeps piling up that career rushing record. Booneville fans pack that stadium out and continue to watch that history unfold in front of you. High Five the Booneville Super Fan while there. Take a picture with Sam Hicks, he’s a cool cat and great addition to the veteran lineman Booneville already had.

Hackett @ Bismarck

Bismarck has been rolling teams this season and their only blemishes are to Prescott and Glen Rose. Hackett sees an early exit from the playoffs in this matchup.

Lavaca @ Glen Rose

I don’t know if you have been following what Glen Rose has done this season, but Paris did first hand losing 52-6. They will be sending Lavaca home early in the playoffs this year, just a bad luck of the draw for the Golden Arrows after such a great start.

Lamar @ Ozark

Ozark’s two losses are the Booneville Bearcats and conference foe Elkins. Look, there is a good chance both of those teams will be making a trip to W. Markham St on the 2nd weekend in December. It is also looking like the Hillbillies will make a deep run into the playoffs given the leg of the bracket they are on. One leg may have a showdown between Central Arkansas Christian and their Arkansas Committed QB vs Elkins and their high powered offense with their Central Missouri committed QB Dizzy Dean in the Quarterfinals.

Greenwood First Round Bye

Now this is interesting. Greenwood defeated Little Rock Christian in a winner take all sneak peek into the possible 6A State Championship. Greenwood awaits the winner of the Little Rock Catholic vs Mountain Home game. The most striking thing about that match-up is Mountain Home has found some magic in November the past three seasons on the road in the first round. The Bombers are building something up there in Baxter County and will end up facing Greenwood next week. If Pulaski Academy handles El Dorado, they will meet Marion in the 2nd round, which could set-up another Pulaski Academy vs Greenwood game for the day after Thanksgiving. Other side of the bracket? Benton and Little Rock Christian are on the rail and will collide after Thanksgiving.

Games	Ross’s Picks	Adam’s Picks
Barton @ Charleston (LOTW)	Charleston	Even
Centerpoint @ Mansfield	Mansfield	Mansfield
Drew Central @ Booneville	Booneville	Booneville
Hackett @ Bismarck	Bismarck	Bismarck
Lavaca @ Glen Rose	Glen Rose	Glen Rose
Lamar @ Ozark	Ozark	Ozark

Women’s Basketball to welcome Westminster to tip off 2023-24

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Women’s Basketball to welcome Westminster to tip off 2023-24

FORT SMITH, Ark. – University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Women’s Basketball is set to tip off the 2023-24 season at the Stubblefield Center this weekend with a pair of games against visiting Westminster College.

The Lions will open the season against the Griffins Friday at 7:30 p.m. and then will face the Griffins again Saturday at 6 p.m.

Both games will be streamed on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network with live stats available at uafortsmithlions.com. The radio broadcasts of the games will be on Fox Sports Radio 103.5.

NOTES:

LAST SEASON: UAFS finished the 2022-23 season 10-18, 8-14 LSC.

HOME OPENER: The Lions are 9-5 in home openers in the NCAA II era.

KEY RETURNERS: UAFS returns three of its top four returning scorers from a year ago in guards Riley Hayes and Hannah Boyett along with forward Kayla Brundidge. Brundidge also led the team in rebounding last season.

NEW FACES: The Lions signed eight players in its 2023 recruiting class, including seven transfers and one freshman.

FROM DISTANCE: Three-point shooting figures to be a strength of the Lions this season, returning both Hayes and Boyett from a team that finished third in the LSC at 32.4 percent from beyond the arc in 2022-23.

RECORD WATCH: Boyett is the program’s career leader in made threes with 163 while Hayes ranks sixth with 92 made threes. Boyett ranks eighth with 722 career points, only 84 shy of the NCAA II era record of 804 held by Jasmine Brainard.

COACH MCADAMS: Head Coach Ryan McAdams enters his third season at the helm of the Lions with a record of 17-36.

SCOUTING WESTMINSTER: The Griffins lost their top four scorers from a team that went 17-13 a year ago and will be under the direction of first-year head coach Asami Morita. Forward Jaycee Lichtie is the team’s top returner after averaging 6.7 points and 4.3 rebounds last season.

THE SERIES: The Lions opened the 2022-23 season at Westminster, where the Griffins won the first ever two meetings between the two programs.

Men’s Basketball to begin Gibson era in South Dakota

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Tammy Teague

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Men’s Basketball to begin Gibson era in South Dakota

FORT SMITH, Ark. – University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Men’s Basketball will open the Zane Gibson era in South Dakota this weekend as the Lions participate in the Conference Crossover event at Black Hills State.

The Lions will first face Metropolitan State University – Denver at 6 p.m. Friday before taking on the host Yellow Jackets at 7 p.m. Saturday. Live stats and streaming links for both games can be found at uafortsmithlions.com.

NOTES:

LAST SEASON: UAFS finished the 2022-23 season at 12-16, 8-14 LSC.

SEASON OPENER: The Lions are 8-6 in season openers in the NCAA II era.

KEY RETURNERS: UAFS returns just four players from a year ago, but two are All-LSC guards Cameron Bush and Payton Brown. Brown led the LSC in scoring last season with 19.7 points per game.

NEW FACES: The Lions brought in 12 new players this season, consisting of nine transfers and three freshmen. Two transfers come from LSC foes while three played at NCAA I institutions last season. Transfer guard Lian Ramiro was a 1,000-point scorer in three seasons at Colorado State – Pueblo.

RECORD WATCH: Brown ranks ninth with 843 career points and eighth with 109 made threes.

COACH GIBSON: Head Coach Zane Gibson enters his first season leading the Lions after three seasons at Western New Mexico, posting a 17-11 record in 2022-23.

SCOUTING MSU-D: The Roadrunners are coming off a 12-17 season in 2022-23 and return four of their top five scorers from last season. Forward Caleb McGill leads the group of returners after averaging 13.8 points and 4.9 rebounds a year ago.

SCOUTING BHSU: The Yellow Jackets are coming of back-to-back Final Four runs in which they went a combined 55-14 the last two seasons. However, BHSU lost All-American forward Joel Scott and returns just three of its top nine contributors from last season. Guard Matthew Ragsdale leads a nine-player recruiting class after averaging 13.5 points per game last season.

THE SERIES: UAFS is 3-3 all-time versus MSU-Denver and 1-2 against Black Hills State.

“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

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Tammy Teague

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“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor

Hello everyone! I couldn’t have asked for better weather if I had ordered it myself, those are Barney Fife’s words. It’s been beautiful and we got a much-needed rain. It will be Thanksgiving before we know it. I love getting together with all my family. We eat too much, laugh a lot and have a great time together. We always have our Thanksgiving the Saturday before Thanksgiving so everyone can stay and not have to leave to try to make all the grandparents and kin folk. It works out really well for us, nobody rushing around.
I have found myself in some predicaments before, y’all have read about some of them. Some folks have even questioned the truth of these stories, yes, they are all true. Who else do you know that would go shop at Aldi’s and leave their trunk up and drive down Rogers Avenue losing all their can goods? That would be me. People honking at me and waving and all I could think of was, why are these people honking at me, I’m in my lane? Never knew a thing till I got home and was missing half my groceries. Que Sera, sera is all I have to say.
All that being said, I was working in Fort Smith at our Towson Avenue Chambers Bank one day and I was driving down Phoenix, probably going to Hardees, I love that Hardees. I was at the intersection of Phoenix and Jenny Lind and what is laying in the middle of the street? A bra, yes, a bra. I’m not going to lie, I’ve thought about throwing mine out the window, but never have. I have lost many things going down the road, but never that. Wonder how that got in the middle of the road? The things you see and hear in this day and time.
Speaking of roads, we are taking another road trip to Nashville and I told my brother, no phones can leave the car. In the words of Tammy Teague, there will be a sequel to our last road trip in the paper next week. We Wags have lots of fun when we go do anything. So, until then, I will sign off.
This week’s recipe is a cinnamon roll apple crisp. I love anything apple. This is the perfect time of year for apple desserts. Did I ever tell y’all that my Granny Morgan always, and I mean every evening after supper, peeled an apple and ate it. That’s one of the memories I have of her. Of course, us kids, always wanted some of it.
CINNAMON ROLL APPLE CRISP
1 12.4 oz. package of refrigerated cinnamon roll dough with icing
1 cup rolled oats (Quick Oats work fine)
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine (softened)
8 Granny Smith apples (peeled and sliced)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll the cinnamon rolls onto a work surface to desired thickness, big enough to fit into a 9×13 baking dish or you can just flatten them in the bottom of the pan with your hands. Mix oats, brown sugar, flour, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Then add margarine until crumbly (it’s easier with a fork). Spread apples over cinnamon roll crust. Mix the white sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon together in a bowl and sprinkle over the apples. Top with the oat mixture. Bake in a preheated oven until the apples are tender (about 40-50 minutes) depending on your oven. Place the icing that came with the cinnamon rolls in the microwave for a few seconds and drizzle it over the apple crisp while still warm. I would add a few crushed pecans sprinkled on top before baking if you like nuts. Have a wonderful week, we are so blessed folks.

Charleston Hosts Barton Friday in First Round of Class 3A State Football Playoffs

Jim Best

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Charleston Hosts Barton Friday in First Round of Class 3A State Football Playoffs

CHARLESTON- It’s that time of year again. It is turning cold, and that means that it is state playoffs time in Arkansas! And as the number two seed from the 3A-1 conference, the Charleston Tigers will begin their state title defense this Friday at Alumni Field against the Barton Bears. Barton is the number four seed from the 3A-6 conference.

Barton has a long tradition of football championship history under their former coach, the late Frank McClellan. Coach McClellan was the most decorated coach in Arkansas high school football history having won more games than any other coach in the history of the sport. Coach McClellan passed away in 2020. During his illustrious career at Barton, Coach McClellan led eight Bears teams to state championships.

This year’s edition of Barton football is led by former assistant Steve Sexton. In 2023, the Bears were 5-4 overall and were preparing to take the field in their final regular season game vs Camden Harmony Grove. The Bears have wins over Clarendon (35-6), Marianna Lee (53-14), Hot Springs Lakeside (57-8), and Drew Central (42-0). Barton’s losses this year have been to DeWitt (42-19), Bald Knob (41-24), Fordyce (29-28), and Rison (42-33).

The final standings in the 3A-6 conference were:

Harmony Grove 5-0

Fordyce 4-1

Rison 3-2

Barton 2-3

Drew Central 0-6

Tigers fans will remember the 3A-6 conference from a year ago. Charleston traveled to Rison in the 3A state semifinals and soundly defeated a very good Rison team on the way to the state final and the eventual championship.

Barton will bring an explosive backfield on offense to Alumni Field on Friday night. Behind a very good offensive line, the Bears will feature dual-threat quarterback Connor Willis and downhill runner Braylon Harvey. In fact, at a glance, the Bears do not seem like a typical four seed in a first round game.

Charleston head coach Ricky May, when asked to comment about the Barton Bears, said, “They are very big and athletic. They are one of the best teams in their conference. A couple of breaks, and they win it (their conference).

The young, 2023 edition of the Charleston Tigers will need another big defensive effort to contain the Barton running game and to keep the Tigers in the game late. On offensive, Tigers senior wide receiver Reese Merechka will be counted on again for another productive night. The Charleston senior broke a school record in Week Ten against Lavaca when he scored seven touchdowns against the Arrows. Merechka’s big night broke the previous record of six touchdowns in a single game held by Travis Prescott. There is no doubt that the Bears will be keying on Merechka and that will put even more pressure on the Charleston defense to contain the Barton running game.

Charleston senior Reese Merechka broke the school’s single-game touchdown record last week (RNN Sports File Photo / Ronni Tate Young)

Charleston and other members of the 3A-1 conference were not given any favors in the state playoff bracketing. The winner of Friday’s game in Charleston will advance to the second round next Friday and will play the winner of Friday’s first round game between Bismarck and Hackett.

In other first round games involving 3A-1 conference teams:

Drew Central at Booneville (1)

Barton at Charleston (2)

Centerpoint at Mansfield (3)

Hackett (4) at Bismarck

Lavaca (5) at Glen Rose

For Charleston the path to the semifinals could include Barton, Bismarck, and Prescott.

The Weather Bug forecast for Friday night calls for a high of 63 degrees and a low temperature of 41 degrees. The forecast includes sunny weather with rain moving out of the area late Thursday night. So, it should be a great night for high school playoff football between two great teams!

Come out and get your seat early, and RNN Sports will see you at the stadium!

Obituary – Doris Graves (1945 – 2023)

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Tammy Teague

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Doris Jean (Barto) Graves of Waldron, Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, November 5, 2023 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Doris was born May 18, 1945 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Walter Beckhold and Elsie (Brooks) Barto. At the young age of 5 Doris was adopted by Ernest Steve Barto. She was 78 years old. Doris was an instrumental element and longtime member of Evening Shade Baptist Church near Waldron. She later was attending Harvest Church in Waldron.

Doris was a talented musician. She was exceptional in playing many different instruments well. Everything from the organ and accordion to the auto harp as well as singing. She also had many interest and hobbies including fishing, 4-wheeling and shooting. Doris was notorious for her leatherwork and sewing abilities. Doris had a fashion sense of her own and took pride in everything she did. However, nothing pleased her more than spending time with her family making treasured memories.

Doris leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter, Melissa Graves Sneed of Shawnee, Oklahoma and husband Bobby, one son Robert Graves and wife Kara of Waldron, Arkansas and sisters Barbara Russell and husband John of Waldron, Arkansas and Dorothy Bartuska and husband David of Pennsylvania and one sister-in-law Tammy Becktold of Pennsylvania. Grandma will forever remain in the hearts of her grandchildren: Tyler graves and fiance’ Elizabeth, Kalie Graves and wife Kimberlee Barber Graves and Scotlyn Shelton and one great granddaughter Paislee Barber.

Doris was preceded in death by her husband Jerry Graves, her parents, Elsie Barto and Steve Barto and Walter Becktold as well as her siblings: Dwayne Barto and Richard Becktold.

Doris’ celebration of life will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Harvest Church in Waldron, Arkansas with Rev. Bill Harwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Square Rock Cemetery. Arrangements are being entrusted to the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home in Waldron, Arkansas.

Doris’ visitation will be Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Waldron, Arkansas.

Doris’ pallbearers will be Bobby Sneed, Bobby Slaten, Cecil Oliver, Tyler Graves, Emmett Jones and JD Woodcock.

Obituary – Wanda Mae (Hangman) Johnson (1925 – 2023)

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Tammy Teague

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Obituary – Wanda Mae (Hangman) Johnson (1925 – 2023)

Wanda Mae (Hangman) Johnson passed away peacefully in her bed at the Brookdale Care Facility in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on November 5, 2023. Wanda was the last member of the Albert and Inga Hangman family, surviving her siblings Lafayette, Norman, Arden, Pearl (Peterson), Dorothy (Arends) and Gloria (Pfister).

Wanda was born in Maskell, Nebraska on May 1, 1925, and grew up on the family farm in the Maskell area. She attended high school in Maskell and graduated in the class of 1943. She met Vernon Johnson, who won her heart at a dance while she was working in South Sioux City. Vernon and Wanda were married on April 29, 1951, in Wanda’s church in Maskell, went on a honeymoon in Hot Springs, Arkansas and settled down in a little farmhouse on Vernon’s father’s property near Kingsley, Iowa. They had two children Randy (Ann), currently living in Salt Lake City and Dennis, currently living in Greenwood, Arkansas.

Wanda and Vernon were never far from each other for the rest of their lives. Wanda was an active participant in the farm work on and near the family farm in Kingsley for over 20 years. When they had enough of that tough life, they semi-retired to a chicken farm near Waldron, Arkansas, spent several years as award-winning broiler chicken producers and then retired and stayed on the farmland. Vernon preceded Wanda in death by two years.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Bulger Funeral Home.

A small memorial for both Wanda and Vernon will be held at their neighborhood church (the Denton Church) sometime in January. That will be followed by a second memorial in Kingsley, Iowa tentatively planned for April 29, 2024. That will include the interment of their ashes at their gravesite in the Kingsley Cemetery.

Legacy of our State Parks

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Tammy Teague

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By Dr. Curtis Varnell

The visitor’s center was packed, the lodge full, and the camping grounds were at capacity. A plethora of the vehicles were from out of state, many from Texas. Visitors flocked the trails, observing the beauty of the changing color of leaves of the hardwood trees. Others attended special programs on Arkansas history and culture presented by the park interpreters and invited guests. Meandering down a trail, we observed old home sites, identified trees and plants, saw wildlife, visited a flowing spring, and then toured the remains of Buckman Inn pool. Arkansas was celebrating its one-hundredth year of our state park system.

Arkansas abounds in a variety of beautiful settings and is a choice place for visitors who want to get away to “the Natural State.” Tourists were already making their way to the various mountains and waterways of the state when Thomas W. Hardison realized that preserving some of our natural scenic and historic sites would not only attract tourism but also preserve places that might otherwise be lost to future generations. Hardison, a resident of Petit Jean Mountain, first tried to get the federal government to declare a part of the mountain a national park. Stephen Mather, director of the National Park Service, determined the site was too small for national endorsement and suggested a state park system. Hardison and his friends then persuaded the legislature to develop the area as a state park and, in 1923, Petit Jean became the first state park.

Unfortunately, at the time there was little funding to do much with the park but that changed when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was formed by Roosevelt during the great depression. The New Deal programs built Arkansas’s park system with Petit Jean being the first to see construction. Company 1781- a group of Arkansas veterans- built the beautiful Mather Lodge from logs and natural stone. Other structures, roads, and bridges soon followed, many of which still stand. Nearby on Mt. Nebo (near Dardanelle), Company 1780-v, led by Captain H. L. Eagan, brought twenty tons of equipment and 186 veterans up the steep mountain side and constructed the park facility there.

The workers, with an average age of around twenty, stayed in military style camps while they constructed the buildings, trails, and overlooks that formed the state parks. In Logan county, they constructed a gravel road straight up Magazine Mountain, built a lodge overlooking the Petit Jean River, and constructed numerous cabins, a restaurant, and picnic areas. Others, some from the WPA, were construction beautiful adjoining lakes at Spring Lake, Cove Lake, and other areas.

Company 797, a group of men from North Dakota, made the trip to Arkansas to work and joined other groups in constructing the Devils Den State park with its massive stone dam on Lee Cree as well as cabins, offices, and campgrounds. Other groups constructed the facilities that eventually made up Blanchard Springs, Crowley’s Ridge state park, Lake Catherine, and Buffalo Point.

Today, thanks to the foresight of men like Hardison, Arkansas has fifty-two state parks spread all across the state. Annually, they attract thousands of visitors which is an economic boom for the state. Visit Cedar Falls or Rock House cave on Petit Jean, visit the sandstone caves in Devils Den, go to the highest point in Arkansas on Magazine Mt., spend a night in one of the many

lodges and cabins in the state park, or fish in one of the many lakes and you realize what a great gift that was presented to us in 1923 when our state created the Arkansas Park system.

Check your deer online this deer hunting season

Tammy Teague

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Check your deer online this deer hunting season

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission expected more than 33,000 deer to be harvested and checked Saturday and Sunday during opening weekend of Arkansas’s modern gun deer season if the harvest is consistent with recent years. Although extra staff are being contracted to handle a large volume of calls expected to come in, hunters can still avoid any time on “hold” by checking their deer through AGFC’s new smartphone app.

The new app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple Store, but hunters who have used the AGFC app before this year should delete all older versions to get the new one. Once downloaded, they will need to create a new account and sign in to the system. If a hunter has a valid hunting license that allows harvest of big game, the associated electronic game tags will appear in their account. From there you can follow these simple steps to check your deer.

Click on the Licenses and Game Check button to see your list of valid licenses and tags.
Click on the tag you wish to use to check your big game (all tags that are still valid to be used will have an indicator arrow informing you that you can check game with it).
Select the date of harvest and complete the short survey about the details of your harvested game. Include county, WMA/Zone, weapon used and other biological information on the harvested animal.
Carefully review your game check report. Once submitted it cannot be changed.
To submit, press Next, then Save.

If your phone has service, you will receive a confirmation number immediately. You will also receive an email and a message in your app inbox confirming your harvest.

If you are not connected to internet or cell service, you’ll receive a notice on your screen that your submission is pending upon validation. When your device returns to service or internet connection, you should sync your app by selecting this button. Once synced you will receive your confirmation on the app screen, via email and in the app inbox.

All deer harvested in Arkansas must be checked within 12 hours of harvest. Before they are moved, they must have a physical tag attached to the antler (for bucks) or leg (for does) that indicates the hunter’s name, customer ID number, date and time of harvest and the deer zone or WMA where it was taken. If a deer is checked at the point of harvest, it does not have to be tagged as long as it stays within the immediate presence of the hunter who checked it.

Visit https://www.agfc.com/hunting/deer for more information on deer hunting in Arkansas.

Obituary – Virgil Napier (1943 – 2023)

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Tammy Teague

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Virgil Napier, age 80, passed away Saturday November 4th in his home. He was born September 16, 1943 in Waldron, son of John and Nora Napier. Virgil was graduate of Waldron High School and the Police Academy and work for several years in law enforcement and was a veteran of U S. Army. Virgil was preceded in death by his parents, an infant child, wife Lois, V.J. Napier, Richard Napier, Lisa Meusel, Chad Escalante, and brother in law, Fred Ladda.

Virgil is survived by his wife Pat, his children, Janice Lowman, Judi Napier, John Napier and Susan (Nicholas) Brakefield. Papa will be remembered by his grandchildren, Sydni (David) Pena, Jessica Napier, Miranda (Ray) Barone, Suezanne (William) Redmon, Shane Davis, Tyler Briley, Chelsea Escalante, Chase Cardenas and 17 great grandchildren. Other survivors include, two sisters Virginia Ladda and Vivian Napier and daughter in law, Mary Beth Escalante. Also surviving are several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Virgil’s graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 8th at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 7th at Martin Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangement under the direction of Martin Funeral Home.

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