June 2023
Suzanne King
Suzanne Deborah King, 49, of Paragould passed away Monday, May 29, 2023 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was born August 27, 1973 in Garden City, Michigan to the late Wilbur Stanley and Deborah Smith Mann.
Martha Todd
Martha Jane Todd, 79 of Maynard, Arkansas passed away at St. Bernards Medical Center on May 17, 2023. She was born on May 20, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri to Pauline Cook Hawkins. Martha enjoyed spending time with her family.
Kenneth Clarke, Jr
Kenneth Goodwin Clarke, Jr., 89, of Pocahontas passed away May 26, 2023 at St. Bernard’s Five Rivers Medical Center.
Theresa Roberds
Theresa Louise Roberds, 48, of Pocahontas, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2023 at her home. Theresa was born December 17, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois to the late William and Patricia Barber Sperandio.
Byron Difani
Byron Louis Difani, 57, of Batesville, AR, died on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Byron was born on June 2, 1965, in St. Louis, MO, to the late Herman Louis Difani and Shirley Ann (Robbins) Difani. He was a loving husband, son, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, teacher, and principal; and his God-given ability to impact the lives of everyone he met will be felt for generations to come. Byron will be dearly missed and forever loved.
Colton Johnston
Colton Andrew Johnston, 33 of Pocahontas passed away May 22, 2023, in Memphis TN. Colton was born September 20, 1989, to Jeffery Johnston and Carol Guilliams Alvarez in Jonesboro, AR.
Randolph County Relay for Life June 2
The Randolph County Fairgrounds will come alive on Friday, June 2, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. as the community gathers for the annual Relay for Life event. This inspiring occasion brings together individuals, families and organizations to raise funds for cancer research, honor survivors, and remember loved ones lost to this devastating disease.
Around the Kitchen Table with Nanny
While browsing through some old recipes handed down to me by my mother, from the early 1920’s. I was reading an old cake recipe and thought some of the younger cooks might enjoy reading about the cooks from long ago and what they had to go through to make a simple cake. The first thing on the agenda was “Start a fire in the stove” After the fire is going well and you are ready to mix your batter, add 3 sticks of wood to the fire. Using a regular teacup, measure the flour and sugar and a regular teaspoon to add your other dry ingredients and again add a tea cup of milk. When the batter is ready to go into the oven add another stick of wood which should be sufficient to have the oven at the proper temperature and bake the cake. Today we are so lucky to have proper measuring utensils, an electric mixer to do the work of mixing and just turn a dial or punch a button, set the correct temperature for our oven. We have “come a long way Baby” in our cooking and baking through the past 100 years. And of course, if you don’t have the time or don’t want to take the time to bake a cake, we have an abundant number of resources to buy a ready baked, frosted and even decorated cake. Pretty lucky, aren’t we? I thought I would share some easy desserts this week. And you don’t even have to build a fire!
Warm Springs Cemetery update
The Warm Springs Cemetery committee would like to thank the following for their 2022 donations: Pam Gramlich, Shirley Suhl, Harold Bailey, Gregg and Taftnee Cox, John and Gail Helton. A new year is here, and donations are needed for the upkeep of the cemetery.