Community Calendar of Events
Tuesday September 10 Quorum Court meeting Annex Building Des Arc 6:00 p.m.
Caregiver support group meeting Senior Center 10:00 a.m.
Biscoe EHC meeting Baptist Church in Biscoe 10:30 a.m.
Thursday September 12 PC Master Gardeners meeting Fair Grounds
DeValls Bluff City Council meeting
6:00 p.m.
Friday
September 13
Des Arc Eagles vs Bald Knob on Des Arc Field 7:00 p.m.
Carlisle Bison and Hazen Hornets have the week off.
Saturday September 14 Prairie County Fair parade 6:00 p.m. Main St. in Des Arc
Sunday September 15
Check in begins for Prairie County Fair at the Fairgrounds
Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and
Prairie County Fair talent and pageant winners
Ronald Clifton Eans
Ronald (Ronnie) Clifton Eans was born December 31, 1944, to Wilma (Marsh) and Tollie Eans at Griffithville, Arkansas. Ronnie passed away September 2 at his home.
As a child and teenager, he attended the Des Arc School system graduating 12th grade. After graduation he joined and served with the National Guard. He was then an employee with Duncan Ford, retiring after 20 plus years. Ronnie married the love of his life, LaNeil in 1971. Ronnie and LaNeil were blessed with raising three children: Tony, Darbin and Patty. After 40 years of marriage LaNeil passed away in 2011.
Ronald was an avid hunter and trainer of waterfowl retrievers, all around the United States. He enjoyed showing his prize possessions at the show fairs. Ronald was a member of the Coon Hunters Club of Prairie County and was an active part of the Arkansas Waterfowl Association. He was preceded in death by his mother, father and wife LaNeil. Ronnie is survived by children, Anthony (Connie) Vogelgesang of Little Rock, Darbin Moye of Kensett, Patty (Gerald) Wilson of Biscoe, eight grandchildren Dawson, Hannah, Jennifer, Robyn, Dallas, Gatlin, Clair, Dillion, seven great grandchildren and sister Greta (Gene) Seward of Batesville.
Cache Pierce
Flanagan
P.O. Box 370 111 Hwy 70 E Hazen, Arkansas 72064
Ph. 870-255-4538 Email: heraldpublishing@gmail.com
Cache Pierce Flanagan, age 18, of Des Arc, Arkansas passed away in the early hours of September 1, 2024. His departure leaves a profound void in the hearts of his family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing him. Cache was born on January 30, 2006, to Jimmy Flanagan Jr. and Christina Higgason. He grew up in Des Arc doing exactly what he loved: hunting, playing sports and being surrounded by his friends and family. Cache was involved in his school in all aspects. He was an All-State Football Player, State Champion in archery, and an Honor Graduate of Des Arc School. Nobody was prouder to be an Eagle than Cache. He is preceded in death by his Granny Charlotte (Cormack) Baugh. He is survived by his parents Jimmy Flanagan Jr. and Christina Higgason, seven siblings Bella Flanagan, Devin Flanagan, Derek Flanagan, Allie (Landon) Ashby, Landon Skouras, Presley Burnett and Lily Higgason, grandad Jimmy Flanagan Sr., his poppa Leonard Baugh, his bonus family The Browns, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, a numerous amount of cousins, and many other friends and family who loved Cache like their own. He never met a stranger and was an absolute joy to be around. Cache made such an impact in such a short amount of time and will be forever missed.
J.W. McWhorter
J.W. owned and operated the McWhorter Garage on Main Street, with Pat by his side every waking minute, for many years. Later in life, he and Pat relocated to Hazen to a farm where they enjoyed sawmilling and being together.
J.W. is survived by son Calvin (Tammy) McWhorter and daughter Judy (Dennis) Clark of Hazen, six grandchildren Trenton McWhorter, Terra (Steven) Bodkins, Christopher Clark and Samantha (Tyler) Metcalf, stepchildren Lacee (Corbett) Prince and Addie Cowen and four great grandchildren, Logan and Trenton McWhorter and Callie and Matthew Bodkins and two sisters Mary McWhorter Prior and Pat McWhorter Cunningham.
J.W. was preceded by his parents Judy and Johnny, brother George McWhorter and sister Ola Mae Cotton. He will be sorely missed by all that knew him.
Maudie Viola
Nail Robinson
Biscoe, Arkansas. She grew up working with her parents on the farm and attended local grade school in Biscoe, later transitioning to the DeValls Bluff School District where she graduated high school in 1964. Shortly after graduation, she married her sweetheart, Clifton, and they lived in and around DeValls Bluff for most of her adult life. Between tolerating Clifton’s antics and enduring the raising of three rough, rowdy, and rambunctious boys, there is no doubt she deserves a special place in heaven. Fortunately, God later blessed her with seven granddaughters to balance out the testosterone overload that she endured earlier in life.
She worked at various office jobs and the local bank for a significant part of her early career. Her affection for children later led to her operating a small childcare service from her home. From 1990 until 2007, she and her husband, Clifton, were employed as caretakers for a local hunting lodge
before transitioning at their retirement to Mountain Home, Arkansas.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. After undergoing initial treatment, she was declared to be in remission but experienced a late recurrence in November of 2020. She was able to treat this with conservative management until it ultimately ended her earthly life.
Maudie was a Christfollower, and it is because of her personal relationship and daily walk with Jesus that we have great reassurance that she is rejoicing in the presence of her King. She was a loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. She was a caring friend to all who knew her. By earthly standards, she held no lofty aspirations beyond her God-given task of loving and humbly serving others. She left a positive mark on all those whom she encountered. A visitation was held on Friday, September 6, 2024, from noon until 2 pm at Conner Family
Funeral Home in Mountain Home. There was also a visitation from noon until funeral service time at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church in Hazen, Arkansas. Graveside services will follow at Oakland Cemetery in DeValls Bluff. Arrangements for the services in Hazen and burial are entrusted with Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen, Arkansas. We kindly invite all family and friends to join us as we honor the memory of our loved one and celebrate the promise of our Savior for those who know Him. While we mourn, we do so not as those who have no hope! Memorials can be made in lieu of flowers to Mountain Home Christian Academy, where she served previously as a volunteer, and which in turn served her regularly by supporting her for more than a decade through its Widow’s Ministry.
Maudie Viola Nail Robinson transitioned to eternal life on Monday, September 2nd, 2024, at the age of 78 years. She is preceded in death by her parents (Naymond Nail and Ora Lucy Smith Nail); her husband, Clifton Robinson; a son, Gary Robinson; her siblings and their respective spouses, Rainey and Billie Nail, Austin Nail, Doyle and Mary Lou Nail Baker; her sisterin-law, Mary Sid Dollar Nail; as well as a brother-in-law, Billy Joe Cook.
J.W. McWhorter of Hazen, Arkansas passed away Sunday afternoon, September 1 at Baptist Hospital North, with his family by his side.
J.W. was born to Judy (Weatherley) and Johnny McWhorter of the Johnson Chapel Community December 28, 1942. He attended Des Arc School through the 8th grade. Then he began farming with his dad. In 1963, he met and married Patricia (Bailey). After a very short courtship, one month, the young couple were married and made their home in Des Arc. The family was blessed with two children, Calvin and Judy.
She is survived by a brother, Dean Nail of Dallas, TX, and two sisters-in-law, Bonnie Oxford Nail of Biscoe and Debbie Robinson Cook (John Boyce) of Cabot; her children, Greg (Melody) Robinson of Hazen; Lonnie (Robin) Robinson of Mountain Home; a daughter-inlaw, Beth Novak Robinson of Hazen; ten grandchildren/bonus grandchildren: Katelyn Robinson Noah (Brett), Andrew Frazier, Vandon Robinson Dukes (Micah), Stone Robinson, Hunter Robinson, Caroline Robinson, Natalie Robinson, Mari Claire Robinson, Trinity Bobbitt and Blair Robinson; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other family members. She leaves behind a legacy of love to all who knew and loved her.
Maudie was raised on her parent’s farm in
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS PROBATE DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELLA CHARLENE HOLMES, DECEASED CASE NO.: 9SPR-24-21
NOTICE
Last known address of decedent: 604 West Crowly Street Hazen, Arkansas 72064
Date of Death: June 10, 2024
An Affidavit for Collection of Small Estate was filed on the 12th day of August, 2024. The estate to be collected contains real property in Prairie County, Arkansas, legally described as follows:
A Part of the North Half of Lot 3 of the Northwest Quarter of Section Nineteen, Township Two North, Range Five West, City of Hazen, Southern District of Prairie County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point 48.00 feet North and 30.00 feet East of the Southwest Corner of the North Half of Lot Three of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, T2N, R5W, thence East parallel with the South line of the said North half of Lot 3 a distance of 247.10 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 89 deg. 43 min. East a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence North 00 deg. 21 min. East a distance of 150.00 feet to a point; thence North 89 deg. 43 min. West a distance of 100.42 feet to a point; thence South 00 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. West a distance of 150.00 feet, returning to the point of beginning, containing 0.35 acre. Legal description taken from Trust Deed, Book 80 at Page 447, Prairie County Southern District Land Records.
All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.
This notice first published the 11th day of September, 2024.
Respectfully Submitted, Jackie Carroll Holmes 6674 Kelly Road Carlisle, Arkansas72024 (501) 516-6745
by Dr. James L. Snyder
Proverbs 17:22
Calvary Baptist Church West North Front Street, Hazen, AR Phone: (870) 255 - 4038
Christian VanHouten, pastor
Sunday School: 9:50 AM
Worship: 10:45 AM
BTC: 6 PM
Evening Worship 6:45 PM
Wednesday Bible Study: 7 PM
First Baptist Church
224 N. Hazen Ave. Hazen, AR 72064
Phone: (870) 255 - 4464
Sunday Service
Sunday School: 10:00 AM
Morning Worship: 11:00 AM
Evening Worship: 6:00
PM Wednesday Service
Adult Bible Study and Prayer 7:00 PM Children's Program 7:00
PM "HYPE" Youth 7:00 PM
Center Point Missionary
Baptist Church
2997, Center Point Road, Hazen, AR
Bro. Brad Crumby Pastor
Sunday School: 10 AM
For the first time in my life, I've been having health issues. It was nothing serious, but just enough to be aggravating. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has been very helpful with my medical issues. She arranges all of the medicine I'm supposed to take every day; otherwise, I probably wouldn't take any. She often asks me, "How are you today?" I look at her, smile, and say, "I'm fine." "No, you are not fine. Now take your medicine." Obviously, she doesn't think I'm fine, but I guess I'm fine with that. My health issues are very superficial, at least from my perspective. I get up in the morning, eat everything I can get a hold of, take a little nap in the afternoon, and do whatever I want to do. No matter what I do or don't do, I am still "not fine," according to The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. When I have a doctor's appointment, she usually accompanies me because she knows I will not remember anything the doctor says. Of course, she is
Worship: 10:50 AM BTC: 5 PM
Worship: 5:50 PM Wednesday - Youth Night - 6:30 PM
Hazen First United Methodist Church 211 North Hazen Avenue, Hazen, AR Phone (870) 255 - 4657
Pastor Chris Wright Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship Service: 10:55 AM
Hazen Church of Christ 204 Adams Street, Hazen, AR.
Phone (870) 255 - 3633
Sunday - Bible Study: 10
AM Worship Service: 11 AM Sunday Night: 6 PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7 PM
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Highway 86, Tollville, AR.
Worship Service: 9 AM Sunday School: 10:30AM
Family Christian Fellowship 603 W WashingtonHazen, AR. Pastor Scott Skarda
absolutely truthful about that. I hear what my doctor is saying, but I'm not always listening to what he says. The only thing I hear from the doctor is, "You're doing fine; keep up the good work."
Most health issues had to do with getting old. The older you get, the more your body seems to wear out. So, I'm going to continue getting as old as I can, even if it means hobbling down the road of life.
I noticed something rather interesting. Whenever I go to see a doctor, he or she is always looking for what's wrong with me. I never had a doctor examine me to find something that was right with me.
I know what that means, of course. If there's nothing wrong with me, the doctor has no job. If he does find something wrong, no matter how small, he at least has a job.
Several years ago, before I had these health issues, I went to my doctor every year for an annual checkup. Every time I went, the doctor ended the session by saying, "Somebody your age should have something wrong with
501-516-5971
Sunday: 10 AM, Wed, 6:30 PM
New Bethel MB Church 8525 New Bethel Road
P.O. Box 87 Hazen, AR.
Freddie
Pastor Bro.
McCann Sunday School 10 am Sunday Service 11 am
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Pastor Dyrek Foshee 7474 Highway 86 North, Hazen, AR
Sunday School: 10 AMService: 11 AM
Sunday Night: 5 PM
Prairie Chapel MB Church Center of North
Washington & Woodlawn, Hazen, AR.
Rev. Maurice WilliamsPastor
Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship: 11AM
Wednesday 7 PM Bible Study
Carlisle Pentecostal
Church of God Scott & McDonald Sts., Carlisle, AR.
Phone 501-438-1643
Pastor Daniel Strength
Sunday School: 10 AM
Sunday Worship Service: 11 AM
Sunday Evening Service: 6 PM Wednesday Evening Service: 7 PM
Mt Zion MB Church
Rt 2 Carlisle, AR
Rev. Cruthfield, Pastor Sun. School 9:45 A.M. Worship 11 A.M.
Wed Prayer & Bible Class 7 P.M.
Fellowship M. B. Church
Rev. Russell Penn, Jr.
Senior Pastor 209 E. Claire St. Des Arc, AR 72040 (870) – 256-3622
Sunday School – 9:45 am
Worship Service – 11:00 am
First Pentecostal Church of Prairie County 3201 Hwy. 70 E., Hazen, AR (870) 255-9177
Pastor J N Holmes
Sunday 10 A.M.
Wednesday 7 P.M.
First Baptist Church 319 Court St., P. O. Box 25, Carlisle, AR
Phone (870) 552 - 7732
David Lee - Pastor Sun School: 9:45 AM Worship: 11 AM Awana: 5 PMWorship: 7 PM
Holy Temple COGIC
Elder McFadden, Pastor
St. John's Lutheran Church
Fifth and College Streets, Stuttgart, AR
Phone (870) 673 - 2858
Rev. Andrew Toopes,
Pastor Worship: 8:00 am10:15 am
Sunday School & Bible
Class: 9:15 AM
Radio - KWAK 10:15 AM Sundays
www.stuttgartlutheran.com
Carlisle First Methodist Church
215 East Third St., Carlisle, AR
Pastor - Joe Lowe
Phone (870) 552 - 7789
Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship: 10:45 AM
Immanuel Baptist Church
Pastor Bill Ricks
Highway 13 North Carlisle, AR.
Phone (870) 552 - 3100
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Worship:11 AM
Sunday Evening: 6 PM
Wednesday Evening: 7 PM
them." He was always trying to find something wrong with me. It's a good thing I wasn't seeing a psychiatrist. I remember something happening at one of my yearly visits to the doctor. It was on a Monday, and the day before, I had an episode of shingles on the right side of my body. At the time, I didn't know what it was.
When I went to see the doctor on Monday, I showed him some of the marks on my right arm, and I've never seen my doctor so excited. He said, "Let me examine that. Something must be wrong."
Well, he examined it and re-examined it, and every time he examined it, his smile got bigger and bigger. Then, after his examination, he said, "You have been hit with the shingles."
Of course, I didn't know what that meant at the time, but he explained it, and every other sentence was a giggle. I'm one patient who never had anything wrong with them and finally has something wrong with him. That's what my doctor lives for. That was over five years ago, and it seems like my health went
Landmark Baptist Church 517 East Third, Carlisle, AR.
Phone (870) 552 - 3568
Pastor Albert Young
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Worship: 10:45 AM
BTC 6 PM - Worship 7
PM Wed. Evening: 7:30 PM
St. Rose Catholic Church Highway 70, Carlisle,AR.
Phone (870) 552 - 3601
Father Shaun Wesley
Sunday Mass
10:30AM English
12:00PM Spanish
Tuesday Mass 6:00 PM
Wednesday Mass in Spanish 5:30 PM
Holy Hour & Confessions 6:05 PM
Friday (except First Friday) Mass 8:30AM
Saturday Mass in English 5:00 PM
United Methodist Church of DeValls Bluff
Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff AR.
Pastor Chris Wright
Sunday Morning Worship: 9 AM
First Baptist Church of DeValls Bluff
Pastor Bobby Powers
P. O. Box 358 Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff, AR.
Phone (870) 998 - 7118
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Morning Worship: 11 AM
Evening Worship: 5 PM
Wednesday Evening: 7 PM
Mount Olive MB Church Highway 70, DeValls Bluff, AR.
Rev. Tony Haskins
Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship Service: 11 AM
Peppers Lake Church of Christ Hwy 302, SE of DeValls Bluff, AR.
Sunday-Bible Study: 10 AM
Worship: 11 AM Evening Service: 6 PM
Wednesday - Bible Study: 7 PM
Union Chapel FreeWill
Baptist Church Metcalf Road, Rt.1, DeValls Bluff, AR
Pastor Darrell Foster
Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Worship Service: 11 AM
Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church Highway 86, Slovak, AR.
Fr. Shaun Wesley, School: 9:45 AM Mass: 8:30 AM
Thursday Holy Hours 5:00 pm and Mass at 6:00pm
Biscoe Baptist Church Biscoe, AR.
Pastor David Rogers
Sunday School: 10 AM
Worship Service: 11 AM & 7 PM
Training 6 PMWed. Service 7 PM
First Assembly of God Hwy 33 and U.S. 70 Biscoe, Arkansas Sunday Services: 10:30 A.M., 6 P.M.
Wednesdays WNYG, Kids Club, Bible Study 7 P.M.
St. John's Baptist Church
Biscoe, AR 870-998-2777
Sunday School 10 A.M. Worship 11 A.M.
Rev. William Brownpastor
downhill after that. Not too much, just enough to be aggravating. I did spend several days in the hospital. I had a heart attack and had to have a stent put in. I had the Covid episode, which kept me locked in my house for two weeks. In spite of all of that, I seem to be getting back to some good health. I still have to have regular six-month physical checkups. I have a series of doctors that I have to see, and that just is life. Last week, for example, I had my six-month appointment to see my heart doctor. I had some tests taken a week before, and he was going to review them for me at this appointment. He went through all of the regular processes, examined my report, and finally, he was finished. As he was closing up my file, he simply said, "Sir, you are good."
I looked at him and said, "What did you say doctor?" "I said, you were good." Looking at him and then back at my wife, who was with me, I said, "Doctor, could you repeat that last word for me so my wife can hear it?"
Holy Temple Church of God in Christ Elder James Clark, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 AM Worship Service: 11 AM
Jehovah Community Temple Church 710 Sycamore St, DeValls Bluff, AR Elder Ronnie Mosby Sunday 10:30 AM Monday Bible School 7 PM Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Adam Bowman Hwy. 70 West of DeValls Bluff Sunday School-10:00
He looked at me, my wife, and then laughed and said, "good." I looked over at my wife, who was not smiling then, and said, "My dear, did you hear what the doctor said? Do you need the doctor to repeat it?"
Looking at me with no smile, she said, "I heard everything the doctor said." As we left the doctor's office, I smiled and said as I walked out, "I'm good." Let's see how The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage can handle that one.
For many years my favorite Bible verse has been, Proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” I realize there are many problems in life, but my focus should not be on that, but on the God who is bigger than any problem I might have. My faith in God creates a merry heart in my life.
Dr. James L. Snyder lives in Ocala, FL with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Telephone 1-352-2163025, e-mail jamessnyder51@gmail.com, website www.jamessnyderministries.com
