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The Smyrna Methodist Church located just to the west of Searcy is the oldest known church building still standing in the state. It was built in 1856 according to research done by David Stahle of the University of Arkansas Tree Ring Laboratory. [9] Searcy is also home to the oldest operational courthouse in the state, the White County Courthouse.
The paper was purchased in 1885 by James J. Baugh, who moved operations to Searcy and renamed it the White County Citizen. [1] Ownership of the newspaper passed to Baugh's son-in-law, M.P. Jones Jr., in 1940. [1] The paper remained in the Jones family until it was sold to Harte-Hanks Communications in 1977. [1]
Searcy County (/ ˈ s ɜːr s i / SUR-see) is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,828. [1] The county seat is Marshall. [2] The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory.
Funeral services for Carter, who died Dec. 29, essentially started Saturday at his home in Plains, Georgia. A procession to Atlanta followed for a moment of silence at the state Capitol Building ...
Rubi Patricia Vergara was an “avid reader” and full of artistic promise at age 14, according to her obituary. She sang and played keyboard in a family band and “shared a special bond with ...
Before joining the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Lazzaro was a star football player having won the Colorado State Championship in both 2013 and 2014 as part of the Pine Creek ...
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — which helped popularize Bob Dylan as the voice of a generation — co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic ...