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THE NASHVILLE HH HH Preserving SouthwestNews-LEADER Arkansas’s Heritage While Leading Through the 21st Century Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 u Vol. 17, Issue 26 u 16 pages, 2 sections u 75¢ Leader Primary Care Board event features www.swarkansasnews.com snacks, Santa The Nashville High School FBLA with advisers Lacy Britt and Carolanne Pinegar worked with Christy Young and Vicki Cook on another Primary Care Christmas. More than 50 sponsors from the schools and Nashville community from the News-Leader! provided Christmas gifts for 61 Nashville Primary School children. Students were invited to a party full of fun, games, snacks and a visit Christmas from Mr. And Mrs. Claus. trees find At the end of the party all stu- dents returned home with a sack new life as full of wrapped gifts from their per- fish habitats sonalized list of needs and wishes. News-Leader photos/JOHN R. SCHIRMER LITTLE ROCK — PRIMARY CARE. Mrs. Santa and Instead of setting your Santa Claus listen to kids’ Christ- used Christmas tree by mas wishes during Primary Care the curb the day after sponsored by the Nashville High Christmas, why not give School Future Business Leaders it a second life as fish of America. habitat in your local lake? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has drop-off locations across the state to leave your tree for an angler to use in their next brush- pile. AGFC Christmas tree drop-off locations work sort of like a take-a-pen- ny, leave-a-penny tray at a cash register. Anyone can drop off their tree, and anyone is welcome to take them to sink their own brushpiles. Anglers sinking brush should call ahead to make sure sinking brush is allowed in the body of water where they want to sink the trees. Anglers also should make sure all ornaments, lights and tinsel are removed from the tree before sinking. Not only do they carry the same sort of environmental HELPING OUT. FBLA members Ella Ragar (left) and Maddie Pinkerton (right) help BUSY TABLE. Hope McCauley (seated, background) problem, they eventu- students with their projects during Primary Care at NHS. works with the primary school students. ally separate from the tree and become trash that can entangle fishing Preliminary lures, motors and wildlife. “We sink our brush- schematic A preliminary schematic of the Nashville piles with standard cinder blocks tied to the tree of arts center School District’s proposed performing with either parachute arts center has been sent to the Arkan- cord or heavy baling sent to state sas Department of Education Facilities wire,” Wyatt said. “These By John R. Schirmer Division. The division will determine materials last for an News-Leader staff The Nashville School whether or not the project qualifies for extremely long time and state partnership funding. keep the tree anchored District has submitted a to one spot.” preliminary schematic of a Trees can be dropped proposed performing arts off at any of the following center to the Arkansas De- locations until the end of partment of Education Fa- January: cilities Division. Bois d’Arc Lake – It will be up to the divi- Kidd’s Landing or Hat- sion to determine whether field Access. or not the project qualifies Millwood Lake – Cot- for state partnership fund- tonshed, White Cliffs ing, according to Superin- Recreation Areas and tendent Doug Graham. the Millwood State Park “Obviously, we’re in the ramp on the point. planning stages, just to be Dierks Lake – Jeffer- discussed,” Graham said. son Ridge South Recre- “After the school board ation Area. approved the center on De Queen Lake – Any our master plan, the state U.S. Army Corps of Engi- requested a schematic.” neers boat ramp Architect Craig Boone of Gillham Lake – Any Architecture Plus worked U.S. Army Corps of Engi- See Center • Page 5A neers boat ramp Lake Greeson – New Cowhide Cove and Self Creek Recreation areas. NHS history class Terre Noire Lake – Terre Noire Lake Access. wins food drive Hope – AGFC Re- gional Office on U.S. title for 2nd year Highway 67 East. Following two weeks of intense competition, the canned food drive at Nashville High School produced Inside the News-Leader 4,000 cans for the Bread of Life Soup Obituaries, 2A Kitchen. Early Files, 3A Second block classes at NHS com- Opinion, 4A peted against each other, with AP/ Trends, B Concurrent U.S. History winning for the second year in a row. Students Classifieds, 7B collected almost 1,800 cans. Holiday concert, 8B The Spanish class was the runner- up with 1,400 cans. Total collections among all second block classes set a school record. National Honor Society and the NHS Student Council sponsored the News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMER competition. The winners received BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS. The Advanced Placement/Concurrent U.S. History class last week a country-style breakfast cooked by won the canned food drive at Nashville High School for the second year in a row. Students collected NHS media specialist Fran Strawn, nearly 1,800 cans for the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen. Honor Society sponsor. 2A Obituaries Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 Nashville News-Leader Obituaries Local nurse tis Abernathy officiating. grandchildren; two sisters phreys, Levi Humphreys; arrested again Interment was in Mur- and four brothers. his brother, Dr. John H. freesboro Cemetery under He was preceded in Humphreys; his nieces, the direction of Davis-Smith death by his parents, two Rachael Jaramillo, Mary Ja- Latest charges involve Funeral Home, Glenwood. brothers and four sisters. nousek, April Humphreys, Pallbearers were Clyde Mr. Hughes was sent for and Ashley Ward, and other child pornography Keys, Doug Shukers, Al Ter- cremation under the direc- family and friends. rell, Marty Withers, Rusty tion of the Beasley Wood TJ is preceded in death A local nurse practitioner Silvey, and Jim O’Neal. Funeral Home. A memorial by his parents, Thomas Jef- arrested last month for video Honorary pallbearers in- service will be announced at ferson Humphreys, Sr. and voyeurism was arrested cluded Mark Brock, John W. a later date. Irma Mae Frazier; and his again Friday, Dec. 20, this Collins, Thomas and Zetta son, Justin M. Humphreys. time on charges of child Crocker, Diane Keys, Cindy In lieu of flowers, me- pornography, according to Smith, Joan Withers, Faye morial donations may be Hempstead County Sheriff Cargile and Joe Ledbetter. given to Immanuel Baptist, James A. Singleton. Memorials may be made (PO Box 212, Nashville, Singleton said Justice Lee Curtis Turner, Sr. to Trinity Missionary Baptist AR 71852), or to the Justin West, 30, of Blevins was Curtis Turner, Sr., age Church, 119 Hwy. 27, Mur- M. Humphreys Memorial arrested around 8 a.m. by 89, of Murfreesboro, passed freesboro, AR 71958. Scholarship Fund, ( PO Box Hempstead County inves- away on Monday, Dec. 16, Guest registry is at www. 1990, State University, AR tigators, who had seized 2019. davis-smith.com. 72467: 870-972-3362, A State West’s cellphone and ex- He was born on Jan. 17, Foundation.org; ID Num- ecuted a search warrant on 1930 in Telephone, Texas, ber: 50180899), at Arkansas the phone and his iCloud the son of Thomas Terrell State University in Jones- account. Singleton said in- Justice L. West Turner and Macy Carnell boro. vestigators found images Murfreesboro and had been Merritt Turner. On May The family of Dr. TJ of nude juveniles depicting placed on administrative 27, 1950, he was married to Humphreys wish to thank sexual contact with other leave pending without pay. Mary Armstrong. He was Dr. Mohammad Waqas, Dr. juveniles. The clinic was unavailable preceded in death by his Dr. Thomas Jefferson Thurston Bauer and their West was arrested for for comment concerning parents; his brother, Bobby (TJ) Humphreys, Jr. staff; as well as all the Staff three counts of distributing, West’s employment status. Gene Turner; and an infant Dr. Thomas Jefferson, at CHI St. Vincent’s Infir- possessing or viewing of A spokesman for CHI St. sister. (TJ) Humphreys, Jr., 64 of mary of Little Rock. matter depicting sexually Vincent told the newspaper Curtis was active in Pike Saratoga, peacefully passed Mary L. Parker explicit conduct involving in November he could not County politics having away on Dec. 19, 2019, in Mary L. Parker, 76, of De a child (a Class A felony for confirm when West began served the county as Trea- Lawrence ‘Larry’ Little Rock. Queen, died Friday, Dec. the first offense and Class working in Murfreesboro, surer and County Judge. He Ray Hughes Graveside funeral ser- 20, 2019. B felony for subsequent of- but released the following served a total of 26 years in Mr. Lawrence “Larry” vices will be held Monday, She was born May 9, fenses). statement afternoon con- those county offices. Ray Hughes, age 79, of December 23, 2019, at 11: 00 1943, in De Queen, the He was transported and cerning West’s status with He had also worked at Cove, Ark., passed away a.m. at Corinth Cemetery, daughter of the late Ollie booked on the new charges the clinic: one time as a butcher for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 at in Nashville. Bro. Brent and Josie Cure Stover. into the Hempstead County “Upon notification by Roland’s Grocery and the his home. Thompson of Immanuel She was a member Detention Facility. authorities, CHI St. Vincent Lil Man’s City Market. Cur- He was born on Dec. Baptist Church will be offici- of Kern Heights Baptist West was first arrested in placed the employee in ques- tis was a former member of 14, 1939, in Artesia, New ating.

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