The Nashville Leader

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff All four campuses of the Nashville School District were in the top three categories of school rankings released last week by the Arkansas Department of Education. Rankings were based on test scores and other data from the 2011-12 academic year. The state established five categories, with the top ranking [...]

A familiar year-end shopper descended upon Nashville recently. It was the annual shopping trip of Mrs. Claus, who arrived from the North Pole in search of Christmas presents for Santa and the elves. She made her usual stops, and kept an eye out for gifts for all on her rather lengthy list. While in Nashville [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff The Nashville School Board voted Monday night to purchase equipment, furnishings and other items to be used in the district’s facilities improvement project. Two of the purchases dealt with the cafeteria and media center under construction at Nashville Junior High School. Board members accepted a bid of $177,680 from [...]

Trial dates have been set for three people charged in connection with the 2011 death of a two-year-old Glenwood boy. Ruby Lee Justice, 65, of Glenwood is scheduled to go to trial Thursday, Dec. 6. She is charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution for allegedly hiding her son, Aaron Benji Shields, 36, also of Glenwood, [...]

A Nashville man, jailed Nov. 8 in Miller County in a probate court matter, remained in jail in Texarkana at mid-morning Tuesday. Bond of $102,000 has been set for Douglas Reese, co-administrator of an estate portion valued at more than $300,000. A third party was supposed to receive one-third of the portion, but has received [...]

The Nashville Junior High School basketball teams split a pair of games Monday night in the opening round of the Dierks Junior Tournament. The Scrapperettes defeated the Umpire girls 39-9. Kee Richardson led the junior girls with 9 points, followed by Maddi Horton with 8, McKayla Vines and Hanna White with 6 each, and Kendall [...]

There was a good omen and a bad omen for the Mineral Springs Hornets before their quarterfinal playoff game at Carlisle, Friday night. The bad omen: An electrical failure foiled Mineral Springs’ attempt to inflate the giant, golden Hornet ‘run-thru’ for the team’s arrival on the playing field. The good omen: A pre-game aerial fireworks [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff PRAIRIE GROVE – The season ended for the Nashville Scrappers Friday night on a cold field in northwest Arkansas. Prairie Grove (12-0) came from behind to defeat the Scrappers 41-34 in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs. The loss left the Scrappers with a 10-3 record after the [...]

Twenty Scrappers received All-Conference honors from District 7-4A following the football season. First team All-Conference selections include Joel Hendry, Tesean Green, LaVonte Thomas,, Ja-Karee Gaines, Kyler Lawrence, Jacolby Crow and Donyell King. Second team All-Conference includes Cameron Alexander, Tyler Parker, Traveon Muldrow, Jalen Whitmore, Nolan Webster, Juan Quintero and Jacolbi Lampkin. Honorable mentions include ustin [...]

The Murfreesboro Rattlers had the ball on offense for a total of 36.5 seconds in the first quarter of Friday’s 2A playoff quarterfinal match with the Walnut Ridge Bobcats. The Rattlers, besieged by a strong Bobcat defense, struggled to recover the remainder of the game, resulting in a 50-26 loss to end their season. Friday’s [...]

Once again the true spirit of Christmas was shown by residents of Nashville and neighboring areas through the 2012 Operation Christmas Child project. Our goal for 2012 was 7,500 shoe boxes – and the final total was 10,202 shoe boxes!!! The boxes are sent to children who are trying to survive famine, earthquakes, other natural disasters, [...]

OUR THANKSGIVING meal was to be at night, so at midday Thursday, daughter Julie and I went out in search of a modest burger to hold us until turkey time. Nothing was open in Little Rock. Nothing. Not a McD’s or Burger King or Sonic. Nada. “Let’s look for a Chinese restaurant or some Mexican [...]

Dana Marie Minton — Beloved Mom, Groovy, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Cousin and Friend left this world to  begin her new life in Heaven on Nov. 25, 2012. Dana  was born Aug. 20, 1957 in Little Rock, Ark., to Dan and Marie Minton who now reside in Nashville, Ark. She was a graduate of Nashville High School in [...]

Rev. Reynold L. Miller, 84, of Tollette died Nov. 18, 2012 at a Texarkana hospital. He was born June 19, 1928 at Tollette. He had been pastor of area churches for 49 years, and was a member of F.T. Jeans Memorial CME Church in Tollette. Survivors include: His wife, Elizabeth Miller; sons, Donnie Stevenson of [...]

H. J. Payne, 92, of Hope, Ark., died Nov. 22, 2012 in Prescott. He was born July 30, 1927 in Center Point, Ark., to the late Henry J. Sr. and Helen Rooks Payne. He was a member of the Hope Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, June Payne; three sisters [...]

Jimmy Charles White, 48, of Dierks, Arkansas, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 in Nashville. He was born Dec. 14, 1963 in De Queen, Ark. Survivors include: his parents, Charles and Ruth Terry White of Dierks; two brothers, Danny and Bette White of Dierks and Phillip and Maria White of Bentonville. Graveside funeral services under direction [...]

Sarah (Sadie) Bell Cox Darby, 78, of Murfreesboro died Nov. 23, 2012 in Murfreesboro She was born Dec. 15, 1933 in Pike County, the daughter of the late Leonard and Edna Womack Cox. She was preceded in death by four husbands, Clarence Bostic, J.M. Garner, Jimmy Winston Cox, and Jesse Darby; a brother, Glen Cox, [...]

Harvie Sue Jones, 86, of Murfreesboro, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 in a Hot Springs hospital. She was born Aug. 25, 1926 in Broken Bow, Okla., the daughter of the late John and Delphia Cox Darby. She was a member of the Saline Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold [...]