Editor’s note: The following article is part of a series on prominent Warren citizens in honor of Black History Month. Alderwoman Dorothy Henderson has achieved and maintained Level 1 and Level 2 Municipal Official Certification plus has 15 core educational hours of study in subject matters such as budgeting personnel management and the methods of…
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Janice Reddick has dedicated 29 years to helping local student-athletes
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles highlighting prominent black leaders in Warren in honor of Black History Month. Long before she became known for coaching winning tracksters, Janice Reddick became co-owner of a funeral home. Now, 29 years later, she and her family still operate Reddick Funeral Home, with her as…
Meet Mad Butcher’s Patrick Marshall
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles highlighting prominent black leaders in Warren in honor of Black History Month. Patrick Marshall is a Banks native who has steadily worked his way up the ladder to become the manager of The Mad Butcher grocery store in Warren. He has four children: Latoya Steele,…
Arkansas Black Bears program presented at Warren Library
Laura Rogers with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission presented “Arkansas Black Bears” at the Warren Branch Library recently. She read the book “Black Bear Cub” by Alan Lind and shared some really cool facts about the bears that live here. Did you know that a baby cub only weighs one pound at birth? Now…
Margaret Ann Baker Black, 1947-2022
Margaret Ann Baker Black age 74 died January 11, 2022 in Atlanta, TX. She was born March 11, 1947.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gordan Black, her parents, Jimmie and Hazel Godwin Baker, two sisters, Gail Baker Johnson, and Billie Sharon Baker, age 3. She is survived by her sisters Kay Curry…
Celebrating Black History Month: Meet five local African-American leaders making an impact in Bradley County
Editor’s note: The following are profiles of prominent African-American leaders in Warren, in honor of Black History Month in February. Jerry Daniels Jerry Daniels has spent all of his 64 years in Warren, as he was born and raised here. A total of 44 of those years were spent as a logyard coordinator for Potlatch…
Margaret Ann Baker Black, 1947-2022
Margaret Ann Baker Black age 74 died January 11, 2022 in Atlanta, TX. She was born March 11, 1947.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gordan Black, her parents, Jimmie and Hazel Godwin Baker, two sisters, Gail Baker Johnson, and Billie Sharon Baker, age 3. She is survived by her sisters Kay Curry…