Birthdays

  Bakersfield’s track relay team competed at sectionals last week, and while they didn’t advance to state, the team did achieve a personal record. Shown are Nathan Watlington, Gaige Samuels, Coach Tammy Lamb, Jacob Watlington, Brooks Amburgy, Amani Kowiti and assistant Kurt Watlington.

Ozark County native Raymond Howard, who turns 100 on Nov. 14, showed his grandmother Phoebe Luna’s clay pipe when he attended an Ozark County reunion of the descendants of Zanoni-area pioneers Elisha and Eliza Luna in 2016.
Ozark County native Raymond Howard will celebrate his 100th birthday at a party hosted by his family from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Senior Center on Washington Avenue in Marshfield.  Raymond was born Nov. 14, 1922, in Dora, the son of Pete and Della Howard. He is a descendant of...
Jacob Pardo and Morgan Conger of West Plains, are the parents of a baby boy, Maklin Jett Pardo.  He was born at 7:22 a.m. July 18, 2022, at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains. He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.  His siblings are Lawson, 7, Jynsyn, 7, Benton, 5, Graceyn, 4, and...

Lena Blanche Tackitt Langston Harden, shown above at age 14
A special 100th birthday celebration will be held for Lena Blanche Tackitt Langston Harden from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at the Caulfield Community Building. “Blanche,” as she’s known around the community, was born at Lavaca, Arkansas, to Willis and Martha Hill Tackitt.  She was married to...
Isabella resident Margie Payton will celebrate her 95th birthday Saturday, July 30, doing the things she enjoys in her house on Rainbow Ridge overlooking Haskins Ford.  The Times has written about Margie’s birthdays since she turned 90 and was honored with a surprise party at Theodosia United...

Photo above, left: This photo of Colene Pitcock Rose and her husband, Bill Ed, is believed to have been taken sometime in the 1950s. They were married Jan. 11, 1952. Bill Ed died in 2010. Colene celebrated her 90th birthday on May 2. Photo above, right: Colene Rose is surrounded by family members in the photo, pictured left to right, grandson Chris McGee and his wife Brittany, granddaughter Casey McGee, great-granddaughter Khloe, son Paul Rose and great-grandson Jaxon McGee.
Colene Pitcock Rose celebrated her 90th birthday Sunday with more than 70 relatives and friends at Smith Chapel church of Christ, the little country church near Zanoni she has lived near and attended all her life. The party was held following the regular Sunday service with several cousins and...
David Charles “Butch” Wordsworth will celebrate his 80th birthday on Saturday, April 30.  He was born April 30, 1942, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Shorty and Gladys Wordsworth.  Butch moved to Ozark County in 1954. He enlisted in the Navy and enjoyed a long career from which he retired in 1977.  He moved...

Billy Gene Ray celebrated his 90th birthday at Billy Gail’s Restaurant in Ozark. He’s pictured here with his birthday cake.
Billy Gene Ray turned 90 on Feb. 25 and celebrated with his family at Billy Gail’s Restaurant in Ozark.  Bill and his wife, Nadine Griffin, who now live in Battlefield, grew up at Romance and attended the one-room Romance School together. They have been married for 68 years.  Bill graduated from...
  Jacob and Ashley Shrable of Pottersville are the parents of a baby boy, Jeremiah Kruze Shrable, born Nov. 19, 2021, at 4:48 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains.  He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 and 1/2 inches long.  His sister is Mavlynn, 4.  His grandparents are Brian and Kim Hollis...
Westley and Taylor Suter of Gainesville are the parents of a baby girl, Gentry June Suter, born Dec. 1 2021, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 18.5 inches long.  Grandparents are Cathy Clary and Jama Berry of Gainesville, Bobby...

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