Brinkley News Network

08/15/2024

Why don't pictures like this ever trend 🥰 ❤️😴😢
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Beautiful cabin crew 🌹
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08/11/2024

Unrelated to Brinkley or East Arkansas News but just know if anyone expresses language like this on our page, they will be called out and blocked. Reverting to racial slurs is unacceptable.

08/08/2024

Youth Workshop and Basketball Clinic

Youth event in Brinkley August 16-17, 2024 with special guests, Arthur Agee of Hoop Dreams and Herb “Flight Time” Lang, Retired Globetrotter

A 2-day youth workshop will be held in Brinkley on August 16 at 5:15pm and

August 17 at 9am with various partners including Arthur Agee of Hoop Dreams (1994 sports documentary), Herb “Flight Time” Lang, retired Globetrotter and Brinkley native, and .

Activities will include:

-a booktalk and excerpt screening of Hoop Dreams on Friday at C. B. Partee Elementary Cafeteria (expected)

-a life skills workshop based on Hoop Dreams and a workshop about family history and preservation highlighting Lang’s memoir, Projects, Popes, and Presidents on Saturday also at Partee Elementary

-a basketball clinic immediately following the Saturday workshop(s) at the Brinkley High School Snowden Gymnasium

The event model is steered by Preservation of African-American Cemeteries and Afro-American

Historical and Genealogical Society-Arkansas and funded in part by the Arkansas Black History Commission. Interested youth and families are invited to attend and should register at bit.ly/ourpastourfuture. The event is also seeking local speakers/panelist and basketball clinic sponsors.

For general information visit bit.ly/ourpastourfuture or contact Deidre Douglas Williams at 501-503-1448.

08/08/2024

08/06/2024

Brinkley High School will be a phone-free zone for the 24-25 school year. The goal is to minimize distractions, increase engagement, improve classroom management, cultivate a work environment that will retain staff and students, and improve safety and security. Students' phones will remain in their possession, locked in a Yondr Pouch. More information will be forthcoming at open house on August 8, 4-7 PM.

08/06/2024

08/05/2024

Join us as we embark on our back-to-school tour in memory of the incredible Mrs. Vernetta Burks. Mrs. Vernetta Burks was a dedicated educator and community servant who touched the lives of countless individuals.

We will be serving five counties in eastern Arkansas: Monroe County, Phillips County, Lee County, St. Francis County. Our goal is to provide resources and support to area School Districts, churches, and non profits in their support of area students and families as they prepare to return to school this fall.

Please get involved and support this important initiative. Let's continue this great legacy of education and community service together. 📚🍎

08/02/2024

Garry Lee Webb was born on June 21, 1972, in Little Rock, Arkansas to Mae Frances Webb and Earl Baker Sr.

Garry was raised in a Christian home by his mother and stepfather, Tommy Lee “T.L.” Shelton, who cared for Garry as his own son. While growing up, his mother Mae Frances Webb-Shelton would often take Garry to church with her.

Garry matriculated in the Brinkley Public School district and was a 1990 graduate of Brinkley High School.

“Six-Fo” or “6’4” as he was better known, was a people person. He loved entertaining people with his witty sense of humor and “smart” remarks. Being a man who enjoyed the outdoors, he loved hunting & fishing, and all types of wild game. To know “6’4” was to love him. He always had a joke for you, and he NEVER met a stranger.

On Saturday, July 27, 2024, God saw Garry Lee Webb grow weary. He sent His Angels to Unity Health in Searcy, Arkansas to bring Garry to eternal rest. Awaiting his arrival in Glory were his father, Earl “Narcotic” Baker Sr., his mother Mae Frances Webb-Shelton, his daughter Amarie Keon Webb, brothers Ernest Shelton, Anthony “Tony” Baker, and Tommy Webb.

He leaves to cherish his memories, his bonus father Tommy Lee “T.L.” Shelton of Brinkley, AR, his sons Garry Diquan Webb of Conway, AR, Garrieon Carnell Webb of Jacksonville, AR, A’darius Lee Webb of Little Rock, AR, a daughter Isabel Anna Webb of McCrory, AR, grandson Elijah Amari Webb of Maumelle, AR, brothers Kenon K. Shelton (Kesha) of Jonesboro, AR, James A. Shelton of Portland, OR, Earl Baker Jr. of Peoria, IL, Carl E. Baker of Little Rock, AR, Thomas E. Baker Sr. (Janet) of Brinkley, AR, Barry Baker of Dallas, TX, Anthony Shelton (Briana) of Vancouver, WA, and Skyler McMillion (Kelly) of California City, CA, sisters Keana D. Shelton of Dallas TX and Charlotte D. Baker of Brinkley, AR, and a host of relatives and friends who loved him dearly.

Public viewing will take place on Friday August 9, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Branscumb Funeral Home. Funeral will take place on Saturday August 10, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Branscumb Funeral Home (911 N. Main Street, Brinkley, AR). Burial will take place at Macedonia Cemetery in Fargo, Arkansas by Branscumb Funeral Home "The assurance of respect, and the commitment of service..." (870) 734-2772

08/02/2024

07/30/2024

Larry Joe Hood, 78, passed away in Forrest City on July 26th, 2024. He was born in Brinkley to the late David Riley Hood and Lula Bell Culver Hood on November 25th, 1945. Larry graduated from Brinkley High School in 1964. He served six years in the National Guard during which time he went through Basic Training at Fort Campbell before joining the Artillery Unit during Advanced Individual Training. Larry enjoyed the Artillery Division but was flipped to Infantry where he spent every weekend running the hills of Bear Creek in Marianna. After he left the National Guard, Larry was a fuel dealer for over 20 years at Weise Gas. He would end up retiring at the United States Postal Service as a Rural Route Carrier. Larry also enjoyed playing golf, especially with his late wife Judy, who he was married to for 56 years until her death in June of 2024. Those remaining to cherish Larry’s memory are grandson, Mark Hood; brother Danny Ray Hood; and a host of other family and friends. He is preceded in death by his spouse, Judy; parents, Riley and Lula Hood; along with one son, Kirk Hood; and six siblings, David Hood, Bill Hood, Darlene Booker, Betty Shaw, Judy Taylor, and Jimmy Lee. A graveside service will be held at Upper Cemetery, Brinkley on Wednesday, July 31st at 1:00 pm.