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Icon Country Music Legend Mickey Gilley Passes Away at Age 86 in Branson

Mickey Gilley was born to Arthur Fillmore Gilley and Irene née Lewis Gilley in Natchez, Mississippi. Gilley’s first wife was Geraldine Garrett, whom he married in 1953, at 17 years old; they divorced in 1961. She was the mother of three of his four children; Keith Ray, Michael, and Kathy. Gilley’s second wife, whom he married in 1962, was Vivian McDonald, together they have a son, Gregory. Mickey and Cindy Loeb, his longtime friend and business associate, were married in June 2020.
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Flippin’s Shannon Smith, winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition

Washington, DC— Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced Shannon Smith, a senior at Flippin High School, as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District. Shannon’s artwork, entitled “Portrait of Many Colors,” will now be sent to Washington, D.C. and displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.
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Election Laws

Little Rock – Last year the legislature enacted a series of new election laws, and four of them were challenged in court by plaintiffs who argued that they restricted voting rights. In March the four new laws were stricken by a circuit judge after a trial of four days.
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