by Sheilla Lampkin | Sep 16, 2015 | News, News Archive
P.Q. Gardner, a Monticello businessman, community leader, and aerial gunner who had 35 missions over Nazi Germany during World War II, died Tuesday. He was a member of the 386th Bomb Group that had the most enviable record of all B-26 groups in terms of...
by Sheilla Lampkin | Nov 9, 2013 | Features
James Jordan was a decorated World War II veteran, an Arkansas legislator, Drew County judge, Drew County treasurer and mayor of Monticello. He often spoke at area Memorial Day and Veterans Day events giving tribute to veterans. It seems only fitting to remember and...
by Sheilla Lampkin | Jan 26, 2013 | Opinions
I’d like to introduce to readers the latest edition of the 2012 Drew County Historical Journal published in December. This year the Journal has only five articles, but they are “chock full” of lively, interesting facts about the history of our area. Last year...
by Sheilla Lampkin | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is the last of State Rep. Sheilla Lampkin’s 2012 series of tributes to World War II veterans. Louis McGuire of Monticello grew up on a farm in Alabama graduating from high school in 1942. McGuire had an older brother already in the Army so he was exempt...
by Sheilla Lampkin | Oct 31, 2012 | Features
In recognition of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, state Rep. Sheilla Lampkin writes about P.Q. Gardner, an aerial gunner who had 35 missions over Nazi Germany during World War II. Beginning in 1943 the European Air Offensive was unleashed on the German war machine...
