Category: Summer 2013

SAU to host nationally televised football game

Continuing their partnership with the CBS Sports Network (CBSSN), the NCAA has announced their 2013 slate of Division II games to be aired live through the nationally-televised network. As part of this, it has been announced that Southern Arkansas’ home game on October 3 against Harding University will be among

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Unamba signs with St. Louis Rams as a free agent

Former Southern Arkansas All-America cornerback Don Unamba has signed a free-agent deal with the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). The signing came shortly after the conclusion of the 2013 NFL Draft. Unamba was only one of six to make the team and sign with the Rams

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Mustard Seed Financial: From SAU seed to success

Dr. David Ashby became interested in finance early. He was inspired by watching people and their spending habits, noting how some high income families managed to spend all their money while others on more modest incomes were able to accumulate comfortable nest eggs that would allow them to retire comfortably.

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Third Annual Champagne Bingo a big success

The Third Annual Ladies Only Champagne Bingo, sponsored by the SAU Alumni Association, scored a touchdown in fundraising for the Mulerider football team. “It only took three hours for the ladies of champagne bingo to raise a record $8,000 for the SAU Mulerider Football Team,” said SAU Director of Alumni

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Jude Meriwether Harman

Summer 2013 Little Muleriders

Angela (Stone) ’09 and Matthew Adcock ’09 proudly announce the birth of their second son, Rohan Navid Adcock, on May 7, 2013. He weighed 10 lbs. and 10 oz. and was 22 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big brother, Darius Adcock. Kimberly (Franks) ’99 and Jon Bailey proudly

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Summer 2013 Class News

1940-1949 Julius Elmore ’48 recently published “Stories of the Wracken Sacker: Reflections of the War Between the States.” He began the book to tell the story of his grandfather’s service from 1861-1865, but after several years of work he had compiled a history of many families in Columbia, Union, and

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Summer 2013 Anniversaries

Darlene and David Atkins ’89, ’03 celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on August 14, 2012. Dorothy and Morris Campbell celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 7, 2012. They were married on Dec.7, 1952, at the First Baptist Church of Springhill, Louisiana. The couple commemorated their diamond anniversary with a

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Summer 2013 Weddings

Shay (Barbaree) ’06 and Grant Kaldem ’06 were married on June 30, 2012, at the Newton House in El Dorado. Lora (Callicott) ’09 and Christopher Owen were married on September 15, 2012, at Garrison Gardens in Texarkana. Lynsey (Chitwood) ’05 and Joshua Collins were married September 29, 2012, at the

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Julie Hartsfield

Summer 2013 Memorials

1930-1939 Ila Verne “Sallye”(Crisp) Franks ’33, January 18, 2013 Ruth Agnes McGuire ’34, December 18, 2013 1940-1949 Junette (Wade) Arcus ’41, January 25, 2013 Martha (Mullins) Hall ’45, April 30, 2013 Robert McGill ’49, January 27, 2013 Wallace M. Story ’47, January 18, 2013 Billy Jack Wynns ’48, January 17, 2013 1950-1959 Johnson Baker ’59, January 17, 2013

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