The line started forming well before daybreak Saturday as thousands of cars showed up to receive free food donated by the Karl Malone family and friends at a COVID-19 relief distribution held at Malone Toyota in Ruston.
Ann Marie Roberts passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Ruston, LA. Due to the pandemic, a private graveside service will be held this week at Kilpatrick’s Memorial Gardens. A memorial mass in her honor will be held at St. Thomas Aquinas Church at a later date.
A private service for Lynda Gayle Fairley Taylor was held on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, AR, with Dr. Dave McKinney presiding.
Private family services for Barbara Jean Tryon, 75, of Farmerville, LA,, will be held on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Farmerville with Rev. Michael McIntosh officiating.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Karl Malone earned his nickname of “Mailman” as a Louisiana Dunkin’ Dog in the 1980s because of his propensity for always delivering winning efforts when the Bulldogs needed them most.
Even as Louisiana ventures into Phase One of the Trump administration’s Opening Up America Again economic rejuvenation plan, the novel coronavirus continues to kick the state’s budget in the behind.
Kadee Malone directs traffic during Saturday’s food distribution organized by the Malone family at Karl Malone Toyota. Leader photos by T. SCOTT BOATRIGHT
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