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Warren Stanley Wood II was born on December 8, 1927, and left this Earth on July 20, 2021, at the age of ninety-three years, seven months, and 12 days. Stan (as he liked to be called) was born in Tillar Arkansas, the son of Stanley Hammock Wood and Blanche Hodgson Wood. Blanche wanted her only son to be named after his father while Stanley H. wanted to name him after his father. The compromise was to name Stan after his grandfather but call him Stan Jr. Warren Stanley Wood II
When Stanley Sr purchased the local Chevrolet dealership, Stan moved with his family to Batesville at 12 years old and was a Batesville resident for the remainder of his life. As a youth, he was charged with sweeping out the dealership every morning before school and he never relinquished that task for the duration of his life-long working career at the Chevrolet Place. He also raised chickens and sold eggs in the dealership showroom during World War II to aid in the war effort. At 16, he and three other Bat
OPINION | REX NELSON: Independence Day musings
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Rex Nelson
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Today at 1:46 a.m.
What a difference a year makes. When we marked Independence Day in 2020, the country was at its lowest point in my lifetime.
Residing in the White House was a mean, vulgar, intellectually challenged man with no idea how to confront the crises facing the country. His career had been based on the bluffing and bravado that characterize all bullies, and he was learning that those tactics no longer worked.
The nation faced its most serious pandemic in more than a century, and no one was quite yet sure when an effective vaccine would be available. City streets remained empty, and families celebrated the Fourth of July in the yard rather than at large fireworks shows.
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