Anna Sue Pool Aaron, 78 of Tillar, Arkansas was born October 27, 1935 in Dardanelle and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Eulene Haynes Pool. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church in Tillar. Mrs. Aaron passed away September 3, 2014 in McGehee. Her parents and husband, William “Bill” Aaron, Sr preceded her in death.
Survivors are one son, Russ Aaron of Tillar; daughters, Debra Dean of Florence and Fitchy Posey of Tillar; three brothers, George Paul Lowery of Texas, Ted Lowery of Mer Rouge, Louisiana and Marvin Lowery of Bastrop, Louisiana and a sister, Ruth Outlaw of Bastrop, Louisiana; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation was held on Thursday, September 4, 2014. Funeral services held Friday, September 5, at 2:00 pm, First Baptist Church in Tillar with Rev. Dennis Green officiating and burial in Jefferson Cemetery. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Tillar, Arkansas. Arrangements are by Griffin Funeral Home, Dumas, Arkansas.

The specifics of the manslaughter and second-degree attempted murder charges are…..

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The jury returned at 2:30 with verdicts of “Guilty of 1st Degree Murder & Abuse of a Corpse”.

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After an hours deliberation , The jury returned at 2:30 with verdicts of…. (more…)

The defense’s closing began at 1pm, with Gary Potts repeating that this case is about an accidental death, not a murder.

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At 11 am, Judge Sam Pope explained the definitions of 1st and 2nd degree murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide, and abuse of a corpse, before the state presented their closing argument.

The state pointed to the inconsistencies of Williams’ interviews, as well as questions about his history of seizures and 7-8 “recent injuries.”

Court took lunch recess at 12:00, and the defense will offer their closing when court resumes.

The defense called 2 witnesses and rested in the first degree murder trial of Freddie Williams, in the death of Tangela Walton in 2013.

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A state crime lab forensic expert was called to the stand at 9 am, Friday, in the 1st degree murder trial of Freddie Williams , in the death of Tangela Walton, on April 5, 2013.

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An Arkansas State Police investigator was next to testify, mainly about the recovery of Ms. Walton’s remains, just  634 feet from Williams’ residence, at 3:30.
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In the next 15 minute video (from Monday, April 15) Williams told officers that the victim had called him to pick her up in Warren, which he did.

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At 2 pm, the defense showed a 30 minute video of Williams, made at the Monticello Police Dept. on April 10, with the addition of a State Police investigator.

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Testimony began at 1 pm , with a detective from the Warren Police Dept., who had investigated Ms . Walton’s disappearance.

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attorney Gary Potts took the podium at 11:10, describing the suspect and victims relationship and intimacy, previously and on the day of her accidental death by asphyxiation.

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At 10:50, the prosecution began describing the victim’s last day, to the jury, including use of cellular tower locations and times, which stopped during the afternoon.

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Court began at 9:00, with roll call, as the possible jurors were seated in order.

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Jury selection began at. 9:00 this morning in circuit court for Freddie Lee Williams .

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McComb, Mississippi Enterprise-Journal’s headline from Oct. 21, 2011, “Federal Ccourt to hear Meter Lawsuit” still brings back bad memories from that towns dealings with Siemens.

McComb’s breach of contract lawsuit against Siemens Public Inc. was to be decided in U.S. Southern District Court after the case, initially filed in Circuit Court, was transferred.

The city’s prior board of mayor and selectmen approved a $4.5 million project with Siemens to install 6,900 automated water meters in January 2010. The meters were installed but not on time, and the city began having software problems related to water readings.

The suit sought a declaratory judgment that Siemens “materially and substantially” breached the contract, and the city owed no further debt to Siemens.

The suit alleged, Siemens missed five target dates, to provide a complete drive-by meter reading system, in addition to the target date for the fixed-base system. It also alleged that Siemens did not perform required tests and maintenance-related tasks for the meter-reading software.

“In breach of its duties, (Siemens) was reckless, negligent and careless in the discharge of its contract,” the suit reads. “The project will not in any way meet the requirements of the (city).”

The full report is available at the Enterprise-Journal.

The Jackson Free Press’ headline “Water Meters Still Worry Council Members” was posted on May 28, 2014

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Although this manuracturing plant is a different part of the Siemens conglomerate, it points out another division of the German industrial giant as the target of a $10 million lawsuit filed in US District Court in Sacramento.

Read more at KFBK News Radio.

This 2008 article was carried in the New York Times, as Siemens agreed to pay $1.34 billion in fines for charges that it routinely used bribes and slush funds to secure huge public works contracts around the world.

Here is the article in the New York Times.

The city of East Chicago hired Siemens Industry Inc. to install a membrane filtration system in their water treatment plant, located at 3455 Pennsylvania Ave.

The city contends in U.S. District Court documents that the company’s filtration system failed to meet a contractual requirement of 17.3 million gallons a day.

This information is taken from the full article posted in April, 2014 at NWI.com, powered by The Times.

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Carline Harden Satterwhite was born June 16, 1932 to the late Dan and Katie Mae Harden in Lacey, Arkansas. She departed her life on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband the late (Honorary) Bishop H. W. Satterwhite, three brothers Johnny Lee, D. S., and Will Harden and two sisters Murl Jean Hendrix and Sulisteen Riley.

She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior at an early age at Mt. Olive A. M. E. Church in Lacey, Arkansas.
Carline worked at Burlington Industries for several years until retirement. She worked faithfully in her church.

Her memory will live on and be cherished by her children: Rosemary (Joe) Britton, Wanda (Chester) Hutson, Sandra (John) Cason, and Vernon (Yolanda) Smith. Eighteen grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren, four great-great grand children, her sisters Claudia Handley and Larnie Mae Ferrell, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.