Greene County Heritage Fair This Saturday

Reminder of the Greene County Heritage Fair, this Saturday at Paragould. I have attended the last three or four years and really enjoyed the programs. For anyone interested in attending, the location is at the First National Bank, 3rd floor conference room, 200 W. Court, Paragould, phone no 870-240-8944. There is no registration fee. If you want to eat there, you can let them know. It will be Subway sandwiches. Or you can go out to eat if you rather.

GREENE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYHERITAGE FAIR

Saturday, April 28, 2018

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. Registration 9:30 a.m. Jim Burgess, GCHGS President Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00 a.m. Meredith McFadden, Archival Manager, Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives Church as a Third Place in Arkansas

11:00 a.m. Dr. George Lankford, Professor Emeritus, Lyon CollegeCandles in the Dark Years. Gathering information about the undocumented 130 yearsbetween the De Soto expedition (1541) and the arrival of the French (late 1600’s) innortheast AR. The Tunica tribe was an important presence during that period of time-the “dark years”.

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Richard L. Hartness, Sr., Adjunct History Professor, East Arkansas Community CollegeThe Endowment Effect & Its Influence on Memory, Memoirs and Memorabilia

2:00 p.m. Joe Burns, Tennessee Genealogical SocietyThe Grim Reaper, Researching Death

3:00 p.m. Jim Burgess Closing Comments and Final Door Prize Drawing