Archives for Town & Country
Joseph Stratton
Hometown: Lebanon, Mo. Family: Wife Laura Gail; daughters, Josie (9), Paula (7), Emmylou (1); and son, Sam (6) In Town: Joseph Stratton has been a Conway High School agriculture edition…
Andy Treat
Family: Wife Kim Treat; and daughters Shelby Witt and Carley Treat. Hometown: Welcome Home, Ark. In Town: “My first high school agriculture teacher, Johnny Neel, retired before my senior year,…
Logan Chaney
Hometown: Flemington, Mo. Family: Mother, Melissa; father, James; and younger brother, Landon Chaney. In Town: “I had some opportunities to go away from home, which was not what I wanted.…
Colt and Elizabeth Shelby
Hometown: Cecil, Ark. Family: Children Riley, Cooper and Truett In Town: Colt Shelby works on an oil rig in West Texas. He works two weeks on, two weeks off, but…
Lance Vestal
Hometown: Conway, Mo. Family: Wife Stacie, and daughters, Cassie (17) and Gracie (14) In Town: Lance Vestal, a 1993 Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) animal science graduate, has been…
Cheryl Tupper
Hometown: Clifty, Ark. Family: Husband Brent Tupper and son John Russell In Town: “We were a military family until 1995, which means there are eight different colleges on my transcript.…
Darrel McCann
Hometown: Stoutland, Mo. Family: Wife, Kelly, and two grown sons In Town: For 34 years, Darrel McCann has been the county executive director of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency for…
Jamie Gaskin
Family: Wife, Cindy; children Sarah (17), Molly (16), Elijah (11), Hannah (10) and Asher (6 months) Hometown: Bald Knob, Ark. In Town: Jamie works a 40-hour job in town as…
Jennifer Raef
Hometown: Lebanon, Mo. Family: Husband Glenn; daughter Baleigh (20); and son Brody (17) In Town: Jennifer Raef is a lifelong resident of Laclede County, Mo., and is currently serving her…
Lucas Anderson
Family: Wife Elizabeth Anderson, and daughter Izabella Anderson Hometown: Butlerville, Ark. In Town: Lucas recently graduated with a master’s degree in agriculture education and is the agriculture instructor, FFA advisor…