Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
April 25, 2015 6:35 p.m.
The reception for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame at the Statehouse Convention Center Friday, Feb. 13 brought together several Hall members such as Thomas “Mack” McLarty, Joe Ford and Wayne Cranford, with sons of Hall members such as Charlie Coleman and Jim Walton, and perhaps future Hall members such as Steve Edwards of the grocery store chain, as well as this year’s class — who walked a red carpet down the center of the ballroom — included drug store entrepreneur Stephen LaFrance, marketing materfamilias Millie Ward, Tyson Foods executive Donald “Buddy” Wray and record producer Al Bell.
