Updated 12:00 a.m., Sun June 16, 2013
PHOTO BY: Rusty Hubbard

Jonnie Fuller, 92, of Conway stands in front of The Lord’s Prayer, one of the many pieces she has crocheted. She said it’s the only one like it in the world because she took graph paper and made the pattern. “It weighs 84 pounds,” she said. Named after an uncle, Fuller worked for the Pentagon for years and competed in and won dance contests as a senior citizen.

Reminiscing

Travels take woman from the Pentagon to Paris

Jonnie Fuller of Conway wishes there was another word for senior citizen. Fuller, who has rubbed elbows with U.S. presidents and won dance contests, doesn’t like the image the term creates. “Why can’t we call them prime-timers, or something like that?” she said. “People think of a bunch of old people slobbering. I’ve got news for you,” Fuller said. She and her second husband and love of her life, William “Bill” Fuller, traveled to s... READ MORE

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Methodist Church moves Summer Feeding Program

Children and teenagers, some walking with adults, made their way down streets and across yards Wednesday in the Conway Housing Authority neighborhood for a free sack lunch provided by First United Methodist Church. The Summer Feeding Program started last year, said Kisha Bumpers, director of lay ministries at First United Methodist Church in Conway.

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CALENDAR

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