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Funeral notices mix with drought toll from Midwest region
A lengthy obituary notice lists Lonnie Ray Tidwell and several other individuals with service times and burial plans across multiple towns, followed by a regional AP report detailing severe drought and flood damage in Arkansas and Louisiana. The piece cites losses approaching $1 billion, with farmers like Jerry Gill and James Bingham detailing costs for water, replanting, and irrigation as they cope with concurrent drought and flood conditions.
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Kibler
Ark
Midwest
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Jerry Gill
Little Rock
Gill
Farm Bureau
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
U.S
Rhode Island
Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Lee
James Bingham
St. Francis