moore2me
Lions don't need to spank
We Arkansans love our state and bragging about it. Susannah has asked me several times to tell her more about the place where Bill Clinton and Joy Joy are from, so I am dedicating this thread to doing just that. First, thing we'll cover are famous citizens.
Yes, we are proud of many of our citizens (both natural born and adopted). However, there are a few that we admit as citizens (we will let anybody in) regardless of their personality or credentials. Guess who falls into which category? (Some are no longer living - but you know that.)
Most are taken from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/browse-alpha.aspx
1. Joy Joy
2. Bill & Hillary Clinton
3. Huckabee
4. Billy Bob Thorton
5. Johnny Cash
6. Bear Bryant (Coach)
7. the "Little Rock Nine" (Central High Crisis) Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray , Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, Minnijean Brown, and Melba Pattillo .
8. Carol Burnett
9. Winthrop and Paul Rockefeller
10. Jermaine Taylor (Boxer, Former Middleweight World Champ)
11. Sam Walton (Walmart Founder)
12. the Tyson family (chicken & food processing)
13. Tony and Susan Alamo (religious cult)
14. John Grisham (novelist)
15. Charles Portis (novelist True Grit
16. Glen Campbell (singer & composer)
17. Hanging Judge Issac Parker (Ft. Smith)
18. Wilbur Mills (US Congressman)
19. Daisy Bates (mentor of Little Rock Nine)
20. Orval Faubus (Governor, Central High Crisis)
21. Maya Angelou (Former U.S. poet laureate)
22. Mary Steenburgen
23. Jim Bowie (Bowie knife made in Arkansas)
24. Dee Brown (novelist, wrote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)
25. General Douglas MacArthur (5 Star US General, Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater, WWII)
26. Evanescence (Rock Band)
27. Lefty Frizzell (Honky Tonk Singer )
28. William Fulbright (US Senator)
29. Gil Gerard (Actor - Buck Rodgers)
30. Al Green (Soul Music Singer)
31. Conway Twitty (Country Music Singer)
32. Sonny Liston (Boxer)
33. John Daly (Golfer)
34. Lum and Abner (30s -40s Radio show personalities)
35. Mark Martin (Race Cars)
36. Sidney Moncrief (Basketball player)
37. Patsy Montana (Country singer)
38. Scottie Pippen (Basketball player)
39. Dick Powell (TV celebrity)
40. Charlie Rich (Country singer)
41. Debbye Turner (Miss America, Veterinarian, TV host)
42. Ernest Hemingway (Author wrote Farewell to Arms while living in Ark.)
43. Wiederkehr Wine vineyards
44. Post Wine vineyards
45. Yarnell Ice Cream Family
46. Falcon Jet (Customizes private jets)
47. Jacuzzi Family (came up with Jacuzzi pumps & spas)
48. Razorback hogs (wild pigs nasty tempers)
49. Dizzy Dean (Baseball player)
50. Jimmy Driftwood (Country music)
51. Jerry Van Dyke (Comedian)
Not proud of these infamous guys below:
52. Damien Echols (Convicted of Murdering 3 children in W Memphis, '93)
53. Andrew Golden & Mitchell Johnson (Shot & killed classmates outside of a Jonesboro shool in '98 when the Andrew was 13 and Mitchell was 11)
Yes, we are proud of many of our citizens (both natural born and adopted). However, there are a few that we admit as citizens (we will let anybody in) regardless of their personality or credentials. Guess who falls into which category? (Some are no longer living - but you know that.)
Most are taken from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/browse-alpha.aspx
1. Joy Joy
2. Bill & Hillary Clinton
3. Huckabee
4. Billy Bob Thorton
5. Johnny Cash
6. Bear Bryant (Coach)
7. the "Little Rock Nine" (Central High Crisis) Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray , Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, Minnijean Brown, and Melba Pattillo .
8. Carol Burnett
9. Winthrop and Paul Rockefeller
10. Jermaine Taylor (Boxer, Former Middleweight World Champ)
11. Sam Walton (Walmart Founder)
12. the Tyson family (chicken & food processing)
13. Tony and Susan Alamo (religious cult)
14. John Grisham (novelist)
15. Charles Portis (novelist True Grit
16. Glen Campbell (singer & composer)
17. Hanging Judge Issac Parker (Ft. Smith)
18. Wilbur Mills (US Congressman)
19. Daisy Bates (mentor of Little Rock Nine)
20. Orval Faubus (Governor, Central High Crisis)
21. Maya Angelou (Former U.S. poet laureate)
22. Mary Steenburgen
23. Jim Bowie (Bowie knife made in Arkansas)
24. Dee Brown (novelist, wrote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)
25. General Douglas MacArthur (5 Star US General, Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater, WWII)
26. Evanescence (Rock Band)
27. Lefty Frizzell (Honky Tonk Singer )
28. William Fulbright (US Senator)
29. Gil Gerard (Actor - Buck Rodgers)
30. Al Green (Soul Music Singer)
31. Conway Twitty (Country Music Singer)
32. Sonny Liston (Boxer)
33. John Daly (Golfer)
34. Lum and Abner (30s -40s Radio show personalities)
35. Mark Martin (Race Cars)
36. Sidney Moncrief (Basketball player)
37. Patsy Montana (Country singer)
38. Scottie Pippen (Basketball player)
39. Dick Powell (TV celebrity)
40. Charlie Rich (Country singer)
41. Debbye Turner (Miss America, Veterinarian, TV host)
42. Ernest Hemingway (Author wrote Farewell to Arms while living in Ark.)
43. Wiederkehr Wine vineyards
44. Post Wine vineyards
45. Yarnell Ice Cream Family
46. Falcon Jet (Customizes private jets)
47. Jacuzzi Family (came up with Jacuzzi pumps & spas)
48. Razorback hogs (wild pigs nasty tempers)
49. Dizzy Dean (Baseball player)
50. Jimmy Driftwood (Country music)
51. Jerry Van Dyke (Comedian)
Not proud of these infamous guys below:
52. Damien Echols (Convicted of Murdering 3 children in W Memphis, '93)
53. Andrew Golden & Mitchell Johnson (Shot & killed classmates outside of a Jonesboro shool in '98 when the Andrew was 13 and Mitchell was 11)
