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Eighty employees – including two with 35 years of service – were honored at a recent quarterly employee recognition dinner at St. Bernards Medical Center. Honorees included those whose employment anniversary dates came in the second quarter of 2010 and whose length of service fell into five-year increments.
The honorees accounted for more than 1,000 years of service to St. Bernards, with two having been on staff for 35 years, five for 30 years, seven for 25 years, four for 20 years, 14 for 15 years, 20 for 10 years and 28 for five years.
Employees represent 14 towns and communities in six different Arkansas counties. Forty-four are from Jonesboro; 10 are from Bono; 10 are from Paragould; three are from Harrisburg; three are from Trumann; and two are from Walnut Ridge. Communities represented by one employee each are Bay, Blytheville, Brookland, Lepanto, Manila, Marmaduke, Powhatan and Wynne.
Those on staff for 35 years are Freddie Kious who works in the engineering department and Carol Pipes who works in St. Bernards hospice. Both are from Bono.
Thirty-year employees include Brenda Clark of Jonesboro who works in the laundry; Debra Boyles of Jonesboro, hospice; Donna Watts of Bono, environmental services; Iva Lammers of Jonesboro, one day surgery; and Patricia Carlisle of Jonesboro, home health.
Twenty-five year employees include Margo Farris of Jonesboro who works in surgery; Rita Fires of Jonesboro, radiology; Patsy Oswald of Jonesboro, dialysis; Kelli Rhodes of Jonesboro, 1 Main; Robert Kendall of Jonesboro, surgery; Linda Story of the Jonesboro, surgical intensive care unit; and Mary Woods who of Jonesboro, cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Twenty-year employees include Daina Hinton of Lepanto who works in the post anesthesia care unit; Leslie Wood of Jonesboro, sterile processing; Lisa Tidwell of Bono, nutrition services; and Sandra McQuay of Trumann, information services.
Fifteen-year employees are Carri Adams of Brookland who works in the cardiac cath lab; Krista Agee of Marmaduke, surgical intensive care unit; Cheryl Burnett of Jonesboro, transitional care facility; Kimberly Clark of Bono, electrophysiology lab; Iris DeVore of Jonesboro, vice president of support services at St. Bernards Medical Center; Julie Dunevant of Paragould, 2 East; Gwen Goad of Jonesboro, nutrition services; Janet Hobbs of Paragould, 2 East; Betty Johnson of Jonesboro, nutritional services; Terry Morries of Bono, one day surgery; Amy Morrison of Jonesboro, clinical effectiveness; April Smith of Wynne, 5 East; Thomas Stafford of Jonesboro, pastoral care; and Susan Webb of Jonesboro, surgery.
Ten-year employees include Tara Babin of Jonesboro, surgery; Carlos Bogard of Bono, laundry; Janee Brandon of Jonesboro, 5 East; Samantha Clark of Jonesboro, surgical intensive care unit; Deanna Domino of Paragould, accounting; Amanda Doyle of Powhatan, radiation oncology; Irene Henley of Jonesboro, post anesthesia care unit; Kerry Knight of Bono, engineering; Vondia Mashburn of Walnut Ridge, 2 East; Zepha McMullen of Jonesboro, clinical effectiveness; Amy L. Morrison of Jonesboro, clinical effectiveness; Diana Neldon of Jonesboro, 1 Main; Joyce Roach of Harrisburg, surgery; Deanna Roberts of Bono, business office; Shellei Rowe of Paragould, hospice; Carmen Smith of Jonesboro, emergency department; Brenda Stoker of Jonesboro, 2 East; Christy Simpkins of Jonesboro, 5 East; Leah Weld of Bono, communication control; and Chandra Word of Paragould, radiation oncology.
Five-year employees include Jennifer Adams of Jonesboro who works in the cardiac cath lab; Thomas Barrow of Jonesboro, business office; Shannon Dawson of Jonesboro, 2 North; Dimsey Brown of Jonesboro, 5 East; Susan Cromeans of Jonesboro, radiology; Danna Darty of Blytheville, surgical intensive care unit; Sarah Ferguson of Trumann, 5 East; Sharon Gray of Paragould, dialysis; Fawnda Griffin of Harrisburg, home health; Donna Horsley of Harrisburg, senior life center; Tammy Jaques of Paragould, academic research center; Nora Kirkham of Manila, 5 East; Felicia Kirksey of Jonesboro, dialysis; Laura Koehler of Jonesboro, pharmacy; Sara Kopp of Walnut Ridge, surgical intensive care unit; Ashley Lawless of Paragould, clinical pharmacy; Rhonda London of Jonesboro, laboratory; Rebecca Lovelace of Jonesboro, behavioral health unit; Keriann McKee of Jonesboro, nutrition services; Kelli Merryman of Jonesboro, development foundation; Patrick Moriarty of Paragould, nuclear medicine; Jason Mullins of Trumann, computed tomography scanning; Allison Russell of Jonesboro, behavioral health unit; Michael K. Smith of Jonesboro, pharmacy; Vera Smith of Bay, environmental services; Laura Wade of Jonesboro, behavioral health unit; Sasha Whitfield of Bono, neurodiagnostics; and Casey Wortham of Jonesboro, laboratory.
Honorees received crystal desk awards in recognition of their service.