Brenda Joyce Blagg, one of the founding members and performers in the Northwest Gridiron Show, died December 14, 2022, at Fayetteville. She was 75. From the beginning, Blagg served on … More Obituary for Brenda Blagg
We, the present cast and crew of the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron, recall with fond hearts the people who shared the Gridiron stage and are no longer with us: Guy Barnes … More In Memoriam
Harry Dean Marsh, former chair of the Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas and the emcee for the first Northwest Arkansas Gridiron show in 1978, died April 4, 2021, at the family home in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 93. … More Obituary for Harry Marsh
Gina King, a long-time Gridiron actor and the first to portray a pregnant teenager while pregnant herself, died Oct. 7, 2020. She was 59. King first performed in the Gridiron … More Obituary for Gina King
Sally Woodhouse Wampler, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show from 1985 to 1989, died August 1, 2018, at Willard Walker Hospice House. She was 84. Sally was born … More Obituary for Sally Wampler
Jennifer Cox Smith of Jonesboro, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1988 and was the niece of Brenda Blagg, died April 4, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in … More Obituary for Jennifer Cox Smith
William “Bill” J. Ingenthron, an actor for the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in the 1980 and 1981 shows, died February 26, 2017. He was 72. Bill was born in Taney County, … More Obituary for Bill Ingenthron
Boyce Ray Davis, who was emcee for the 1990 Northwest Arkansas Gridiron, died Jan. 5, 2017, at Fayetteville. He was 78 Davis was a resident of Lincoln, where he practiced … More Obituary for Boyce Davis
Paula J. Thompson, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1988 and 1989, died peacefully in her sleep at home on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. She was 77. Paula … More Obituary for Paula J. Thompson
Mildred “Midge” (Phillips) Garza, one the original cast members of the very first Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1978, died on May 21, 2015, at Bentonville. She was 78. She was … More Obituary for Midge Phillips Garza